Craft Burger, 21945 Katy Freeway, opened December 26. This is the first brick and mortar for Shannen Tune, who began the business as a highly successful food truck in 2015. Craft Burger then took up residence as one of the vendors at Finn Hall in December 2018, a downtown food hall that has been temporarily (we hope) closed due to the pandemic. During that time, Tune has been using a ghost kitchen at Blodgett Street Food Hall to operate multiple concepts including Thick Chick, which he debuted earlier this year. The new concept, which features spicy hot chicken sandwiches, will be on the menu at the new Craft Burger location as will Pecking Order, Tune s fried chicken brand. Tune plans to add rotisserie-style chicken and grilled chicken to the concept including jerk chicken as a nod to his wife Stacey s Jamaican upbringing. Stacey is also a professional chef.
Houston breweries plan holiday toy drives and more festive beers
What s Hopping: 8th Wonder, Eureka Heights, Saint Arnold, Spindletap and more breweries release new beers. Plus, Southern Yankee is opening a brewpub in Montrose.
Emma Balter December 11, 2020Updated: December 14, 2020, 11:12 am
Eureka Heights releases Cosmic Opera, a pilsner dry-hopped with Comet. Photo: Eureka Heights Brew Co.
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New releases
8th Wonder: French Toast breakfast beer is now on tap, and the EaDo brewery also released S.L.A.B IPA in cans at stores and other locations on draft.