Southwestern restaurants in Houston

TQLA

4601 Washington Ave., Houston, TX 77007

The 170 different tequilas, plus eight varieties on tap chilled to five degrees and an owner who is a tequilier (yes, you heard right), might make you think this is only a bar. But... More »
Buffalo Grille

4080 Bissonnet, Houston, TX 77005

This Western-themed counter service cafe is a breakfast bonanza on weekends, when the line snakes out the door with singles in need of morning-after migas, and West... More »
Auntie Pasto's

5101 Bellaire Blvd., Bellaire, TX 77401

Sinatra music bellows through this quaint corner cafe. Such a place could easily be found in the Little Italy section of New York, but this bistro overlooks Bellaire's Paseo... More »
Rio Ranch

9999 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77042

Just because it�??s attached to a hotel �?" in this case, the Westchase Hilton �?" is no reason to think less of Rio Ranch. This restaurant can hold its own with the Goode... More »
Chili's

1110 Lake Woodlands Drive, Spring, TX 77380

Originating in Dallas in 1975 as a casual sit-down restaurant stuffed to the brim with Southwestern tchotchkes, Chili's has since grown into a behemoth chain owned by culinary... More »

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Recent Critic Reviews

Katharine Shilcutt writes for Houston Press on TQLA

The challenge in choosing ten of the best restaurants to open in Houston each year is a daunting one: Many of the restaurants I think are "the best" have little to nothing to do with each other, making for a list that falls all over the map when it comes to price, cuisine and location.

Then again, the amusing disjointedness represents Houston itself — as does the fact that three...
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Katharine Shilcutt writes for Houston Press on TQLA

See more photos from TQLA's dining room, kitchen and its vast tequila selection in our slideshow.

Any apprehensions I may have initially felt about a restaurant called TQLA (pronounced, yes, as "tequila") located right in the thick of clubby Washington Avenue melted completely away...
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Paul Galvani writes for Houston Press on TQLA

The latest restaurant to open on Washington, TQLA (4601 Washington, 281-501-3237), specializes in — you guessed it — tequila. "We have over 170 different tequilas with eight of them on tap at five degrees," says Scott Lindsay, one of the owners. What's his favorite? "Ocho Rios. It's a single barrel blanco." Scott calls himself a "tequilier," which he says is similar to a...
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