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DIVE INTO OUR DIGITAL WORLD PAPERCITYMAG.COM NEW ORLEANS' FEVER I n many ways, it's the food hall that started it all. When St. Roch Market opened in New Orleans in 2014, it helped usher in a new way of dining. Now its creators are opening a new food hall in Rice Village. It won't be Houston's fi rst food hall, but this St. Roch offspring may prove to be the most infl uential: It's part of the transformation that's seen high-profi le restaurants move into Rice Village, including gourmet sandwich haven Mendocino Farms and wine bar Sixty Vines. Read more at papercitymag.com/st-roch-market. DESTINATION TOWN GRAND HOTEL EXPECTATIONS HOOPS HEAVEN Hong Kong, Grenada, the Falkland Islands and … Houston? The Bayou City is suddenly travel hot, appearing on list after list of the best places to visit in 2019. While Houston doesn't have the Falkland Island's penguins, its long-rec- ognized restaurant scene is now comple- mented by showcase hotels such as The Post Oak. The New York Times is most wowed by the new Menil Drawing Center, while Bloomberg touts the $450 million expansion of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Food and art city? Read more at papercitymag.com/destination-city. Every city has forgettable hotels, but few are as nondescript as the Doubletree by Hilton Houston Downtown. Now this spot is being transformed into an independent boutique hotel dubbed the C. Baldwin. The hotel is named for Charlotte Baldwin, wife of Houston co-founder Augustus Chapman Allen. With Houston's Lauren Rottet and Philadelphia-based interior de- signer Kate Rohrer leading this multi-mil- lion-dollar reimagining, the unremarkable should become special. Read more at papercitymag.com/cbaldwin-hotel. Over the past 18 months, Houston billion- aire Tilman Fertitta bought the Houston Rockets and opened the city-changing Post Oak Hotel. But the more modest $60 million Fertitta Center at the University of Houston might give him the most pleasure. This is the new home of UH basketball — and it's the rare Fertitta project not designed to make money. "My dad loves UH," Michael Fertitta, Tilman's oldest son, tells PaperCity. You'll be surprised why the bond between the tycoon and the college he barely attended is so strong. Read more at papercitymag.com/fertitta-center. NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP D on't be the last to get the new PC Daily. Our redesigned, expanded editorial newsletters put the entire city right in your inbox. Get Houston's top fashion, restaurant, real estate, society, and art news — and more — fi ve times a week. Sign up at PaperCityMag.com/ newsletter. Party Divas @papercitymag Paloma Contreras @anneleephillips Hotel Alessandra @commonpolished #PCSEEN WHAT OUR EDITORS ARE UP TO, DIGITALLY. Miller Outdoor Theatre Tilman Fertitta C. Baldwin's Allen Park gardens view St. Roch Market, New Orleans LIKE: facebook.com/papercitymag FOLLOW: @papercitymag TWEET: @papercitymag GET SOCIAL: 8