From Sichuan cuisine to birria tacos and ice cream check out seven dining updates in the Greater Houston area, as reported by Community Impact.
Impacts of the week
Birria & Ritas Bar & Grill now open in Pinehurst
The restaurant serves a range of birria options, including tacos, quesabirria, enchiladas, flautas, fries, nachos, burritos and birria pizza. Other menu offerings include carne asada, carnitas, burgers, seafood, bowls and Latin fusion dishes, such as arepas and patacones, a representative confirmed.
Two of the brand’s most popular drinks include the banana matcha and the peanut butter latte. (Cassandra Jenkins/Community Impact)
LA-based craft coffee and beer shop pours into Houston community with grand opening
Pour Decisions Craft is a Los Angeles-based concept that combines handcrafted matcha, lattes and beer into a single location.
The concept offers the brand’s signature popular beverages such as the banana matcha, peanut butter latte and strawberry lychee lemonade, as well as its alcoholic offerings that include rotating craft beer and the opportunity to add a soju shot to any tea or lemonade option to create the “Capri Fun” pouch.
Cooking Girl is now serving Sichuan cuisine in The Woodlands. (Courtesy Cooking Girl)
Sichuan restaurant Cooking Girl now open in The Woodlands
Cooking Girl is now open for business as of its soft opening Aug. 10 in The Woodlands Grogan’s Mill Village Center, spokesperson Yi Liang said. The restaurant serves a blend of Sichuan cuisine specialities such as Zang’s lamb chop, chicken love taro and pyramid wings.
The eatery serves handmade pizzas, burgers and sandwiches. (Courtesy Singas Famous Pizza)
Singas Famous Pizza opens Riverstone location
Singas Famous Pizza has opened its second Greater Houston area location in Riverstone, officials confirmed.
The eatery serves handmade pizzas, salads and sandwiches crafted with fresh ingredients, according to its website. Other menu items include chicken wings, burgers and wraps as well as some desserts.
The Katy location hosts weekday, weekend and reverse happy hours, plus live music on select Friday and Saturday evenings. (Courtesy Spectators Bar & Grill)
Spectators Bar & Grill opens 4th location in Katy
Described as a “family-friendly neighborhood sports-bar experience,” the 6,500-square-foot location features an open layout with 45 televisions and a patio with a 19-seat bar, per the release.
The menu features a wide variety of options with featured menu items including a prime beef cheeseburger, hot honey crispy chicken sandwich, wings and Philly cheesesteak-stuffed Texas twinkies, per the release.
The Canadian coffee chain has over 5,000 locations across more than a dozen countries and also serves a variety of breakfast items. (Courtesy Tim Hortons)
Tim Horton’s to open along Barker Cypress Road in August
Tim Horton’s offers a variety of drinks including protein lattes, iced coffee and bagels and is famous for its donuts and coffee, per the website.
Dining spotlight
Every batch of ice cream at Space City Cow is handmade daily and only five gallons of one flavor are produced at a time. (Courtesy Space City Cow)
Space City Cow serves up unique flavors one scoop at a time
The inspiration to take after his grandparents, who owned two Baskin Robbins shops, and be more involved in the Seabrook community fueled Dylan Lirette to open Space City Cow in late 2024. Since then, Lirette has crafted over 90 flavors to feature in monthly rotations with a handful of everyday favorites and seasonal creations that are always available.
Space City vanilla, chocolate, scrumptious strawberry, mint chocolate chip and exclusive specialty flavors are always available, according to the business’s website.