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We've compiled the best of the best in Houston and Galveston - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
Sophisticated wines meet an environment of polished industrial decay at a wine bar and retail shop set in a former dry cleaners. This is the only wine bar in town that keeps its vino in a temperature-controlled cellar, set at, you guessed it, 13 Celsius.
Houston's largest entertainment complex, is a 130,000-square-foot, two-story center of evening activity, with restaurants, clubs, a movie theater, and a live music venue.
A sister of the legendary Austin original (which has been open since the 1950s), this Houston branch brings more loud, live music to an even bigger dance floor.
At this lounge-bar, chill out to the music of a rotating group of DJs or hang out on the large outdoor patio with The Flat's regular group of low-key hipsters.
If you're downtown, head to the hip supper club Housed in the historic Rice Hotel. It's open for music nightly, and a full menu is available.
