Photos commissioned for the March 2020 edition Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants.

Paella feast at MAD Houston for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020. Photo by Austin-based food photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley.

Jamón Ibérico and Tomato Bread at MAD Houston for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020. Photo by Austin-based food photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley.

Jamón Ibérico at MAD Houston for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020. Photo by Austin-based food photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley.

MAD Houston for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020. Photo by Austin-based food photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley.

Best Restaurant in Houston - MAD Houston. Featured in Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020. Photo by Austin-based food photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley.

Best Spanish food in Houston at MAD Houston. Featured in Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020. Photo by Austin-based food photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley.

Jamón ibérico and tomato bread from MAD Houston for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020. Photo by Austin-based food photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley.

Delicious Spanish cocktail at MAD Houston. Featured in Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020. Photo by Austin-based food photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley

MAD Houston’s house-made sorbet and gelato for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020. Photo by Austin-based food photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley.

Best Spanish dessert in Houston. MAD Houston for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020. Photo by Austin-based food photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley.

MAD Houston’s Pastry Chef Karlotta Espinosa — shot for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020 — Photo by Austin Restaurant Photographer Mackenzie Smith Kelley

MAD Houston’s Huevos Voladores for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020. Photo by Austin-based food photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley.

MAD Houston for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020. Photo by Austin-based food & lifestyle photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley.

Best Spanish restaurant, MAD Houston, for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020. Photo by Austin-based food photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley.

MAD Houston for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020. Photo by Austin-based food & lifestyle photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley.

MAD Houston, best restaurant in Houston, for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020. Photo by Austin-based food & lifestyle photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley.

Mural at MAD Houston. Photo by Austin Restaurant Photographer Mackenzie Smith Kelley