Bori has lastly opened its second location in Montrose.
Houston eating places have been by way of the ringer this 12 months (shout out to our unpredictable climate), however that hasn’t stopped folks from taking the leap of religion to open new institutions. The 12 months may be coming to an finish, however the metropolis’s restaurant scene continues to be busier than ever.
Since it may be laborious to maintain observe of the town’s ever-changing meals scene, we’ve gathered data on some lately opened eating places you need to positively take a look at, in addition to upcoming spots that you simply want in your radar.
New eating places in Houston
Bori
Montrose
Following the success of its first location in Spring Department, this Korean barbecue steakhouse is able to serve Montrose. Bori options an interactive eating expertise with meats ready by workers at a tableside grill, including to the enjoyable. Among the meats embrace A5 Wagyu beef, marinated boneless brief rib, and filet mignon, plus different objects like fried chile eggplant, sea bass risotto, kimchi fried rice, and a hottek ice cream sandwich.

Native Meals Market is able to cater to college students and guests at Rice College.
Native Meals Market
Rice college
The group behind Native Meals has debuted a brand new Native Meals Market on Rice College’s campus. This new market, which doubles as a restaurant, is the second to open within the Houston space. The brand new location options grab-and-go breakfast objects, pastries, salads, pizzas, tacos, sandwiches, and pastas from Milton’s, which is owned by the identical group. Native Meals Market additionally gives beer, wine, and low.

Medium Uncommon gives a prix fixe meal expertise for $30.95.
Medium Uncommon
midtown
Houston is now residence to a single-choice steak frites prix fixe meal expertise. At Medium Uncommon, diners can dig in to a culotte steak (cooked to their liking), french fries, a combined greens salad, and bread for $30.95. In case your vegan or vegetarian buddy needs to tag alongside, Medium Uncommon has them lined with a portobello mushroom entrée in a roasted red-pepper sauce. Plus, seconds on the principle course are complimentary, and for an additional $12, dessert will be added. Or, for $34.95, a weekend brunch gives the steak frites, a benedict, an American breakfast sandwich, steak and eggs, or French toast. The worth for brunch additionally contains limitless cocktails, espresso, juice, and soda.
Osha Thai Kitchen
briar forest
Really feel such as you’re touring the streets of Thailand with Saranya Daventnukroh’s new idea, Osha Thai Kitchen. Daventnukroh, who can also be the proprietor of Nua Thai downtown, calls this new restaurant her ardour challenge. Osha Thai Kitchen’s menu highlights the totally different areas of the nation with objects resembling Thai rooster wings, crab cream cheese wontons, glass noodle salad, pink noodle soup, variations of pad thai, and curries. The restaurant additionally gives cocktails, wine, beer, sakes, and a few teas.

Dig into some rooster bites at Pok Pok Po.
Pok Pok Po
midtown
Kahani Social Group has expanded past its standard Indian restaurant Amrina in The Woodlands with the opening of Pok Pok Po in Midtown. Positioned within the former location of Artisans, this restaurant is the newest fried rooster idea to hitch Houston’s meals scene. In line with Surpreet Singh, cofounder of Kahani Social Group, the inspiration to open a second enterprise was impressed by the success of Amrina’s fried rooster. Different menu objects embrace a choice of sides and housemade condiments.

Relish’s new location in Memorial Metropolis options an oyster bar.
Relish
Memorial metropolis
Relish in Relish’s second location within the Memorial Metropolis space. The restaurant options an oyster bar (in contrast to its River Oaks location), and newly added menu objects like roasted harissa rooster and vegetable lasagna. Some favorites from the River Oaks menu can be obtainable, just like the seasonal burrata, tuna tartare, Mediterranean lamb meatballs, fried rooster, and lobster roll.
Tenfold Espresso
downtown
The downtown space has a brand new espresso store within the Norton Rose Fulbright Tower due to the opening of Tenfold Espresso’s second location. Tenfold’s espresso drinks are made with beans sourced immediately from farms in nations like Mexico and Brazil. The downtown location additionally gives some grab-and-go objects from Jun and Love Croissants, and tea choices from the café’s sister firm, Tov Tea. Essentially the most thrilling factor in regards to the downtown location is its new cocktail program, that includes sips resembling alcohol-infused chai and carajillos.

Afuri Ramen will even characteristic spicy karaage on its menu.
Afuri Ramen
heights
This Japan-based idea with places internationally has introduced what it calls “tremendous ramen” to the Heights, making all dishes in-house with non-GMO components. The restaurant’s design permits visitors to see how the rooster and tonkotsu broths are made, whereas a noodle room gives a view of the workers as they make the noodles.

Friends of Cafe Moran can take pleasure in chorizo egg tacos.
Café Moran
memorial metropolis
This new idea is all due to the renovation of the Moran in CityCentre. Café Moran is open for breakfast day-after-day, with a brunch buffet on the weekends. Breakfast menu objects embrace omelets, bananas Foster waffles, smoked salmon avocado toast, chorizo egg tacos, and southwestern eggs benedict. Espresso martinis can be on provide solely for brunch.

Friends of Meow Wolf may have the chance to go to Cowboix Hevven for meals and drinks.
Cowboix Hevven
fifth ward
Houston, you’re in for a deal with due to the long-awaited Meow Wolf immersive expertise, which features a bar, Cowboix Hevven. The aim of this new exhibition is to take visitors on a dive bar journey into the afterlife. Cowboix Hevven is stuffed with immersive artwork that works to mix within the attraction of ol’ Texas honky tonk. To match the expertise, the bar’s menu is stuffed with consolation meals.

You will quickly be capable of head on over to the Heights to seize a chunk from Houston’s beloved brunch spot, Dandelion Cafe.
Dandelion Cafe
heights
This beloved brunch spot has expanded its footprint within the metropolis with the opening of its latest—and largest—location within the Heights. With the larger area, together with a kitchen that’s six instances bigger than its Bellaire location, the cafe has welcomed an in-house pastry chef and upgraded gear, in addition to double the manufacturing. The Heights cafe gives the identical menu as in Bellaire, with new drinks and meals objects to be added sooner or later.

Seize some associates and head on over to Emma Jane for an English-style tea service.
Emma Jane
montrose
The Kirby Group has debuted its latest idea: an English-style tea and cocktail vacation spot. The tea service, which is $65 per individual, is obtainable day by day from 11am to 5pm, and options pastries made in-house like candy and savory scones, tea sandwiches, in addition to a choice of as much as three teas and a glass of bubbly. Emma Jane additionally serves a cocktail menu, an intensive choice of wines and spirits, and menu objects resembling a French omelet, soufflé pancakes, and a pappardelle duck ragu for dinner.

Be sure you seize a chunk of Leo’s subsequent time you go to the River Oaks Theatre.
Leo’s
river oaks
The beloved River Oaks Theatre is again, and with its homecoming got here the all-new supper membership, Leo’s River Oaks, the place visitors are handled to reside music and New American delicacies. Menu objects embrace choices from a uncooked bar resembling bluefin tuna, scallops, and caviar service, and starters like beef carpaccio, lobster bisque, and seared sea scallops. For entrées, you should definitely take a look at the restaurant’s choice of prime steaks, in addition to its seafood stew and roasted half rooster. Fulfill your candy tooth with a chunk of housemade ice cream or vanilla crème brûlée from the dessert menu. Leo’s additionally gives an intensive wine and cocktail menu.

Transcend cocktails and low with the spicy rigatoni at Maven’s Sawyer Yards location.
Maven at Sawyer Yards
sawyer yards
Maven expanded its footprint to transcend its ordinary espresso and cocktails with a fourth location in Sawyer Yards. This new outpost has a full-service menu that’s stuffed with American fare and a contact of Spanish affect, like beef tartare, deviled eggs topped with Kaluga caviar, spicy rigatoni with manchego cheese, pork stomach with saffron double cream artichoke, and a basic roasted rooster. Maven additionally gives a noon day by day menu with breakfast tacos, avocado toast, and a truffled grilled cheese. For followers of Maven espresso, don’t fear, you’ll nonetheless be capable of discover the signature espresso mix at its Sawyer Yards spot, in addition to cocktails.
Saigon Hustle
spring department
Cruise on over to Spring Department for a banh mi from this Vietnamese favourite’s second Houston location. Count on the identical menu objects as its Backyard Oaks outpost, together with egg rolls, spring rolls, salads, and rice and noodle bowls. A notable characteristic of Saigon Hustle’s new spot is its bigger kitchen, so for the primary time, diners will even be capable of get pleasure from some pho.
The Kennedy
Montrose
This new restaurant and piano bar is all due to Ninety3 Hospitality Group proprietor and native Houstonian Andres Q. Castro. The 2 partnered with Prime Meat Markets for its menu, crafted by chef Adriana Maldonado. Gadgets embrace wagyu beef tartare, foie gras, a wagyu smashburger, and caviar service. With over 7,000 sq. toes, The Kennedy boasts a central indoor bar serving cocktails, mocktails, and wine; a dual-sided hearth; intimate seating; and a two-floor out of doors area.

Traveler’s Cart menu highlights avenue meals from all over the world.
Traveler’s Cart
montrose
The house owners of Traveler’s Desk are prepared to indicate Houstonians their subsequent enterprise. Traveler’s Cart, a fast-casual idea, has formally opened within the area that previously housed Pronto, an Italian restaurant. In line with its house owners, the aim with Traveler’s Cart is to pay homage to avenue meals markets all over the world, whereas giving clients a possibility to eat high-quality meals at a extra inexpensive worth.

The Black Star Blọk Pairing, a waakye fried rice with Ikoyi shrimp and yassa curry, is among the many new menu objects to stay up for at ChòpnBlọk.
ChòpnBlọk
Montrose
ChòpnBlọk, which started as a profitable popup and later moved to Submit Market downtown, is prepared for its subsequent chapter as a brick-and-mortar in Montrose. The brand new location will characteristic the identical daring West African flavors, with an expanded menu and cocktail program. New objects to stay up for embrace the Buka Blọk Pairing, a West African crimson stew; Aunty Mawa’s maafe, a creamy Senegalese peanut curry; and the Black Star Blọk Pairing, a waakye fried rice with Ikoyi shrimp and yassa curry.

Dive right into a sushi roll at Seareinas Houston.
Seareinas Houston
midtown
Gabriela’s Group, the group behind Mala Vida within the East Finish, has opened its latest idea, Seareinas Houston. The restaurant serves Mexican and Tex-Mex favorites resembling birria tacos and enchiladas, together with sushi and Sinaloa-inspired seafood. Seareinas will even showcase native Latino DJs and musicians to serenade visitors.

On the Fox Lure, visitors can get pleasure from elevated classics like its lamb chops.
The Fox Lure Restaurant & Lounge
briar forest
Sports activities followers now have a brand new go-to spot to look at their favourite groups. The Fox Lure will characteristic an intensive beer menu together with wine choices and a few cocktails. To curb that drink-induced starvation, visitors can select from bar bites and entrees resembling boudin egg rolls, sliders (rooster, shrimp, lamb, salmon, catfish, or turkey), flatbreads, and shrimp and crab alfredo. Don’t miss the Fox Lure’s New Orleans–fashion beignets for a particular deal with.

At Loro’s new location, you may bundle your favourite sandwich with a half facet.
Loro
rice village
Hai Hospitality, the group behind as Uchi and Uchiko, has determined to develop its footprint as soon as once more with a second Houston-area location of Loro. It contains a few of Loro’s hottest menu objects resembling char siew pork stomach, oak-smoked salmon, crispy Thai pork ribs, and rice bowls. Diners can get pleasure from a brand new lunch menu characteristic—the lunch two-step—which permits them to create a bundle with their selection of a sandwich and a half facet.
Milton’s
rice village
This new idea by restaurateurs Benjy Levit and Seth Siegel-Gardner formally made its debut within the area that was previously residence to Eau Tour. The American trattoria boasts housemade pastas, wood-fired meats, a singular tackle basic and craft cocktails, and a wide range of wine choices.
Houston eating places opening quickly
Agnes and Sherman
heights
After a protracted stint with Underbelly Hospitality, chef Nick Wong is able to showcase his abilities together with his personal spot. The imaginative and prescient for the restaurant is a contemporary Asian American diner. Though it isn’t opening till 2025, Wong has performed loads of pop-ups in collaboration with totally different Houston eating places. If you wish to get an early style of Agnes and Sherman, you should definitely observe the diner’s Instagram for its subsequent pop-up replace.

Seize your mates and head on over to Camaraderie when it opens in 2025.
Camaraderie
heights
Chef Shawn Gawle, who most lately was the manager pastry chef for Goodnight Hospitality, will quickly be taking up the following step in his profession: the opening of his first restaurant. Camaraderie will open within the Heights in early 2025. It’s set to be a fine-casual neighborhood restaurant with a robust concentrate on creating reference to all its visitors (therefore the identify). The menu may have American dishes created utilizing French cooking strategies.
Sincere Mary’s
river oaks
If 2025 is the 12 months you’re deciding to eat healthily, you’re in luck. Austin-based Sincere Mary’s, a fast-casual idea with a health-focused mindset, is ready to debut in fall 2025 in River Oaks. The restaurant will provide each dine-in and to-go choices to assist cater to any life-style. The menu is primarily targeted on 5 bowls, together with the smoky poblano, aloha poke, golden ponzu, Sedona lime, and Mediterranean harissa. Every are made with a inexperienced or grain base, proteins, greens, toppings, and a sauce, leaving room for personalization.
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Lotions
rice village
This beloved ice cream store will quickly open its fourth location in Rice Village in 2025. Count on ice lotions which can be made contemporary with dairy sourced from grass-grazed cows. Among the enjoyable flavors embrace lemon crinkle, pistachio macaron, boozy eggnog, brown butter almond brittle, brambleberry crisp, and sizzling toddy sorbet.
The Burger Joint
memorial
The Burger Joint is increasing to the Memorial space with its sixth location. This crowd favourite boasts numerous burger types, sizzling canine, sandwiches, bowls, rooster tenders, milkshakes, fountain drinks, and sides that embrace a wide range of fries, mac and cheese, and onion rings. Its anticipated opening date is spring or summer season of 2025.
The Taco Stand
memorial

Memorial Metropolis will quickly be residence to Katz’s Deli.
Katz’s Deli
memorial metropolis
Houston’s favourite 24-hour restaurant is able to develop with its fifth location. The Memorial Metropolis spot may have beloved menu objects resembling Katz’s deli sandwiches, burgers, and sizzling canine. It is going to be the proper place for the late-night snackers, or these working lengthy hours at Memorial Hermann Memorial Metropolis Medical Heart. Development is projected to start in 2025, with a completion date of early 2026.
Mexican Sugar
montrose
Calling all margarita and taco lovers—this place is for you. Mexican Sugar will open its doorways in Regent Sq. on December 16. The 2-story restaurant will intention to move visitors to Mexico Metropolis by way of its vibrant colours, flavors, and cocktails (together with 150 tequilas and mezcals). Diners can stay up for consuming lobster fundido, Angus skirt steak, and ceviche. Mexican Sugar will even provide a brunch menu with cajeta French toast, benedictos ranchero, and vanilla cinnamon pancakes.

Ojo de Agua is able to meet the wants of the Texas Medical Heart.
Ojo de Agua
texas medical heart
The fourth US location of this Mexico Metropolis idea is making its manner over to the TMC3 Collaborative Constructing in Houston’s Medical Heart. The restaurant is the primary to open in Helix Park and can incorporate a lot of the park for its out of doors patio area. Ojo de Agua will provide full-service catering, in addition to in-house personal eating for occasions and conferences. As for the menu, choices embrace a wide range of tacos, ceviches, sandwiches, mahi mahi cooked in basic adobo, and filet medallions.

Trill Burgers will quickly develop with two extra Houston-area places.
Trill Burgers
spring, missouri metropolis
Bun B is able to develop his beloved Trill Burgers idea with the opening of two new places within the Houston space. In 2025, Spring and Missouri Metropolis can be residence to the hit smashburger. Menu objects characteristic the OG burger, the triple OG burger, and vegan choices.

Houstonians will quickly be capable of get pleasure from their favourite cocktail at Kirby Ice Home’s new location within the Heights.
Kirby Ice Home
heights
Kirby Ice Home, recognized for opening the longest bar in Texas in The Woodlands, is ready to interrupt its personal report with its upcoming Heights location. The 146-foot-long bar (topping the opposite bar’s 141 toes) will serve beer, cocktails, and wine, and may have a rotating array of meals vans, TVs, and out of doors video games. The bar is slated to open in fall 2025.
Petite Lucie
downtown
Chef Omar Pereney, the mastermind behind Love Croissants, will quickly debut his latest spot, Petite Lucie at Market Sq. Park in spring 2025. The idea will provide freshly baked croissants and low within the morning, progressing to a menu of savory dishes, a curated choice of wines, cocktails, and beers. With inspiration from Provence, Normandy, and the Mediterranean coast, Petite Lucie will intention to create a romantic, stress-free atmosphere.
P. Terry’s
cypress
Bridgeland will quickly be residence to a location of this beloved Austin-born burger chain, which can characteristic a double drive-through and indoor eating. The menu contains hamburgers, cheeseburgers, crispy rooster burgers, common rooster burgers, veggie burgers, and crispy rooster bites. Be sure you save room for a milkshake, banana bread, or oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
Bol
midtown
The group behind Amrina and the soon-to-open Pok Pok Po are engaged on their subsequent enterprise: Bol. The brand new restaurant pays homage to Indian delicacies, incorporating its daring flavors in a bowl. Diners may have the selection of a wide range of grilled meats, greens, and grains, and might pair the meals with hummus made in home, in addition to sauces and dressing.
Espresso Fellows
a number of places
This European-style cafe made its debut in Houston in Bellaire, and now it’s able to develop with new places. The upcoming spots can be situated within the Katy Mills Circle, Cypress, and Pearland. You’ll be handled to free Wi-Fi and low classics like espressos, cortados, and lattes, in addition to smoothies, sandwiches, and pastries.

Bask in a bowl at Nando’s Peri-Peri.
Nando’s Peri-Peri
montrose
This international Southern African chain restaurant is opening its third Houston location, taking up a part of the outdated Copy.com area as a part of the Tower Theatre redevelopment effort at 1111 Westheimer. Menu objects will embrace the restaurant’s rooster platters, wraps, salads, and bowls. The restaurant expects to open in the course of 2025.
De Fortune
allen parkway
De Fortune, a French phrase that interprets to “makeshift” or “likelihood,” will make its debut in early 2025 in Regent Sq.. This new cocktail lounge will serve drinks and restricted snack choices, utilizing seasonal components to maintain issues contemporary and fascinating.
Solarium
midtown
In early July, Houstonians needed to say goodbye to the beloved Holman Draft Corridor in Midtown. However haven’t any concern—this strategic closure was performed to make manner for Solarium, a brand new idea that may open in the identical area. The spot will embrace a 9,000-square-foot restaurant and bar inside, in addition to 4 pickleball courts, two padel courts, and 5 courtroom bays that may embrace a waiter service.
Perseid
montrose
Native chef Aaron Bludorn has joined the group behind this restaurant contained in the long-awaited Lodge Saint Augustine. Perseid, named for a meteor bathe that peaks in August, is a nod to Houston’s intensive historical past with area exploration. Diners can anticipate a menu that highlights the varied influences inside the metropolis’s meals and tradition, together with numerous cocktails named for Houston’s historical past. Though there isn’t any official date but, the resort goals to open its doorways in late 2024.

Magnol French Baking
heights
This bakery, recognized for its bread, croissants, and pastries, is able to develop its footprint in Houston. A second location within the Heights will take over the previous area that housed Andy’s Dwelling Cafe. To assist with this new enterprise, chef Otto Sanchez has introduced on Nicolas Berrais to be his govt pastry chef. Though nothing is ready in stone, the hope is to have the bakery open by the 2024 vacation season.

Augustine’s
An enormous-deal chef is coming again to Houston this 12 months, and we like to see it. Dominick Lee had left to work in New York Metropolis in 2021 after his Sawyer Yards restaurant Poitín closed through the pandemic. Calling Houston his “second residence,” he’s now again and dealing on the opening of Augustine’s, which is at the moment deliberate to debut within the Lodge King David in Riverside Terrace. Lee is asking the meals at his new idea “progressive Creole,” a contemporary model of the melting pot delicacies that developed by way of Indigenous folks, previously enslaved Africans, Spanish, Italian, French, and German immigrants.
The Pizza Place
The Heights
The house owners of the Burger Joint and the Taco Stand can be bringing a brand new pizza restaurant to the Heights. Pizza Palace will characteristic contemporary pizzas (in fact), pastas, salads, and gelatos—all made in-house. The pizza can be a mashup of two standard types—Neapolitan and New York—and can be chewy, sporting skinny and crispy crusts. The restaurant can be open from 11am to midnight day by day and can characteristic a full bar.
Mayahuel
Montrose
Autry Park, the shiny new Montrose improvement now residence to Auden and Annabelle Brasserie, will quickly welcome one other buzzy new idea, Mayahuel. Slated to open later this 12 months, the restaurant is a partnership between Culinary Khancepts (Liberty Kitchen, State Fare, the Audrey, and Leo’s) and cooks Luis Robledo and Atzin Santos. The Mexico Metropolis–impressed restaurant and bar is known as after the Aztec goddess of agave and fertility and can characteristic a menu that spans all the things from Mexican avenue meals to regional dishes.
Pitch 25
Katy
Trying manner forward, former Dynamo participant Brian Ching is bringing his beer backyard idea, Pitch 25, to Katy come spring 2025. It is a partnership with the parents on the Kirby Group of Heights Bier Backyard and Holman Draft Corridor fame, amongst others. The second location of Pitch 25 will come simply in time for Houston to host some FIFA World Cup video games the next summer season.