{"id":327566,"date":"2025-10-23T22:33:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T22:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/327566\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T22:33:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T22:33:16","slug":"greatest-neighborhood-restaurant-to-open-first-houston-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/327566\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Greatest Neighborhood Restaurant’ to open first Houston location"},"content":{"rendered":"

A family-friendly bar, restaurant, and playground is starting to take shape where River Oaks meets Montrose. When it opens in early 2026, Recess<\/strong><\/a> will offer a number of amenities designed to appeal to busy families.<\/p>\n

Located in a former bank building at 1500 Waugh Dr., Recess is a 12,500-square-foot, two-story venue that\u2019s designed for parents and kids. At its heart is a supervised play area created by Houston design firm Rootlab that will allow kids to romp in a creative, colorful environment. Since the play area will be supervised by Recess\u2019 staff (described in press materials as \u201chighly trained caregivers\u201d), parents are free to have a bite to eat and sip a drink in the facility\u2019s second-story restaurant. Recess\u2019 owners portray the concept as a win-win that gives kids a break from screen time while allowing adults to have a little break from the responsibilities of childcare.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs parents, we know how hard it can be to find balance \u2014 to stay connected to your spouse, your friends, or even just yourself while raising young kids,\u201d co-founder Jonathan Davy said in a statement. \u201cRecess was born from that everyday reality. We wanted to create a space that makes that truly possible \u2014 a secure environment where kids can play freely while adults can genuinely breathe for a minute without feeling like they\u2019re on duty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recess will offer families a range of price points, including hourly rates, multi-visit packages, and long term memberships. Towards that end, it will soon offer a limited number of \u201cFounder Memberships\u201d that come with perks such as priority reservations and early booking for private events.<\/p>\n

Details on the food and drink offerings have yet to be finalized, but Recess promises its adult-oriented spaces will match the quality of its playground. Towards that end, the owners have retained hospitality consultant Scott Sulma<\/a> to develop that aspect of its offerings. Prior to going out on his own, Sulma worked as the general manager of Tony\u2019s and as the area director for Baltimore-based Atlas Restaurant Group\u2019s Houston operations (Loch Bar, Azumi, Marmo).<\/p>\n

\u201cRecess is about reclaiming family time \u2014 making it easier, more joyful and more meaningful,\u201d added co-founder Paul Rice \u201cOur goal from the start was to take the stress out of family outings and give parents a chance to unwind and be present.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A family-friendly bar, restaurant, and playground is starting to take shape where River Oaks meets Montrose. When it…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":327567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4345,12212,10084,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-327566","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-news-you-can-eat","10":"tag-openings","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115425863540688059","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327566","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=327566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}