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Restaurants Houston is a culinary hotspot featuring outstanding ethnic and international cuisine. Houston is one of the country’s most exciting food cities, with local restaurants scoring high on rankings: o Houston was ranked second on Food & Wine’s “32 Places to Go (And Eat) in 2019” o Yelp’s “Top 100 Places to Eat for 2019” includes five greater Houston eateries o The city is among WalletHub’s “Best Cities for Vegans & Vegetarians” According to Yelp.com, Houston has nearly 160 categories of cuisine, including Afghan, Georgian and Ukrainian restaurants. Houston also has over 650 food trucks and stands, nearly 140 delis and about 100 wine bars. Houston restaurant categories Afghan Dim Sum Kebab Senegalese African Diners Korean Food Shanghainese American (Traditional) Dinner Theater Kosher Sicilian American Food Dominican Laotian Singaporean Arabian Egyptian Latin Restaurants Slovakian Argentine Eritrean Lebanese Somali Armenian Ethiopian Live/Raw Food Soul Food Asian Fusion Falafel Malaysian Soup Australian Fast Food Mauritius South African Austrian Filipino Food Mediterranean Food Southern Food Bangladeshi Fish & Chips Mexican Restaurants Spanish Basque Fondue Middle Eastern Sri Lankan BBQ Food Court Modern European Steak Belgian Food Stands Mongolian Supper Clubs Brasseries French Restaurants Moroccan Sushi Brazilian Game Meat New Mexican Cuisine Syrian Breakfast Gastropubs Nicaraguan Szechuan British Georgian Noodles Tacos Buffets German Food Pakistani Taiwanese Bulgarian Gluten Free Restaurants Pan Asian Tapas Burgers Greek Food Pancakes Tapas/Small Plates Burmese Guamanian Persian/Iranian Teppanyaki Cafes Hainan Peruvian Tex-Mex Cafeteria Haitian Pizza Thai Cajun Restaurants Halal Polish Themed Cafes Calabrian Hawaiian Food Polynesian Trinidadian Cambodian Himalayan/Nepalese Pop-Up Restaurants Turkish Cantonese Honduran Portuguese Tuscan Caribbean Hong Kong Style Cafe Poutineries Ukrainian Catalan Hot Dogs Puerto Rican Uzbek Greater Houston Partnership Research Updated March 2019 Houston restaurant categories (continued) Cheesesteaks Hot Pot Ramen Vegan Chicken Shop Hungarian Reunion Vegetarian Restaurants Chinese Food Iberian Russian Venezuelan Colombian Indian Restaurants Salads Vietnamese Food Comfort Food Indonesian Salvadoran Waffles Conveyor Belt Sushi Irish Sandwiches Wings Creperies Italian Sardinian Wraps Cuban Izakaya Scandinavian Czech Japanese Curry Scottish Delis Japanese Food Seafood Source: Yelp.com, March 2019 In the four quarters ending Q3/18, the Houston MSA was home to 11,292 food service and drinking establishments that employed more than 258,700. These establishments included: 4,319 full-service restaurants, 4,330 limited-service eating places and 648 drinking establishments. Houston MSA’s food service and drinking establishments had sales of $18.1 billion in the four quarters ending Q3/18, according to the State Comptroller’s office. Greater Houston Partnership Research Updated March 2019 .