Esquire magazine columnist John Mariani names the nation’s “Best New Restaurants” every November. It is an honor for a restaurant to be named on this list and it can be a big boost to its business. Mariani is dining around Houston in February hoping to find candidates for his list. He explains his visit to Houston and his thoughts about the city’s restaurants with the diva of dish and radio talk show host, Cleverley Stone.
Writer John Mariani covers the world of travel, food and wine as a columnist for Esquire, Diversion, Bloomberg News & Radio, and Cowboys & Indians. He is author of “The Encyclopedia of American Food & Drink” (Lebhar-Friedman), “The Dictionary of American Food & Drink” (Broadway), with his wife Galina, the award-winning new “The Dictionary of Italian Food and Drink Italian-American Cookbook” (Harvard Common Press) and others.
For more information about food, wine and dining in Houston, listen to Cleverley’s radio show on Saturdays at 12 p.m. on KIKK-CNN 650 AM. (By the way, she gives out free restaurant gift certificates on every radio show!)