Houston’s Pope Comes to I Know Somebody Houston
Style Magazine Newswire | 8/22/2013, 2:31 p.m. | Updated on 8/22/2013, 2:31 p.m.
Executive Chef Monica Pope will be the guest speaker for the September meeting of I Know Somebody Houston (“IKSH”). She is a 2007 James Beard Award Nominee/Best Chef Southwest and the only Texas woman to be named a Top 10 Best New Chef by Food & Wine Magazine (1996). Monica Pope’s food celebrates all things local. She has received local and national accolades and has been featured on seven different lists, including Bon Appetite Magazine, Gourmet Magazine and Texas Monthly Magazine. Her former restaurant was also chosen “Best New Restaurant” in 2004 and “Best Restaurant” in 2005 by The Houston Press! Pope opened Sparrow (replacing t’afia) last summer with industrial warmth décor, dynamic menu choices such as Shiitake mushroom dumplings and the Longhorn Burger. Beavers is also one of Pope’s creations. To learn more about IKSH, please go to our website: www.iknowsomebodyhouston.com.