Guidebook for Houston

JoAnn
Guidebook for Houston

Food Scene

Inversion serves up a fine cup of Katz's coffee and espresso drinks (and tea). Super, friendly staff. Most mornings & days, one of Houston's many excellent food trucks can be found in the parking lot.
31 místní doporučují
Inversion Coffee & Art
31 místní doporučují
Inversion serves up a fine cup of Katz's coffee and espresso drinks (and tea). Super, friendly staff. Most mornings & days, one of Houston's many excellent food trucks can be found in the parking lot.
La Mexicana has some great Tex-Mex, free wifi, and a full bar. They also have a steam table where you can choose what you want and take it to go.
24 místní doporučují
La Mexicana
1018 Fairview St
24 místní doporučují
La Mexicana has some great Tex-Mex, free wifi, and a full bar. They also have a steam table where you can choose what you want and take it to go.
Wonderful Thai made with fresh ingredients. Great lunch specials. Fast delivery. Casual.
14 místní doporučují
Khun Kay
1209 Montrose Blvd
14 místní doporučují
Wonderful Thai made with fresh ingredients. Great lunch specials. Fast delivery. Casual.
Fantastic breakfast menu with seasonal pancakes, best corned beef & hash, fresh squeezed juice. Go during the week to avoid the crowds.
257 místní doporučují
Barnaby's Cafe
414 W Gray St
257 místní doporučují
Fantastic breakfast menu with seasonal pancakes, best corned beef & hash, fresh squeezed juice. Go during the week to avoid the crowds.
An unusual selection of toppings for the hand-tossed pizzas. Delivery or pick-up.
47 místní doporučují
Pink's Pizza
710 W Gray St
47 místní doporučují
An unusual selection of toppings for the hand-tossed pizzas. Delivery or pick-up.
Seasonal, locally-sourced menu of lovingly prepared food that manages to be both homely and haute. Recommend sitting at community tables and sharing goat dumplings.
61 místní doporučují
Underbelly
1100 Westheimer Road
61 místní doporučují
Seasonal, locally-sourced menu of lovingly prepared food that manages to be both homely and haute. Recommend sitting at community tables and sharing goat dumplings.
This sweet bungalow with yard has wonderful outdoor seating in the garden, clever gifts, and great coffee & teas. Also recommended by former guests!
Bungalow
1219 Marconi St
This sweet bungalow with yard has wonderful outdoor seating in the garden, clever gifts, and great coffee & teas. Also recommended by former guests!

Drinks & Nightlife

Coffee, wine, full bar. Wonderful back patio. Within a 10 minute leisurely stroll from the guest house! A portion of all sales on Thurs evening benefit a featured local artist/art organization.
159 místní doporučují
Boheme
307 Fairview St
159 místní doporučují
Coffee, wine, full bar. Wonderful back patio. Within a 10 minute leisurely stroll from the guest house! A portion of all sales on Thurs evening benefit a featured local artist/art organization.
Neighborhood pub with good beer, full bar, quarter pool tables, great people watching, fun and lively conversation with regulars.
6 místní doporučují
Cecil's Pub
600 W Gray St
6 místní doporučují
Neighborhood pub with good beer, full bar, quarter pool tables, great people watching, fun and lively conversation with regulars.
Dive sports bar with great steak night and unforgettable (sometimes great, sometimes not) karaoke on Friday nights. Excellent Thurs steak night special.
PJ's Sports Bar
614 W Gray St
Dive sports bar with great steak night and unforgettable (sometimes great, sometimes not) karaoke on Friday nights. Excellent Thurs steak night special.
Damn impressive selection of craft beers on tap. Knowledgable wait staff w/recos for every taste. Great pub food. Favorite snack: cracklin' pig ears. Also, one of the closest Houston B-cycle stations.
104 místní doporučují
The Hay Merchant
1100 Westheimer Rd
104 místní doporučují
Damn impressive selection of craft beers on tap. Knowledgable wait staff w/recos for every taste. Great pub food. Favorite snack: cracklin' pig ears. Also, one of the closest Houston B-cycle stations.
Skilled bartenders who mix a fine drink w/none of the attitude. Nice selection of Scotch and beer too. Large back patio. Low key neighborhood bar w/mix of bike courier and Rice U prof types.
30 místní doporučují
Grand Prize Bar
1010 Banks St
30 místní doporučují
Skilled bartenders who mix a fine drink w/none of the attitude. Nice selection of Scotch and beer too. Large back patio. Low key neighborhood bar w/mix of bike courier and Rice U prof types.
Tiki Tuesday is always a fun night to enjoy a well-crafted drink complete with actual cubed ice meant to cool and not melt. Expect cocktails to take time to make as they make each drink w/care
214 místní doporučují
Anvil Bar & Refuge
1424 Westheimer Rd
214 místní doporučují
Tiki Tuesday is always a fun night to enjoy a well-crafted drink complete with actual cubed ice meant to cool and not melt. Expect cocktails to take time to make as they make each drink w/care

Everything Else

Playground and dog park. Great people watching
West Webster Dog Park
1913 Gillette St
Playground and dog park. Great people watching
The smallest park ever. Dominated by a very large live oak. Two benches beneath the branches.
Shiffick (Peggy H.) Park
700 Bomar St
The smallest park ever. Dominated by a very large live oak. Two benches beneath the branches.
Wonderful little gallery of work by students and more established artists
Art League Houston
1953 Montrose Blvd
Wonderful little gallery of work by students and more established artists
Pharmacy open 24 hours
120 místní doporučují
Walgreens
3317 Montrose Blvd
120 místní doporučují
Pharmacy open 24 hours
Pharmacy
53 místní doporučují
CVS
9838 Buffalo Speedway
53 místní doporučují
Pharmacy

Shopping

A huge selection of gently used, budget friendly cowboy boots, Western wear, and other junk. :) Even if you don't buy, it's still fun to browse.
Texas Junk Company
215 Welch St
A huge selection of gently used, budget friendly cowboy boots, Western wear, and other junk. :) Even if you don't buy, it's still fun to browse.

Essentials

Also known as Disco Kroger, this is as much a place to buy groceries as it is to people watch. Pick up milk and, if you're lucky, your favorite drag queen all on the same shopping trip!
97 místní doporučují
Kroger Fresh Fare
3300 Montrose Blvd
97 místní doporučují
Also known as Disco Kroger, this is as much a place to buy groceries as it is to people watch. Pick up milk and, if you're lucky, your favorite drag queen all on the same shopping trip!
Extraordinary grocery of all things local from honey to free range eggs, beef, Mangalitsa pigs, house-cured charcuterie, fresh-baked breads and cookies. Great coffee and sandwiches.
46 místní doporučují
Revival Market
550 Heights Blvd
46 místní doporučují
Extraordinary grocery of all things local from honey to free range eggs, beef, Mangalitsa pigs, house-cured charcuterie, fresh-baked breads and cookies. Great coffee and sandwiches.
Organic market with a wine bar, ready-made foods, soup/salad bar, hot food for eat-in/pick-up.
450 místní doporučují
Whole Foods Market
515 Elgin St
450 místní doporučují
Organic market with a wine bar, ready-made foods, soup/salad bar, hot food for eat-in/pick-up.
Community-minded grocery store with regular outdoor music performances, free exercise classes, juice bar, cafeteria, wifi
342 místní doporučují
H-E-B
6055 South Fwy
342 místní doporučují
Community-minded grocery store with regular outdoor music performances, free exercise classes, juice bar, cafeteria, wifi

Arts & Culture

Private collection of art open to the public. The only place in Houston that made it into the book "1000 Places to See Before You Die." Regular stop for great food trucks. Stop into Rothko Chapel,
491 místní doporučují
Menilova sbírka
1533 Sul Ross St
491 místní doporučují
Private collection of art open to the public. The only place in Houston that made it into the book "1000 Places to See Before You Die." Regular stop for great food trucks. Stop into Rothko Chapel,

Sightseeing

Houston is where the Art Car originated. Now, people all over the world come to Houston to participate in the Art Car Parade in early May. Can't be here for the parade? Check out the funky museum!
130 místní doporučují
Muzeum uměleckých vozů
140 Heights Blvd
130 místní doporučují
Houston is where the Art Car originated. Now, people all over the world come to Houston to participate in the Art Car Parade in early May. Can't be here for the parade? Check out the funky museum!