{"id":1037265,"date":"2026-09-01T18:03:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T18:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1037265\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T18:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T18:03:23","slug":"burger-bodega-expands-to-katy-with-second-houston-area-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1037265\/","title":{"rendered":"Burger Bodega expands to Katy with second Houston-area location"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Burger Bodega&#8217;s popular smash burgers will soon be available in Katy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After about four years on Washington Avenue, Burger Bodega is slated to debut a new location at 21904 Franz Road at 11 a.m. Sept. 19. Chef-owner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/projects\/best-day-ever\/abbas-dhanani\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Abbas\u00a0Dhanani<\/a> is bringing the same menu to Katy, featuring its signature smash burgers, chopped cheese sandwiches and milkshakes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Katy has been on our radar since day one,\u201d\u00a0Dhanani said in a statement. \u201cIt&#8217;s one of the most vibrant, food-loving communities in the Houston area, and we&#8217;re beyond grateful for the chance to bring Burger Bodega here. This grand opening is for everyone who has supported us since we were slinging burgers out of a backyard pop-up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The new location will be able to seat just over 100 guests and includes an outdoor patio. It will have a dedicated pickup and curbside window for to-go orders. Like the first restaurant, it will also feature a New York-inspired atmosphere, with a wall of faux\u00a0bodega products created by local artist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/food-restaurants\/article\/houston-restaurant-logo-artist-22357333.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Matthew Tabor<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Burger Bodega&#8217;s popular smash burgers will soon be available in Katy.\u00a0 After about four years on Washington Avenue,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1037266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4345,358,3187],"class_list":["post-1037265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-texas","tag-tx"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117197104991203735","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1037265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1037266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1037265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1037265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1037265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}