Hot Korean coffee shop brews up exciting new Galleria-area location
Hot Korean coffee shop brews up exciting new Galleria-area location Tom N Toms has opened near the Galleria.
Courtesy of Tom N Toms Galleria A new, Korean-influenced coffee shop and cafe has opened near the Galleria.
Tom N Toms, a South Korea-based cafe, has arrived at 5353 West Alabama St.. Dak & Bop owner Jason Cho is the proprietor for this location of Tom N Toms, joining the first Houston store in Chinatown s Bellaire Food Street shopping plaza. The Galleria cafe has been designated as Texas first Tom N Toms Black, which indicates an elevated experience and an expanded food menu.
Meet Liberty Kitchen s stately chef, plus hidden sushi in The Galleria
Meet Liberty Kitchen s stately chef, plus hidden sushi in The Galleria Chef Justin Yoakum is this week s guest.
Photo by Meagan Ulbrich On this week s episode of What s Eric Eating, chef
Justin Yoakum joins CultureMap food editor Eric Sandler to discuss his career. Since 2019, the native Houstonian has served as executive chef and culinary director for Culinary Khancepts, the local hospitality group behind
State Fare Kitchen & Bar and
Liberty Kitchen. Yoakum joined Culinary Khancepts after it acquired State Fare from Cherry Pie Hospitality. The company added Liberty Kitchen last year. Sandler notes that the two restaurants share a co-founder and offers his opinion that they have similarly culinary perspectives. Now that the establishments have the same owner, Sandler asks Yoakum what he d doing to draw a more clear distinction between them.
Here are the top restaurant and bar stories Houstonians consumed in 2020
The top restaurant and bar stories Houstonians consumed in 2020 Houstonians wanted to dine outdoors in 2020.
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Editor s note: As the year comes to a close, we look back at the 10 most popular restaurant and bar stories of 2020. Articles about prominent closures always hold a list of couple of spots on these annual lists, but they ve never before dominated the way they do this year. Consider it just one of the many signs of the unprecedented challenges restaurants faced due to the coronavirus pandemic. On a more promising note, Houstonians demonstrated their interest in supporting restaurants by dining in both as soon as they were legally allowed to do so and on patios even in the height of summer. We also wanted to enjoy the simple pleasure of a Harry Potter-themed bar.
Where to eat in Houston right now: The very best meals of 2020
Where to eat in Houston right now: The very best meals of 2020
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Courtesy of El Topo Yes, this year has been a strange time full of unexpected challenges. We’ve all learned far more than we ever thought we’d need to about how virus are transmitted and the importance of wearing a mask to #stopthespread. Restaurants, along with live music venues, movie theaters, and other places where people gather in large groups to have a good time, have borne the brunt of restrictions designed to slow the spread. Lots of promising establishments have closed some before they even had a chance to build a following. One of my favorite meals of 2020 took place at Alma, an elevated South American restaurant in Highland Village that didn’t even last two months before it closed for good.
Hidden Omakase, 5353 W. Alabama, is shooting to make its debut December 15. The tasting menu-only restaurant comes from Japanese chef Billy Kin, most recently executive chef and partner at Blackbird Izakaya, a Japanese pub and restaurant Kin opened with Ken Bridge of Delicious Concepts. Blackbird closed this past July. Robot Noodle, another concept from Bridge, has taken its place.
Kin is a graduate of the Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management at University of Houston. Kin comes from a restaurant family with a grandfather owning restaurants in Japan and his father operating restaurants in Taiwan and San Francisco, where Kin was born. After completing his degree, Kin began cooking professionally in Houston and studied under Takehiko Fuse in Austin. When Blackbird Izakaya closed, the chef took time off to start a family.