It’s nearly impossible to write a single sentence about Texas without the word “big” making its way into the prose at least once. See, it just happened right there. The same goes for writing about Houston, Texas’s largest city with more than 2.3 million residents, which skyrockets to more than six million across the greater metropolitan area.
Home to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, a booming oil and gas industry and a diverse population (thanks to 90 countries represented and at least 145 languages spoken), finding great places to drink isn’t difficult. However, to discover the best, we turned to four industry experts for their go-to places when they’re not mixing a delightful alcoholic concoction at their own establishments. Houston’s also home to NASA’s Johnson Space Center, so dare we say these picks could be considered truly out of this world—it may be a stretch but you get the gist of where we’re going.
Best Date Night Bar Image Courtesy of Tipping Point Restaurant and Terrace Tipping Point Restaurant & Terrace
Memorial City
Located inside Hotel ZaZa Memorial City, one of Houston’s two Hotel ZaZa locations, Tipping Point Restaurant and Terrace offers an intimate place to connect with someone special (or soon-to-be special). Ziggy Gruber—a 45-year food-and-beverage industry vet, owner of Kenny & Ziggy’s deli and self-proclaimed “Maven of Delicatessen”—says “This place is a sleeper. It’s off the beaten path and really intimate and comfortable, which is great for a date night.”
He recommends settling into a
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