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Southern Smoke Festival's post-pandemic return is a successful one.

One music writer and bigtime Billy Joel fan gives his play-by-play on seeing the Piano Man in New York City and in Houston at Minute Maid Park. In short, home or away, Joel stepped to the plate to deliver hit after hit.

Last night's Too Many Zooz show took us back to 1950's New York City jazz nights featuring icons like John Coltrane and Miles Davis. Down a member, the band forged on and gave the crowd a night to remember.

Now that Labor Day is in the rearview mirror, it means that football season is finally here. For the fourth season running, we asked a group of musicians

Chris Shepherd's steakhouse opens at Regent Square and the June wrap-up of new restaurants.

Michy's Chino Boricua is adding something largely missing from a diverse Houston food scene, Chinese Puerto Rican fast food. We chatted with the restaurant's namesake Michelle Lao about her journey as a restaurateur and the unique mashup of cuisines her west Houston restaurant serves.

Jeff Rosenstock played chief prosecutor and public defender in concert last night at White Oak Music Hall. Whichever way you voted as a juror, you believed his arguments, sang your lungs out and danced like everyone was watching.

We put everything on pause but nearly two years to the date that The Chats were slated to play House of Blues' Bronze Peacock in 2020, they finally arrived last night, to the delight of Houston fans. The Australian punk act, which skews heavily on the rock side, ate a heart meal at one of Houston's BBQ joints then sped through more than two dozen moshable hits in just under an hour.

A pizza joint, a doughnut shop and major changes at several area restaurants.

Houston’s first Cheba Hut “Toasted” Subs shop, located at 2150 Edwards in Sawyer Yards, opened Monday, April 18.