Joe’s Crab Shack Drops Tipping In Favor Of Just Paying Servers A Fair Wage
The Houston-based company is the first national restaurant chain to end the practice of tipping—will more follow suit?
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The Houston-based company is the first national restaurant chain to end the practice of tipping—will more follow suit?
Proponents of HERO used reason to get their point across, but they should've used dollar amounts.
This past year, China surpassed all other foreign countries in terms of properties purchased and dollars spent. And with increasing frequency, investors are coming to the Houston area, which now has a Chinese population of 86,000.
Five years later, Houston is still mourning the loss of Continental Airlines.
All hail Republic Kolache, the pop-up restaurant introducing our beloved Czech pastry to the nation's capital.
How the drought led to a revival of America’s only native caffeinated drink.
By the looks of it, McNair is more concerned with political influence than a winning team.
The Texas computer titan has done big things, but he’s not exactly an aspirational figure in the tech world.
Isha Datar of non-profit New Harvest outlines what she believes could change the meat industry.
Between the ”Come and Take It” flag and banning the Dallas skyline, the most appealing thing at the ballpark these days is the cotton candy-flavored hot dog. Ew.
How is thirteen-year-old Desmond going to save for a car now?
The Internet outrage machine geared up hard after an app named Peeple promised to be Yelp for your neighbors. For the founder of Austin’s Peeple, that was extra bad news.
Have we learned nothing from the Ashley Madison data hack?
Don’t be fooled by claims of economic diversification—the city still runs on oil.
We’re number one! And numbers two, three, four, five, six, eight through twelve, fourteen, and fifteen!
The AL West leaders are having a storybook season—so why isn’t anybody going to the stadium to watch it play out?
We chatted with C3 partner Charles Attal about how an iconic Austin music festival ended up in New Zealand.
Whataburger landed itself in another pickle—but not the kind on its tasty burgers.
These six splendid wineries are setting the standard for Texas viticulture.
Chip Tate built Balcones into one of the country’s most innovative whiskey distilleries. But last year he lost the company in a bitter clash with his investors. Now he’s starting from scratch—again.
A decade and a half after I wrote about the poor quality of Texas wines for this magazine, Lone Star vintners are starting to turn heads.
The founder of Austin’s maverick Jester King Brewery talks about his big new project.
These eight breweries—as scenic as they are savory—are creating quite the buzz.
Alba Huerta, arguably the best bartender in Texas, chats about serving cocktails in Houston.
Because you know you’ve always wanted to kick it up.
How did smog-breathing, gridlock-prone Houston become the newest natural wonder of the urban world?
Never a dull week for music in Texas.
Even with one club in the red, the Houston Dynamo and FC Dallas are apparently worth nine figures.
An Instagram look at the insta-joy of the ice cream's triumphant return
Austin’s McGuire Moorman Hospitality Group asked customers to try six different burgers in a week. We couldn't resist.
The company's wholesome image doesn't match its current reality.
The iconic "don't talk" PSAs get broken down and voted on—by you.
A wine that showcases the terroir and climate of cool nights in the High Plains.
Austin's youngest and hottest bar district was just another Austin residential neighborhood.
Let’s not overreact, but let’s not underreact either.
How the iconic burger chain’s attempt to build a bigger, better company alienated some of the people behind its success.
In midlife, a Dallasite finds a new career as a jewelry maker.
Twenty years after her death, who gets to love Selena (and how)?
The North Texas town's Downtown Revitalization Board is fighting to remove a friendly-looking anthropomorphic potato from a popular local business.
After an Uber driver was accused of rape, the friendly relationship between Dallas and the transportation company could be getting frosty.
Here’s all that you need to know about Rooster McConaughey and his new show, 'West Texas Investors Club.'
San Antonio City Manager Sheryl Sculley seems to think so.
Our state’s busiest airport just keeps experiencing one unfortunate incident after another.
The federal law has been in place for 25 years, and dozens of Texas businesses may have to pay up for breaking it.
The U.S.-Mexico border provides plenty of economic benefits for Texas cities. Trump doesn’t want to see that.
The Alamo City is one of six vying for the 2019 or 2020 game. Does it have what it takes?
Learn the secret history of Robin Wright’s childhood, and how 7-Eleven inadvertently helped birth the margarita machine.
A group of Austin businessmen are coming together to introduce limestone-filtered sparkling water to Texas.
The beleaguered bar chain is now on a tight leash.
We think that has something to do with Texas.