Things to Do: Upcoming Food and Drink Events in Houston This Summer 2024

Mark your calendars because you don’t want to miss these deliciously fun culinary events:

On Thursday, July 18, Brasserie 19, 1962 West Gray, celebrates National Caviar Day with Caviar Bumps, Caviar & Chips, and Champagne and Vodka shots to go with it. Fans can enjoy Kaluga Caviar Bumps for $20, Imperial Osetra Caviar Bumps for $20, a traditional caviar service and housemade chips, and crème fraîche onion dip.

Chef Tristen Epps, a 2024 James Beard semifinalist for Best Chef in the South, returns to Houston with a new Afro-Caribbean tasting menu concept, Buboywhich is scheduled to debut in 2025. In the meantime, Epps will host a series of pop-up dinners in a private dining space in Guard and Grace500 Dallas, Friday and Saturday nights from July 19 to August 3, featuring seven-course meals that highlight Afro-Caribbean culinary traditions through modern cuisine and global influences. Tickets are $165 per person.

Auden3737 Cogdell, is hosting an EaDough bakery and grocery pop-up on Sunday, July 21, featuring the bakery’s famous “Crookie” ($8), a twice-baked croissant with a chewy chocolate chip cookie nestled inside; Brown Butter Strawberry Frangipane Cross ($8.50); ​​Cinnamon Bun ($6.50); ​​Almond Croissant Bread ($8); and Cranberry Orange Scone ($6). Customers can also pick up seasonal grain lattes ($5) and cold brew iced lattes ($5). The pop-up will run from 10 a.m. to noon.

National Tequila Day is Wednesday, July 24, and both The Original Ninfa’s locations, 2704 Navigation, 1700 Post Oak, will be serving the Prickly Patron Margarita for $10. The cocktail combines a frozen Ninfarita with a shot of Patron Reposado and prickly pear syrup and is served in a festive Patron souvenir bottle.

Auden, 3737 Cogdell, toasts National Tequila Day with an $8 Rosass Margarita, made with LALO Tequila Blanco, Cointreau, guava, pomelo, lime and rose water.

Derby Restaurant, 13150 Breton Ridge, is hosting its first chef’s dinner, a five-course experience paired with Caymus wines, on Friday, July 26 at 6:30 p.m. Highlights include peach and golden beet soup with whipped crème fraîche, smoked almonds and burrata; arugula salad with orange blossom champagne vinaigrette; king salmon with Meyer lemon beurre blanc; sous vide New York strip steak with tricolor potato hash and red wine reduction; and apricot, pecan and white chocolate French toast. Tickets are $300 per person.