The Directory

Houston Restaurants

Explore Houston's best restaurants, all connected through a proud tradition of culinary excellence.

62 restaurants
Exterior of Mia's Table Memorial City location with red Memorial City mural, Let's Eat Y'all banner, and round Mia's Table sign
American
Johnny C. Carrabba III '77 · Class of 1977

Mia’s Table — Memorial City

Est. 2022
Part of the Johnny Carrabba Family of Restaurants. Mia’s Table serves family-style Texas comfort food in a nostalgic, retro dining atmosphere. Named after Johnny Carrabba’s...
American Southern
📍 Memorial
Exterior of Mia's Table Shenandoah location with colorful Let's Eat mural, round Mia's Table sign, and covered patio entrance
American
Johnny C. Carrabba III '77 · Class of 1977

Mia’s Table — Shenandoah

Est. 2020
Part of the Johnny Carrabba Family of Restaurants. Mia’s Table serves family-style Texas comfort food in a nostalgic, retro dining atmosphere. Named after Johnny Carrabba’s...
American Southern
📍 The Woodlands
Mia's Table Upper Kirby restaurant exterior with red and gold sign American flag and menu banners on Argonne Street in Houston
American
Johnny C. Carrabba III '77 · Class of 1977

Mia’s Table — Upper Kirby

Est. 2012
Opened in 2012, one block behind the Original Carrabba’s on Kirby. A fast-casual concept from the Carrabba family serving Southern-inspired comfort food. Now with seven...
American Southern
📍 Upper Kirby
The St. Thomas High School campus on Memorial Drive — home of the Eagles and, for nearly two decades, the tray-sliding, Jell-O-slinging empire known as Greer's Grease-ateria.
American
Doris Orine Greer '65 · Class of 1965

Mrs. Greer’s Cafeteria

Est. 1900
Tucked inside the hallowed halls of St. Thomas High School, Greer’s Grease-ateria has been feeding hungry Eagles since well before nouvelle cuisine was a twinkle...
American
📍 Memorial
Stone building exterior with iconic Ninfa's Tacos a la Ninfa sign, string lights, and painted parrot mural at Ninfa's on Navigation
Alumni Legacy
Ninfa Laurenzo / Jack Laurenzo '68

Ninfa’s on Navigation

Est. 1973
The restaurant that started Houston’s Tex-Mex revolution. In 1973, Ninfa Laurenzo opened a tiny 10-table taqueria on Navigation Boulevard, introducing hand-rolled flour tortillas and sizzling...
Mexican
📍 East End
Exterior storefront of Pizaro's Pizza Napoletana with illuminated signage at night in Houston
Italian
Bill Hutchinson '74 · Class of 1974

Pizaro’s Pizza Napoletana — Memorial

Est. 2011
Bill Hutchinson ’74 opened the original Pizaro’s Pizza Napoletana in 2011 as a small Memorial-area pizzeria with his wife Gloria and son Matt. What started...
Italian
📍 Memorial
Pizaros Pizza Napoletana Montrose exterior storefront
Bill Hutchinson '74 · Class of 1974

Pizaro’s Pizza Napoletana — Montrose

Est. 2015
Pizaro’s second Houston location opened in 2015 on West Gray in Montrose, four years after Bill Hutchinson ’74 debuted the original Memorial pizzeria. Like the...
Exterior of Pizzitola's Heritage BBQ with Heritage BBQ Est 1935 sign on Shepherd Drive in Houston
BBQ
James Maida '85 / Jerry Pizzitola '60 / Willie Madden '82 · Class of 1985

Pizzitola’s Heritage BBQ

Est. 1935
Houston’s oldest continuously operating barbecue restaurant, proudly serving since 1935. Originally founded as Shepherd Drive Bar-B-Q by John and Leila Davis, an African American couple...
BBQ
📍 Heights
Exterior of Ragin' Cajun and La Bar with giant red crawfish on rooftop and Cajun Po-Boys signage on Richmond Avenue in Houston
Cajun
Frankie B. Mandola '65 · Class of 1965

Ragin’ Cajun — Richmond

Est. 1974
Houston’s beloved Cajun institution, co-founded in 1974 by STHS alum Frankie B. Mandola ’65 with his brother Luke B. Mandola Sr. and friend Ray Hay....
Cajun
📍 Galleria
Exterior of Mandola's Italian Kitchen Town and Country location in Houston
Cajun
Frankie B. Mandola '65 · Class of 1965

Ragin’ Cajun — Spring Branch

Est. 2023
The newest Ragin’ Cajun location in Spring Branch, continuing the Cajun and Creole tradition established by Frankie B. Mandola in 1974. Boiled crawfish, gumbo, po’boys,...
Cajun
📍 Spring Branch