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"I observed that Stray Horse, the lobby-level restaurant in JW Marriott Houston by the Galleria, has revamped its menu under new executive chef Julio Cesar Valdivia, who is originally from Lima, Peru and has worked in hotels in Colombia, Dubai, India, and Costa Rica; his new menu is informed by travels throughout Central America while relying on local ingredients and includes dishes like rodeo beef tartare, Angus ribeye with black marrow butter, and a salty key lime pie, while the decor draws on Texas culture with leather-upholstered chairs and benches, natural-grain wood tables, rattlesnake skin–inspired tiles, and high-back bar stools designed with saddles in mind." - Brittany Britto Garley