HOUSTON, Texas The Houston Farmers Market has landed a major new tenant. Legendary Viet-Cajun restaurant Crawfish & Noodles will open its second location at the property, real estate developer MLB Capital Partners announced.
The restaurant hardly needs an introduction, but let s use this opportunity to recount a few of its most prominent accomplishments. Credited with leading the culinary movement that blends Vietnamese and Cajun traditions, chef-owner Trong Nguyen was named a finalist in the 2020 James Beard Awards in the Best Chef: Texas category after being named a semifinalist for Best Chef: Southwest in both 2018 and 2019.
His Chinatown restaurant features a menu that runs the gamut stir-fried noodles and stewed turkey legs to chicken wings fried in fish sauce - and of course, signature items such as its salt and pepper, stir fried blue crabs and garlic butter-drenched mudbugs. Crawfish & Noodles has been featured on TV shows such as The Zimmern List and David Chang s Netfli
70% of Houston-area restaurants still asking customers to wear masks, survey finds
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) Starting today, it is up to private businesses if they want to continue requiring masks.
Right now, 70% of restaurant owners in the Houston area surveyed by the Texas Restaurant Association will have their staffs wear masks, and will request customers do the same. We are not looking for conflict. We never are. Customer service is not about that. Our goal is to take care of employees, take care of our customers and our community, said Melissa Stewart of the Texas Restaurant Association Greater Area Houston Chapter.
Cars line up down the street in front of the Turkey Leg Hut as an officer directs traffic from Almeda onto Rosedale. Long lines running in front of the iconic Houston eatery are not out of the ordinary but the people idling in their cars are not here for the food. Groups of employees huddle in the cold and quickly load cases of water into passing vehicles. The business, birthed from the minds of Nakia and Lyndell Price, has expanded because of massive support from the community, and this week, with the city still reeling from the effects of a winter storm, they are continuing to give back.
Houston, Texas (KTRK) Chris Shepherd s Southern Smoke Foundation has served several roles since its inception in 2015. It began as a charity to help fight multiple sclerosis, pivoted to help victims of Hurricane Harvey, and now serves hospitality workers who ve fallen on hard times. The non-profit hired a second full-time employee right before the pandemic, but COVID-19 forced the organization to grow at a rapid rate. It was off to the races, said Shepherd. We had so many kind folks donating money and helping the foundation out.
Southern Smoke has awarded $4.5 million to 2,281 recipients since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The money has come from donations, partnerships with organizations like Karbach Brewing Co, as well as some unlikely places. Chef David Chang won $1 million on Who Wants to be a Millionaire for Southern Smoke in November, and actor Justin Long has been donating the proceeds of his January videos on Cameo to Shepherd s foundation.