Monday\u2013Tuesday<\/p>\n
Belly of the Beast x Toga at Toga<\/p>\n
Toga, 2800 Kirby, hosts Belly of the Beast for a two-night, eight-course tasting menu collaboration Monday, September 14 and Tuesday, September 15. Chef Thomas Bille, the 2025 James Beard Award winner for Best Chef: Texas, joins Toga\u2019s team for the dinner, with the menu priced at $85 per person. A limited cocktail menu and optional beverage pairing will also be available. Reservations<\/a> are required and seating is limited.<\/p>\n Tuesday, September\u00a0<\/p>\n Cold Noodles Club at Eight Row Flint<\/p>\n Every Tuesday in September, Eight Row Flint Heights<\/a>, 1039 Yale, hosts its Cold Noodles Club<\/a>, offering cold noodle bowls from a rotating lineup of Houston chefs in collaboration with local nonprofit I\u2019ll Have What She\u2019s Having. Christina Ha of The Blind Goat will guest-chef this week, with bowls available from 6 p.m. until sold out. All proceeds will benefit preventive healthcare services for hospitality workers through IHWSH.<\/p>\n Wednesday, September 15\u00a0<\/p>\n C-CAP Houston Launch at Bar Bludorn<\/p>\n Chef Aaron Bludorn will host a one-night chef collaboration dinner at Bar Bludorn, 9061 Gaylord, at 6:30 p.m., alongside guest chefs Nick Wong of Agnes and Sherman and Leonard Botello IV of Truth BBQ. The dinner marks the Houston launch of C-CAP, a nonprofit that provides public high school students with culinary education, career training, apprenticeships and scholarships. Tickets<\/a> ($295+) are limited.<\/p>\n Mexican Independence Day<\/p>\n FLORA Mexican Kitchen<\/a>, 3422 Allen Parkway, celebrates Mexican Independence Day with $10 LALO Margaritas and Chiles en Nogada available all day, plus evening entertainment including Baile Folkl\u00f3rico, live music and mariachi.\u00a0<\/p>\n H Town Restaurant Group will offer all-day margarita specials at Hugo\u2019s<\/a>, Caracol<\/a>, Xochi<\/a> and Zaranda<\/a>, including $10 Hugoritas and other signature margaritas plus buy-one-get-one-free Greatest Margarita Ever Sold cocktails. Zaranda hosts a Baja California wine dinner beginning with a 6 p.m. reception and 6:30 p.m. seated dinner. At URBE<\/a>, a Mexican Independence Day Fiesta runs from 7 to 11 p.m. with four cocktails, Mexican street food and dessert stations, live mariachi, folkloric dancers, a DJ and photo booth for $85 per person plus tax and gratuity.\u00a0<\/p>\n Johnny Rita\u2019s<\/a>, 5602 Fulton, will host a Loteria celebration starting at 6 p.m. Guests can get 50 percent off 1-pound fajitas and $45 frozen margarita pitchers before Loteria begins at 7 p.m. The $20 buy-in includes two cards and 10 rounds, with a prize awarded after each round and a cash prize for the final round.<\/p>\n Bourbon Heritage Month at The Finn<\/p>\n HiFi at The FInn celebrates bourbon with an interactive cocktail class featuring Unreined Whiskey from 6 to 8 p.m. Tickets<\/a> are $36.64 and include guided cocktail instruction, all ingredients and tools, a welcome mini cocktail and two cocktails.\u00a0<\/p>\n Thursday, September 17<\/p>\n PlumpJack and CADE Wine Dinner at Brennan\u2019s<\/p>\n Brennan\u2019s, 3300 Smith, hosts a five-course wine dinner<\/a> featuring Napa Valley wineries PlumpJack and CADE from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Highlights include bay scallop aguachile, pecan-crusted halibut, roasted quail, slow-braised beef cheek and chocolate meringue pie, paired with pours for $185 per person plus tax and gratuity.<\/p>\n Friday, September 18<\/p>\n National Cheeseburger Day at OMG! Burger<\/p>\n OMG! Cheeseburger celebrates the day with $5 burgers at all five OMG! Burger locations. For every five cheeseburgers sold throughout the day, the burger joint will donate one cheeseburger to people experiencing homelessness through SEARCH Homeless Services.<\/p>\n All month long<\/p>\n Extended Prix Fixe Menu at Doko<\/p>\n Doko<\/a>, 3737 Cogdell, is extending its HRW prix fixe menus through September, with proceeds benefiting the Duckstache Foundation, which supports Houston-based organizations ifrom Southern Smoke Foundation to Rock N Hood. Lunch is $25 for three courses while dinner is $55 for four courses, with options including maki, chirashi don, gyudon, crudo and house-made desserts.<\/p>\n Hunger Action Month at Houston Food Bank\u00a0<\/p>\n September is Hunger Action Month, and Houston Food Bank<\/a> is spotlighting the growing challenge of food insecurity with this year\u2019s theme, \u201cThe Cost of a Meal.\u201d Throughout the month, Houstonians can get involved by donating, volunteering, advocating and learning more about the issues that make nutritious food harder to afford.<\/p>\n BOY(Bag) Walking Tacos at Stuffed Belly<\/p>\n New this September: Bring your own bag of chips to Stuffed Belly<\/a>, 8133 Long Point, and they\u2019ll turn it into a Walking Taco<\/a>, loaded with ground beef, queso, house sauce, lettuce, tomato and pickled jalapeno, for $7.<\/p>\n Sky High September at Traveler\u2019s Table\u00a0<\/p>\n