Archives for May, 2008

Houston Wine Geeks at Oporto Cafe and Wine Bar

May 14, 2008

oporto.jpgScared of WineSpeak?

Embarrassed when you have to read and order from a wine list? Want to know more about wine and how to enjoy it?

Houston Wine Geeks is an informal group of wine enthusiasts focused on the ins-and-outs of wine appreciation and wine education.

This meeting is after the big International Sommeliers Guild test on Monday May 12. Hopefully, we’ll be celebrating! Come prepared to live and talk wine!

John is moving forward to take the Certified Specialist of Wine Exam (CSW) in New Orleans on May 31, so he’s not done trying to learn everything about wine. This meeting will be all about Portuguese wine including Port.

  Interested? Sign up and RSVP for our next meeting. Come every week or come when you can!

FYI: We use www.meetup.com as our RSVP/Membership tracking tool. It’s free for you!

This Meeting

Oporto Cafe and Wine Bar
3833 Richmond Avenue
Houston TX 77027
(713) 621-1114
http://oporto.us/

About Oporto Cafe and Wine Bar

  • A European wine and tapas bar
  • Panini, Soup, Salads by day
  • Minibar–top shelf international cocktails
  • Imported meats and cheeses
  • Desserts and Port
  • Italian SEGAFREDO Espresso
  • Catering available
  • WiFi hot spot

    • Best Tapas 2007

    If you’re looking for a swanky wine bar that’ll impress a date, Oporto is your place. The tapas here aren’t snacks; they’re huge. There’s nothing better to nibble on while quaffing a glass of wine than the “Oportobello.” It’s a marinated portobello mushroom topped with spinach and artichoke gratin and finished with white truffle oil. If you’re still hungry after that Texas-size “tapa,” go for the linguiça oporto com batatas, a Portuguese-style sausage sautéed with onion, roasted peppers, potatoes, garlic, port wine and piri-piri oil. Great wines and delicious tapas will surely impress your date, … Saúde

    05/06/2008 | Events, Food, Wine | No Comments

    Dining Out Club at Buca di Beppo

    May 22, 2008

    giftcards.jpgLove eating out? Looking for new places to try and new people to share the experience?

    I’m the organizer for Dining Out Club/Houston! We’re a growing bunch of dedicated foodies, all wanting to find exciting places to meet and eat. Once or more each month we go to different restaurants somewhere in (or near) Houston. I’m anxious for you to join in the fun!

    • There are no club fees!
    • Each attendee pays their own food bill.
    • This meeting starts at 7pm and lasts about two hours.
    • Some people stay around after the meal to enjoy the venue and the company.
      Interested? Sign up and RSVP for our next meeting. Come every meeting or come when you can!

    FYI: We use www.meetup.com as our RSVP/Membership tracking tool. It’s free for you!

    This Meeting

    About Buca di Beppo

    Buca di Beppo is an authentic Italian restaurant that offers flavorful Italian dining. Dine with family and friends while enjoying the Italian traditions of food, friendship and hospitality. In the spirit of Italian culture, our dishes are served family style and are meant to be shared. Groups small and large come together to pass platters of our mouth-watering cuisine around the table for all to enjoy.

    The first Buca di Beppo opened its doors in 1993 in the basement of a Minneapolis apartment building. We’ve since grown to 93 locations nationwide.

    Dishes enjoyed for generations in villages throughout Italy inspire our menu, giving Buca its authentic Italian flare. We continue to innovate and create recipes beyond our traditional style by adding new menu items inspired by Northern and Southern Italian cuisine. Come indulge in the Buca experience of unforgettable appetizers, salads, pastas, pizzas, entrees, desserts, beer and fine wine.

    Buca di Beppo Italian Restaurant
    5192 Buffalo Speedway near US-59
    Houston TX 77005
    (713) 665-2822
    www.bucadibeppo.com/

    05/06/2008 | Events, Food, Spirits, Wine | No Comments

    Dining Out Club at Blue Nile Ethiopian Restaurant

    June 3, 2008

    special_pic.jpgLove eating out? Looking for new places to try and new people to share the experience?

    I’m the organizer for Dining Out Club/Houston! We’re a growing bunch of dedicated foodies, all wanting to find exciting places to meet and eat. Once or more each month we go to different restaurants somewhere in (or near) Houston. I’m anxious for you to join in the fun!

    • There are no club fees!
    • Each attendee pays their own food bill.
    • This meeting starts at 7pm and lasts about two hours.
    • Some people stay around after the meal to enjoy the venue and the company.
      Interested? Sign up and RSVP for our next meeting. Come every meeting or come when you can!

    FYI: We use www.meetup.com as our RSVP/Membership tracking tool. It’s free for you!

    This Meeting

    About Blue Nile Restaurant

    Blue Nile is a family owned restaurant and has been open since 1994. We have been nominated as one of the best ethnic restaurant among the Houston community. Food lovers will enjoy the unique taste of Ethiopian dishes in a warm and friendly environment.

    We serve our traditional dishes with Injera bread that is 100% made of teff. Injera is a soft spongy pancake-like bread made out of teff flour. It is traditionally served in Ethiopia where a variety of stews, meat dishes and salads, are placed upon the injera.

    Teff, an Ethiopian Staple, is the smallest grain in the world, yet it contains giant nutrition. It’s high in protein, iron and minerals with a calcium content more than 17 times that of wheat or barley.

    Blue Nile Ethiopian Restaurant
    9400 Richmond Ave between Gessner and Fondren
    Houston TX 77063
    (713) 782-6882
    www.bluenilerestaurant.com

    05/06/2008 | Events, Food | No Comments

    Dining Out Club at Feast

    May 12, 2008

    feast.jpgLove eating out? Looking for new places to try and new people to share the experience?

    I’m the organizer for Dining Out Club/Houston! We’re a growing bunch of dedicated foodies, all wanting to find exciting places to meet and eat. Once or more each month we go to different restaurants somewhere in (or near) Houston. I’m anxious for you to join in the fun!

    • There are no club fees!
    • Each attendee pays their own food bill.
    • Meetings start at 7:00pm in a restaurant somewhere in the Houston area and last an hour or two.
    • Some people stay around after the meal to enjoy the venue and the company.
      Interested? Sign up and RSVP for our next meeting. Come every meeting or come when you can!

    FYI: We use www.meetup.com as our RSVP/Membership tracking tool. It’s free for you!

    This Meeting

    “Feast is about bringing a traditional and relaxed European approach to dining to Downtown Houston. We will be offering simple, rustic cuisine in a relaxed, homely environment. Our emphasis will be on quality, local, seasonal ingredients prepared with passion and imagination.

    Feast is informal, lively and different, serving great food and wine at prices reasonable enough to become a neighborhood “local” as well as a destination for a night out. We serve the traditional rustic cuisine of the continent on a rolling, ever changing menu which will evolve season by season. We feature organic meats, fresh fish and great vegetarian food. We offer familiar favorites alongside the more adventurous fare for which we have become known and will often feature dishes specifically designed to be shared.

    “Our desire is to summon the spirit of a family meal shared around the kitchen table of an old-fashioned European family farm.”

    Dinner entrees from $15-22.

    Feast “European” Food
    219 Westheimer Road
    Houston TX 77006
    (713) 529-7788
    feasthouston.googlepages.com

    04/27/2008 | Events, Food | No Comments