If you love Houston’s, you’ll love Hillstone. So, if you like Houston’s, you’ll like Hillstone. Presumably moving it from the address of the front entrance to the address of the side entrance. In fact, at this location, they not only changed the name, but also changed the address, even though it’s in the exact same space as the former Houston’s – Citicorp. So Houston’s decided rather than expose the fact their incredibly delicious spinach and artichoke dip is more fattening than a softball-sized chunk of foie gras, they just incorporated as a different entity at some of their locations and otherwise kept their food, decor and everything else exactly the same. Remember that time you ordered a “salad” at The Cheesecake Factory? And then the next time you walked in, you found out that the thing was 3500 calories? So you ordered the clear soup, iceberg wedge without the blue cheese and a water? Yeah, that happened to all of us. Yes, it’s true, I was told that once a restaurant chain reaches a certain number of restaurants, they have to put the real real on their menus, which would alert the general public that what they’re eating is incredibly unhealthy.

Back before they had to take the exact same restaurant and literally just change the sign on the outside (and on the menus and cocktail napkins) to avoid having to go The Cheesecake Factory route and post their calorie counts. I know because I had been here when it was a Houston’s. All you bros hanging out at the giant bar on your Tinder dates and Grinder dates and OkCupid dates and FarmersOnly and whatever else you non-married techlennials do on Thursday nights.

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