Pat’s Pick
August 19, 2019
Houston Dream Team Justin Yu and Bobby Heugel Score Again with Squable
Another weird name, another wonderful and inventive menu.
Justin Yu
Food & Drink
August 1, 2018
More Honors! Four Texas Restaurants Make the ‘Bon Appétit’ Top 50
It might be oversaturation, but what these recent lists say about how we are eating now is pretty fascinating.
Food & Drink
July 25, 2018
Texas Scores Big on Eater’s List of Best New Restaurants
Austin's Suerte, Houston's Theodore Rex, and Carnitas Lonja in San Antonio receive national acclaim.
Pat’s Pick
November 22, 2017
Justin Yu Roars Back With Theodore Rex
Foodies freaked when the famously fastidious chef closed Oxheart. But there’s much to like about its easygoing successor, Theodore Rex.
Eat My Words
April 23, 2014
Oxheart’s Justin Yu Gets Ready for the Austin Food & Wine Festival
Yu discusses his recent James Beard Foundation Award nomination, eating Austin ramen, and Paul Qui’s enviable fashion sense.
Eat My Words
April 1, 2014
Food & Wine Magazine Names Three Texans to Its 2014 List of the Best New Chefs in America
Justin Yu, Paul Qui, and Matt McCallister make the prestigious list.
Eat My Words
March 18, 2014
Texas Represents Among the James Beard Award Finalists
Four of the five chefs nominated for Best Chef Southwest hail from Texas.
Food & Drink
March 18, 2013
Oxheart’s Justin Yu on Being a James Beard Semifinalist
Oxheart, Justin Yu’s 31-seat Houston restaurant, has received an immense amount of praise since opening in March of last year. Bon Appétit, GQ, Texas Monthly, and numerous media outlets have dubbed the vegetable-centric restaurant one of the best in the nation. Naturally when the James Beard Foundation announced its semifinalists
Eat My Words
October 19, 2012
‘Where the Chefs Eat’ Culinary Tours Feature Top Houston Chefs, Diverse Cuisines
Exciting news for all the Houston foodies out there: the city is hosting a myriad of chef-organized, chef-led culinary tours in 2013. The “Where the Chefs Eat” Houston Culinary Tours started in 2010 as a means of teaching diners about the Houston food scene and all its intricacies and diversities. Proceeds from the tours benefit