travel to houston, tx

hope i dropped this in the right place. lol! so i have i big trip planed in september to travel to houston, tx. im not going to be off-roading. so this question goes out to the locals. is there sites, events, places, restaurants, brewerys that are worth checking out? i will be heading into huston after stopping at the alamo. thanks inadvance for any input.

 

Ask here....careful with the answers you get from @357sig good guy, but a damn jokester! Ha






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If you are looking for side trips stop in Austin. Lots of food/bars/music.

 

Check the concert schedule for Houston. Maybe you can catch a good show at house of blues or the woodlands pavilion. As for restaurants, if you want some good Mexican food go to papasitos.

 

@rheath08

Hey bro, i live in H-town.. PM me I’ll tell you all about it

 

Additionally:

Tex-Mex food:
Ninfas on Navigation (original)
El Tiempo next door
Guadalajara (google nearest location)
Gloria’s (Midtown, Salsa dancing on certain days)
Casa De Sol (real Mexican and Tex-Mex)

Bar B Q:
People are very particular about there BarBQ. Places are hit or miss.

Papa’s barbq
Goode company


Brewery:
8th Wonder Brewery (no food, but taco trucks and places in walking distance)
Karbach Brewery (food)
St. Arnold’s

They are always having events, festivals, Astros games have to google to see what’s going on.

Washington Ave. has night life, bars and shit
Midtown


I work Law Enforcement down here, lock your shit up and nothing in view, bags, cell phones, loose change. Downtown is ok Midtown is full of homeless crackheads. Stay away from 3rd Ward, 5th ward, acres homes, SE Houston, these are just some Tuff areas.

Houston has pockets of good areas surrounded by bad areas. You can be in a real nice area and across a Main Street is a dump. So I advise you not to go exploring.

 

You forgot about Lopez Mexican restaurant at 59 and wilcrest. I agree with the theft. Out of sight out of mind. My father was HPD for like 30 years

 

Cypress, TX I’m like 290/Mason

 

I was off barker and 290. Recently moved off 99 and Boudreaux

 

@cdex8357 good to know about the areas and about hiding my stuff.

 

Don’t leave an charger cable out. Make it look as factory as possible. Crackheads will steal the pennies out of the cup holder if they see them.

 

Killens BBQ in Pearland is a must, IMHO.

 

Mekeskas in el campo is pretty good. And juniors smokehouse for some jerky or deer sausage.

 

I enjoyed getting my geek on at NASA.

 

NASA is a must see.

Yelp is pretty on point, I use it wherever I go and find good stuff.

 

Also, saw you were stopping in San Antonio....

We enjoy Rosario’s out there.

 

NASA cool if you’re into history, and that stuff.

Stopping in San Antonio is always a nice weekend away, sometimes Austin is to weird. Hotel Valencia is where I usually stay. River walk has all kinds of stuff.

If you are going to the Alamo you should drive to the other missions. Mission San Jose is beautiful and not as crowded. Good pictures. All the missions are about a mile or two apart.

 

Be prepared for traffic. Between 0600-0900. And 1600 to 1930. Freaking construction everywhere

 

we shall see how good google maps or waze is to help avoid some of that.