Empire Cafe
Empire Cafe is a restaurant in Houston, in the U.S. state of Texas.
Description and reception
According to Houston Press, "This place is the overnight epicenter of Inner Loop chic. In a swell, saffron-hued room right out of L.A., Houston's hipsters congregate for cafe latte, killer handmade layer cakes, verdant focaccia sandwiches and baby pizzas (try the lush mushroom-and-pesto). Baked egg frittatas may sing the dry-texture blues, but hunter's-style eggs make a breakfast worth getting up for."[1] In 2019, Houstonia's Joanna O'Leary recommended the restaurant's cakes and wrote, "Then and now the food at Empire Café was solid but not remarkable."[2]
Ellie Sharp included Empire in Eater Houston's 2015 list of "Coffee Shops to Enjoy Patio Weather in Houston".[3] Rhiannon Saegert included Empire in her 2019 list of "Houston's 12 Essential Breakfast Spots".[4] In 2020, the website's Megha Bhandari included Empire in her lists of "10 Great Options for Ordering Breakfast for Delivery or Takeout in Houston" and "Where to Cool Off and Caffeinate With Iced Coffee in Houston".[5]
References
- ^ "Empire Cafe". Houston Press. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ O'Leary, Joanna (September 12, 2019). "An Ode to Empire Café's Cake Special". Houstonia. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ Sharp, Ellie (2015-03-30). "Coffee Shops to Enjoy Patio Weather in Houston". Eater Houston. Archived from the original on 2018-09-10. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
- ^ Saegert, Rhiannon (2017-07-10). "Houston's 12 Essential Breakfast Spots". Eater Houston. Archived from the original on 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
- ^ Bhandari, Megha (2020-04-24). "10 Great Options for Ordering Breakfast for Delivery or Takeout in Houston". Eater Houston. Archived from the original on 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
External links
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- Official website
- Empire Café at Zagat
- Empire Cafe at Zomato
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High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) was in the Neartown area from 1982 to 2019.
Neartown is within the Houston Community College (HCC) service area, though no campuses are operated there.
Within a section of the Neartown Association boundaries previously shown on its website are: the Houston Contemporary Arts Museum, the Administration/Glassel School buildings of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH), First Presbyterian Church, and Presbyterian School. The current (as of 2019) map does not indicate any territory south of I-69/US-59 as being in Neartown.
Gulf Coast Archive and Museum was previously in Neartown.