By Charlotte Aguilar Granted: Winters in West University and Bellaire can prompt a need for a salad and iced tea just as often as soup and a hot toddy. But when that Texas chill seeps into the bones (think back to the Arctic blast before Christmas), or we need the comforting kind of cold and flu therapy that can’t be provided in a tablet, we’re grateful for the local menus … [Read more...] about Food finds: Bellaire/West U dishes to warm your soul on chilly days and nights
Skeeter’s
Your Essentials Guide to the best burgers in Bellaire-West U
Skeeter’s: It’s the mesquite grilling that distinguishes the Adair family’s burgers — made to order with a variety of cheeses and classic toppings such as bleu cheese and bacon, chili and guacamole. Patties are served simply in a basket with fries and range from $9.95-11.95. 5529 Weslayan Ave., on the east side of Weslayan Plaza. (A pared-down burger menu is also available at … [Read more...] about Your Essentials Guide to the best burgers in Bellaire-West U
Longtime local restaurant family expanding into Kroger center with 2 spots
Adair Concepts — proprietors of Skeeter’s Mesquite Grill in Weslayan Plaza, Betsy’s in Bellaire’s Evelyn’s Park, and Los Tios in Meyerland Plaza — will be opening two new but familiar restaurants in 2022 in Plaza in the Park at 5150 Buffalo Speedway at Westpark, better known to locals as the Kroger Center. The announcement that outposts of Adair Kitchen would open in the … [Read more...] about Longtime local restaurant family expanding into Kroger center with 2 spots
Los Tios kicks off golden anniversary year
The venerable Tex-Mex favorite, Los Tios, is launching a year-long celebration to mark its 50th anniversary in business, including its nearby Meyerland location, one of five in the Houston area. Started in 1970 by the Garbett family, the chain was purchased by Bellaire’s Gary Adair, founder of Skeeter’s Mesquite Grill, 20 years ago. It’s now part of the multigenerational, … [Read more...] about Los Tios kicks off golden anniversary year
Adair recipe for success: Bring 30 years of local knowledge, 2 generations — and Betsy — to the Big Yellow House
By Charlotte Aguilar Featured in Essentials Magazine, December 2018 His family, says Nick Adair, has come full circle. Thirty years ago, Betsy and Gary Adair were a young married couple sinking roots in Bellaire with two small children. They had just opened a self-described “mom and pop hamburger place” called Skeeter’s in Weslayan Plaza, near their home, a site that had … [Read more...] about Adair recipe for success: Bring 30 years of local knowledge, 2 generations — and Betsy — to the Big Yellow House