Mexican
Tostada Regia
Spring Branch outlet of this local Mexican chain dishes up heaping plates of tasty Monterrey-style Mexican food at bargain prices.
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Hughie’s Tavern & Vietnamese Grille
Heights sports bar offering 20 draft beers, multiple televisions, and inexpensive daily specials such as phở and assorted noodle and rice bowls.
Lawndale/Wayside
Chaconia
Recently-opened cafeteria-style East End restaurant offering an array of well-spiced dishes from Trinidad and Tobago.
Hillcroft
Himalaya
Quirky, locally beloved, and nationally famous Pakistani/Indian restaurant serves a fantastic pre-set lunch special.
Midtown
Nara Express
Inexpensive counter-service restaurant across from the Houston Greyhound station serves delicious, authentic Thai dishes.
Chinese
Fung’s Kitchen
Enormous, bustling Sharpstown Hong Kong-style restaurant offering over 100 dim sum items.
Chinatown
Thiên Thanh Bánh Cuốn Thanh Trì
Cash-only Chinatown restaurant specializing in bánh cuốn also serves some unusual Vietnamese dishes, including bún ốc and bánh bột lọc.
American
Lankford Grocery & Market
Venerable cash-only Montrose burger destination serves up a week’s supply of delicious cholesterol with each meal, but also has an exceptional veggie burger.
Chinatown
San Dong Noodle House
No frills, cash-only, Chinatown strip mall Taiwanese restaurant dishes up high-quality homemade noodles and dumplings to steady crowds of diners.
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Gulfton
Mama Rosa’s Pupuseria
For over 50 years, Mama Rosa’s has dished out Salvadoran favorites to Houstonians. We sample a breakfast plate, pan con gallina, and pupusas.
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