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Downtown Houston is undergoing a deep revitalization, and the new Alden-Houston has played a role in the process. Formerly the Sam Houston Hotel, this 1920’s 10-story tower now has comfortable interiors, with grand leather headboards and 400-thread-count sheets, and luxe amenities, such as complimentary car service. The Alden-Houston’s lobby is dominated by a pulsing, 30-foot-long David Lander light sculpture, and the 97 rooms have Texas-size showers crafted of Russian granite. In the restaurant, executive chef Ryan Pera (formerly the chef poissonnier at New York’s Le Cirque) serves grass-fed filet mignon with wild mushrooms and buttermilk onion rings.
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From Food & Wine, Jun 2004
“Downtown, the new boutique Sam Houston Hotel has a lobby with chic cowhide-backed seats and a restaurant called 17....” MORE>>
From Food & Wine, Mar 2003
“After being closed for 78 years, Houston's legendary Sam Houston Hotel has reopened as a downtown hot spot with 21st-century amenities....” MORE>>
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