The Second Annual No Holds Barred Chili Cookoff took place this past weekend at Shady Tavern in the Heights. Between the all-you-can-eat chili, cold beers, great weather and the Red River Shootout on TV, it was the place to be. Of the twelve teams that competed, the four judges unanimously awarded the Overall Winner prize to last year's champions, Chili Kings (a team incongruously comprised of mostly women), which came with a cash prize of......

October has officially arrived, which means that the 2nd Annual No Holds Barred (NHB) Chili Cookoff is only a few short days away! The NHB Chili Cookoff kicks off on Saturday, October 11th, at 2:00 p.m. at Shady Tavern in the Heights. Compeitors will need to be there earlier, around 10:00 a.m., to start the cooking (but you really ought to know that already if you're competing...). We first told you about the cookoff......

It’s hard enough to come up with enough words to entertain the masses of readers who flock to Houstonist as it is, but what do you do when the concert is a secret? J.D. and Stacy Tucker started booking these free secret shows last year, sharing what we can only imagine to be secretive and highly confidential communications with an impressive list of Houston music acts. Aptly naming the weekly daytime shows the Secret Saturday......