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The Restaurant I've Been Coming Back to Since the Mid-90s

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Amerigo's Grille on Grogan's Park Drive is one of the oldest upscale restaurants in The Woodlands — family-owned, award-winning, and still the first name I give when someone asks where to take a client.

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