Results tagged “pizza”

To heck with that resolution to be thinner - we are embracing our inner grease-lover, you know, the one who firmly believes that cheese is a food group and will eat cardboard if it comes covered in cream gravy. Yes, that one, the "believer in spandex britches". So, we are back on our "burger thing" and will be telling you all about good burgers, mediocre burgers and possibly bad ones (hey, if it's gross AND gucci, we will attempt to prevent you from wasting your coin). To that end, here's the first burger scoop of the year it also happens to be a "double bonus" report. Meaning, you get to have a seriously tasty burger and some tots, rings or fries, score some ice cold beer or cocktails (there is a full bar) AND bowl a few games. It's all the makings of a near perfect evening of entertainment in one convenient building located just slightly ITL (In The Loop) at Palace Lanes.

Spent all your cash on girlie drinks and shattered dreams again this weekend, didn't you? No worries - Thriftster gives you the lowdown on cheap stuff to do until Paycheck Friday. Monday: We are confused about the Sona play date, so let's try again shall we? The weather is awesome, as if you haven't noticed, so tonight you and your main squeeze should grab a blanket and hit the outdoors to watch the free screening...

Westheimer Road is a long, thriving, paved snake of potholed infrastructure. It guides you into town from the Grand Parkway through Beltway 8 and Loop 610 until it brings you all the way into a cozy, little enclave of town we lovingly refer to as The Montrose. Not really the heart of Houston, because that would probably be the Medical Center, but more like the liver or one of the kidneys of Houston as...

When we were very young, there was a pizza joint called Showbiz Pizza (which became Chuck E. Cheese), which featured the usual: cardboard pizza, games, and singing animals. Well, those singing animals (known as Rockafire Explosion) that scared the bejesus out of us back in those days are back -- singing Bubba Sparxxx's hip-hop tune "Ms. New Booty." It seems that someone who calls themselves Christhrash on YouTube, bought these mechanical animals and decide...

Milk. It's one of those things we rarely give much thought to — but then we read about how rising milk prices are driving the cost of all dairy-based products up. In fact, according to an expert at the Department of Agriculture, the price of milk-based ingredients used in cheese, ice cream and pizza has gone up by as much as 60 percent in the past year, which means those products end up costing consumers...

With all that went down this week, we thought we thought we'd cheer everyone up by giving everyone a double dose of dogs. It was a rollercoaster ride of emotions this week at DCist. Like the rest of country, we were floored by the news of so many dead coming out of Virginia Tech, and with so many of the victims and their relatives from the D.C. area, we felt it important to pay...

The ex-boyfriend of missing Texas A&M student Tynesha Stewart was charged with murder this morning after he led police investigators to a dumpster where he said he put Stewart's body. The ex, 27-year-old Timothy Wayne Shepherd, hasn't made a formal confession and reportedly isn't cooperating with police now, but activist Quanell X said he did confess to him. Stewart disappeared a week ago while she was spending Spring Break at her mother's apartment. She left...

Good morning, Houston. If you spend your days worried that an asteroid will slam into Earth, killing us all, this probably won't do much to ease your mind: NASA says it can identify all the asteroids that could hit the Earth, but it's not sure it has the money to do so. The agency estimates it would cost $1 billion to find at least 90 percent of the 20,000 potentially hazardous asteroids and comets...

It looks like the story of Our Lady of the Pizza Pan isn't turning out like we expected. Over the weekend, the Chronicle reported that officials at Pugh Elementary — where cafeteria worker Guadalupe Rodriguez discovered the silhouette of the Virgin Mary on a pizza pan on Ash Wednesday — worked out a deal so Rodriguez could keep the pan. But today, when Rodriguez was supposed to pick up the pan, HISD ordered that it...

For many Houstonians, the search for a superlative slice of authentic New York-style pizza can be a frustrating and dangerous lifelong quest, fraught with deceiving dead ends and hordes of zombies. While Houstonist can definately commiserate, we suggest plead demand that you go try the Chicago-style Buffalo Chicken Pizza at BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse (from $9 for a mini to $22 for a large that feeds four guys). It is one of the most compelling reasons to replace a night on the town for a trip to the suburbs.

On Sundays, Houstonist runs opinion pieces relevant to life in Houston. The opinions expressed below are entirely those of the author. Dilettante has not received any letters this month, so she will just assume you, dear reader, are busy with your resolutions or perhaps are out buying a parka to prepare for the snow storm that’s heading to Houston. Bundle up. Grab the nearest person, dog or plant and make yourself a hot toddy. Oh,...

Surely you remember Pizza Patrón, the Dallas-based pizza chain that started accepting Mexican pesos as well as U.S. dollars this week in a dual-currency trial program. Well, you're not the only one: Since it announced the program, Pizza Patrón has gotten a slew of hate mail and death threats, the AP reports. Who knew people would get so upset that they would threaten to kill a pizza restaurant?

Next time you're enjoying pizza and Skee-ball with the family, you'd better take care who you piss off. The suspect, Brandon Glover, allegedly shot acquaintance Troy Reed in the parking lot of a Sugarland Chuck E. Cheese. Police are still seeking Glover who's bond has been set at $200,000 on an aggravated assault charge. Motive for the shooting is not yet clear, but Houstonist would not be surprised if the fight was a a spillover...

Forget those five-pizzas-for-$5 deals the competitors are doing — Dallas-based pizza chain Pizza Patrón has launched something that's sure to get far more attention. Beginning today, customers at the chain's 59 locations will be able to pay for their pizzas in pesos. Pizza Patrón, which targets Hispanic customers, said the move will make things more convenient for people who frequently travel to and from Mexico: "We're trying to reach out to our core customer," Antonio Swad, president of Pizza Patrón Inc., told The Dallas Morning News on Friday. "We know they come back [from Mexico] and have pesos left over. We want to be a convenient place for them to spend their pesos."

Photograph of Rick Santorum conceding defeat with his family by Gene J. Puskar/AP The -ists this week had politics on the brain. And what goes better with politics? Partying-- that's two great tastes in one. Oh, and Kevin Federline...can't forget about Kevin Federline. That's three great tastes in one. -Bostonist discussed two big state issues-- what sort of math constitutes a marriage and what kind of alcohol can be sold in most grocery stores....

You read it right: Houston's got a team headed to the World Series....of soccer, that is. And they're saying we might actually win. The Houston Dynamo, in their first season, scored three straight goals after falling behind early in the first half to overcome the Rapids and advance to the MLS Cup, the superbowl of Major League Soccer. They'll play the New England Revolution (who also played yesterday, beating DC United) in the MLS Cup final on Sunday at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco.

The story of Ashton Glover, the Sugarland teen who was murdered in early July, received tons of media coverage, including right here in Houstonist. Her friends have still been frequent visitors to her myspace page, leaving her birthday wishes and notes telling her how much she is missed. And now there's going to be a memorial concert to raise money to help her family and to put up a permanent memorial outside of her school, Clements High, to make sure she is always remembered.

It's too darn hot for a lot of things, but see what you think of these. Don't forget to email and yell at us if we missed something you wanted to see here ... Friday, August 4 Noisefest 2006: Metal acts from the Houston area. At $8 a day, beginnig today at 6 and tomorrow at 5 pm, the price is right to come headbang and enjoy some upandcoming acts. You saw them before they...

Do you want the best barbeque that Lulling has to offer? If you left downtown Houston and drove west down I-10 to Lulling to find it, we suggest you turn around and drive the 133 miles back to park your appetite at the Lulling City Market in Houston. We also suggest you buy a hybrid if you’re so prone to taking such ill-conceived road trips. Nestled between Bayou City Seafood and a Pizza Hut on...

It's official — Houston has a new major-league sports team. Major League Soccer announced Thursday that the San Jose Earthquakes will be relocating to the Bayou City immediately, less than four months before the beginning of the 2006 MLS season. Anschutz Entertainment Group, which owns the team, said Houston's ethnic diversity, size and sports mania made it the right choice for the move. There are still a lot of details to work out, like...