Houston is probably best known as the Texan center for energy
and industry, but it’s making a bid to be the state’s cultural and
culinary capital as well. The Houston Museum District is a formidable coterie of institutions that includes the Rothko Chapel, the Museum of African American Culture, which made its debut last February; and the Asia Society Texas Center, which opened in a stunning Yoshio Taniguchi-designed building in April. And last summer, the Houston Museum of Natural Science
opened a 30,000-square-foot hall of paleontology in a new $85 million
wing. Meanwhile, the city’s dining scene is also heating up, with three
of the city’s newest restaurants — Oxheart, Underbelly and Uchi — placing on national best-new-restaurant lists.
