{"id":336348,"date":"2025-10-27T15:54:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/336348\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T15:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:54:16","slug":"houston-restaurant-paulies-to-close-in-montrose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/336348\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston restaurant Paulie&#8217;s to close in Montrose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas-based Omni Hotels is ringing in the holidays with an over-the-top cocktail experience that will debut at 27 hotels across the U.S., including seven in Texas and one in Houston.<\/p>\n<p>The holiday initiative is an expansion of their successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omnihotels.com\/campaigns\/blitzens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blitzen\u2019s Bar<\/a>, the festive pop-up they debuted at the Omni Dallas hotel in downtown Dallas in 2024. Now the hotel chain will expand the concept, launching bar takeovers at these seven hotels in Texas:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ee-ul\">\n<li>Dallas: Hops &amp; Hens at Omni Dallas Hotel<\/li>\n<li>Fort Worth: Wine Thief at Omni Fort Worth Hotel<\/li>\n<li>Frisco: Lobby Bar at Omni Frisco Hotel at The Star<\/li>\n<li>Frisco: Lounge by Top Golf at Omni PGA Frisco Resort<\/li>\n<li>Irving: LRH at Omni Las Colinas Hotel<\/li>\n<li>Houston: La Reserve at Omni Houston Hotel<\/li>\n<li>San Antonio: El Colegio at Omni La Mansi\u00f3n del Rio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From November 28 to January 9, these hotel bars will transform into a winter wonderland decked out with twinkling lights, festive decor, and a menu of merry-making cocktails crafted by mixologist Julie Reiner, a judge on Netflix\u2019s Drink Masters and the creative force behind New York City favorites Clover Club, Milady\u2019s, and Leyenda.<\/p>\n<p>The cocktail menu will comprise eight drinks including:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ee-ul\">\n<li>The Blitzen with Woodford Reserve Rye, Liquid Alchemist ginger apple spice syrup, and angostura bitters, served in a holiday ornament<\/li>\n<li>Sleigh Ride with Grey Goose Vodka, Italicus, lime, cranberry syrup, and soda water, served with light-up ice cubes<\/li>\n<li>Espress-Ho Ho Martini with Don Julio Reposado Tequila, Mr. Black coffee liqueur, and espresso, garnished with a mini MoonPie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There&#8217;s also a zero-proof Merry Spritz-mas with Curious Elixir #4, Flu\u00e8re non-alcoholic bitter, and lemon; and a decadent and trendy Dubai hot chocolate with caramelized kataifi, pistachio whipped cream, and dripped Stroopwafel chocolate bar, served in a gold coffee mug.<\/p>\n<p>Accompanying snacks will include Reindeer Fuel (smoked maple-chili nut and pretzel crunch) and an assorted holiday cookie tray.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After the incredible response to Blitzen&#8217;s Bar last year, I&#8217;m thrilled to return with Omni Hotels &amp; Resorts to make this holiday season even more memorable,&#8221; Reiner said in a statement. &#8220;Crafting cocktails for Blitzen&#8217;s is all about pushing the boundaries of tradition, and infusing classic holiday flavors with playful, modern twists &#8211; and this year&#8217;s menu delivers in the most fun and flavorful way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Each hotel will also host holiday experiences including concerts, photos with Santa, and special holiday stay packages.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, November 29, Omni&#8217;s properties will simultaneously light their Christmas trees at 6 pm local time, marking the official start of the season, which also features the brand&#8217;s cherished annual hot chocolate ritual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas-based Omni Hotels is ringing in the holidays with an over-the-top cocktail experience that will debut at 27&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":336349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[87870,22790,4345,12212,166416,358,3187,9963],"class_list":{"0":"post-336348","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-closing","9":"tag-closings","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-news-you-can-eat","12":"tag-paulies-restaurant","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-wine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115446943841361748","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}