Full Show: Restaurants And The #MeToo Movement, And Gentrification Of The Third Ward (Feb. 16, 2018)

On Friday’s Houston Matters: Could the #MeToo movement have played a role in who didn’t get selected as a James Beard Award semifinalist? Then, we explore the gentrification of Houston’s Third Ward. Our non-experts break down The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week’s news. And we find some people actually participating in the winter sport of curling here in Houston.

Abner Fletcher

| February 16, 2018, 5:00 AM (Last Updated: March 23, 2018, 9:48 AM)

On Friday’s Houston Matters: Houston just earned an unprecedented number of James Beard Award semifinalist nominations. But did the #MeToo movement play a role in who wasn’t picked? Local food writers Eric Sandler and Gwendolyn Knapp talk it over.

Also this hour: We explore how gentrification of Houston’s Third Ward is impacting community culture. Then, our rotating panel of non-experts discusses The Good the Bad and the Ugly of this week’s news. And we end our week-long look at unlikely winter sports enthusiasts in the area by checking out a curling event in Houston. That’s right. Curling.

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