It s hard to believe that it s been over a year since Lubbock s Hungry Howie s location closed it s doors, which you can read about here. The space has sat vacant until very recently, and is now sporting some updated signage, marking the arrival of something new to come on the West Texas food scene.
Lance Ballance, Townsquare Media
Roberto s Taco Shop, a San Diego, California-based taqueria with 77 locations, is expanding outside of California and Nevada, with its first Texas location right here in the Hub City at 7717 Milwaukee Avenue.
The quick service Mexican food chain was founded as a small tortilleria in 1964 and quickly expanded throughout Southern California, as well as around the Las Vegas area.
Lucille s Hospitality Group, the new endeavor from Houston chef Chris Williams, is on track to produce four new restaurant and lifestyle concepts by 2022. Williams, known for his restaurant Lucille s in the Museum District, has launched the venture as a tribute to his grandmother, Lucille B. Smith, who not only inspired his restaurant s moniker but also Williams own entrepreneurship with her own achievements as a business woman, chef and educator.
The new operation will also create industry partnerships with local restaurants stars including Dawn Burrell, the James Beard Semifinalist for Best Chef: Texas in 2020 and former executive chef at Kulture. Burrell will serve as chef and concept partner within LHG. Burrell and Williams first partnered together in 2019 for the launch of the Food Apartheid Dinner Series along with chefs Jonny Rhodes and Dominick Lee to bring awareness to Houston s food deserts. Burrell also founded PIVOT, a chef-driven meal prep service which will transit
It s hard to believe that it s been over a year since Lubbock s Hungry Howie s location closed it s doors, which you can read about here. The space has sat vacant until very recently, and is now sporting some updated signage, marking the arrival of something new to come on the West Texas food scene.
Lance Ballance, Townsquare Media
Roberto s Taco Shop, a San Diego, California-based taqueria with 77 locations, is expanding outside of California and Nevada, with its first Texas location right here in the Hub City at 7717 Milwaukee Avenue.
The quick service Mexican food chain was founded as a small tortilleria in 1964 and quickly expanded throughout Southern California, as well as around the Las Vegas area.
Paul W. Smith: Michigan businesses have changed the world
Paul W. Smith
“Outta’ My Mind on a Monday Moanin’”
As we talked about yet another wildly successful business born in Michigan this past Friday, (as Mat Ishbia, founder of United Shore Mortgage, now United Wholesale Mortgage, rang the opening bell on wall street as his company “went public”) it occurred to me that Michigan is one of the best states in our great country as an incubator of companies of worldwide success and performance.
Think about it.
When I was growing up, everybody knew that Pittsburgh was a strong steel producer .