{"id":95390,"date":"2025-07-27T00:25:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T00:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/95390\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T00:25:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T00:25:19","slug":"houston-restaurant-weeks-2025-bacaro-kitchen-and-wine-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/95390\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Restaurant Weeks 2025: Bacaro Kitchen and Wine Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9C6EC2DB50D212241B4CFB169E334062_7.jpg\" alt=\"Bacaro Kitchen and Wine preview for Houston Restaurant Weeks preview | Foodies and Friends\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-57dc2675=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> &#8211; Bill and Maria Lovejoy are passionate about wine and great Italian food, offering a 4-course $55 menu that will delight any diner.<\/p>\n<p>   Houston Restaurant Weeks 2025: Bacaro <\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bacarokitchen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bacaro Kitchen and Wine Bar<\/a> offers a menu that combines traditional Italian dishes with family recipes and seasonal fare for a great summer during <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonrestaurantweeks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Houston Restaurant Weeks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Wine is not included in the menu, but you will want to check out the offerings and suggested pairings for your selected dish.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">During the conversation, Katie not only discovers some great new dishes, but Bill also shares wonderful tidbits about food and wine.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Located at 14021 Memorial Drive (Memorial at Kirkwood),<strong> <\/strong>Bacaro is open:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul original-article-post=\"\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Tuesday-Wednesday 4:00 PM \u2013 8:00PM<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Thursday 11:00 AM \u2013 8:00 PM<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Friday 11:00 AM \u2013 9:00 PM\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Saturday 4:00 PM \u2013 9:00 PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Reservations can be made through Open Table.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Houston Restaurant Weeks runs August 1 \u2013 September 1, 2025. Menus \u00a0of the participating restaurants can be found on the HRW website(<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__http:\/\/houstonrestaurantweeks.com__;!!PxibshUo2Yr_Ta5B!21xv7vzBeXEsKaO2s_xqIHSK81ihnU7V-980xpimNAMRKViH073zuMcPlTZh0PfMT20lY74SnsT3ojIMFiA%24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">houstonrestaurantweeks.com<\/a>)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Produced by the Cleverley Stone Foundation, Foodies and Friends is available on demand on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxlocal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FOX Local<\/a> on your smart TV, and on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@fox26houston\/streams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FOX 26 YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/entertainment\/foodies-and-friends?page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Watch older episodes of Foodies &amp; Friends here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Affectionately called &#8220;The Diva of Dining,&#8221; Cleverley Stone made it her life\u2019s mission to beat hunger in Houston Restaurant Weeks. &#8220;Dine Out &amp; Do Good&#8221; was Stone\u2019s mantra, and her tireless efforts spurred an annual citywide boom in restaurant revenues and contributions to The Houston Food Bank.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Cleverley Stone passed away on May 28, 2020, following her battle with cancer. She was 68 years old.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Stone\u2019s final wish was that Houston Restaurant Weeks continue in perpetuity in her name.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">The Cleverley Stone Foundation was created by Cleverley\u2019s daughter, Katie Stone, to continue her Mother\u2019s mission and legacy of supporting Houston Restaurant Weeks benefiting the Houston Food Bank, which takes place August 1st through Labor Day each year.\u00a0 Together Houstonians and Houston restaurant owners have raised more than $22 million over the past 21 years to support the Houston Food Bank and the hunger needs of our community.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Houston Restaurant Weeks and its sister event Eat Drink HTX is the largest annual fundraiser for the nation\u2019s largest food bank. The Houston Food Bank services an 18-county area in southeast Texas<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">More about the foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/thecleverleystonefoundation.org__;!!PxibshUo2Yr_Ta5B!21xv7vzBeXEsKaO2s_xqIHSK81ihnU7V-980xpimNAMRKViH073zuMcPlTZh0PfMT20lY74SnsT3Dpew23c%24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">https:\/\/thecleverleystonefoundation.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Houston Food Bank \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__http:\/\/houstonfoodbank.org__;!!PxibshUo2Yr_Ta5B!21xv7vzBeXEsKaO2s_xqIHSK81ihnU7V-980xpimNAMRKViH073zuMcPlTZh0PfMT20lY74SnsT3uT6lyIk%24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">houstonfoodbank.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Information above is from the Cleverley Stone Foundation<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/entertainment\/foodies-and-friends\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Foodies and Friends<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/lifestyle\/food-drink\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Food and Drink<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; Bill and Maria Lovejoy are passionate about wine and great Italian food, offering a 4-course $55&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":95391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[171,8364,47036,4345,1165,358,3187,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-95390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-food-drink","10":"tag-foodies-and-friends","11":"tag-houston","12":"tag-lifestyle","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114922358668284090","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95390","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=95390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}