"At Backstreet Café, from James Beard Award–winning chef Hugo Ortega, the menu has a range of influences—Southern, Cajun, Creole, Hispanic, and Asian—and beautifully reflects Houston's cultural diversity. The whole place feels full of revelry. If there's a daytime celebration to be had, you can be Houstonians are having it here over orange-chocolate brioche buns or Gulf Coast beignets." - Charu Suri