For those of you lucky enough to be headed to Houston for the Super Bowl (I’m still available if anyone wants to send me!!), it can be tough being in a new city and not being sure where all the fun and food is at, especially if you’re looking outside of the Super Bowl 51 circus which has taken much of the city over.
Thanks to our friends at Obsidian PR, they put together a great list of places to check out this week in Houston! Because let’s face it, the Super Bowl is nothing without great
Flying Saucer Draught Emporium
Flying Saucer offers Houston’s biggest and best craft beer selection in two locations – Downtown Houston (705 Main St) and Sugar Land (15929 City Walk). Travelers should check out:
- Downtown Saucer
- Tuesday, 1/31 – trivia
- Wednesday, 2/1 – Houston flights featuring a sampling of some of the city’s best beer
- Thursday, 2/2 – tapping a keg of Founders KBS 2016 at 6 p.m.
- Sugar Land Saucer – $3 Texas drafts all day on Sunday, Feb. 5
- Food – I suggest the loaded rocket tots (see above!), the Saucer burger or, of course, a beer float for dessert!
Additional recommendations for travelers
- Food
- Tex-Mex: Lupe Tortilla
- Breakfast/brunch: The Breakfast Klub (come early or be prepared to wait…the line often snakes around the building!)
- Authentic Mexican (no frozen margaritas here…only top-shelf!): Hugo’s
- Date night: Brenner’s on the Bayou
- A little exotic (or cheesy): Houston Dairymaids
- Fresh: Canino Produce Company
- Attractions worth a visit
- Art
- For the artist in all of us: Orange Show Center for Visionary Art (home of the Beer Can House)
- Menil Collection
- Museum of Fine Art Houston
- Art Car Museum
- For the whole family:
- Houston Museum of Natural Science (includes the planetarium and butterfly center – and has a location in Sugar Land, as well)
- NASA Space Center
- Children’s Museum
- For your inner Jillian Michaels: Enjoy a run or walk around the 2.9 mile Rice Loop at Rice University.
- Rothko Chapel
- Art
- Travel
- Save on the Uber surges or the paid parking rates: Try the METRORail
- The most random fun activity: Turtle racing at Little Woodrow’s on Thursday nights
