The media characterizes millennials in many ways, from detached loafers freeloading off their parents to socially conscious citizens demanding better economic opportunities and a reasonable work-life ...

When legendary restaurateur Jerry Pizzitola died in 2024, the new owners of his namesake barbecue restaurant faced a delicate question. How do you signal change without erasing history? The decision ...

It's not every day that a local barbecue restaurant receives a city proclamation recognizing its historic place in Houston’s dining history. Nor is it common for a barbecue joint to introduce an ...

If you're craving what Texas Monthly has called the state's best brisket, then it's a quick two-hour trip to barbecue bliss in Lexington, 121 miles from Houston. For Jerry Pizzitola, owner of ...

There may be countless barbecue joints in Houston today, but Pizzitola's Bar-B-Cue was here before them all. The storied restaurant dates back to 1935, when John and Leila Davis opened it with the ...

From Houston's Pizzitola's to Lockhart classics, Texas barbecue joints that still use brick pits say the labor-intensive ...

Pizzitola's BBQ is an East Texas-style barbecue joint with a funny name in the heart of Houston. You can smell the smoke all the way to the Katy Freeway. From the outside, Pizzitola's doesn't look ...

Legends in the barbecue world perpetuate themselves. Keeping your doors open for decades takes hard work, loyal customers, and a little luck, and it doesn’t happen that often. In return, such barbecue ...