Food scene
A 10-minute drive to a local favorite for Italian cuisine. Wednesdays feature $5 off bottles of wine. The bread is out of this world. Everything is good here.
Adriatic Cafe Italian Grill
17402 Northwest FwyA 10-minute drive to a local favorite for Italian cuisine. Wednesdays feature $5 off bottles of wine. The bread is out of this world. Everything is good here.
A 10-minute drive to enjoy some great Mexican food here at Los Cucos. This is in the same shopping area as Adriatic. My favorite is the beef fajita nachos with extra beef. We like to sit at the bar here, but they have tables and booths as well.
17 locals recommend
Los Cucos Mexican Cafe
9520 N Sam Houston Pkwy EA 10-minute drive to enjoy some great Mexican food here at Los Cucos. This is in the same shopping area as Adriatic. My favorite is the beef fajita nachos with extra beef. We like to sit at the bar here, but they have tables and booths as well.
A 5-minute drive for Mexican food. Just up the street past Jones Rd on the right. They play 80's rock in the evenings when we go.
Tio Chucho Dos
11426 West RoadA 5-minute drive for Mexican food. Just up the street past Jones Rd on the right. They play 80's rock in the evenings when we go.
A 4-minute drive for a great breakfast on Saturday and Sunday, plus they have many many beers on tap. Only open until 9 pm. Great place to meet locals by sitting at the bar.
The Backyard Grill
9453 Jones RdA 4-minute drive for a great breakfast on Saturday and Sunday, plus they have many many beers on tap. Only open until 9 pm. Great place to meet locals by sitting at the bar.
A 10-minute drive for hand tossed New York style pizza. The whole family works here, and it's fun to watch them make the pizzas. It's no-frills and small, but there are a few tables, or just take out or deliver. Feel free to bring a bottle of wine. They will provide an opener and glasses. Pizza, spaghetti, even ice cream is available here.
6 locals recommend
Tony's New York Pizza
10511 Jones RdA 10-minute drive for hand tossed New York style pizza. The whole family works here, and it's fun to watch them make the pizzas. It's no-frills and small, but there are a few tables, or just take out or deliver. Feel free to bring a bottle of wine. They will provide an opener and glasses. Pizza, spaghetti, even ice cream is available here.
Little Kitchen HTX Jersey Village
16000 Dillard Drive10-minute drive for not your average restaurant. Really good food.
Senate Avenue Brewing Company
16000 Dillard Drive10-minute drive for a neat local brew next door to Little Kitchen HTX
Klaus Brewing Company
10142 Jones Rd5-minute drive to a neat local brew just up the street.
20-minutes to a nice place to walk around, shop, grab a bite. Live music on the weekends.
39 locals recommend
Vintage Park
110 Vintage Park Blvd20-minutes to a nice place to walk around, shop, grab a bite. Live music on the weekends.
CityCentre
800 Town and Country Blvd15-minute drive to upscale shopping and dining, or grab a movie here.
Fresh seafood and sports! Try the shrimp in a big boil bag with the BOOM sauce. The owners can be found working their tails off just about every day.
11 locals recommend
Crafty Crab
11328 Westheimer RdFresh seafood and sports! Try the shrimp in a big boil bag with the BOOM sauce. The owners can be found working their tails off just about every day.
This is a delicious hamburger/chicken strips/crawfish when it is in season place that is very rustic and comfortable. You order at the counter and the server will come to make sure your experience is superb. We always ask for our fries to come out hot. Our family has been dining here for 30 years. Our adult kids played in the same sandbox!
10 locals recommend
Willie's Grill & Icehouse
24236 Northwest FwyThis is a delicious hamburger/chicken strips/crawfish when it is in season place that is very rustic and comfortable. You order at the counter and the server will come to make sure your experience is superb. We always ask for our fries to come out hot. Our family has been dining here for 30 years. Our adult kids played in the same sandbox!
Sightseeing
About 50-minutes to an hour's drive, a visit to NASA/Johnson Space Center is a MUST SEE when coming to Houston. Check out their website for different ticket options. Walk around a catwalk looking down at real engineers and astronauts at work.
429 locals recommend
Space Center Houston
1601 E NASA PkwyAbout 50-minutes to an hour's drive, a visit to NASA/Johnson Space Center is a MUST SEE when coming to Houston. Check out their website for different ticket options. Walk around a catwalk looking down at real engineers and astronauts at work.
Only an 1.15 hour away, this University has a great atmosphere, great student body traditions. Gig 'Em Aggies! Walk around the campus near the football stadium, and grab a cheeseburger at the Dixie Chicken, a College Station, TX icon where you can carve your name and graduation year in the tables, and see a live rattle snake behind glass.
Texas A & M University
2121 W Holcombe BlvdOnly an 1.15 hour away, this University has a great atmosphere, great student body traditions. Gig 'Em Aggies! Walk around the campus near the football stadium, and grab a cheeseburger at the Dixie Chicken, a College Station, TX icon where you can carve your name and graduation year in the tables, and see a live rattle snake behind glass.
A 25-minute drive to this park where you will find a winding, 160-acre green space featuring views of the Houston skyline plus a fountain & a skate park.
549 locals recommend
Buffalo Bayou Park
Memorial DriveA 25-minute drive to this park where you will find a winding, 160-acre green space featuring views of the Houston skyline plus a fountain & a skate park.
A 30-60 minute drive gets you to our huge convention center, the George R Brown. Minute Maid Park and Discover Green Park are all right there. A great place to chill near downtown.
197 locals recommend
George R. Brown Convention Center
1001 Avenida De Las AmericasA 30-60 minute drive gets you to our huge convention center, the George R Brown. Minute Maid Park and Discover Green Park are all right there. A great place to chill near downtown.
Neighborhoods
About a 20-minute ride out 290 towards Austin, there is a master-planned community with a boardwalk with shopping and dining lakefront. It's a nice place to lounge with the kids with a view of the lake and a central play area for the kids.
19 locals recommend
Towne Lake
10855 Towne Lake PkwyAbout a 20-minute ride out 290 towards Austin, there is a master-planned community with a boardwalk with shopping and dining lakefront. It's a nice place to lounge with the kids with a view of the lake and a central play area for the kids.
Catholic Church
Just around the corner, only a 3-minute drive or 10-minute walk. This is our church, and we just love it. Look at the huge stained glass windows that tell the life story of the Martyr of Auschwitz.
St Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church
10135 West RdJust around the corner, only a 3-minute drive or 10-minute walk. This is our church, and we just love it. Look at the huge stained glass windows that tell the life story of the Martyr of Auschwitz.
Shopping
Houston Premium Outlets
29300 Hempstead Rd20 minute drive out 290. A great little outlet mall .
Sports Arena
About a 30-60 minute drive depending on traffic to Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros baseball team.
638 locals recommend
Minute Maid Park
501 Crawford StAbout a 30-60 minute drive depending on traffic to Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros baseball team.
A 30-60 minute drive to NRG statium, home of the Houston Texans football team.
771 locals recommend
NRG Stadium
NRG ParkwayA 30-60 minute drive to NRG statium, home of the Houston Texans football team.
30-60 minute drive depending on traffic. Home of the Houston Dynamos soccer team.
293 locals recommend
BBVA Compass Stadium
2200 Texas Ave30-60 minute drive depending on traffic. Home of the Houston Dynamos soccer team.
Aveva Stadium
2055 Kirby DrA 40-70 minute drive to the home of the Houston Sabercats Professional Rugby team.
Toyota Center
1510 Polk StA 30-60 minute drive to see the world famous Houston Rockets.
30-45 minute drive. Home to the Sugar Land Skeeters, the Astros Triple-A team, this is a small stadium packed with family fun. A great time for one and all.
10 locals recommend
Constellation Field
1 Stadium Dr30-45 minute drive. Home to the Sugar Land Skeeters, the Astros Triple-A team, this is a small stadium packed with family fun. A great time for one and all.
Traveler advice
Customs and culture
Driving
If you are driving in Houston, drive assertively. Pay attention. If it is your turn to go, then go.
The friendly drivers in Houston generally let you merge together like a zipper. Make sure to give a wave to the person that let you in.
If you miss your exit, we have feeder roads that run beside a freeway, just take the next exit and U-turn to get back on track.