LOCAL Houston | The City Guide September 2016 | Page 10

ON OUR RADAR Bring your appetite! Downtown Houston will soon expand its culinary landscape, introducing a series of restaurants that will open on the ground floor of the George R. Brown Convention Center and the forthcoming Marriott Marquis Houston. These new restaurant offerings – including Grotto, Bud’s Pitmaster BBQ and B&B Restaurant – will begin the convention district’s transformation into the cosmopolitan destination to be known as Avenida Houston. See what’s cooking at www.houstonfirst.com. 10 L O C A L | september 16