"A very classy Friday-worthy experience can be found at Potente, a modern Italian bistro just across the street from the city’s major league ballpark. It’s a date-night staple for Downtown Houstonians because of its chic dining room and impressive menu of housemade pastas, and offers a destination-worthy and food-heavy happy hour on weekdays. Visitors can choose from luxe snack options like spaghetti cacio e pepe with truffles, roasted oysters with Calabrian chiles, and smoked duck gumbo with andouille sausage to keep them fortified in between Bombay Sapphire Sparkling Lemons." - Taylor Tobin