The 18 Hottest New Restaurants in Houston, July 2024

"Houston welcomed the Los Angeles favorite Pizzana into River Oaks Shopping Center. The brainchild of couple Candace and Charles Nelson, actor Chris O’Donnell and his wife and partner Caroline, and pizzaiolo Daniele Uditi, the Houston location boasts the beloved selection of pizza, pasta, and salads that made the restaurant a mainstay of California’s dining community. Consider the creste alla vodka, which is dusted with Calabrian chile, and don’t miss the pizzaiolo’s pizzas, which features Pizzana’s lauded two-day fermented “slow dough.”" - Brittany Britto Garley, Kayla Stewart