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Jody Schmal

Jody Schmal

Travel & Food Editor at Houston Chronicle

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  • English
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  • Food
  • Travel

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Recent Articles

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Meet the 19 restaurants making their debut on Houston’s Top 100 list

The Houston Chronicle’s 2025 Top 100 Restaurants list welcomes 19 newcomers — including Credence, ChopnBlok, Camaraderie and Maximo — highlighting the strength and diversity of Houston’s...
19 days ago
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Explore Houston’s Asiatown with Chronicle dining critic Bao Ong

Tickets, on sale now, are only $75 and include all food at three different restaurants and cafes.
about 1 month ago
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Houston's best restaurants will participate in Culinary Stars event

The lineup includes Truth BBQ, BCN, Mimo, Maximo, Camaraderie, Xochi, Street to Kitchen and more.
about 1 month ago
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Houston's best restaurants will participate in Culinary Stars event

The lineup includes Truth BBQ, BCN, Mimo, Maximo, Camaraderie, Xochi, Street to Kitchen and more.
3 months ago
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Join the Houston Chronicle’s first-ever Asiatown food tour with Bao...

To celebrate the launch of the Houston Chronicle’s first-ever guided food tour, we’re giving away several pairs of tickets for an exclusive experience on Aug. 24.
4 months ago
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The 30 best places to get barbecue in the Houston area

Greater Houston is enjoying a new era of smoked meat supremacy, making it, perhaps, the new capital of Texas barbecue. Here are some of the best BBQ places in Houston.
6 months ago
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The best food at Houston rodeo: Trill Tenders, funnel cake and more

In three visits, plus judging the fair-food Gold Buckle awards, we tried 46 dishes and drinks from the 2025 crop of vendors, both outside the stadium and in.
9 months ago
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Houston rodeo's best fair food named at Gold Buckle Foodie Awards

Houston rodeo's best fair food named at Gold Buckle Foodie Awards
9 months ago
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Always Able But Confused Cookers team takes top prize at 2025 Houst...

Always Able But Confused Cookers team takes top prize at 2025 Houston rodeo cook-off
9 months ago
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Houston rodeo's 2025 Best Bites competition draws huge crowd to NRG...

Houston rodeo's 2025 Best Bites competition draws huge crowd to NRG Center
9 months ago
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Houston Chronicle names new restaurant critic to replace Alison Cook

Taking over from longtime critic Alison Cook, Bao Ong will critically cover Houston's restaurant scene from food trucks to fine dining.
10 months ago
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The biggest Houston Chronicle food stories of 2024 — from Michelin ...

Houston restaurant closures, Top 100 list, pizza joints, Michelin and Turkey Leg Hut dominated our food coverage this year.
11 months ago
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Restaurant critic Alison Cook is leaving the Houston Chronicle afte...

To celebrate and discuss her career at the Chronicle, we invite readers to attend a panel discussion between Cook and restaurant columnist Bao Ong.
about 1 year ago
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Alison Cook is leaving the Houston Chronicle. Tell us your favorite...

If something Alison Cook has written affected you, we'd like to hear about it. Tell us here.
about 1 year ago
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Restaurant critics pay tribute to departing Chronicle journalist Al...

Pete Wells, Bill Addison, Pat Sharpe and others weigh in on what Houston Chronicle restaurant critic Alison Cook has meant to them.
about 1 year ago
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The fanciest Houston restaurants on our 2024 Top 100 list

These Houston restaurants are ideal for when you want to impress a date, client or have a posh night out with family and friends.
about 1 year ago
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The most affordable Houston restaurants on our 2024 Top 100 list

These 20 restaurants on the Houston Chronicle's 2024 Top 100 Restaurants list won't break the bank.
about 1 year ago
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These restaurants made our first Top 100 list in 2012 — and are sti...

Gatlin's BBQ, Himalaya, Rainbow Lodge, Pappas Bros. Steakhouse and Ninfa's on Navigation are all among the time-tested restaurants.
about 1 year ago
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Reader poll: Which Houston restaurants should have made our 2024 To...

Which Houston restaurants should have made our 2024 Top 100 Restaurants list? Readers can submit their picks in survey.
about 1 year ago
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Meet the team behind the Houston Chronicle's Top 100 Restaurants

The Chronicle's 2024 Top 100 Restaurants list was a group effort, written by Alison Cook, Bao Ong, Jody Schmal, Sonia Garcia, Todd Romero and Misha Govshteyn.
about 1 year ago
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A few hints about our Top 100 Restaurants list

The 2024 Top 100 Restaurants list will publish Thursday, Oct. 24, at 6 p.m. Those attending our Houston Culinary Stars event will get first peek.
about 1 year ago