PS Valentino & Vin Bar
Hotel Derek
2525 West Loop S., Houston, TX 77027
Tel. 866-292-4100
Fax.713-297-4392

PS Valentino and the more casual and less-expensive Vin Bar will be taking over the Bistro Moderne space in the Hotel Derek sometime this fall. Piero Selvaggio of the famed Valentino Restaurant in Santa Monica, California, which it seems has been around for eons and with good reason, also more recently Las Vegas, is headed to Houston. Selvaggio and executive chef and partner Luciano Pellegrini will open PS Valentino Vin Bar in the trendy boutique Hotel Derek this fall, taking over the Bistro Moderne space. PS Valentino Vin Bar will house two dining experiences, an intimate fine dining restaurant serving Selvaggio’s inventive Italian cuisine and the more casual Vin Bar with a selection of innovative dishes in the now quite familiar “primi” or small plate format. PS Valentino Vin Bar,  no direct phone line available as yet, although you can dial the hotel. Stay tuned for the latest information as it becomes available.

Hotel Derek
The earthen colors chosen for the public areas are mostly caramel and coffee tones, while the genteel, guest rooms, up to 1200 square feet, include rain showers, spacious glass desks, high-speed Internet access, and cordless phones.  The outdoor swimming pool area is an interesting layout—it looks a bit barren at the moment, but with a bit more planted areas or potted greenery and given the Houston sun/humidity . . . it certainly should bush-out quickly. The mainly Texan and Californian inclination to stretch the gas-guzzling SUV making it even less green, is offered by the hotel for guests to shuttle them around the city.