Need a gift idea for two new parents in Houston, TX!

You might want to include what types of food she is guaranteed to like, and roughly what area of town they live in. We are pretty spread out, and have almost as many restaurants as people. Having said that, two places I've really enjoyed recently are: - http://www.polovinaitalian.com/. This is in the Heights area. The blue crab ravioli is tremendous. It's BYOB (which they can get at a http://www.specsonline.com/cgi-bin/showpage?pageid=giftbaskets on their way to the restaurant). Can be a romantic place, but there was an infant there the last time I went and it can be family-friendly. Also, outside seating will be nice when it is warmer. - http://www.thequeenvicpub.com/. This is in the Upper Kirby area. This is adults only. The food is awesome, and they have an interesting variety of beer. I wish I could tell you what we ordered, but I don't remember exactly -- only that everyone was grinning like a fool at the high-quality food and beer. We're kinda known for having so many restaurants, and with a wide variety. You'll have to tell us more. Otherwise, someone's gonna recommend https://sites.google.com/site/feasthouston/, and you'll see the great reviews... and not know that it is closing, that it's pretty centrally located but with crap parking options, and that it is offal. (Although I'm just assuming that your sister would not be thrilled with "Head-On Duck Neck Sausage." OTOH, if she would be ok with that, we have another place in town that's similar....)

The http://ask.metafilter.com/160318/I-need-a-gift-certificate-to-a-restaurant-in-Houston-Tell-me-which-one time, which did you get and how was it received?

Houston is big. Really big. Too big for a gift certificate to any particular restaurant to be anything but a dicey proposition. I had a baby fairly recently, and the thing I really loved was ... sheets. Great linens greatly improved my life, but I don't think I'm typical there. Is this something you'll mail? Buy in person? How much do you want to spend? I'm not sure you've provided enough detail to get great answers so far.

Not sure what part of town they are in, but if they have a reliable baby sitter and you want to gift them with dinner and a show, here are some options for the "show" part: Alamo Drafthouse (movie theatre) http://drafthouse.com/houston/mason_park One location in Katy, west of Houston. In February there will be another location north of Houston, near Tomball. The cool thing about the Alamo Drafthouse is that they serve food and beer during the movie. The second cool thing is that they allow young children on "Baby Day" (the first show of the day on Sundays and Tuesdays). From their website: Infants and children under 6 are welcome to these shows, and of course, are allowed in for free. For our baby day shows, we keep the lights up a bit, and the sound down a bit, so your little one never has to know they even went to the movies! Society for the Performing Arts (dance, theatre, music... a little of everything) http://www.spahouston.org/ Da Camera (chamber music and jazz) http://www.dacamera.com/ Theatre Under the Stars (musicals) http://www.tuts.com/ Mercury Baroque (orchestra) http://mercuryhouston.org/ Houston Ballet http://www.houstonballet.org/ Houston Symphony http://www.houstonsymphony.org/ Alley Theatre http://www.alleytheatre.org/alley/default.asp Also, see: Houston Museaum of Natural Science http://www.hmns.org/ The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston http://www.mfah.org/ And there are a number of community theatres scattered throughout the area, of varying degrees of quality.

Similar to Alamo Drafthouse (serve dinner/drinks during a movie) is http://www.studiomoviegrill.com/ - you'd likely want the CityCentre location which is on the west side of Houston, unless you know they live closer to Copperfield. As other have noted, Houston is HUGE and more info will get you better answers.