In the debut episode of What's Eric Eating, CultureMap Food Editor and host Eric Sandler is joined by restaurant consultant Nathan Ketcham to discuss the news of the week from the Houston restaurant and bar scene including a recap of the 2017 CultureMap Tastemaker Awards. Eric and Nathan also discuss their visits to the Restaurants of the Week, Helen in the Heights and Salmontin in River Oaks.

Then guests, Lee Ellis and Jim Mills of Cherry Pie Hospitality join the show to discuss what it's been like for the first year of Cherry Pie Hospitality restaurant group, their restaurant State Fare winning the CultureMap Tastemaker Award for Best New Restaurant, opening Star Fish Houston just one week ago, creating Star Fish Houston's menu to be seafood centric, whether they plan on replicating their success with restaurant openings in other areas, and much more!

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