Fresh eats at the new Flower Child Heights location. | Flower Child/ Facebook
Tasty salads and wraps, Malaysian street food and more at these newly-opened spots
Houston is home to literally hundreds of restaurants, and even in the midst of a pandemic, new spots are popping up every day. It’s tough to keep up with every single new eatery that’s debuted in recent weeks, but here are seven brand new openings to know about right now.
Thursday, August 6
Flower Child
More than three years after Flower Child, a healthy restaurant offering avocado toasts, heirloom tomato salads and gluten-free mac and cheese and beloved by the yoga crowd, announced its expansion to Houston, the Heights location finally opened on Tuesday, August 4, at 1533 North Shepherd Drive. The Heights spot joins two other locations, Uptown Park and The Woodlands. All locations offer food to-go.
Phat Kitchen
Chef Alex Au-yeung of beloved Malaysian restaurant Phat Eatery is opening three new restaurants which will operate out of a ghost kitchen at Blodgett Food Hall, Houston Food Finder reports.
Phat Kitchen, slated to open in September, will serve the same Malaysian street food Phat Kitchen is known for, like curry crab, satay skewers and roti canai, available for delivery only.
Au-Yeung eventually hopes to add two more restaurants to the mix — Yelo, a delivery-only location of chef Cuc Lam‘s upcoming banh mi shop (currently delayed due to COVID-19), and Pig + Duck, a Chinese barbecue restaurant. No word yet on when Yelo or Pig + Duck will open.
Screaming Sams
Yet another Nashville hot chicken truck has brought its dare-to-eat dishes to Houston. Screaming Sams, which opened July 18 at 14485 Bellaire Boulevard, offers crispy, spicy chicken in levels from “silence” to “screaming”. Unlike many hot chicken trucks, which serve breaded chicken breast in sandwich or tender form, Screaming Sams also offers Nashville-style drumsticks and popcorn chicken, alongside ice cold smoothies meant to temper the heat.
Yumcha
The bakery and bubble tea spot, which opened in Dun Huang Plaza in Chinatown last year, has a new sibling in Katy’s Asian Town. Yumcha Katy opened July 11 and serves boba flavors like Grapefruit Overflow, Green Apple Lover and Strawberry Yogurt, plus treats like matcha red bean mochi.
Liberty Kitchen
Liberty Kitchen’s three locations have been closed since the coronavirus pandemic began, and when they reopen soon, things might look a little different. Culinary Khancepts, the group behind State Fare Kitchen & Bar, announced they had purchased two locations — the Treehouse in Memorial City and Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette in River Oaks, with plans to repoen them very soon — August 7 for the Oysterette and August 14 for the Treehouse, according to a press release.
Menus at both locations will feature some Liberty Kitchen faves like gumbo, deviled eggs and impressive spreads of raw oysters, alongside new dishes focused on fresh produce and other fresh ingredients. The Liberty Kitchen location in the Heights will remained closed for now while current owners, F.E.E.D. TX Restaurant Group, drum up a new idea for the spot.
Thursday, June 11
Red Dwarf
Eight years after first opening, Midtown cocktail bar Mongoose versus Cobra will be transitioning into a coffee shop and bar that will double as an art gallery and live music venue. The 105-year-old historic building, at 1101 McGowen Street, will officially reopen as Red Dwarf on July 1. Red Dwarf will open as a service coffee shop in the mornings, opening at 6:30 am, and will continue to serve craft beer and cocktails, as well as light bites, until 2 a.m. Co-owner Ian Rosenberg said in an press release that the change “was an opportunity to share the space for more hours a day and with many more people.”
Daddy’s Burgers
Grass-fed burgers, local craft beer in icy mugs, milkshakes and breakfast are the order of the day at Daddy’s Burgers, which recently opened in The Dunlavy on Buffalo Bayou. The pop-up, at 3422 Allen Parkway, was conceived as a way for the event space to pivot during Covid-19 while large gatherings like weddings are prohibited.
Westchase Tavern
Westchase Tavern closed in October 2019 after 17 years on far west Westheimer Avenue when the owners lost their lease. After months of delays, the beloved Briarforest neighborhood pub has reopened, this time at 1452 Wilcrest Drive. The tavern, which is a West-side favorite for drinking Guinness, playing darts and watching sports, includes a reclaimed Art Deco bar salvaged from a pub in Ashtabuka, Ohio, which burned down.
Island Grill
Houston-based Mediterranean staple Island Grill opened its fifth location, in Springwood Village, earlier this month. The light-filled dining room, at 1701 Lake Plaza Drive in CityPlace, overlooks the development’s waterfront park. Menu options include creamy avocado toast with gyro meat, gluten-free pitas and the Houstonia Turkey sandwich, served with Boar’s Head turkey, garlic sauce, grilled onions and American cheese.
Sweet Paris
Cafe and creperie Sweet Paris is now serving up French-inspired treats at Baybrook Mall. The cafe, which opened just as the coronavirus pandemic was hitting Texas, features savory crepes like turkey, French brie and red grapes; sweet bites like a Oreo-filled cookies and cream crepe; and a variety of coffees along with beer and wine, and of course, champagne.
Jax Grill
Jax Grill has opened its first new location in more than 25 years in Cinco Ranch. The fast-casual restaurant, which was founded in 1993 in Bellaire, opened at 9910 Gaston Road Suite 200 on Monday. In 2015, the chain, which also includes a longtime location on Shepherd Road, was bought by Paul Miller, owner of Gr8 Plate Hospitality, which also owns The Union Kitchen’s several locations.
By: Brittanie Shey
Title: 5 Houston Restaurant Openings Diners Need to Know Right Now
Sourced From: houston.eater.com/2020/6/11/21286780/houston-new-restaurants-open-2020
Published Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2020 15:30:16 +0000
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