To stay, I'd suggest galleria area. Central to everything. The woodlands is nice too, but can be a bit too white.
Food wise, if it's soul food then it's 2 places I'm crazy for: Mickey's on the sw side and alfreda's in the Trey. Galleria is fairly close to all of this.
Bars, I'm a mixed crowd person. So I'll hit up anywhere in midtown. I love baker street pub. It's nice mixed bar. And they're all over Houston. 3 i believe. If you looking for predominately black, others may have to chime in.
I heard it mentioned before that Chacho's is still jumping. I know when i was going, there was no better place in Houston that was fucking with Chacho's as far as black women go.
Matt Schaub sucks....that is all
Oh shit, my boy be hitting that spot up too...