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Old 03-14-2012, 06:23 AM
 
Location: Clear Lake, Houston TX
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You live way out in the suburbs, what do you expect? You want good non-chain restaurants, you have to drive into the city.

If good = artsy on your plate, high-end, a place where you can see & be seen, or the absolute most exotic the city has to offer (SW Houston), then I agree.

Otherwise you have be in a fully-developed suburb first-- those newest neighborhoods in an open field aren't going to have much of anything (yet). Then you have to know where to look. Start with the b4-U-eat website and try everything out. Lots of them are holes in strip malls or tucked away with poor/small signage, not unlike a whole lot of Houston. The chains have all the best signage and jump out at you. This reminds me of people who say "Yeah, I drove through Houston and never left I-45, and it's all ugly." No it isn't; you just weren't looking.
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Old 03-14-2012, 07:59 AM
 
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One, the Woodlands isn't very diverse to whoever said that. It is an overwhelmingly homogeneous community. Tomball really is more of a town than a burb. Mel's is good, but if you live in the Woodlands it may be a bit down home greasy for you. I know it will really be pushing your comfort zome, but there are some decent non-chain restaurants on 1960 which is not even halfway to Houston.
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Old 03-14-2012, 08:59 AM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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One, the Woodlands isn't very diverse to whoever said that. It is an overwhelmingly homogeneous community. Tomball really is more of a town than a burb. Mel's is good, but if you live in the Woodlands it may be a bit down home greasy for you. I know it will really be pushing your comfort zome, but there are some decent non-chain restaurants on 1960 which is not even halfway to Houston.
Maybe not 12 years ago.

The Hispanic & Asian populations have risen dramatically since the 2000 census.

Not so many Blacks in The Woodlands however.
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Old 03-14-2012, 09:08 AM
 
Location: Tomball
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One, the Woodlands isn't very diverse to whoever said that. It is an overwhelmingly homogeneous community. Tomball really is more of a town than a burb. Mel's is good, but if you live in the Woodlands it may be a bit down home greasy for you. I know it will really be pushing your comfort zome, but there are some decent non-chain restaurants on 1960 which is not even halfway to Houston.
To me, the Woodlands seems more of a town than a suburb. Tomball is a 'sneeze and you miss it' sort of suburb IMO; ditto for Cypress. I love it here, but I wouldn't call it a town with a straight face, even if technically it is.
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Old 03-14-2012, 10:10 AM
 
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While we're on the subject of food, I'm planning on moving to the woodlands in a few weeks. Can anyone recommend me a great teriyaki restaurant?
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Old 03-14-2012, 10:47 AM
 
Location: Spring
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There's a lot of them, you just have to search. Between tomall, spring and the woodlands. You can find some decent places to eat. The problem is they don't advertise, it's more word of mouth.
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Old 03-14-2012, 10:48 AM
 
Location: Tomball
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While we're on the subject of food, I'm planning on moving to the woodlands in a few weeks. Can anyone recommend me a great teriyaki restaurant?
Love this place. One of my favs.

Kobe Woodlands - Japanese Steak House and Sushi
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Old 03-14-2012, 10:56 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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One, the Woodlands isn't very diverse to whoever said that. It is an overwhelmingly homogeneous community.
I would also have to disagree with this. I often take my kids to the parks in The Woodlands and there are always multiple languages being spoken. It's not just white people with the occasional Asian or Hispanic thrown in for good measure. At least when I go to the park there is a genuinely diverse group of people. I'm seeing lots of Asians and Hispanics but also Europeans and it seems to be pretty equally mixed. I love going there!
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Old 03-14-2012, 11:00 AM
 
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Love this place. One of my favs.

Kobe Woodlands - Japanese Steak House and Sushi
Thanks
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Old 03-14-2012, 11:37 AM
 
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I would also have to disagree with this. I often take my kids to the parks in The Woodlands and there are always multiple languages being spoken. It's not just white people with the occasional Asian or Hispanic thrown in for good measure. At least when I go to the park there is a genuinely diverse group of people. I'm seeing lots of Asians and Hispanics but also Europeans and it seems to be pretty equally mixed. I love going there!
Hispanics are pervasive throughout the Houston area. The Woodlands is probably the least diverse community in this region. Better?

Besides, communities don't own restaurants and therefore can't "offer" them. People own them. Enterprising passionate people who are in it for the love not the money (even if sometimes the money follows). Precisely the kind of person who is unlikely to move into a "planned community" built around a mall. The Woodlands demographic is mostly cookie-cutter types who are the prime target of chains.
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