Michael’s guidebook

Michael
Michael’s guidebook

Houston Bucket list.

The best Tex-Mex ever! The beef fajitas are on a different level. Everything is homemade and fresh, The service is always on point and more importently the margaritas are sublime.
64 localnici recomandă
El Tiempo Cantina - Westheimer
322 Westheimer Rd
64 localnici recomandă
The best Tex-Mex ever! The beef fajitas are on a different level. Everything is homemade and fresh, The service is always on point and more importently the margaritas are sublime.
137 localnici recomandă
Velvet Taco
4819 Washington Ave
137 localnici recomandă
Quentesitial Montose experience - Little signage and It looks like a house. One feels like their walking into someones home or apartment or something until you see the bar, table top packman, and fuzzball table. It's a fun place with some seriously good pizza.
16 localnici recomandă
Love Buzz
408 Westheimer Rd
16 localnici recomandă
Quentesitial Montose experience - Little signage and It looks like a house. One feels like their walking into someones home or apartment or something until you see the bar, table top packman, and fuzzball table. It's a fun place with some seriously good pizza.
Excellent pasta and pizza within walking distance.
8 localnici recomandă
Your Pie Pizza
1625 Main St
8 localnici recomandă
Excellent pasta and pizza within walking distance.
Popular downtown hotspot
69 localnici recomandă
Hearsay Market Square
218 Travis St
69 localnici recomandă
Popular downtown hotspot
A dark, historical 1920's light shop with sultry old school New Orleans whore house red lighting, refurbished into the coolest hidden wine dive in Texas.
159 localnici recomandă
Boheme
307 Fairview St
159 localnici recomandă
A dark, historical 1920's light shop with sultry old school New Orleans whore house red lighting, refurbished into the coolest hidden wine dive in Texas.
277 localnici recomandă
Turkey Leg Hut
4830 Almeda Road
277 localnici recomandă
The chicken and waffles keeps them lined up around the block.
494 localnici recomandă
The Breakfast Klub
3711 Travis St
494 localnici recomandă
The chicken and waffles keeps them lined up around the block.
They have the infoumous pastry Kouign Amann!
194 localnici recomandă
Common Bond Café & Bakery
1706 Westheimer Rd
194 localnici recomandă
They have the infoumous pastry Kouign Amann!
Considered one of the best seafood restaurants in New Orleans, now has a location in Houston. it gets crowded. it was by far the best restaurant I've been to in the French Quarter.
6 localnici recomandă
Acme Oyster House
1201 Westheimer Road
6 localnici recomandă
Considered one of the best seafood restaurants in New Orleans, now has a location in Houston. it gets crowded. it was by far the best restaurant I've been to in the French Quarter.
My favorite seafood resturant. Now owned by the Mandola family who started the Carraba Resturant chain. I worked for Vincent Mandola for two years at Ninos and that's when I became a food snob.
17 localnici recomandă
Ragin' Cajun
4302 Richmond Ave
17 localnici recomandă
My favorite seafood resturant. Now owned by the Mandola family who started the Carraba Resturant chain. I worked for Vincent Mandola for two years at Ninos and that's when I became a food snob.
Fun restaurant and great concerts within walking distance.
195 localnici recomandă
House of Blues Houston
1204 Caroline St
195 localnici recomandă
Fun restaurant and great concerts within walking distance.

Food Scene

137 localnici recomandă
Velvet Taco
4819 Washington Ave
137 localnici recomandă
23 localnici recomandă
Lankford's Grocery & Market
88 Dennis St
23 localnici recomandă
One of the beet people watching patios in Houston.
87 localnici recomandă
Cyclone Anaya's Mexican Kitchen
309 Bagby St
87 localnici recomandă
One of the beet people watching patios in Houston.
16 localnici recomandă
POST Market (Food Hall)
401 Franklin Street
16 localnici recomandă

Sightseeing

The most fascinating and entertaining spectacle that doesn't come at someone elses expense. Park near The Dunlavy.
77 localnici recomandă
Waugh Drive Bat Colony
Waugh Drive
77 localnici recomandă
The most fascinating and entertaining spectacle that doesn't come at someone elses expense. Park near The Dunlavy.
Where Houston began - A cool historic downtown park surrounded by 19th-century architecture, modern hi-rises, walk-up restaurants, and bars and bordered by Houston's thriving Theater district.
96 localnici recomandă
Parcul Market Square
301 Milam St
96 localnici recomandă
Where Houston began - A cool historic downtown park surrounded by 19th-century architecture, modern hi-rises, walk-up restaurants, and bars and bordered by Houston's thriving Theater district.
A fusion of Urban park and modern art.
933 localnici recomandă
Discovery Green
1500 McKinney St
933 localnici recomandă
A fusion of Urban park and modern art.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Theater_District
91 localnici recomandă
Theater District
91 localnici recomandă
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Theater_District
Considered one of the most important privately assembled collections of the twentieth century, The Menil Collection houses approximately 17000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, and rare books. Masterpieces from antiquity, the Byzantine and medieval worlds the tribal cultures of Africa, Oceania, the American Pacific Northwest, and the twentieth century are particularly well represented. Among the hinighlights of the museum are its Surrealist holdings, widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost collections of its kind.
491 localnici recomandă
Colectia Menil
1533 Sul Ross St
491 localnici recomandă
Considered one of the most important privately assembled collections of the twentieth century, The Menil Collection houses approximately 17000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, and rare books. Masterpieces from antiquity, the Byzantine and medieval worlds the tribal cultures of Africa, Oceania, the American Pacific Northwest, and the twentieth century are particularly well represented. Among the hinighlights of the museum are its Surrealist holdings, widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost collections of its kind.
Considered one of the most important privately assembled collections of the twentieth century, The Menil Collection houses approximately 17000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, and rare books. Masterpieces from antiquity, the Byzantine and medieval worlds the tribal cultures of Africa, Oceania, the American Pacific Northwest, and the twentieth century are particularly well represented. Among the highlights of the museum are its Surrealist holdings, widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost collections of its kind.
491 localnici recomandă
Colectia Menil
1533 Sul Ross St
491 localnici recomandă
Considered one of the most important privately assembled collections of the twentieth century, The Menil Collection houses approximately 17000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, and rare books. Masterpieces from antiquity, the Byzantine and medieval worlds the tribal cultures of Africa, Oceania, the American Pacific Northwest, and the twentieth century are particularly well represented. Among the highlights of the museum are its Surrealist holdings, widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost collections of its kind.
Cockerell Butterfly Center is a stunning, three-story glass structure built around a 50-foot waterfall. Open year round, the Butterfly Center is a simulated tropical rainforest filled with exotic plants and hundreds of live butterflies from around the world. The Butterfly Center is home to several other exhibits as well, including a crawl-through model of a beehive, giant models of insects like caterpillars and beetles, immersive exhibits that make visitors feel like they are the size of a bug, and a video station where giant models of insect heads are outfitted with specialized cameras. Here, visitors can see themselves how different species of insects would see them – in 360 degrees, through a different visual color spectrum, and more. What fun!
863 localnici recomandă
Muzeul de Științe Naturale din Houston
5555 Hermann Park Dr
863 localnici recomandă
Cockerell Butterfly Center is a stunning, three-story glass structure built around a 50-foot waterfall. Open year round, the Butterfly Center is a simulated tropical rainforest filled with exotic plants and hundreds of live butterflies from around the world. The Butterfly Center is home to several other exhibits as well, including a crawl-through model of a beehive, giant models of insects like caterpillars and beetles, immersive exhibits that make visitors feel like they are the size of a bug, and a video station where giant models of insect heads are outfitted with specialized cameras. Here, visitors can see themselves how different species of insects would see them – in 360 degrees, through a different visual color spectrum, and more. What fun!
One of the top 10 art museums in the country. https://www.travelandleisure.com/culture-design/visual-arts/houston-art-museums-kinder-menil-turrell-rothko
979 localnici recomandă
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Beck Building
1001 Bissonnet St
979 localnici recomandă
One of the top 10 art museums in the country. https://www.travelandleisure.com/culture-design/visual-arts/houston-art-museums-kinder-menil-turrell-rothko
One of the largest elevated gardens in the world.
Skylawn
401 Franklin Street
One of the largest elevated gardens in the world.
Hermann Park is 445 acres and includes a Golf Course, the Houston Zoo, and a 2-mile train track for the Hermann Park Railroad.
51 localnici recomandă
Hermann Park Conservancy
1700 Hermann Dr
51 localnici recomandă
Hermann Park is 445 acres and includes a Golf Course, the Houston Zoo, and a 2-mile train track for the Hermann Park Railroad. 
16 localnici recomandă
POST Market (Food Hall)
401 Franklin Street
16 localnici recomandă
Trebly Park is the brand-new park across the street. It's so new they don't have a website yet, but there's a cafe and often live music
1515 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77002, Statele Unite ale Americii
Trebly Park is the brand-new park across the street. It's so new they don't have a website yet, but there's a cafe and often live music

proformance art

299 localnici recomandă
Teatrul Miller Outdoor
6000 Hermann Park Dr
299 localnici recomandă
The theatre is considered a leader in the city's experimental and original performance scene. I was taken by a friend to a couple of performance and they were hilarious.
The Catastrophic Theatre
3400 Main St
The theatre is considered a leader in the city's experimental and original performance scene. I was taken by a friend to a couple of performance and they were hilarious.
A pop up interactive art exhibit. Several guests I've hosted have come to Houston primarily to see the new exhibit.
92 localnici recomandă
Fabrica de Culori
3303 Kirby Dr
92 localnici recomandă
A pop up interactive art exhibit. Several guests I've hosted have come to Houston primarily to see the new exhibit.
Everyone says it's amazing.
THE INFINITE EXPERIENCE Houston
Everyone says it's amazing.
The old downtown post office building built in 1934 was transformed into a entertainment ans shopping venue with a sky farm on top.
117 localnici recomandă
POST Houston
401 Franklin St
117 localnici recomandă
The old downtown post office building built in 1934 was transformed into a entertainment ans shopping venue with a sky farm on top.
I saw one in Seattle and it was fantasik.
Red Velvet Burlesque Houston & Houston Cabaret Show
I saw one in Seattle and it was fantasik.
I've seen Billy Joel, Mariah Carey, and Christina Aguilera at this Venue. It's home to The Houston Rockets.
606 localnici recomandă
Centrul Toyota
1510 Polk St
606 localnici recomandă
I've seen Billy Joel, Mariah Carey, and Christina Aguilera at this Venue. It's home to The Houston Rockets.
Home of the Houston Astros baseball Also big name concert events
638 localnici recomandă
Parcul Minute Maid
501 Crawford St
638 localnici recomandă
Home of the Houston Astros baseball Also big name concert events
Performances by popular musical acts staged in an amphitheater with a lawn, plus 2 indoor spaces. Highlights
113 localnici recomandă
Sala de muzică White Oak
2915 N Main St
113 localnici recomandă
Performances by popular musical acts staged in an amphitheater with a lawn, plus 2 indoor spaces. Highlights