Houston or San Antonio?

[cajunfan337]

Some of our favorite places around town (non cajun):

Pizza : Crisp (Heights & Woodlands) Star Pizza (Washington Ave) Grimaldis (Woodlands)
Burgers : Christian's Tailgate (Midtown & Heights) Lankford Grocery (Montrose/Midtown) Hubcap Grill (Heights)
Variety/Trendy Places: Yard House in City Centre, Benjy's (Rice Village & Washington), Raven's Grill (Rice Village)

Fantastic List. Crisp was pretty much in my backyard since I lived off 24th st so we ate there a lot (also, wonderful Tex-Mex was Tony's right down the road from it). Grimaldi's might be the best gourmet pizza I've ever had with Star being the best drunk/hungover pizza I've ever had.

Hubcap Grill is hands down the best burger I've ever ate. No Comparison

[Boomer]

Fantastic List. Crisp was pretty much in my backyard since I lived off 24th st so we ate there a lot (also, wonderful Tex-Mex was Tony's right down the road from it). Grimaldi's might be the best gourmet pizza I've ever had with Star being the best drunk/hungover pizza I've ever had.

Hubcap Grill is hands down the best burger I've ever ate. No Comparison

Best meal ever maybe in Abbeville----One night * at the Riverfront fixed me a soft shell crab that had been stuffed with crab cake ingredients (not the stuffed crab kind but the creamy kind used in the crab cakes)---Fried it with seasoning and a very light dusted flour----she then had her crab meat au gratin with big lumps of prime crab meat placed on top---As you ate, you could taste the middle, shell fried , and the topping!!!!! YES!!!

[VObserver]

Getting back to the original subject... San Antonio... then San Antonio.... then San Antonio.. then maybe Houston. Dallas is a very distant 3rd.

I like San Antonio's theme parks better than the ones in Dallas or Houston, and the city itself has character and charm, something sorely lacking in the Bayou City and the Metroplex.

[Cajunjeb]

Getting back to the original subject... San Antonio... then San Antonio.... then San Antonio.. then maybe Houston. Dallas is a very distant 3rd.

I like San Antonio's theme parks better than the ones in Dallas or Houston, and the city itself has character and charm, something sorely lacking in the Bayou City and the Metroplex.

Wait...I have to deviate away from discussions on food?

I am bias because I would love the Cajuns to play in my backyard, plus a 3 to 3.5 hour car ride over isn't bad. Six to seven hours from Lafayette to SA or Dallas would be a drag (unless you fly).
More family stuff in San Antonio.

BTW, Houston does not have an amusement park. They have identified a place where one will be. At Highway 242 and Hwy 59/I-69 in Northeast of Houston (approx 40 miles from downtown) It will be called the Grand Texas Theme Park (or something like that) www.grandtx.com

[VObserver]

Wait...I have to deviate away from discussions on food?

I am bias because I would love the Cajuns to play in my backyard, plus a 3 to 3.5 hour car ride over isn't bad. Six to seven hours from Lafayette to SA or Dallas would be a drag (unless you fly).
More family stuff in San Antonio.

BTW, Houston does not have an amusement park. They have identified a place where one will be. At Highway 242 and Hwy 59/I-69 in Northeast of Houston (approx 40 miles from downtown) It will be called the Grand Texas Theme Park (or something like that) www.grandtx.com

Astroworld [or whatever it was lastly called] closed? Been a long time since my kids were small and we went there several times.

[CajunFan3406]

Astroworld [or whatever it was lastly called] closed? Been a long time since my kids were small and we went there several times.

This is all that's left. Big empty lot.

EDIT: I looked at historical imagery on Google Earth. Looks like it was torn down in a hurry sometime between 10/2005-01/2006 and 04/2006.

[Cajunrunner]

Best thing at Ragin Cajun is those large, cold, salty oysters during the "R" months.
BB's Half and Half for the best poboy.
Roux Pour in Sugar Land is great for LA-style food.
Best tacos by far...the taco truck across from Alabama Ice House.
Christian's Tailgate and Cottonwood awesome burgers.
Every Whole Foods has a bar, and unlike Lafayette, you can walk around the store with your beer.
Capitol Grille if you want to get fancied up and eat like a king.
DaVinci in Cinco Ranch for fantastic, authentic Italian.
Best boiled crawfish...my backyard, but I'm not inviting any of you degenerates. Maybe Cajun4Life could come. That's it.

[duggie85]

Best thing at Ragin Cajun is those large, cold, salty oysters during the "R" months.
BB's Half and Half for the best poboy.
Roux Pour in Sugar Land is great for LA-style food.
Best tacos by far...the taco truck across from Alabama Ice House.
Christian's Tailgate and Cottonwood awesome burgers.
Every Whole Foods has a bar, and unlike Lafayette, you can walk around the store with your beer.
Capitol Grille if you want to get fancied up and eat like a king.
DaVinci in Cinco Ranch for fantastic, authentic Italian.
Best boiled crawfish...my backyard, but I'm not inviting any of you degenerates. Maybe Cajun4Life could come. That's it.

I've been to Cottonwood before and you're right. Awesome burger! Gonna have to try the rest of your list.

[bwallace]

http://www.theoriginalmarinis.com/

Marini's Empanada House.
Love it. In my top 5 restaurants anywhere.


(the one on Westheimer is better than the one in Spring.)

[CajunJack55]

Best thing at Ragin Cajun is those large, cold, salty oysters during the "R" months.
BB's Half and Half for the best poboy.
Roux Pour in Sugar Land is great for LA-style food.
Best tacos by far...the taco truck across from Alabama Ice House.
Christian's Tailgate and Cottonwood awesome burgers.
Every Whole Foods has a bar, and unlike Lafayette, you can walk around the store with your beer.
Capitol Grille if you want to get fancied up and eat like a king.
DaVinci in Cinco Ranch for fantastic, authentic Italian.
Best boiled crawfish...my backyard, but I'm not inviting any of you degenerates. Maybe Cajun4Life could come. That's it.

Agree with BB's poboys. I have been to Cottonwood several times but never had their burger, going to have to check it out. Thanks!