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Meet Liberty Kitchen's stately chef, plus hidden sushi in The Galleria Meet Liberty Kitchen's stately chef, plus hidden sushi in The Galleria Chef Justin Yoakum is this week's guest.  Photo by Meagan Ulbrich On this week's episode of "What's Eric Eating," chef Justin Yoakum joins CultureMap food editor Eric Sandler to discuss his career. Since 2019, the native Houstonian has served as executive chef and culinary director for Culinary Khancepts, the local hospitality group behind State Fare Kitchen & Bar and Liberty Kitchen. Yoakum joined Culinary Khancepts after it acquired State Fare ...

The Riel deal with Houston's rock star chef, plus Deshaun's cheesesteak sensation The Riel deal with Houston's rock star chef, plus choice cheesesteaks Ryan Lachaine dishes on his turbulent 2020. Photo by Daniel Jackson Ryan Lachaine joins CultureMap food editor Eric Sandler to discuss his turbulent year. Despite the challenges of operating during a pandemic, he's found a number of creative ways to keep his doors open. Lachaine last appeared on the show a few days before government officials ordered a temporary shutdown of indoor dining. Since then, he's begun offering food to-go, created a...

Houston's dining highs and lows, plus our favorite new restaurant Houston's dining highs and lows, plus our favorite new restaurant Photo by Julie Soefer Photo by Carla Gomez Photo by Nuray Taylor On this week's episode of "What's Eric Eating," CultureMap food editor Eric Sandler takes a look back at the year in dining. To help him chronicle the highs and lows of 2020, he's joined by three of his regular co-hosts: Matt Harris, Linda Salinas, and Felice Sloan. The conversation begins with Sandler asking the panelists for their favorite new restaurants of the year. Bludorn, the French-influen...

An insider look at a clicky food hall, plus Post Houston's delicious details A look at a clicky food hall, plus Post Houston's delicious details Gabriel Medina, left, is this week's guest. Photo by Eric Sandler Gabriel Medina joins CultureMap food editor Eric Sandler to discuss Click Virtual Food Hall. Medina begins the conversation by recounting the career path that took him from the Houston Country Club to Kata Robata, Soma Sushi, and acclaimed Tokyo restaurant Narisawa. Together with his business partner Steven Salazar, Medina opened Click in 2019. The venue operates over a dozen concep...

Hitting the road with a Houston vodka distillery, plus the hottest new restaurants Hitting the road with a Houston vodka distillery, plus hot food news Ben Williams and Wendell Robbins III are this week's guests.  Photo by Emily Jaschke On this week's episode of "What's Eric Eating," Ben Williams and Wendell Robbins III join CultureMap food editor Eric Sandler to discuss their locally made  Highway Vodka. Distilled from a combination of hemp and corn, Highway Vodka has seen its sales double year-over-year and will ship approximately 5,000 cases this year. Williams, the brother of Lucill...