Convenience Big Store: 🐦‍⬛ Longtime Houston restaurant to close

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Guests at 'Mama Tina's Gumbo' at The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo on March 18.

Houston shuts down Beyonce's mom's Rodeo gumbo stand

This is the gumbo Knowles has been bragging about for more than 20 years.

Dunkin' has more than 14,000 locations worldwide.

Nationwide chain Dunkin' rolling into these Houston-area groceries

America is said to run on their coffee, and these markets will, too.

Chef Benchawan Painter preparing meals for TSA agents at Houston airports, with the help of World Central Kitchen.

Houston restaurant serving embattled TSA with nearly 2,000 meals

The business is both unapologetically spicy and charitable.

Doraditas de azucar and gorditas de azucar from Mama Grande Tortilla Factory in Mission, Texas.

Texas food producer recalls items in state over possible major issue

Customers are asked to return or discard specific items.

Kelly Clarkson on the set of her television show The Kelly Clarkson Show. The American Idol winner recently spotlighted a Texas bakery that operates on the porch of a 20-year-old Frisco native.

20-year-old's porch bakery goes national on hit TV show

The bakery has only been open for a few months.

The towering high rises of Denver's downtown sit between the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains to the west and the tree lined neighborhoods and parks of the city to the east.

Popular Texas brunch spot nearing opening date in Colorado

The concept began back in 2015 as a food truck.

The Raven Grill is celebrating its 20th anniversary and is looking to become more sustainable.

Houston losing legacy restaurant after nearly 3 decades

The local restaurant's sister location isn't going anywhere.

Last Bite

We're fully in patio (and allergy) season across Southeast Texas. Hopefully you're spending the time wisely by visiting one of your favorite indoor-outdoor restaurants, or maybe hanging out at a local brewery.

Maybe you want to dine and drink while your kids play off in some outdoor play area, a la Long Weekend, which just opened and embroiled in a battle with its neighbors.

Or maybe you're making last-minute plans to catch the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo before it ends. If you visit, our Chyna Blackmon is a big fan of the cheese curd taco.

However you spend your time outside, we hope you do it responsibly and with plenty of tissues.

— Timothy Malcolm, Chron deputy managing editor of Texas lifestyle