Food and drink roundup (07-25-2005 edition)

Last weekend, we noted that the alt/Texas country music acts at the Houston International Festival didn’t seem as strong as usual. That could be because Rick Mitchell, who did a fabulous job with the bookings

Saturday was Tour de Houston bike ride day: Among the roughly 2,500 participants was one cyclist diligently leading the crusade of inspiring Houstonians to ramp up their level of activity via marathons or bicycle rides.

Borders has announced plans to open a two-story store in the Galleria mall: Borders will open a two-level, 27,000-square-foot store in Houston, Texas, in the middle of December. The new store will be in the