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Houston : a first-timer's guide to H-Town
Houston, the fourth largest city in the USA, has a Downtown that includes the Theater District, home to the Houston Grand Opera, the Historic District with 19th-century architecture and upscale restaurants and the Museum District.
Known as the Bayou City', it hosts the world's largest rodeo each March also offers a range of arts and cultural experiences.
Houston First, is highlighting a first-timer's guide to Houston that takes in :
Day one :
Breakfast at Barnaby's in the Museum District and a tour of Centennial Gardens, Houston's Museum District with the Houston Museum of Natural Science to the Moody Center for the Arts.
Lunch at Cafe Leonelli, a casual Italian restaurant overlooking the sculpture garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, and ice cream from the Fat Cat Creamery, Houston's artisan ice cream parlour.
Post HTX is a street food market in the old post office, with pop-ups of Houston's restaurants, including Golfstrømmen Seafood Market, the first American outpost from Norwegian chef Christopher Haatuft.
www.barnabyscafe.com/breakfast.html
www.hmns.org,www.moody.rice.edu
Day two
NASA's Johnson Space Center has a new permanent Artemis exhibit and the NASA space programme to return humans to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years.
Joe's Crab Shack on Kemah Boardwalk. Overlooking Galveston Bay, Kemah Boardwalk with its wooden rollercoasters, carousels and Ferris wheels.
Jūn is a new concept by chefs Henry Lu and Evelyn Garcia, whose 'New Asian American' cuisine combines flavours both chefs grew up with forming a funky Texas-meets-the Bronx fusion.
Day three
Discovery Green and Buffalo Bayou Park are Downtown's 'green lungs' and there is the Houston Farmers Market on Airline Drive, recently renovated and with restaurants including Crawfish & Noodles for Viet-Cajun fusion or Underbelly Burger.
Arts District Houston on the Washington Avenue Corridor has the Sawyer Yards artist's studios and Site Gallery, housed in a pair of repurposed grain silos.
www.thehoustonfarmersmarket.com
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