El Tiempo Cantina (Navigation) is a tex-mex restaurant in East End, Houston.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 2814 Navigation Blvd, Houston, TX 77003
Tiny Boxwoods in Houston is the garden-cafe on West Alabama in the Thompson + Hanson nursery, with a chocolate chip cookie that became a Houston object.
OrderThe chocolate chip cookie warm with milk. Whichever pizza is on. Salad of the day at lunch.
TipBrunch on weekends draws a 90-minute line. Weekday lunch is the move. Order an extra dozen cookies for home.
Cali Sandwich & Pho in Houston is the Travis Street Vietnamese counter in Midtown, a Houston banh mi institution since 1979 with bo luc lac.
OrderBBQ pork banh mi. Bo luc lac (shaking beef) over rice. A Vietnamese iced coffee.
TipCash strongly preferred. Closed Sundays. The pho here is solid but the banh mi is the reason.
Goode Company Barbeque on Kirby Drive in Houston is Jim Goode's 1977 mesquite-smoked barbecue room, the city's introduction to commercial Texas barbecue.
OrderBrisket and a jalapeno pork sausage link. Jambalaya. Pecan pie to close.
TipMultiple Goode Company locations across Houston exist. The Kirby flagship is the original and the only one with the screened porch.
Hugo's in Houston is Hugo Ortega's regional Mexican room on Westheimer since 2002, a James Beard winner with cochinita pibil, chiles en nogada in season.
OrderCochinita pibil. The Sunday brunch buffet. Tableside hot chocolate.
TipSunday brunch books two weeks out. Lunch on weekdays is the easier slot.
Killen's Barbecue in Pearland is Ronnie Killen's smokehouse on East Broadway, a Michelin Bib Gourmand 2025 pick with a Texas beef rib that defined Houston.
OrderThe Texas beef rib. Brisket fatty. The creamed corn.
TipLunch only Tuesday through Saturday; sold out by mid-afternoon. The beef rib runs out first; order on entry.
Truth BBQ in Houston is Leonard Botello IV's Heights Boulevard smokehouse since 2019, with post-oak-smoked brisket regularly ranked on Texas Monthly's Top 50.
OrderBrisket fatty. The strawberry cake (the legend of Truth). Pulled pork.
TipWed to Sun lunch only until sold out, usually 2 to 3pm. Get there by 11am for brisket.
