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Foodie Find Fridays #1 - 🌮 Tuesday, 🍺 Happy Hours, and more!
Your go-to guide for Houston’s hottest bites, hidden gems, and can’t-miss happy hours. Curated by Houston Spotlight 🍽️
Asad Ali
April 04, 2025
🍖 This Week’s Feature: Brisket & Rice – A Hidden Gem in the SW Side
🔥 Big flavor, no fluff. The combo plate at Brisket & Rice hits every craving — brisket, , rice, and sauce so good you’ll want to bottle it.
If you know, you know. Brisket & Rice is a hole-in-the-wall spot serving up Texas BBQ with an Asian twist, and it’s become a local legend for good reason. Their signature brisket fried rice is smoky, savory, and packed with bold flavor. Add a spicy egg roll or grilled shrimp and thank us later.
The brisket is smoky, tender, and layered over fragrant rice with a chili crisp drizzle and a soy glaze that brings it all together. Add pickled veggies or a fried egg if you’re feeling bold.
📍 13111 Farm to Market Rd 529, Houston, TX 77041
🕒 Best Time to Go: Lunch hour (but get there early — it gets packed!)
🔥 Spotlight Tip: The combo plates are loaded and totally shareable.
🌮 Taco Tuesday Pick: Velvet Taco – Washington Ave
We’re obsessed with the spicy tikka chicken, but honestly? You can’t go wrong.
Late-night tacos, loud music, and people-watching — Velvet Taco always delivers. Fan-favorite: the spicy tikka chicken taco.
💸 $2.50 tacos from 9–11 PM every Tuesday
📍 4819 Washington Ave, Houston, TX 77007
🍺 Happy Hour Radar: 3 Must-Hit Spots This Weekend
🍸 Sky-high happy hour views? Yes, please.
1. High & Dry Rooftop Bar
📍 306 Main St
🌇 Skyline views, $5 drafts, $6 cocktails
2. Lei Low Tiki Bar – Heights
📍 6412 N Main St
🍍 Tiki cocktails, $4 bites, perfect date-night dive
3. Patterson Park – The Chillest Spot in Town
📍 2205 Patterson St
🐾 Dog-friendly patio, yard games, $3 beers
🍰 Sweet Pop-Up of the Week: Honeychild’s Sweet Creams – Farmers Market Favorite
🥧 Ice Cream with a soul.
Honeychild’s Sweet Creams is a local dessert brand turning heads with their handmade icebox pies and boozy frozen treats. Based at the Houston M-K-T and popping up at local events, their bourbon banana pudding pie and mango lime sorbet are standouts — rich, creamy, and bursting with Southern charm.
📍 Houston M-K-T – 600 N Shepherd Dr Suite 450, Houston, TX 77007
🕒 Saturdays & Sundays | 12 PM–10 PM
💡 Spotlight Tip: Grab the mini pies — they’re the perfect sampler set (and super portable for the ‘Gram).
🧠 Did You Know?
Houston’s culinary scene is so diverse, it’s been named the "newest capital of great food" by multiple national food critics. The best part? You can go from Vietnamese BBQ to Tex-Mex to Nigerian jollof in one weekend — and we’ll guide the way. 🔥
📣 Be Our Food Scout!
Found a new food truck, soul food spot, or hole-in-the-wall?
DM us @houstonspotlight — your rec might be next week’s feature!
Stay hungry, stay local, stay curious.
Asad Ali
Editor | Foodie Find Fridays
Houston Spotlight
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