if you are foodies reading this some very very good restaurants please
2006-12-19 16:00:02 · 14 answers · asked by Denise C 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Houston
MIDTOWN (Midtown Houston is a district southwest of Downtown Houston, Texas, bordered by the Montrose area and U.S. Highway 59.)
Midtown has become one of the hotest nightspots in town, and is filled with a number of restaurants, bars, theatres, and art galleries.
Some notable restaurants are:
Julia's Bistro The Fish The Breakfast Klub Farrago World Cuisine Ponzo's Italian Food T'afia Van Loc
The Ensemble Theater in Midtown Houston. Also seen are the two kinds of street signs on the same pole (one for Midtown and one for the Main Street Corridor) that are seen along Main Street in Midtown.Bars include:
Pub Fiction Red Door Front Porch Pub Wet Spot
Little Woodrow's Tipsy Clover
Theatres, art galleries, and museums, which include:
The Ensemble Theater (a theater that focuses on African-American themed plays)
The Community Artists' Collective
Houston Fire Museum
Houston Center for Contemporary Arts
Lawndale Art Center
Midtown Art Center
Destiny's Child's Recording Studio
THE GALLERIA (just outside the city's I-610 inner beltway)
Anchor Stores:
Macy's
Neiman Marcus (opened 1969)
Nordstrom (opened 2003)
Saks Fifth Avenue {opened 1997)
Other notable stores in the Galleria include:
Adrienne Vittadini Anne Fontaine Apple Store A/X Armani Exchange Baccarat Bally of Switzerland Bang & Olufsen
Barneys New York CO-OP BCBG Max Azria Betsey Johnson
Brooks Brothers Bulgari Burberry Cartier Chanel CH Carolina Herrera Christian Dior Christofle Club Monaco Coach
Cole Haan David Yurman Discovery Channel Disney Duo Emporio Armani Energie Fendi Fila Forth & Towne French Connection Gianni Versace Giorgio Armani Gucci Jacadi Jessica McClintock Jimmy Choo Kate Spade Kenneth Cole Lacoste
Lalique Louis Vuitton Luca Luca Marmi Max Mara Michael Kors
Miss Sixty Montblanc Movado Oakley Puma Ralph Lauren
Salvatore Ferragamo Sony Style St. John Stuart Weitzman
Swatch Tiffany & Co. Tourneau Tumi Wolford Yves Saint Laurent Zara
There is also an ice skating rink inside!
THE MUSEUM DISTRICT (http://www.houstonmuseumdistrict.org/def...
The Houston Museum District is an area of Houston, Texas where many of the city's museums are located. The district is centered on the Hotel Zaza (currently being renovated) and the adjacent Mecom Fountain. The Museum District also houses Rice University, the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research and Hermann Park which includes the Houston Zoo and the Miller Outdoor Theatre. The Museum District is also near the University of Saint Thomas.
Some of the museums and institutions include:
Holocaust Museum Houston
Children's Museum of Houston
John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Natural Science
The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Houston Center for Photography
John C. Freeman Weather Museum
THE THEATRE DISTIRCT (DOWNTOWN)
The Houston Theater District, a 17-block area in the heart of Downtown Houston, is home to Houston's nine world-class performing arts organizations, the 130,000 square-foot Bayou Place entertainment complex, restaurants, movies, plazas and parks.
The district is ranked second in the United States for the number of theater seats in a concentrated downtown area and is one of only five cities with permanent professional resident companies in all of the major performing arts disciplines (the Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Ballet, and The Alley Theatre).
One of the several attractions in the district is the Bayou Place Entertainment Complex—a large multilevel building that is home to full service restaurants, bars, live music, billiards, multiple theatres and art house films. The Houston Verizon Wireless Theatre stages a variety of live concerts and the Angelika Theatre presents the latest in art, foreign and independent films.
NEARTOWN--AKA MONTROSE (Neartown is bounded by U.S. Highway 59 to the south, Allen Parkway to the north, Bagby Street on the east, and Shepherd Drive to the west.)
Neartown is an area located in west-central Houston, Texas and is one of the city's major cultural areas. The location comes with distinctive character of eccentricity and diversity. The location and boundaries of Neartown is colloquially referred to as Montrose. Once a magnet for the hippie movement, Houstonians would consider it as a hybrid of San Francisco's the Haight-Ashbury and The Castro.
Museums
Menil Collection art museum
Rothko Chapel
Houston Center for Photography
Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum
Museo Guadalupe Aztlan
Museum of Printing History
Dan Flavin permanent exhibit
CLEAR LAKE
http://www.spacecenter.org/
NASA
GALVESTON
Galveston is known for its historic neighborhoods and a ten-mile long seawall designed to protect the city from floods. It is also home to the infamous Balinese Room, a historic nightclub and former illegal gambling hall located on a 600-foot pier extending into the Gulf of Mexico.
The city houses many tourist attractions. The attractions include the Galveston Schlitterbahn waterpark, Moody Gardens, the Lone Star Flight Museum, a downtown neighborhood of historic buildings known as "The Strand," many historical museums and mansions, and miles of beach front. The Strand plays host to a yearly Mardi Gras festival, Galveston Island Jazz & Blues Festival, Texas Beach Fest, Lone Star Bike Rally, and a Victorian-themed Christmas festival called "Dickens on the Strand" (honoring the works of novelist Charles Dickens, especially A Christmas Carol) in early December. There are lots of shops along The Strand that you can have fun in.
Other attractions in Galveston include Moody Gardens, the Galveston Island Railroad Museum, Schlitterbahn, the Strand and the Lone Star Flight Museum. Galveston is also home to several historic ships: the tall ship Elissa at the Texas Seaport Museum and USS Cavalla and USS Stewart, both berthed at Seawolf Park on nearby Pelican Island. Galveston is also home to a symphony orchestra and a small ballet company.
Seabrook/Kemah
There are quite a few hole in the wall restaurants that are much better than anything that you will find on the Kemah Boardwalk.
http://www.houstonrestaurants.com
Make sure you try ShinerBock beer! It is good stuff!
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2014-05-06 13:50:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In addition to the restaurants recommended, I'd say that it's fun to spend a day looking at some of the wackier folk art that Houston offers. Go to the Orange Show, the Beer Can House, etc. The Menil Collection has a world-class collection of 20th Century art, and a stroll around the neighborhood (don't forget the famous Rothko chapel) is fun and relaxing. All of these spots are easily Googled.
If you're foodies, go have some pho (for breakfast, if you're really foodies) in any of the wonderful spots in Little Vietnam.
2006-12-22 10:00:49 · answer #3 · answered by AmyL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes out on Westheimer there's a place called "papa doux's " or something like that, suposedly on the theme of "Old New Orleans" the food is excellent.
Also on Westheimer is the 'Old San Francisco Steakhouse" also a theme place, obviously. Very different and interesting.,
That's about it, you will soon get fed up traipsing round the galleria. But on Sunday Mornings, if you go to the galleria they have- amazingly- got a ice rink inside and they play the old Scottish sport of CURLING- of all things- which I found absolutely fascinating.
Houston also has an area which is surprisingly European- with small streets , "pavements" etc, I think it is called the boardwalk or something but I was drunk at the time so I'm afraid I don't know exactly where it is!!
Galveston's an easy drive and is a VERY interesting place so you need to check it out some weekend.
Space Centre is OK, it's on the way to Galveston but personally I was disappointed with it.
Also San Antonio is reachable for a weekend, visit the Alamo. You will wonder what all the fuss is about but Texans revere it,( mainly because it involved gunfire, I suspect) so it is worth seeing.
2006-12-19 16:58:13 · answer #4 · answered by Not Ecky Boy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try Papa Duax's (sp) excellent seafood. Also lots of great restaurants at Kema boardwalk. Also If you can, take a drive down to Galveston and visit Moody Gardens and the Aviation museum there. Its only a couple of hours drive. Also within range is San Antonio. Lots of great riverside restaurants, The Alamo and the still extant 'Tower of the Americas' left over from the 1968 worlds fair. Great revolving restaurant atop the tower, well worth a visit.
2006-12-19 16:16:54 · answer #5 · answered by angus1745 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Food-
TexMex - Pappasitos, Chuys, Adobe Cafe, there are a tone of others, but in my opinion those are the best. Pappasitos for fajitas, the others for chimichangas and enchilades.
Seafood - Pappaduex - This is actually New Orleans Style/Cajun Seafood. If you want more traditional you can go to Pappa's Seafood.
(can you tell the Pappa's restaurants are GOOD!@!@!)
Things to Do, shouldn't miss:
Johnson Space Center in Baytown.
Make a Trip to San Antonio and see the Alamo and the other 4 missions as well. They are all worth a visit. (Alamo is most touristy of course).
If you go to Austin to see State Capital and such you can also drive a bit out of town to the Longhorn cavern, which is a guided tour of a huge cave system, very cool!
Trip to San Antonio, and you can do Sea World and Fiesta Texas.
Trip to Galveston to see the Beach and go to Moody Gardens.
There are several Museams in the medical center to go see.
The BattleShip Texas Museam is on the ship channel, also where the San Jacinto Monomunt is, the final victory over Santiana and his Mexican Army to give Texas it's freedom, where it became a nation unto itself for several years before joining the United States.
2006-12-19 20:00:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The best Tex-Mex is Taqueria Arandas,they have several locations.Go to Pappy's on I-10 West at Campbell Rd and get the scorpions tails...yummy,but they're not actually scorpions.You should also go to the "Orange Show" on Munger St off of I-45 South.Go to the Exxon gas(petrol) station on US-290 in Chappell Hill and order some Kolaches stuffed with sausage,cheese and jalapenos...out of this world.Drink some Shiner beer!
2006-12-20 09:35:32 · answer #7 · answered by zskip62 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I even think Funaki lives there too. Maybe its got something to do with WCCW? Kind of a bizarre theory, but I remember when Michael Hayes was promoting the DVD that they really were over well with the Texas area and guys like Taker and HBK were saying it was their favorite when they were kids. Or maybe its just the area's mood; you liked it there and maybe these wreslters have similar tastes that Houston satisifies.
2016-03-29 01:02:37 · answer #8 · answered by Sheila 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely all the eating places mentioned and also the places to hang out but i noticed most of these ppl want u to travel out of Houston to like Galveston. This is indeed fun and u should go out one weekend but in addition to the above mentioned places in Houston u might want to hit up Edwards Marque it is defnitely a date place where u can have dinner, watch a movie, eat ice cream, enjoy Jillians(Dave & Busters type place), enjoy music, do light shopping and just enjoy your significant others company without having to drive around to several places because it is all at the Marque!
2006-12-22 16:53:08 · answer #9 · answered by little g 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Italian, try Michaelangelos on montrose blvd. great atmosphere, and award winning deserts.
Japanese, try Nippon (you'll need to look up the street address)
Thai - Nit Noi has good food.
Probably should try Americas (south american, you have to get the steak), this is on post oak and is a little pricey, but worth it for a special occasion.
incongru: The old san francisco steak house is no longer there. It's been gone for a while now.
2006-12-19 16:11:11 · answer #10 · answered by michalakd 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Americas (South American) (you must get the tres leches for dessert!!!)
Churrascos (South American)
Fogo de Chou (South American meat lovers paradise)
Houston's (burgers)
Carrabas (Italian)
Pappadeaux (Cajun seafood)
any of the Pappas restaurants are good
Taco Bell (Tex-Mex) LOL!
PF Changs (Chinese)
La Vista (Italian)
Ruth Chris' steakhouse (guess?)
Garzon (Persian)
Miyako (sushi)
2006-12-20 03:48:03 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋