Restaurant Openings

Owners Close First Houston Food Hall With Plans To Relocate & Open Three More

POSTED: December 30, 2019 AT 12:30 pm   /   News, Restaurant Closings, Restaurant Openings

The address of 1010 Prairie will always have a claim to fame: it was the site of Houston’s very first food hall. As first reported by the Houston Chronicle, both Conservatory, owned by Anh Mai and Lian Nguyen, and next-door burlesque supper club, Prohibition Theatre, are slated to close after New Year’s Eve. Both businesses […]

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Doris Metropolitan Owners Choose Rice Village For New Houston Restaurant Concept

POSTED: December 9, 2019 AT 4:28 pm   /   News, Restaurant Openings

With the recent opening of new food hall Politan Row and a revitalized Benjy’s, the redevelopment of Rice Village is well underway. Now, an area that was once a row of bars at 5555 Morningside is undergoing a multi-million dollar revamp to house a spacious new restaurant from the owners of New Orleans-style steakhouse Doris […]

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First Bite: “World Traveler” Restaurant in Montrose Has a Careful Path to Tread

POSTED: October 23, 2019 AT 3:52 pm   /   Food for Thought, Restaurant Openings

In the 1980s, Banana Republic evoked pseudo-safari nostalgia: khaki safari jackets, khaki paratrooper bags emblazoned with red wings, khaki flight suits, khaki fedoras — enough khaki to dress all the stars and all the extras in all the Indiana Jones movies, which were popular then and probably the point. The armchair adventurer was the market. […]

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