This week on the pod, Eric is joined by Matt Harris to discuss the latest news from the Houston restaurant and bar scene including a new concept called Cali is heading to Northwest Houston this fall, Dallas based sports bar Boomerjack's Grill & Bar coming to Houston with 2 locations, and Hungry's has a 3rd location now in Tanglewood. In the Restaurants of the Week section Lagniappe Kitchen and Bar and Baso are featured. Then in the Guest of the Week Chris Bianco of Pizzeria Bianco joins Eric to discuss coming to Houston for the East Downtown Throwdown benefiting the Southern Smoke Foundation, his friendship with Chris Shepherd, what he'll be serving at the event, what Chris enjoys about the event, the experience of being featured in Netflix's Chef's Table Pizza series, what he thought about it looking back on that time, what it's like sharing your life with the camera's, the story of how Chris got started into the tomato business, what Chris' would do with the Phoenix Suns, how Jerry Colangelo introduced Chris to his loves for the Suns, whether he would ever bring a Pizzeria Bianco to Houston, and more!  

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