High Meals & Drink Festivals & Occasions: June 2023

Dine on scrumptious dishes and luxuriate in our picks for the highest foods and drinks occasions going down round Houston in June 2023.

A sake-soaked Japanese brunch, Satisfaction Month specials, and the return of the Woodlands’ Wine & Meals Week are simply among the culinary happenings you need to stay up for in Houston this June.

There’s additionally tequila, smoked brisket, and much more brunch!

Listed below are the tasty occasions so as to add to your calendar this month:

High 14 Meals & Drink Festivals & Occasions in Houston This Month: June 2023

• Casamigos Tequila Dinner at Radio Milano | Thursday, June 1 – Followers of tequila and mezcal can take pleasure in Casamigos cocktails and a multi-course dinner at Radio Milano in CityCentre. Highlights embody a Tuna Tiradito amuse bouche paired with a White Negroni; White Oak Smoked Achiote Octopus paired with An Night in Jalisco cocktail with Casamigos Reposado, orange juice and pink peppercorns; Espresso Rub Denver Steak with a Mole Outdated Trend; and Upside Down Cake with a La Catrina cocktail made with Casamigos mezcal, Cointreau, lime juice, cantaloupe and orgeat. $95 per individual. 6pm.
• Eating within the Darkish: World Tastes at Mastrantos | Thursdays from June 1 to fifteen – Shock the senses by testing your style buds at a novel Eating within the Darkish expertise, the place company will discover tastes from across the globe whereas blindfolded. The 90-minute periods are $80 per individual. 6pm and eight:30pm.
• Go Bananas! at Houston Botanic Backyard | Friday, June 2 & Saturday, June 3 – The annual celebration of the world’s hottest tropical fruit returns to the South Houston botanical gardens, providing a day of instructional choices on banana-related matters, cooking demonstrations with Chef Keisha Griggs, a farmer’s market, child’s zone and extra. $145 for Friday’s pop-up dinner; $65 for Saturday’s brunch; $15 for the Saturday competition. Occasions differ.
• Drag Brunch & Satisfaction Palooza at City South HTX Brewery | Saturday, June 3 – The Arts District brewery kicks off Satisfaction Month with a 21+ drag brunch that includes the glamorous Persephone, Hannah Santanna and Kitty Kontour, adopted by an all-ages Satisfaction Palooza with pop-up distributors, face portray, a bounce home and extra. Brunch is $50 for two; competition admission is free. Brunch from 11am to 2pm; Pageant from 2pm to 6pm.
• Catalina Canned Wine Mixer at Truck Yard | Saturday, June 3 – In EaDo, the grownup playground identified for his or her Ferris wheel hosts a tribute to Step Brothers with a wine tasting, a “Finest in Bro” costume contest, picture ops, a Step Brothers cowl band, and extra. Free to attend; $15 for the wine tasting. Midday to 2am.
• Kubota at Kata: A Sake-Soaked Brunch at Kata Robata | Saturday, June 3 – Chef Manabu “Hori” Horiuchi just lately spent every week in his homeland Japan and considered one of his favourite stops was a go to to the Asahi Shuzo Nigata Sake Brewery, identified for its Kubota sake. With that as inspiration, Chef Hori will host a sake-fueled brunch with particular visitor Kaoru Ito of Asahi Shuzo. Cocktail and sake-paired programs embody Oyster, Tamago Sando with Caviar and Menchi Katsu; Madai Carpaccio; Miso Lobster Gratin and Grilled Wagyu A5; Sushi (Toro, Seared Saba, Hamachi, Anago, Kinmedai, Toro Taku); Inexperienced Tea Panna Cotta; and a oost-dessert tasting of Soujo Kubota Seppou Junmai Daiginjo. $275 per individual. 1pm.
• nineteenth Annual Wine & Meals Week within the Woodlands | Monday, June 5 to Sunday, June 11 – This 12 months’s Wine & Meals Week celebrates the creativity discovered within the coronary heart of the wine and meals business. Attendees can anticipate lots of of wines, cooks from throughout Houston and past, and an emphasis on the humanities with experiential artwork installations, plus meet and greets with award-winning and rising artists. Occasions embody a Flavors of Australia Wine Dinner & Kickoff (Monday, June 5), Rose’ Manner, A Candy Soiree (Thursday, June 8), the Wine Rendezvous Grand Tasting & Chef Showcase (Saturday, June 10), and extra. Costs and occasions differ.
• Cocktails in Bloom at Eleanor Tinsley Park | Tuesday, June 6 – The second annual spring soirée gathers company for cool cocktails, tasty hors d’oeuvres, stay music and exquisite views of Buffalo Bayou Park, to assist fund the work essential to create and take care of Houston’s dynamic parks and trails. $150. 6:30pm to 9pm.
• BBQ & E book Signing Occasion at Loro Asian Smokehouse & Bar | Sunday, June 11 | No Cowl – Co-owner and Chef Aaron Franklin might be heading to Loro within the Heights to have fun the discharge of his third e book, Franklin Smoke. Attendees can take pleasure in a complimentary e book signing alongside smoked Pulled Pork and Chopped Brisket Sliders for buy. The primary 50 company can even obtain a free signed copy of the e book. Reserve a spot on-line. 2pm to 5pm.
• Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy at Ronin Harrisburg | Thursday, June 15 to Sunday, June 18 – Immerse your self on the planet of Edgar Allan Poe at this pop-up occasion throughout 4 nights in Second Ward. Visitors are handled to 4 of Poe’s most beloved tales, paired with crafted cocktails themed to every macabre story. $55. Occasions differ.
• Smoking Necessities Class at R-C Ranch | Wednesday, June 21 – Attendees can be taught to smoke brisket and ribs like a professional as R-C Ranch’s professional pitmaster, Brian DeVore, hosts a Smoking Necessities Class on the butcher store. $100 per individual; together with pre-smoked brisket samples, sandwiches and ribs. 6pm to 7:30pm.
• Houston Brunch Crawl on Washington Avenue | Saturday, June 24 – Brunch and booze your means by way of a few of Washington Avenue’s most fun-loving bars. Beginning at Varsity Sporting Membership from midday to 2pm (VIPs at 11am), crawlers can absorb leisure, skilled photographers, and an array of featured brunch cocktails and attractive bites on particular alongside the best way, with stops at Bottled Blonde, Clutch Bar, Todos Santos, and others. $25; $49 for VIP. Midday to 6pm.
• Satisfaction Month Cocktail at Betelgeuse Betelgeuse | All month lengthy – Washington pizza and cocktail dive Betelgeuse Betelgeuse might be serving up the Yass Queen! cocktail (vodka, contemporary strawberries, lemon, easy syrup, edible glitter, and glowing wine) all month lengthy, supplied for $11 per drink, or in a big format that serves 4 to six individuals for $45. For every Yass Queen! offered, $1 might be donated to the Montrose Middle and its mission to empower the LGBTQ group to stay more healthy, extra fulfilling lives. Open day by day till 2am.
• Satisfaction Month Specials at Dessert Gallery Bakery & Cafe | All month lengthy – As a steadfast ally of the LGBTQIA+ group, Dessert Gallery will provide its Satisfaction Month menu all through the month of June, donating 20% of all purchases from the particular menu to group companion, Allies in Hope (previously generally known as AIDS Basis of Houston). Options embody Satisfaction Cake ($9.95 per slice, $62.50 for a 9-inch cake), Satisfaction Hand-Adorned Butter Cookies ($4.95 every), Chocolate Sq. Petit Fours ($3.95 every) and Chocolate and Vanilla Cupcakes ($4.50 every). Open day by day.