Food & Drink
March 1, 2022
Houston’s Hobbit Cafe Has Welcomed Diners to the Shire for 50 Years
The Lord of the Rings–inspired restaurant has transcended its theme to become a local staple for burgers, vegetarian food, and mead.
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Music
February 25, 2022
At One of the Last Classical Music Stores, CDs Still Rock
Streaming services don’t exist inside Classical Music of Spring, one of the few remaining classical-focused shops in the country.
Texas History
June 22, 2021
A Pioneering Black Singer’s Compositions, Long Forgotten, May Finally Have an Audience
Waco-born baritone Jules Bledsoe starred on Broadway and toured Europe, but his original opera and other works languish in obscurity. A Baylor professor hopes to change that.
Libations
March 31, 2021
Breweries Used to Be Just Places to Drink a Beer. Now They’re Community Spaces.
It's not unlike the function British pubs have always had. Plus: twelve of our favorites across Texas.
Food & Drink
October 29, 2020
The Hidden History of Peri Peri Chicken
Originally from South Africa and Portugal, the peppery, lemony dish is now beloved by Texas Muslims. To understand why, you have to go back four hundred years.
Arts & Entertainment
September 4, 2020
The Weird, Wonderful Story of Texas’s First Radio Station
From its origins airing the banter of bored firefighters to its robust classical programming today, Dallas’s WRR-FM has filled an unusual niche on the airwaves for nearly a century.