Restaurant Closings

Houston Restaurant Owner Says Crawfish Shortage Has Forced Him to Close

POSTED: March 7, 2024 AT 4:33 pm   /   Breaking News, Restaurant Closings

The 2024 crawfish shortage has taken a longstanding, Northwest Houston Viet-Cajun spot as a casualty. On March 3, owner and chef Tony Nguyen — who is also the owner of Xin Chao (nationally known chef Christine Hà formerly partnered with him on that restaurant) — announced on Facebook that he has closed Saigon House 1960 […]

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Longstanding Montrose Eatery Closes to Make Way for Thai Restaurant

POSTED: February 15, 2024 AT 12:29 pm   /   News, Restaurant Closings, Restaurant Openings

Mediterranean eatery La Fendee has been a fixture at 1402 Westheimer in some form or another for 17 years. It’s now shuttered, and despite a note on the website’s homepage saying that La Fendee is “closed for maintenance and remodeling until further notice,” a notice for a mixed-beverage permit application on the door indicates that […]

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