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.
Oxheart
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
April 11, 2013
Oxheart, Underbelly Get Rave Reviews in the New York Times
New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells (who recently captured lots of attention for his comical review of Guy Fieri’s Times Square eatery) featured Houston’s Underbelly and Oxheart in his dining column this week.Calling Houston “one of the country’s most exciting places to eat,” Wells praised Justin Yu’s Oxheart
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
February 21, 2013
Three of America’s Best New Restaurants Are in Houston
Underbelly, Oxheart, and Uchi Houston all made two new lists of the best restaurants in America.
Eat My Words
January 24, 2013
Where You Should Be Eating Right Now: Our Picks For the Dozen Best New Restaurants in Texas
Once a year, I sort through my dining notes and come up with a list of my favorite dining spots of roughly the past twelve months. We modestly call the resulting story, traditionally published in February, “Where To Eat Now.” On its face, it is an honor roll of the
Eat My Words
December 5, 2012
Feast announces shutter on Twitter, Houston diners shocked
In case you haven’t heard, Feast, Houston’s first notable snout-to-tail restaurant, announced it will close its doors for good in August 2013 after their five-year lease comes to an end. The shocking shutter announcement came via Twitter last week: “So the bad news is we’re closing in
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
Food & Drink
March 1, 2012
Notable Openings and Closings
What you need to know about dining in Texas this week.