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Dining Out Club at Brady’s Landing
| July 7, 2008 | ||
Love 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.
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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
Entrees from $10-25/person.
A Houston Tradition
Located in the heart of Houston, Brady’s Landing, at the turning basin of the Port of Houston Ship Channel, is the Premier Waterfront Restaurant & Banquet Facility in Southeast Texas. Since first opening its doors over twenty five years ago, Brady’s Landing has offered fine food and superior service for lunch, dinner and Sunday Brunch.
Perfect for a romantic dinner for two or a larger gathering of close friends and family, Brady’s Landing is Houston’s best kept secret!
A Houston tradition since 1984, Brady’s Landing caters to functions of all types and is the number one location for groups of 20 to 2000. Weddings, Anniversaries, Business Meetings, Birthdays, Boat Christenings, Quincéaneras. We do it all at Brady’s Landing! Our full-time professional catering managers are available to plan every detail of your special event or function.
Brady’s Landing
8505 Cypress Street
Houston TX 77012
(713) 928-9921
www.bradyslandingrestaurant.com
Tales of the Cocktail
| July 16, 2008 | to | July 20, 2008 |
The Most Spirited Event of the Summer: July 16-20th, 2008
I’m not sure I can make it this year (I was there last year and it was a blast: and the spirited adventure of a lifetime). Just in case, I’ve already booked my room at the Hotel Monteleone, the hub of all the activity. Stay at the Monteleone and you’ll not need to drive anywhere, inebriated or not. Right now, it’s only $99/night: a great New Orleans deal.
If you’re planning on going, let me know via email to jmartin@off-focus.com. I’ll try to coordinate a Houston contingent.
Regardless, put it on your calendar now and look for the full agenda which should be published online in early April.
About Tales of the Cocktail
Tales of the Cocktail, a culinary and cocktail festival on July 16-20, 2008, features award-winning mixologists, authors, bartenders, chefs and designers in the New Orleans French Quarter at five days of cocktail events such as dinner-pairings, cocktail demos and tastings, seminars, mixing competitions, design expos, book-signings and much more. Measuring some of their success in garnishes, Tales of the Cocktail 2007, used 7250 mint leaves, 3580 lime wedges, 800 watermelon cubes, 560 gin soaked dried cherries, 1390 orange slices, 2 tons of ice and more for thousands of sippers!
Dining Out Club at La Fiesta Restaurant
| July 23, 2008 | ||
Love 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
Tex-Mex entrees are between $7-$12 per person. La Fiesta has great food at a reasonable price. It is always consistent and the chips and salsa flow freely. You should attend if you like well prepared Tex-Mex food, great company, cold beer and margaritas.
After a day of errands and chores, our group was sweaty and hungry. We were clad in dirty shorts, flip-flops and the like, and we had an unruly infant in tow. Our destination was a Mexican restaurant called Cantina Laredo at Wilcrest and Westheimer.
While we were looking for a space in the crowded parking lot the restaurant shares with Whole Foods, a couple walked by on the way to Cantina Laredo’s front door. She was an attractive blonde in tight jeans, and he was wearing a natty silk shirt. There was an awkward silence as we watched them walk by the car. Then, to everyone’s relief, I suggested that we go to a different restaurant. A block farther down Westheimer, we pulled into the empty parking lot of the aging and forlorn-looking La Fiesta Mexican Restaurant. I had never heard of the place. There were some doubts expressed from the back seat drivers, but there was something about the look of the place that I liked. I convinced the skeptics it was worth a try.
Now they won’t eat Mexican food anywhere else.
La Fiesta Restaurant & Cantina
11318 Westheimer Road
Houston TX 77077
(281) 589-8750
