A California man tried to bring his pet possum on a passenger plane, and a clerical error brought a temporary $37 million windfall to a Rowlett couple.
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We review more than sixty restaurants each month. Here’s a peek at what’s new!
The annual journey to the Houston Rodeo offers a corrective to the reductionist narrative that pop culture has long perpetuated.
Julie and Bruce Webb's upstairs abode is filled with l'objets d'hearth that are as eclectic as what's downstairs.
Celebrating the era when the Big Boys and Butthole Surfers made music that was loud and fast and dangerous.
Led by a twentysomething Latina, Democrats now run Harris County, offering a glimpse at what things might look like—for better or for worse—if the party finds itself back on top across Texas.
Outside Bentsen, watch butterflies, dance, and light a candle or two.
Just along the Texas–Mexico border, this fragile oasis attracts hundreds of birds (and those who watch them).
On two generations of talented storytellers contributing to our pages.
Some forty years ago, a desk was dragged to the top of a hill in Alpine that overlooks the Big Bend. The notebooks stashed inside continue to capture big thoughts from the people who travel there.
Set in a beguiling bungalow, this meat-centric restaurant makes you feel right at home.
We review more than sixty restaurants each month. Here’s a peek at what’s new!
Alto is betting that if a safer, more expensive ride-hailing service can turn a profit in Dallas, it can do it just about anywhere.
Not long after criticizing Ted Cruz and John Cornyn for ignoring gun violence, the Houston police chief sat down to talk about his headline-making comments, why he’s a RINO, and the balance between criminal justice reform and public safety.
The author and UT professor believes our country is falling apart—and he has a plan to fix it.
With our hit Boomtown podcast, Texas Monthly is learning new ways to tell stories.
Plus, a woman goes to a pharmacy and discovers she's dead!
After working at such restaurants as Pujol, in Mexico City, chef Edgar Rico brings his masa talents to East Austin.
Austin-based novelist Amanda Eyre Ward discovers that sometimes, you need to go way, way out at sea to gaining a clearer perspective.
The state's breweries are turning out creative winter stouts and porters.
'Briarpatch,' a new show on USA Network, portrays a West Texas rarely seen on TV.
A few Texas pitmasters are putting their own spin on a Carolina tradition.
Owners Rhianna and Cyrus Shennum, who specialize in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century jewelry, honor tradition with their custom pieces.
Texas A&M wants to transform medicine by training a generation of innovation-minded physicians.
A Rice University professor's recent breakthrough may mean that a science fictional scenario is within reach.
The San Antonio stalwart, known for its creative Tex-Mex tacos, evokes a long-gone Texas Monthly favorite with this offering.
Texas Monthly adds and updates approximately sixty restaurant listings to our Dining Guide each month. There’s limited space in the print issue, but the entire searchable guide to the best of Texas cuisine is at your fingertips online! Below are a few highlights from the new restaurants reviewed in our January 2020…
Plus, feeling grateful for our gimlet-eyed deputy editor, Jeff Salamon.
Plus, Pennywise the Clown has just the place for you!
As part of the ambitious Alexandria Project, West Texas archaeologists are documenting several hundred pictographs in just four years.
Lelton Morse races homing pigeons in Central Texas. He sends his birds hundreds of miles away, waits and watches, and knows they’re flying home.
Forget the tortured artist clichés. The critically acclaimed musician began making the best albums of his life when he settled in Texas and decided to try being happy.
After years of successful pop-ups in Dallas, chef Justin Holt opens a spot that's an homage to these two Japanese dishes.
Like so much in American conservative politics these days, everything begins and ends with Trump.
A Dallas man worries that hipsters have commandeered his favorite style of hat.
The Dallas entrepreneur turned to a favorite children's book for inspiration.
The coastal hot spot features a menu of midcentury island-time sippers, perfect for any time of the year.
Make sure to stop for camping essentials on the way in. And maybe a burger or pizza.
Plus, some people in Houston really, really want a Popeyes chicken sandwich.
When eating here, you can do far more with your money than enjoy great food and drinks.
The park features hidden caves, dramatic waterfalls, and sparkling springs.
We review more than sixty restaurants each month. Here’s a peek at what’s new!
This could be the year that Texas Democrats finally break through. (Yes, really.) But Republicans have a solid plan to stop them.
As the Amon Carter Museum reopens, a parallel movement highlighting local artists is flourishing.
