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4.29.2012 | Chef Chris Williams with Marcus Samuelsson at the Food & Wine       

             Fetival in Austin, Texas

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2.21.2012 | Chris & Ben Williams Featured in The Houston Chronicle

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Cordon Bleu-trained Chris Williams will open Lucille's restaurant in late April at 5512 La Branch, also not far from Eat Gallery. He will feature his own dishes and those of his late great-grandmother, culinary pioneer Lucille Smith of Fort Worth...

The budding entrepreneurs at Eat Gallery include, from left: Keisha Bocage, Rodney Perry, Matti Merrell, Devon Fanfair, Chris Wiliams, Ben Williams, Ella Russell and Robert Lopez. Photo: Nick De La Torre / © 2012 Houston Chronicle

2.10.2012 | Featured on Houston Eater

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A "historically significant culinary experience" (other than conāt) is coming soon to the Museum District. Swamplot's tipsters have spotted construction activity at Lucille's, a Southern restaurant at 5512 La Branch. The restaurant's namesake is Lucille Bishop Smith, great grandmother of owners Ben and Chris Williams as well as an important woman in Texas history. Her legacy includes creating the nation's first hot roll mix, establishing one of the first commercial food and technology departments on the college level (at Prairie View A&M) and publishing a cookbook among others. [Swamplot, Facebook, Women in Texas History]