{"id":64279,"date":"2025-11-25T12:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T12:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/64279\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T12:14:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T12:14:07","slug":"best-of-houston-2025-best-bar-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/64279\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Of Houston\u00ae 2025: Best Bar Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Best Bar Food: Melrose<\/p>\n<p>Since opening late last year, this stylish bar and kitchen has been drawing a mix of neighbors and in-the-know Houstonians to the fully reimagined La Grange off Lower Westheimer. James Beard-nominated and Michelin-starred chef Emmanuel Chavez crafted a menu of standout bar snacks to match its drinks program \u2014 kampachi tiradito with shiso and charred oranges, spicy tuna rice crisps, smoked pigs in a blanket, two-day brined chicken tenders, and a house burger made with 44 Farms beef.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Melrose\/@29.7432595,-95.4195085,2283m\/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x8640c10042d9720f:0x2ea8d6572bd08df0!8m2!3d29.7432421!4d-95.4010544!16s%2Fg%2F11y8lynf6l?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDkxMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2517 Ralph<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>832-539-2170<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melrosehtx.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">melrosehtx.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpress.com\/?post_type=newspack_collection&amp;p=390334\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jan 1 \u2013 Dec 31, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Best Bar Food: Melrose Since opening late last year, this stylish bar and kitchen has been drawing a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[33595,33596,33597,21142,1462,18612,12000,33598,226,56,58,57,66,33599,33600,67],"class_list":["post-64279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-bar-bites","tag-bar-snacks","tag-best-bar-food","tag-best-of-houston","tag-brunch","tag-charcuterie","tag-fried-chicken","tag-happy-house","tag-homepage","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-local","tag-melrose","tag-pub-grub","tag-restaurant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}