This new neighborhood eatery brings a much-needed hangout spot to the GOOF, offering dishes like hand-made pasta; grilled Texas quail with cherry olive tapenade and quinoa; and sharables like balloon bread with a selection of sauces, plus an extensive cocktail and wine list.

This ultra-chic new cafe in Garden Oaks serves up honey sea salt lattes, açaí bowls, and avocado toast in an Insta-worthy, inviting space. Sunday Press also functions as a boutique, featuring jewelry, plants, and flowers from local vendors, as well as skincare and other giftable items.

Ben Berg’s romantic new Italian hideaway is meant to evoke the side street restaurants of Rome or Florence, with rustic dishes like shrimp bruschetta, pan-seared swordfish, lamb ragù, and cacio e pepe.

Long a late-night Montrose favorite for mezze, loaded shawarma fries, gyro quesadillas and more, Al’s long-awaited second location, in the Heights, is now open.

This intimate spot in the M-K-T development in the Heights is modeled after the tropical seaside cafes and fresh cuisine of Tulum, Mexico. Dishes include tuna crudo tostadas, elote corn “ribs”, roasted bone marrow with guajillo marmalade, and drinks like the Cenote, made with green chartreuse, elote liqueur, and pineapple juice.

The long-awaited revamp of Downtown’s Barbara Jordan Post Office is finally complete, including a massive food hall with two bars and several stalls. Find raw oysters at Golfstrømmen, Southeast Asian street food at Hawkers, meat-stuffed paratha wrap at Rollin Phatties, and much, much more.

This Cypress fave just opened an in-the-loop location near Memorial Park, where diners can find the same juicy soup dumplings crispy Peking duck, and Sichuan cuisine that made its suburban location a hit.

Common Bond has gone all-in with its on-the-go concept in the past year, but the beloved Montrose bakery has recently switched gears, opening its first full-service restaurant, Brasserie, downtown. At the chic new spot, diners can look forward to dishes like french onion soup, wild mushroom and goat cheese flatbread, a croque madame sandwich, coq au vin, smoked duck rillettes, raw oysters, seafood towers, and more.

Chef Hugo Ortega’s newest eatery is now celebrating the street foods of Mexico in Uptown Park. At this fast-casual spot, Ortega’s famed tlayudas and gorditas are topped with slow-braised meats like birria de res, plus there’s an extensive selection of pan dulce and breakfast tacos in the morning.

The self-proclaimed “father of modern Mexican cuisine” Richard Sandolval has opened a new Latin-influenced steakhouse at downtown’s Four Seasons Hotel. Expect dishes like a giant, 52-ounce mezcal-flambéed prime tomahawk steak, Spanish cotopus, and antelope, sourced from Texas’ Broken Arrow Ranch. There’s also a ceviche bar, and every steak is served with both chimichurri and barbecue sauce.

The Zalat Pizza chain out of Dallas brings pho- and elote-topped pies to Houston with a new shop now open in Midtown. The cult-favorite pizzeria stays open until 4 a.m. on the weekends.

This Austin import brings tropical vibes and a rooftop terrace to Montrose with dishes like Cubano sandwiches, mini empenadas, pulled pork birria, and plantain chips and guac. Drinks include frozen mojitos and piña coladas, plus palomas, spritzes and a Blue Hawaiian.

This Nashville-style hot chicken joint, founded in Los Angeles, and now transported to Houston, is widely credited with bringing the hot chicken trend to the West Coast. Often imitated, one thing that sets Dave’s apart from other hot chicken joints is the restaurant’s large, sharable trays of fries and tenders drizzled with a zig-zag of sauce.