Head on over to Yiayia’s the following time you are craving Mediterranean meals.
Issues are heating up this summer time, and we’re not simply speaking concerning the climate. Houston’s meals scene is scorching with progress. It looks like daily there’s a brand new spot popping up round city.
With a lot change, it may be onerous to maintain up with all of it. So, we’ve determined it’s time for us to zoom in month by month to have a look at the most popular new locations you ought to be including to your restaurant bucket listing.
Pappas Eating places new spot Yiayia’s pays homage to its Greek roots.
Yiayia’s Greek Kitchen
Higher Kirby
Identified for its reliable chain eating places, family-owned hospitality group Pappas Eating places has expanded with a reboot that pays homage to its Greek roots in an area that blends old-school vibes with modernity. Yiayia’s formally opened Friday, August 1, with a menu that’s designed to be shared. Impressed by the household matriarch Yiayia Mary and Greece’s yiayiades (grandmothers), the restaurant dishes out dolmades (beef or lamb with basmati wrapped in grape leaves); smoked shrimp tarama with pink peppercorn; Mediterranean sea bass; lamb shank; and conventional moussaka. Diners can complement the expertise with cocktails made with Greek spirits and desserts like delicate panna cotta and baklava cheesecake.
Savoir
Heights
Houston diners had been shocked when this Heights restaurant shut its doorways earlier this 12 months. Now, Jose Hernandez is able to deliver Savoir again. The restaurant quietly reopened in early August. In response to CultureMap, the chef, who was disillusioned with the closure, was approached about reviving the restaurant, and he agreed. He vows to serve the identical Mediterranean-style delicacies that diners liked, together with its signature pastas and pizzas. As for Patton’s, the speakeasy steakhouse inside Savoir, plans are reportedly nonetheless being finalized.
Kilani Meals Corridor
Missouri Metropolis
This new meals corridor, which opened on Saturday, August 9, has upped Missouri Metropolis’s culinary range, with seven new distributors multi function spot. Diners can select from Lit Wings’ crispy fried fowl; Nashville-style scorching rooster from Burnin’ Chick; burgers and scorching canines from Cheeky Buns; shawarma from the Shawerma Man; Mediterranean bites from Gyro Bros; fried fish and seafood from A&M Fry Shack; and Mexican delicacies from Taco Nova.
Koe Wetzel’s Riot Room
Midtown
Nation music lovers can now flock to Midtown to expertise the Houston location of Texas-born singer Koe Wetzel’s very personal occasion spot. Koe Wetzel’s Riot Room provides a strong menu, that includes plates like rooster wings, beer-can rooster, comforting meatloaf, burgers, sandwiches, and salads for lunch and dinner. Brunch-lovers can kick issues off early on the bar and grill with a lineup of omelets, pancakes, and strawberry French toast. Extra data on drinks and specials to come back.
BNX Burgers & Fries
Webster
Tony and Mike Mistry of Burger Nation faucet into Texans’ love of purple meat with a brand new burger joint in Webster. BNX Burgers & Fries opened on Wednesday, July 30, treating diners to traditional burgers, that includes patties from Pasadena’s Ditta Meat and buns made recent domestically. Anybody who doesn’t get pleasure from burgers can go for a grilled or crispy sandwich meal, a rooster tender basket, crispy fries, and shakes in flavors like chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla.
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A rendering of the principle eating room previews an inviting ambiance.
Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette
Rice Village
Culinary Khancepts is increasing its beloved Gulf Coast–impressed delicacies to Rice Village within the former house that housed Gratify Neighborhood Bistro. The brand new outpost, which is projected to open this fall, will function Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette’s third location. Diners can count on the identical brunch, lunch, dinner, and joyful hour menus as its River Oaks and Memorial areas. Houstonia’s favorites embrace the black truffle Hamachi, the deviled eggs, lobster roll, and linguine Pescatore, a seafood-loaded mixture of mussels, scallops, chorizo, purple bell peppers, black olives, and tomatoes dripping in garlic butter.
