Houston City Guide

Golf Courses Close By

• Wildcat Golf Club - Links style course, always in decent shape
• Memorial Park Golf Course - one of the great muni's in Texas

Car Wash     

• Splash - the basic wash is adequate and affordable

Hamburgers 

• Beck's Prime - your TGIF lunch spot in the tunnels downtown
• Langford's Grocery - worth the trip off-campus for lunch

Passing the Time While Downtown      

• 60th Floor Observation Deck at Chase Tower - free, just walk in
  

Margaritas       

• El Patio - signature drink is the blue margarita
• Chuy's 
• El Pueblito Place - a true gem, the patio is fantastic
• Teala's - great food, the mango margaritas are a favorite
  

Chips & Queso

• Molina's Cantina - famous for its "Jose dip"
  

Bars - Watching the Game     

• Wet Spot
• The Tavern on Gray
• Front Porch Pub
• Texadelphia
  

Beers Outside on a nice day     

• Little Woodrow's
• Onion Creek Coffee House - this place is a must
• Front Porch Pub
  

Bars - Long standing favorites in Rice Village

• Brian O'Neills - if it's terrible, just walk across the street
• Baker Street - see "Brian O'Neill's"
  

Watering Hole for Married Folks in Briargrove 

• Ron's Pub

Charming dinner spots to bring a date   

• Benjy's - the upstairs bar will make you glad there's a wait
  Raven Grill
• Bistro Toulouse
  

Casual place to meet a date for a drink 

• Byzantio - a little Greek spot with great atmosphere
• Mi Luna - Tapas Bar with great atmosphere
  

Bars - To Take Your Date After a Nice Dinner

• Mugsy's - a good call any night of the week
• Fedora Lounge - a mellow spot with a quality selection
  

Bars - Fratty, Laid Back & North Face friendly

• Volcano - signature drink is the frozen screwdriver
• Lizzard's Pub - you won't meet anyone who dislikes this place
• Armadillo Palace - epitome of frat
• Komodo's - everyone seems to stop-in at some point in the night
• LZ Pub - it's hard to out-laidback this place
  

Bars - British Ambience         

• Red Lion Pub - get your Shepherd's Pie and Boddingtons here
  

Bars - Canadian Ambience

• Maple Leaf Pub - get there early when the Flames are playing
  

Bars - Pub Grub & Live Music          

• Rudyard's - dive with arguably the most loyal clientele in Houston

Bars -The Official Corporate Happy Hour on Thursdays

• Taco Milagro - no reports on quality, just quantity (of people)
  

Unlikely Singles Scene

• Kroger on West Gray
• Target on San Felipe
  

Artistic Gem You Wouldn't Think to Look For

• The Menil Collection
  

Gym - Fitness - Wellness         

• FIT Athletic Club - everybody you talk to is either a member there, used to be a member there, or despises the people who go there
• Memorial Park jogging track - most people's favorite thing about Houston
  

Inland Mexican Food 

• Hugo's - words can't describe how good the food is here
  

Fajitas

• Goode Company Taqueria - best fajitas in town
• Lupe's Tortilla - a Houston institution
• El Tiempo Cantina - great all-around place

Houston Tex-Mex Institutions    

• Ninfa's on Navigation
• Las Alamedas
• Irma's
  

Wild Game Fine Dining

• Rainbow Lodge

Sushi   

• Uptown Sushi
• The Fish in Midtown
• Taiko on Westheimer
• Azuma
• Rickshaw on Westheimer
  

Popular Neighborhoods to Live Among YPE Members

• Midtown - close to downtown, best nightlife area in Houston
• Briargrove - a preference higher earning young families, nestled among Tanglewood and Memorial areas
• The Heights - progressive minded area with Austin-esque sensibilities, very close to downtown
• River Oaks - a house in River Oaks is pricey for YPE members, but the surrounding area has great apartment complexes and quaint neighborhoods
  

Fancy Neighborhoods in Houston        

• River Oaks - CEOs, Partners, Managing Directors and Lasik Surgeons live here
• Memorial
• West University - most people's favorite area in Houston
  

Reliable Music Venues in Houston       

• Verizon Wireless Theater
• Meridian
• Warehouse Live
  

Stand-up Comedy      

• Laff Stop - the best acts in comedy come through here. Open mic Monday's (no cover charge) are always entertaining
  

Nightclubs - Friday and Saturday nights looking for a crowd

• Roof Bar ("The Roof")
• Pub Fiction
• Red Door
• Whiskey Creek
• Sammy's
  

Popular Hotel Bars      

• Hotel Derek
• Hotel ZaZa - you won't be upset you came, not as pretentious as you would think
• The Remington at St. Regis - lots of scotch consumed here
• Hilton Hotel Americas - surprisingly a good spot for celebrity sightings
  

Clubs to join for well-to-do YPE members       

• The Houstonian - has a phenomenal junior program for those under 30
• The Briar Club - tennis, dining and a pool for the kids right in the city
  

Biggest Annual Event in Town  

• Houston Rodeo - plenty of ways to get involved if you're interested
  

Old School Record Shop         

• SoundWaves - it's refreshing to see a record store still in business
  

Houston Fine Dining Institutions           

• Café Annie - technically "Southwestern" but you'll find all your white table cloth favorites here
• Brennan's - like you're in the French Quarter
• Damian's - Italian done right
  

Cajun Food     

• Ragin Cajun - very casual, food is great
  

Country Western Dancing        

• Wild West - drink specials and boot scootin'

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