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CYPRESS— To congratulate Brooks' Place BBQ on making Texas Monthly's top 50 barbecue joints list, someone decorated the barbecue trailer with streamers and balloons. That's pretty cool. [Facebook]
BBQWIRE— The headline of this CultureMap post expresses surprise that only five Houston barbecue restaurants made the Texas Monthly top 50, but the text doesn't offer a list of snubs or alternative suggestions. Maybe they're mad that this list of suggestions from October whiffed so badly. [CultureMap]
MEMORIAL— Bistro Provence will celebrate(?) National Escargot Day on May 24 with a special menu that includes garlic-studded beef filet with sauteed escargots and shallots and snail pizza. Call 713-827-8008 for reservations. [EaterWire]
