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FFW – The Free Press Preview for February 02 – 08, 2012
February 2, 2012 – 1:00 am | No Comment

This Week’s Featured Show
Saturday, February 4
Buxton (record release)
with
Marmalakes
Featherface
@ Fitzgerald’s
This is a big week for local releases.  You’ve got Houston bands Co-Pilot, Bang Bangz and Machina TX also doing releases this week but this is …

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H-Town Chili Throw Down – ANYTHING GOES
January 25, 2012 – 2:44 pm | No Comment
H-Town Chili Throw Down – ANYTHING GOES

by Mills McCoin
When Texans combine two of our favorite things- fierce competition and chili- a certain spicy nirvana erupts and takes hold of the appetites of everyone in attendance. So if you think your chili recipe …

Another month, another Houston restaurant sued for not paying employees
January 23, 2012 – 5:05 pm | No Comment
Another month, another Houston restaurant sued for not paying employees

By Alex Wukman
Earlier this month we here at Free Press Houston called attention to the recent trend of Houston restaurants being sued for failing to pay their employees. We tried to be understanding about it–hell, …

It’s official: Montrose Fiesta soon to be no more
January 13, 2012 – 4:13 pm | One Comment
It’s official: Montrose Fiesta soon to be no more

By Alex Wukman
Once that big new H-E-B opened we all knew it was just a matter of time before market forces came in and Montrose Fiesta went out. We tried to prevent it from happening, …

If You Love Montrose–Shop at Fiesta
November 17, 2011 – 1:51 pm | 35 Comments
If You Love Montrose–Shop at Fiesta

 
by M. Martin
I am, be it freely admitted, older than dirt.
When I first started hanging out in Montrose, Sid Vicious was still alive, Ronald Reagan was merely an embarrassment to the state of California…and Montrose …

How to Make Cold Brewed Iced Coffee
August 17, 2011 – 5:37 pm | One Comment
How to Make Cold Brewed Iced Coffee

by Guns and Tacos

“Entre Melon y Melambes…” G&T Goes Blogging While Intoxicated
August 1, 2011 – 6:01 pm | 3 Comments
“Entre Melon y Melambes…” G&T Goes Blogging While Intoxicated

Some would say it’s the Mexican equivalent of  “So a horse walks into a bar,” but it’s more like the beginning of a joke that ends with “The Aristocrats.” There are more Melon y Melambes …

Jay Rascoe (@GunsandTacos) Takes Us to Connie’s Seafood
July 22, 2011 – 5:04 pm | One Comment
Jay Rascoe (@GunsandTacos) Takes Us to Connie’s Seafood

When you pull into the parking lot of Connie’s Seafood, you’ll see an odd variety of vehicles. You might see a dropped Monte Carlo on dubs, a new Mercedes S500, and a Ram truck pinstriped …

Houston Chronicle finally gets around to Food Trucks
March 16, 2011 – 5:51 pm | 2 Comments
Houston Chronicle finally gets around to Food Trucks

By Alex Wukman
It only took about 18 months but the Chronicle’s junior arts columnist Lisa Gray finally got around to mentioning the problems with the City of Houston regulations for mobile food vendors. As Gray, …

Sic Transit Gloria Agora
November 1, 2010 – 12:32 pm | No Comment
Sic Transit Gloria Agora

By Jack Daniel Betz
It’s true, we didn’t get the scoop. We didn’t get to update people outside the loop who didn’t see for themselves the tragic conflagration that consumed both Antique Warehaus and Agora as …

Two Men and a Brisket- Yelapa
September 15, 2010 – 10:29 pm | One Comment
Two Men and a Brisket- Yelapa

by Andrea Afra
I am typically reluctant to jump on the popular restaurant band wagon so it took me a while to make it to Yelapa, which is definitely ’scene’ cuisine. Yet, after driving by it …