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Some great Houston restaurants:
Everyday Stuff: Barnaby's Ruggles Green Zoe's Kitchen Dacapo's Sandwiches & Bakery Snap Kitchen (meals on the go) Central Market Sandwich Bar Asian Nit Noi Thai (Midtown) Nidda Thai (Montrose) Mai's Vietnamese (midtown) Huynh Vietnamese (near Dynamo Stadium) Miss Saigon Vietnamese (Rice Village) Kam's Chinese (Museum District) Azuma (Rice Village) Blue Fish (Washington Ave & Bayou Place) Blue Fish House (West Alabama) Nippon (Museum District) Splurges ($$$) Hugo's Backstreet Cafe Cafe Rabelais Reef Roost Sorrel Brennan's RDG Brenner’s on the Bayou (gorgeous location) Brunch Spots Good Company Taqueria (for Migas on the weekends) Buffalo Grill (West U) Ouisie's (date spot or parties) Tiny Boxwoods (West U and River Oaks) Hugo’s ($$) RDG ($$) Latin & Tex Mex Latin Bites Peruvian (Galleria area) El Real Tex Mex (Montrose) Irma's (downtown, only for lunch) El Tiempo (amazing fajitas!) Family Style/Good for Sharing Fadi's Kasra Persian tinto's tapas Vinoteca Poscol Dolce Vita Pizzeria Giacomo’s (5 cichetti sampler)
Udipi South Indian (also great lunch buffet!) London Sizzler Bombay Brasserie Star Pizza Candelari's Brunch Tiny Boxwoods Ouisie’s Table Buffalo Grill Goode Co Taqueria Benjy’s Baby Barnaby’s Food & Drinks Down House (awesome food & cocktails, great burger) Hay merchant (craft beer) Moon Tower Inn (re-opening soon, sausages & craft beer, outdoor space) Cedar Creek (or any of its sister establishments) Red Lion (British pub fare) The Queen Vic (more sophisticated/trendy than Red Lion, above) Petrol station (awesome burger & outdoor space) Down Home Style Treebeard's (Houston institution) Katz's Delicatessen (comfort food to clog your arteries) Kenny & Ziggy’s (Galleria area) 59 Diner (same as above, love the oreo cookie milkshakes) Momma's Oven (meatloaf, cabbage, stuffed pork chops, chicken wings, oxtail, etc & go to Hank's next door for ice cream) Frenchy's (fried chicken wings, dirty rice, red soda) Desserts! Amy's ice cream Paciugo Gelato Chocolate Bar Dessert Gallery Barnaby’s Brasserie 19 (the crepes!!!) Pink Berry (if you’re feeling healhy)
Coffee Houses (some sell food and alcohol too) Black Hole Boomtown Boheme Antidote Café Brasil Down House Te House of Tea
Note: this list is just to get you started in Houston. There are always new places to discover and new places opening. Also, there are good farmer’s markets at Rice and Eastside (urbanharvest.org), which have yummy prepared foods.
And good online resources are Allison Cook for the Houston Chronicle (http://www.2995.com/restaurants/story/alison-cooks-top-100-restaurants), and http://houston.eater.com/.