The Halal Guys is expanding its footprint across Houston — and it’s headed downtown. Operated by Houston-area franchisee Masroor Fatany, the new location opens on March 2 in the Hines Tower at 609 Main. The Greater Houston Texas Restaurant Association (GHTRA) is marking the occasion at noon with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The downtown spot is […]
B.B. Italia, which opened in the former Carmelo’s space at 14795 Memorial in May 2019, has temporarily closed as restaurateur Benjamin Berg has decided to move it to a “more suitable space”. (Berg’s other restaurants include B&B Butchers, B.B. Lemon and The Annie Café & Bar.) The new spot — the address of which has […]
When it opened downtown in April 2016, Conservatory was Houston’s first food hall. After numerous issues with the space, it closed in December 2019, but Anh Mai, who co-owns the business with Lian Nguyen, said it would reopen elsewhere. The nature of that return has changed. Originally, Conservatory was to be relocated to where Chapman […]
Like his great-grandmother, Lucille B. Smith — the inspiration for his Museum District restaurant Lucille’s — Chris Williams is a chef and an entrepreneur. He is launching a new company: Lucille’s Hospitality Group. The new organization will include Lucille’s and Lucille’s 1913, Williams’s nonprofit that has distributed over 150,000 meals to Houston residents in need, […]
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s new Nancy and Rich Kinder Building at 5500 Main Street, which showcases a large collection of international modern and contemporary art, will soon also feature two new restaurants. This spring, New York-based Bastion Restaurants (formerly Invest Hospitality), which also owns La Table in Houston’s Galleria area, is bringing Michelin-starred […]
