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Best Upscale Restaurants in Houston TX And Where to Actually Get a Good Brunch Too

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Okay so somebody asked me last week where to take their parents for a nice dinner in Houston and I froze up a little. Not because there's nothing good here  Houston's food scene is honestly kind of ridiculous when you think about it  but because there's TOO much. You could eat somewhere different every night for a year and still not hit every solid spot. That's a good problem to have, I guess. Houston doesn't get enough credit as a food city. People think Austin, they think Dallas maybe for steaks, but Houston has been quietly building one of the best dining scenes in the entire south. Between the oil money, the international population, and just plain Texas-sized appetites, this city knows how to make a proper meal. And when I say proper, I mean the kind where you dress up a little, the wine list actually has depth, and the check at the end makes you wince slightly but you don't regret it. What Actually Makes a Restaurant "Upscale" Anyway I think peop...