Laurann Claridge

Learn about Latuli, Bryan Caswell’s much anticipated new Gulf Coast restaurant, opening in early 2025 in Houston’s Memorial area.

Keeping those quickly accumulating wrinkles at bay with an aim to achieve skin that’s nourished, hydrated and radiates good health is always a good idea. But what to do and where to go? Hi, Skin and Westlake Dermatology are two new Houston skincare options.

The revered Michelin Guide may not be published in Houston (not yet anyway), but in our midst, the Bayou City can boast it now hosts not one, but two chefs who each have earned two lauded Michelin stars a piece at their previous restaurants.

Next time you tie on your Nikes and head to Memorial Park to run the loop, you might want to linger afterward to refuel at the new Vibrant restaurant at Memorial Park’s Running Complex. This programmatic hub and access point on the South side of the park debuted late last year.

Although he first made his professional name in Atlanta by opening a bevy of clever, critically acclaimed restaurants there, chef Ford Fry continues to venture back to the place he was raised — Houston. Fry is making news again with the much-awaited opening of the first branch of his fast-casual restaurant Little Rey in Houston.

Looking for a quiet escape to pass a few hours? A peaceful retreat where you can unwind and perhaps get an uplifting aromatic massage or an age-defying facial far above the madding crowd and the bumper-to-bumper traffic? Consider checking out the Thompson Spa at the new Thompson Houston hotel.

Pizza, pizza, pizza pie. Houston is getting two new neighborhood pizzerias with two very different pizza-making styles. In the Memorial area, Austin export Via 313 just opened at 10201 Katy Freeway, Suite 350 near the Memorial Hermann Medical Center.

Duchess is created by Roveen Abante (also a partner in the food hall The Conservatory Galleria) and Peggy and Dan Chang, the husband-and-wife duo known to many, as the owners of Uptown Sushi, which is just a stone’s throw away from the new Houston restaurant.

Houstonian Casey McNeil, an entrepreneur in the tech space, is leaning on his creative muscles to create a new brand of liquor-filled artisan-style chocolates called CASE Chocolates.

Today, we’re living in an era where self-care is health care, and there may be no place in Texas that can kick start your wellness journey better than Lake Austin Spa Resort.