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Delta Tau Delta News
Feature in Chef David’s alma mater news from Delta Tau Delta on Page 20.
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Eater Houston - July 8th, 2025
The 38 Best Restaurants in Houston, Summer 2025
A guide to the city’s best eats, from elegant coastal fare to tender, juicy brisket — and everything in between
Updated Jul 8, 2025, 7:50 AM PDT
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Style Blueprint - July 2025
12 Experiential Texas Restaurants That Take Dining to the Next Level
Shellfish served in a cloud of smoke. A trip to Venice. Flaming cocktails and fire dancers. Here’s where to catch dinner and a show in Texas! Image: Musaafer
Published on June 24, 2025
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Best Restaurants in Houston's Suburbs May 2025
- Eater Houston by Brittany Britto Garley. Photo by Dylan McEwan.
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All the Restaurants You Need to Plan a Road Trip to From Dallas
Pack the car and get ready to eat
Eater Dallas by Courtney E. Smith. Photo by JIA Media - May 7th, 2025
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This Rare Native American Tasting Menu in Texas Has a Mole That Takes Months to Make Choctaw chef David Skinner is helping define Native American cuisine,
with traditional takes on tanchi labona, clever uses of corn, and an ever-evolving mole negra that predates the tasting menu restaurant itself by Brittany Britto Garley Apr 30, 2025,
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Bao Ong's Top Dishes in March '25
Houston Chronicle: The 10 best dishes Houston Chronicle restaurant critic Bao Ong ate in March /25
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Houston Chronicle
Kira, Ishtia and Ema named in Texas Monthly's best new restaurants of 2025 list - by Sonia Garcia
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HCC Tv Up to The Minute
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Houston Food Finder
Houston Food Finder’s 5 Things to Do This Week.
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Texas Highways
There’s Magic in the Water at Ishtia in Kemah
Chef David Skinner is crafting spellbinding Choctaw cuisine on the coast
By Amanda Albee
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Texas Monthly
Best New Restaurants in Texas in 2025 by Courtney Bond and Patricia Sharpe
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Houston Chronicle
Kira, Ishtia and Ema named in Texas Monthly's best new restaurants of 2025 list
By Sonia Garcia,
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Culture Map Houston
3 high-flying Houston eateries make Texas Monthly's best new restaurants list. By Eric Sandler
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Tastemaker Nominee
Chef David Skinner nominated for Best Chef and Ishtia for Best New Restairant at the annual CultureMap Tastemaker Awards.
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Texas Monthly
The 2025 James Beard Award Semifinalists Reflect the Evolving Definition of “Texan Food” - Texas Monthly by Paula Forbes
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13 Houston restaurants score James Beard Award semifinalist nominations January 22nd 2025 by Eric Sandler
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James Beard Award semifinalists include 13 Houston restaurants and chefs - Houston Chronicle by Bao Ong January 2025
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James Beard Awards Shine a Spotlight On Chefs From The Woodlands Area as Greater Houston Restaurants Rack Up Semifinalist Honors - Paper City Houston by Laura Landsbaum
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James Beard Awards Name 13 Houston-Area Semifinalists
Three new categories have been added to commemorate the prestigious awards' milestone 35th anniversary. - Dining Out by Megha McSwain
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Houston area chefs tie with San Antonio for the most nods for the James Beard Award’s Best Chef: Texas category - Eater Houston by Courtney Smith
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Here’s something to warm up Houston restaurant fans on the heels of another winter storm: there are several local James Beard Award semifinalists again this year. Houston Food Finder by Phaedra Cook
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Check Out Houston’s James Beard Award Semifinalists for 2025 - Houstonia Magazine by Sofia Gonzalez
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The James Beard Award Semifinalists: Houston's Stars - Houston Press by Lorretta Ruggiero
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KHOU - Houston shines with multiple spots in 2025 James Beard Award semifinals by Cory McCord
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Thirteen Houston-area chefs, restaurants named 2025 James Beard Award semifinalists by Sarah Grunau
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Houston's James Beard Award semifinalists by Shafaq Patel
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CityBook : Patrick Magee January 10th, 2025 - Ishtia to provide VIP Bites at GRB
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Houston Chronicle : Bao Ong January 1st, 2025
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Live Fire Cooking by Phaedra Cook | Houston Food Finder December, 2024
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Thanks so much to #BaoOng and the #HoustonChronicle for this honor of Ishtia being named amongst Houston's Top 10 New Restaurants of 2024! Photo: Kirk Sides
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ISHTIA named best new restaurant in Texas 2024 by Eater.com
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ISHTIA makes Alison Cook’s prestigious “Culinary Stars” Top 100 List for 2024
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HoustonLife.TV and Tessa Barrera on location at ISHTIA . Watch the interview here.
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Some Enchanted Evening - Pat Sharpe for Texas Monthly. Photos John Davidson.
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Alison Cook - Houston Chronicle
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Eater Houston September 30th 2024 by Marcy DeLuna
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Patricia Sharpe - Texas Monthly
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Brittany Britto Garley - Eater
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- Mincho Jacob - NPR Audio Interview / Houston Public Media
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— Bao Ong - Houston Chronicle
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— Eric Sandler - Culture Map Houston
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— Brittany Britto Garley - Eater Houston
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— Loretta Ruggiero - Houston Press
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— Ryan Kasey Baker - Houston Food Finder
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Alison Cook - Houston Chronicle Flavor Newsletter
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— CW39 Houston
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— Plate Magazine Newsletter