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[Monoblock]

Yo man this weather aint funny anymore.

HRW month brehs and brehettes. What's on y'all list?

Perry's Steakhouse

Spoiler

$45 PER PERSON

Restaurant will donate $7 to the Houston Food Bank from each dinner sold. Food Bank will provide 21 meals from this donation.

• Vegetarian (V)
• Vegan (VG)
• Gluten Free (GF)
• Go Healthy Houston (GHH)

First Course
WEDGE SALAD
iceberg lettuce topped with red onions, green onions, tomatoes, applewood-smoked bacon and a buttermilk vinaigrette dressing

CAESAR SALAD
romaine lettuce with croutons, anchovies and parmesan cheese, topped with perry’s traditional caesar dressing

PEAR SALAD
seven-leaf lettuce, mandarin orange slices, bosc pears and toasted pecans tossed in our house italian dressing

Second Course
8 OZ. FILET PERRY
topped with jumbo lump crabmeat, herb-garlic butter and served with steamed asparagus

PERRY´S FAMOUS PORK CHOP
cured, roasted, slow-smoked and caramelized, and served with homemade applesauce

GRILLED SALMON
topped with beurre fondue and served with grilled asparagus

Third Course
DESSERT TRIO
vanilla bean crème brûlée, grand marnier chocolate truffle, and praline cheesecake

MILK CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CANDY BAR
milk chocolate peanut butter mousse with a chocolate cookie crust, topped with hot fudge, whipped cream and candied peanuts

WHITE CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE
served over a graham cracker crust, topped with sour cream icing

And The Melting Pot

Spoiler

$35 PER PERSON

Restaurant will donate $5 to the Houston Food Bank from each dinner sold. Food Bank will provide 15 meals from this donation.

• Vegetarian (V)
• Vegan (VG)
• Gluten Free (GF)
• Go Healthy Houston (GHH)

First Course
LOADED BAKED POTATO CHEDDAR CHEESE FONDUE
cheddar cheese blend, our green goddess, garlic & wine seasoning, potatoes, bacon and scallions

CLASSIC ALPINE CHEESE FONDUE (V)
aged gruyère, raclette, and fontina cheeses, white wine, garlic, fresh lemon juice and nutmeg

SPINACH ARTICHOKE CHEESE FONDUE (V)
fontina and butterkäse cheeses, spinach, artichoke hearts and garlic

Second Course
CAESAR SALAD
MELTING POT HOUSE SALAD (V)
CALIFORNIA SALAD (V)
Third Course
LAND AND SEA
filet mignon, herb crusted chicken, and pacific white shrimp

FRENCH QUARTER
filet mignon, breast of chicken and pacific white shrimp in cajun spices along with andouille sausage

THE GOOD EARTH (V)
wild mushroom sacchetti, spinach & artichoke ravioli, thai peanut tofu, asparagus and portobello

Fourth Course
PURE CHOCOLATE FONDUE (V)
FLAMING TURTLE CHOCOLATE FONDUE (V)
silky milk chocolate, caramel and candied pecans flambéed tableside

MEXICAN MILK CHOCOLATE FONDUE (V)
silky milk chocolate with kahlua, cinnamon and a touch of cayenne

 

[Michael9100]

It's getting a lot of hate on their Facebook. Metro gutted a lot of the hood routes but no one was riding them enough to support that level of service.

August 16th-22nd, Free rides all week to christen the new system... and also to get rider feedback

 

[Numpsay]

It's getting a lot of hate on their Facebook. Metro gutted a lot of the hood routes but no one was riding them enough to support that level of service.

I just looked at the map. They did gut the shyt out of a lot of routes. I think they should have at least tested running those routes less frequently first. My brother will have to walk off Antoine to Tidwell now to catch the bus as it appears the Antoine route no longer exist.

 

[YouCherThatGirl]

The GOAT chicken spot is finally headed to Dallas.

The Frenchy's Chicken on Scott St in Houston is

No longer do Dallas brehs have to go to Houston for Frenchy's Chicken.

Beyoncé-approved soul food restaurant is headed to Dallas
Food and Drink: Beyoncé-approved soul food restaurant is headed to Dallas | GuideLive


Frenchy's Chicken has been serving soul food in Houston for more than 40 years. Houston-born pop singer Beyoncé even gave a shout-out to the Creole and Southern food spot in her song "Bow Down/I Been On." And wouldn't you know: More than a few people outside of Beyoncé's hometown have now heard of Frenchy's.

But currently, all 30 Frenchy's Chicken restaurants are in the Houston area, save one inside an H-E-B grocery store in Beaumont.

That's about to change, confirmed spokesman Clarence Estes. Frenchy's Chicken is planning expansions in Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and Beaumont. Dallas will be "the next big market," Estes says.

So far, no leases have been signed in Dallas-Fort Worth, and Estes couldn't say when he expects Frenchy's to pop up, or where.

After a Texas growth spurt, Estes says Frenchy's might expand nationally.

(Frenchy's Chicken shouldn't be confused with the orange Frenchy's vans in Denton. Those are for Frenchy's Lawn & Tree Service, an unaffiliated company.)

Estes explains Frenchy's Chicken's food as "southern food done right." Besides fried chicken, the New Orleans-inspired menu also has boudin (pork sausage made with rice), collard greens and catfish po boys.

Only one worth a damn is the original. They had one off W. Bellfort and Fondren for a minute and that's, hands down, the nastiest chicken I've ever had in my life.

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

I just looked at the map. They did gut the shyt out of a lot of routes. I think they should have at least tested running those routes less frequently first. My brother will have to walk off Antoine to Tidwell now to catch the bus as it appears the Antoine route no longer exist.

The 85 still exists with even more service and goes to Greenpoint now. The 45 has increased service as well.

 

[Numpsay]

The 85 still exists with even more service and goes to Greenpoint now. The 45 has increased service as well.

Oh ok guessed I looked at that map wrong. Either way I hope this ends up being an improvement. Public transportation is a major knock on Houston.

 

[DonFrancisco]

mosaic is not midtown, it's more med center/museum district. It's at the mosaic condos (2 big tall glass buildings off 288 and almeda). I've been once or twice and though it sucked honestly. A semi-midtown spot that's mostly blacks that's not bad is Indigo midown.

Cool. I'll hit that up, thanks! Plus one of my friends just moved back to Houston and I owe him for all the Latin nights I dragged him too LOL....Poor guy, I dragged him to clubs and bars where he didn't understand a damn word of these songs and some of the women didn't speak any English, I owe him.

 

[DonFrancisco]

The 85 still exists with even more service and goes to Greenpoint now. The 45 has increased service as well.

Finally. The north side transportation wise is terrible. AT least in the SW ,buses went to places you wanted to visit like Uptown, Downtown, Bellaire Chinatown, Gulfton, Energy Corridor, etc.

 

[newworldafro]

How yall feel about the light rail system? I think it should be much larger....hit the energy corridor, hit Pearland, hit the Southwest Corridor, extend to both airports.

 

[DonFrancisco]

How yall feel about the light rail system? I think it should be much larger....hit the energy corridor, hit Pearland, hit the Southwest Corridor, extend to both airports.

They should have built it along Westhiemer all the way to Eldridge to hit the Energy Corridor. Of course the issue with that is you risk make Westhiemer more segregated since South of Westhiemer tends to be more working class (Sharpstown/Alief) and the north is a lot more affluent.

Honestly it would have worked best along Bellaire until Eldridge and the two airports. Also there should be a rail system along Hwy 90 to Sugarland Town Square

 

[newworldafro]

They should have built it along Westhiemer all the way to Eldridge to hit the Energy Corridor. Of course the issue with that is you risk make Westhiemer more segregated since South of Westhiemer tends to be more working class (Sharpstown/Alief) and the north is a lot more affluent.

Honestly it would have worked best along Bellaire until Eldridge and the two airports. Also there should be a rail system along Hwy 90 to Sugarland Town Square

IN 2012, when I moved here, there was a referendum to actually fund the University Line and Uptown Line. The University was going to be about 11 miles long, from Eastwood Transit Center near University of Houston, through Third Ward, all the way down Richmond Ave, and end at Hillcroft Station, near Sharpstown.

The Uptown was going to start off the University Line and go north for about 5 miles on Post Oak Rd through the Galleria, to Northwest Transit Center.

If they had funded these two lines it would have allowed a bunch of new lines to expand off of those. However, the referendum was "interesting", where voting FOR it actually funded only buses, and voting AGAINST it actually stopped new light rail (something like that) or maybe it did fund it....see I'm confused. My understanding is that it was meant to confuse voters.

University in Blue
Uptown in Gold

 

[DonFrancisco]

IN 2012, when I moved here, there was a referendum to actually fund the University Line and Uptown Line. The University was going to be about 11 miles long, from Eastwood Transit Center near University of Houston, through Third Ward, all the way down Richmond Ave, and end at Hillcroft Station, near Sharpstown.

The Uptown was going to start off the University Line and go north for about 5 miles on Post Oak Rd through the Galleria, to Northwest Transit Center.

If they had funded these two lines it would have allowed a bunch of new lines to expand off of those. However, the referendum was "interesting", where voting FOR it actually funded only buses, and voting AGAINST it actually stopped new light rail (something like that). My understanding is that it was meant to confuse voters.

University in Blue
Uptown in Gold

I remember that. The issue was way before the vote. State Republicans were trying to use the rail line as a way to fight the federal government and "Obama expansion of powers" and get it defunded. Also you had the issue of the rail line going thru affluent areas and these rich residents took control of the situation and made sure the lines didn't get built even though the majority of voters the first time around voted for it. They basically said screw democracy, we don't want this.

The same issue is being fought out in Ashby highrises and I for one hope Ashby gets built just to screw with them.

 

[GoonbergScandal]

I just looked at the map. They did gut the shyt out of a lot of routes. I think they should have at least tested running those routes less frequently first. My brother will have to walk off Antoine to Tidwell now to catch the bus as it appears the Antoine route no longer exist.

Antoine and Tidwell is like the unofficial murder capitol of the Northside of Houston. Luxor Park apartments is like little New Orleans lmao. Shootouts galore. That's probably why they gutted that route.

 

[PortCityProphet]

yo brehs I'm going there later this week? cats still rocking grills down there? what kinda fade should I get before i go down? I wanna have hoes peepin

 

[Spence]

Houston needs to take a look at St Louis metrolink rail system and just copy that. I wish there was a light rail park and ride to the airport so we wouldnt be forced to park in lots for $6-10 per day