Houston’s 100 Very Best Restaurants

By ALICE LEVITT AND KATHARINE SHILCUTT

9/19/2016 AT 12:00AM

WE KNOW—our annual Best Restaurants issue is massive this year, with an even 100 restaurants spanning every different cuisine, price point and neighborhood across the city. But for those who want to get straight to the meat of the matter, here’s the alphabetical list of our favorites for you to start checking off as you go. Happy eating!

Note: Restaurants are in alpha order; this is not a ranked list.

1. 51Fifteen & Cocktails
2. Al Aseel Grill & Café
3. Américas
4. Andes Cafe
5. Arthur Ave
6. Asia Market Thai Lao Food
7. B&B Butchers & Restaurant
8. BCN Taste & Tradition
9. Benjy’s
10. Bernadine’s
11. Bistro Menil
12. Boheme
13. Bombay Sweets
14. Brennan’s of Houston
15. Cafe Adel
16. Café Annie
17. Café Caspian
18. Cafe Piquet
19. Cali Sandwich & Fast Food
20. Caracol
21. Chowpatty Chat Co.
22. Cloud 10 Creamery
23. Cocohodo
24. Conservatory
25. Cooking Girl
26. Cuchara
27. Dak & Bop
28. Da Marco
29. The Dunlavy
30. Edgar’s Hermano and Part & Parcel at the Whitehall Hotel
31. Eight Row Flint
32. Etoile Cuisine Et Bar
33. Fielding’s Local Kitchen + Bar
34. Foreign Correspondents
35. Giacomo’s Cibo e Vino
36. The Grove Do-nutz & Deli
37. The Hay Merchant
38. Helen Greek Food & Wine
39. Himalaya
40. Hoodadak
41. Hot Breads
42. Hugo’s
43. Hunky Dory
44. Indika
45. Izakaya Wa
46. Jane & John Dough Bakery
47. Ka Sushi
48. Kata Robata Sushi & Grill
49. Kenny & Ziggy’s New York Delicatessen
50. Killen’s BBQ
51. Koala Kolaches
52. Korea House
53. Korean Noodle House
54. Kraftsmen Café
55. Kuma Burgers
56. Kwality Ice Cream
57. La Crawfish
58. La Table
59. Little Liberty
60. Lotus Seafood
61. Luchi & Joey’s
62. Mama Yu
63. Mandola’s Deli
64. Manor House
65. Max’s Wine Dive
66. Midtown BBQ
67. Monarch Bistro at the Hotel Zaza
68. Morningstar
69. Murdoch’s Backyard Pub
70. Nyam Nyam Café
71. The Olive Oil Restaurant
72. One Dragon Restaurant
73. Oporto Fooding House & Wine
74. Oxheart
75. Pappa Charlies Barbeque
76. The Pass & Provisions
77. Pax Americana
78. Peńa’s Donut Heaven & Grill
79. Pho & Crab
80. Polonia
81. Pondicheri Bake Lab + Shop
82. Rainbow Lodge
83. Republic Diner + Sojubang
84. Ritual
85. Saffron Kabob House
86. Saigon Pagolac
87. Saltair Seafood Kitchen
88. Sheger Ethiopian Restaurant
89. Songkran Thai Kitchen
90. Southern Goods
91. Spindletop
92. State Fare
93. State of Grace
94. Steak 48
95. Stoked Tacos & Tequila
96. Thien Thanh
97. Triniti
98. Urban Eats
99. Uyghur Bistro
100. Wooster’s Garden