MAD: Houston, TX

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

Gemelle in Ft Worth, TX

Select photos taken at Gemelle in January 2020 for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants.

Gemelle, best pasta in Fort Worth, for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020. Photo by Austin-based commercial food photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley.

Best pizza in Fort Worth. Gemelle for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020. Photo by Austin-based food photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley.

Best Italian food in Fort Worth at Gemelle. Featured in Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020. Photo by Austin-based commercial food photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley

Gemelle’s outdoor garden area. Image captured by Austin restaurant photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley

Bar seating at Gemelle. Image captured by Austin restaurant photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley

Cozy outdoor seating at Gemelle. Image captured by Austin restaurant photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley

3D mural in Gemelle’s outdoor garden area. Image captured by Austin restaurant photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley

Photos for Texas Monthly, by Austin-based food and lifestyle photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley

Homewood - Dallas, TX

Selects from Homewood Restaurant in Dallas, TX for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020.

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

Homewood, a Dallas farm-to-table restaurant, for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020. Photo by Austin-based food & lifestyle photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley.

Homewood's iconic Parker House rolls for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020. Photo by Austin-based food photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley.

Homewood, Dallas restaurant using locally sourced meat and produce, for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020, Dish created by chef, Matt McAllister. Photo by Austin-based food photographer Mackenzie Smith Kelley.

Portrait of Homewood's Pastry Chef Maggie Huff — shot for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020 — Photo by Austin Restaurant Photographer Mackenzie Smith Kelley

Dallas’s best oak-smoked Hereford pork loin with house-made hominy from Homewood for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020. Curated by chef, Matt McAllister. Photo by Austin-based food photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley.

Decadent dessert by pastry chef, Maggie Huff of Homewood Dallas, shot for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020 — Photo by Austin Restaurant Photographer Mackenzie Smith Kelley

Outdoor patio at Homewood Dallas for Texas Monthly’s Best New Restaurants 2020. Photo by Austin-based food & lifestyle photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley.

Photos taken for the March 2020 issue of Texas Monthly, by Austin-based food and lifestyle photographer, Mackenzie Smith Kelley.