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Expanding brands are among news on the local food scene this week
Greg Morago December 18, 2020Updated: December 21, 2020, 4:55 pm
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream, a New York cult favorite known for its dairy and vegan ice creams, will open a brick and mortar store at 2565 Amherst in Rice Village in spring 2021. Photo: Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
Dish Society has new West U location
Dish Society has opened a new restaurant at 4191 Bellaire at Southside Commons between the West U and Bellaire neighborhoods.
The new location at the adaptive re-use project inside the former Palace Bowling Lanes is the farm-to-table dining concept’s sixth restaurant. It occupies a 3,600-square-foot space with a full bar, seating for 100 inside, and 55 seats on a year-round patio. It was designed by Gin Braverman of Gin Designs.
Caribbean and Thai restaurants reopen in closed Rice Village food hall Ate Kitchen will remain part of Rice Village.
Photo by Denny Culbert Politan Row may have shuttered its location in Rice Village, but two of the food hall s former vendors will continue to occupy the space.
Ate Kitchen, a Caribbean concept from chef Keisha Griggs, and
Kin, a Thai-inspired restaurant from
Chopped winner Evelyn Garcia, have both reopened in the space at 2445 Times Blvd. Ate Kitchen will be open for to-go and delivery from noon-7 pm Wednesday through Saturday. Kin will use the facility as a commissary to prepare jarred condiments and spice rubs that Garcia sells at retailers and markets around Houston.
Deshaun Watson brings Lefty s to Houston, Middle East meets Latin America in taco joint bizjournals.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bizjournals.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hidden Omakase, 5353 W. Alabama, is shooting to make its debut December 15. The tasting menu-only restaurant comes from Japanese chef Billy Kin, most recently executive chef and partner at Blackbird Izakaya, a Japanese pub and restaurant Kin opened with Ken Bridge of Delicious Concepts. Blackbird closed this past July. Robot Noodle, another concept from Bridge, has taken its place.
Kin is a graduate of the Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management at University of Houston. Kin comes from a restaurant family with a grandfather owning restaurants in Japan and his father operating restaurants in Taiwan and San Francisco, where Kin was born. After completing his degree, Kin began cooking professionally in Houston and studied under Takehiko Fuse in Austin. When Blackbird Izakaya closed, the chef took time off to start a family.