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This Week in Food: What’s New and What to Do

Crawfish at Orleans Seafood Kitchen

GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY Attention, mudbug lovers! This year’s conditions were perfect, and crawfish season has arrived. Orleans Seafood Kitchen, a Katy neighborhood restaurant that expands with a Fulshear location later this spring, has live crawfish fresh from Louisiana. Order by the pound for dine-in or to-go, and tack on a frozen hurricane for a real Cajun experience.

Meanwhile, at Monkey’s Tail, boiled crawfish come in two flavors, regular and jalapeño. They’re available by the pound on Thursday and Fridays from 4-10pm, and Saturdays and Sundays from 11am-8pm.

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Sinful Sweets, New Restaurants and Fresh Picks in Rice Village

S'mores at Sweet Paris (photo by Julie Soefer)

TUCKED IN BETWEEN the oak-lined avenues of fine residences, the medical district, and the leafy reaches of Rice University, Rice Village has remained an iconic shopping destination since 1938. Houston’s walkable garden district has recently been refreshed with more sidewalks, storefronts, landscaping, parking and new retail. With a growing global array of eateries including Spanish, French, Italian and Middle Eastern cuisines — plus sweets galore — there’s no need to have a dining plan upon arrival. Just follow your cravings! Here’s what’s cooking.

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‘Sexy’ Speakeasy to Bow in Montrose With Tony’s Alum Austin Waiter at Helm

THIS WEEK'S FLURRY of restaurant-industry news continues today with the announcement that chef Austin Waiter — who has just ended a seven-year stint at Tony’s, per an announcement yesterday about changes afoot at the storied fine-dining stalwart — is stepping into a new role at The Marigold Club, a forthcoming venture just off Montrose’s restaurant row.

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