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The Full Menu: Houston’s best new restaurants of 2023 (so far)

Plenty of exciting new restaurants have opened in the first half of 2023 so far. Houston food writers discuss some of their favorites.

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Plates of gnocchi at Mimo, one of the best new restaurants of the year so far in Houston, according to local food writers.

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Plenty of exciting new restaurants have opened in the first half of 2023 so far. Houston food writers discuss some of their favorites in this month’s installment of The Full Menu.

In the audio above, we hear from Eric Sandler of CultureMap Houston, David Leftwich of Houston Food Finder, and Danielle Dubois of Hangry Houstonian.

Establishments Mentioned in this Edition:

Mimo
Albi
Ciel
Kuji Kitchen
Jūn
Muse
The Blind Goat (new brick and mortar location)
LuLoo's Day & Night
Verde Garden
Andiron
Xalisco

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The lamb curry dish from new Houston restaurant Jun is adapted from a dish chef Evelyn Garcia made during competition on the show Top Chef that made judge Padma Lakshmi ask Garcia, “Where have you been all my life?”
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