"Every dish at the seafood-focused restaurant is deeply Southern and the type of comfort that can make anyone relax into their seat. The dishes are inventive, and combine Vietnamese and Southern flavors to make the ultimate Houston potluck, like crab fingers that get a tangy elevation from the nước mắm. And it should be a requirement that every table here have smoked BBQ shrimp bathed in a dark roux or their collard greens that come with a potlicker that should be bottled and sold. And with most dishes here made for sharing, a trip to Josephine’s is best spent splitting fluffy biscuits with friends or going halfsies on a boozy chocolate milkshake on a casual date night." - gianni greene, chelsea thomas