Episode 382 - Bar Bludorn

This week on What's Eric Eating, Eric and this week's co-host Mary Clarkson, owner of Avondale Food & Wine, talk about all the big news, and goings on with the Houston restaurant scene!Including... The modern Vietnamese restaurant Xin Chao closing months after celebrity chef Christine Ha ("MasterChef" winner) left the restaurant. Veteran restaurateur Benjy Levit, the restaurateur behind Local Foods, will close his French restaurant Eau Tour and convert it to a new Italian restaurant named Milton’s. Comma Hospitality, the restaurant group known for its luxurious sushi restaurant Neo, will open Kira in Upper Kirby’s Shops at Arrive River Oaks development this July, a new sister concept with a more affordable price point. And their restaurant of the week is Bar Bludorn! Follow Eric on Instagram/Threads @ericsandler. You can also reach Eric by emailing him at [email protected]. Check out some of his latest articles at Culturemap.com: Beloved Houston bagel shop adds new location at Holocaust Museum Innovative inner loop Vietnamese restaurant will shutter after 4 years French-inspired cocktail bar raises the roof at Montrose development Veteran Houston pastry chef bakes up new biscuit-based ghost kitchen Award-winning Houston chefs roll into Upper Kirby with new Japanese restaurant