{"id":460880,"date":"2025-12-20T22:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T22:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/460880\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T22:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T22:00:19","slug":"listen-to-a-podcast-with-the-chef-and-owner-of-honest-marys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/460880\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen to a podcast with the chef and owner of Honest Mary’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

On this week\u2019s episode of \u201cWhat\u2019s Eric Eating,\u201d Honest Mary\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> founder Nelson Monteith and COO Andrew Wiseheart joined CultureMap editor Eric Sandler<\/a> to discuss the Austin-based restaurant that just opened its first Houston location in the River Oaks Shopping Center (2047-A West Gray St).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Monteith shares that he started the restaurant in 2017 in order to fulfill his vision of a restaurant which could serve food that\u2019s fast, fresh, and affordable. A trained chef who operated pioneering Austin restaurant Contigo, Wiseheart joined the group to bring both culinary expertise and operational acumen to the grouping company.<\/p>\n

Part of what sets Honest Mary\u2019s apart is that diners can add cooked vegetables to the rice and proteins at the heart of every bowl. The \u201cMarket Sides\u201d section includes an array of roasted vegetables \u2014 including sweet potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, beets, and Brussels sprouts \u2014 as well as black beans, maple-glazed carrots, and green lentils. Bowls can be further enhanced with toppings such as Texas pecans, crispy chickpeas, goat cheese, avocado, and apples as well as sauces such as creamy poblano, cashew lime crema, sesame vinaigrette, spicy peanut, chimichurri and apple cider vinaigrette<\/p>\n

Monteith explains that looking at the ingredients on display usually inspires him when he\u2019s deciding what to eat at Honest Mary\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will almost always look at the line and see what looks fresh and good,\u201d Monteith says. \u201cToday, I got the salted kale with white rice. Then, I got garlic-pepper steak. I added on lentils \u2014 they\u2019re my go-to in the winter. They blend everything together, and I love it Then Brussels sprouts looked green. I got some jalapenos. Avocados, cause that\u2019s healthy. Then I got the chimichurri sauce.\u201d <\/p>\n

Honest Mary\u2019s is also known for its hearty broths, a classic chicken and a vegetarian option made with seaweed and mushroom. Sandler raves about the chicken broth to Wiseheart, who shares how it\u2019s made.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe spent six or seven months testing recipes and drinking it ourselves to see if it\u2019s a good idea,\u201d Wiseheart says. \u201cI talk about it as a great complement to the menu. It\u2019s healthy. It\u2019s really simple. Most of the kitchens I came up with were rooted in French cuisine. This is just chicken stock with salt in it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen to the full episode to hear more about Honest Mary\u2019s plans for additional locations in Houston and Dallas. Then Monteith asks a Sandler a few questions about the Houston dining scene. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

In this week\u2019s other episode, Sandler and co-host Mary Clarkson discuss the news of the week. Their topics include Home Slice Pizza opening a new location in the Heights; the closures of Brett\u2019s BBQ Shop in Katy and Killen\u2019s Barbecue in The Woodlands; and Esquire including Ch\u00f2pnBlok on its list of America\u2019s best new restaurants. <\/p>\n

In the restaurant of the week segment, the two friends discuss their recent meal at Hypsi<\/a>, the Italian restaurant in the newly-opened Hotel Daphne<\/a>. Listen to the episode to hear their favorite dishes and other thoughts on the meal. <\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n

Subscribe to “What’s Eric Eating” on Apple podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Hear it Sunday at 9 am on ESPN 97.5<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On this week\u2019s episode of \u201cWhat\u2019s Eric Eating,\u201d Honest Mary\u2019s founder Nelson Monteith and COO Andrew Wiseheart joined…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":460881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4345,1815,12212,5158,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-460880","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-interview","10":"tag-news-you-can-eat","11":"tag-podcasts","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115754147759491273","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460880","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=460880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}