International Smoke
Permanently Closed
Global-style BBQ, New American fare, seasonal punches, patio seating
Global-style BBQ, New American fare, seasonal punches, patio seating
"Ayesha Curry, a restaurateur and wife of Golden State Warriors player Steph Curry, learned when she opened International Smoke at CityCentre in 2018. Before the restaurant even opened its doors, Rockets fans who were bitter that the Warriors had eliminated their team from the 2018 NBA Playoffs flooded the restaurant’s Yelp page with negative, occasionally hateful, reviews. International Smoke closed two years later." - Amy McCarthy
"After a little more than a year in business, superstar chef Michael Mina and food personality Ayesha Curry’s CityCenter restaurant International Smoke has closed its doors. Though its food earned praise from critics, the restaurant just didn’t resonate with diners, according to CultureMap." - Amy McCarthy
"Ayesha Curry and Michael Mina’s Houston restaurant serves two different types of punch in glass dispensers that change seasonally. Right now, try the mango mezcal-rita punch, mixed with Del Maguey Vida mezcal, mango, lime, and smoky sal de guisano. Serves 4-6." - Amy McCarthy
"International Smoke, a restaurant owned by Ayesha Curry and Michael Mina, has been subject to numerous fake reviews on its Yelp page. Despite the restaurant not yet being open, it has accumulated nearly 700 reviews, most of which are related to basketball. Yelp has added a disclaimer noting that they are in 'active cleanup mode' to remove reviews that violate their terms of service. However, many of these fake reviews remain, and offensive photos have also been uploaded to the restaurant's page. Yelp's process for handling fake reviews involves both human review and an algorithm designed to highlight reliable content and weed out fake or biased reviews." - Amy McCarthy
"Ayesha Curry’s restaurant chain International Smoke isn’t open yet in Houston, but salty Rockets fans — bitter at their team’s loss to Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors in the NBA playoffs — have already been laying the criticism on thick, giving the restaurant one-star reviews on Yelp." - Caleb Pershan