{"id":940984,"date":"2026-07-17T11:34:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/940984\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T11:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:34:24","slug":"weekend-food-bets-cheesesteaks-margs-and-world-cup-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/940984\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Food Bets: Cheesesteaks, Margs and World Cup Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday\u2013Sunday<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">101 Heights<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><br \/><\/strong>Chef Ronnie Killen and co. are<strong> <\/strong>saying goodbye to their Killen\u2019s Heights location after five years serving the community, with a final service on Sunday, July 19. Guests can enjoy the Farewell Menu, with original favorites including chicken-fried steak, 24-hour fried chicken, pork chops, oxtails and the Cafeteria Burger alongside barbecue by the pound and classic Southern sides.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Frida Fest at Karbach Brewing\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday, 6 to 9 p.m.; Saturday, 2 to 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2032 Karbach\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karbach Brewing celebrates Houston\u2019s local art and music scene with Frida Fest, a two-day party featuring an art show, live music and an outdoor market. Friday kicks off with an opening reception, complimentary light bites and a live DJ, while Saturday brings local vendors, mariachi, more live music, DJ sets and limited-edition Frida glassware. Admission is free.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Philly Guys Cheesesteaks Pop-Up at Tenfold Coffee\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">101 Aurora\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hot new pop-up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/phillyguys_\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Philly Guys Cheesesteaks<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>is bringing the goods to Tenfold Coffee, serving halal Philly cheesesteaks stacked with hand-cut ribeye, melty cheese, and fixin\u2019s on seeded rolls. Choose from options like onions and greep peppers, jalape\u00f1os and red habanero, and Cooper sharp and white American cheeses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The North Houston Margarita Festival at Hyatt Place The Woodlands<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saturday, noon to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1909 Research Forest\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your weekend plans involve margaritas, here\u2019s a solid one. The North Houston Margarita Festival brings together local bars and restaurants serving up samples, plus live music, food vendors, a beer garden and giveaways, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/the-north-houston-margarita-festival-tickets-1990339271339?msockid=1a5a28aad18c620927813e15d0026382#location\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tickets<\/a> starting at $30.<\/p>\n<p><strong>World Cup Watch Parties and Specials<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All weekend long<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Houston\u2019s restaurants, bars and breweries are going all in on the World Cup celebrations this summer. Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpress.com\/restaurants\/where-to-eat-drink-and-watch-the-world-cup-in-houston\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">guide to the best World Cup watch parties<\/a> across Houston and our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpress.com\/restaurants\/where-to-eat-drink-and-watch-the-world-cup-in-houston\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">roundup of World Cup food and drink specials<\/a>, featuring everything from match-day viewing events and giant screens to limited-time cocktails, international menus and fan-friendly promotions running throughout the World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Friday\u2013Sunday 101 Heights Chef Ronnie Killen and co. are saying goodbye to their Killen\u2019s Heights location after five&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":940985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[7738,18601,9729,16560,2879,4084,2105,12730,4345,123867,988,358,1072,3187,30561,30562,9963],"class_list":["post-940984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-beer","tag-calendar","tag-drink","tag-eat","tag-events","tag-festival","tag-food-and-drink","tag-homepage","tag-houston","tag-houston-food-events","tag-restaurants","tag-texas","tag-things-to-do","tag-tx","tag-upcoming-events","tag-what-to-do","tag-wine"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940984","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=940984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/940985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=940984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=940984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}