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@HBJRetail

Retail/restaurants reporter for @HOUBizJournal.

 Houston, TX
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Joined December 2013
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Leaders of Houston restaurant group Clark Cooper Concepts part ways bizjournals.com/houston/news… via @HOUBizjournal

Leaders of Houston restaurant group Clark Cooper Concepts part ways

Clark will take over Brasserie 19, one of the company's restaurants, while Cooper is more interested in growth.

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Loro, Aaron Franklin and Tyson Cole’s restaurant, sets Houston opening date bizjournals.com/houston/news… via @HOUBizjournal
Loro, Aaron Franklin and Tyson Cole’s restaurant, sets Houston opening date

Loro, Aaron Franklin and Tyson Cole’s restaurant, sets Houston opening date

The long-awaited restaurant, in a former church at 1001 W. 11th St., is the first Houston location of the Austin-based concept and third overall.

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Kenny & Ziggy’s New York Delicatessen Restaurant reopens in new location bizjournals.com/houston/news… via @HOUBizjournal

Kenny & Ziggy’s New York Delicatessen Restaurant reopens in new location

The 21-year-old Houston restaurant and deli has completed its move up the street to 1743 Post Oak Blvd., replacing a Luby’s Cafeteria restaurant.

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Berg Hospitality to open pop-up steakhouse at RodeoHouston bizjournals.com/houston/news… via @HOUBizjournal
Berg Hospitality to open pop-up steakhouse at RodeoHouston

Berg Hospitality to open pop-up steakhouse at RodeoHouston

Benjamin Berg, founder of Berg Hospitality Group, already has a lot on his plate, but he hopes to add to the RodeoHouston atmosphere with a new pop-up concept offering sit-down dining.

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Galveston restaurant Gypsy Joynt moves locations: bizjournals.com/houston/news…
Galveston restaurant Gypsy Joynt moves locations

Galveston restaurant Gypsy Joynt moves locations

Gypsy Joynt had been at its previous location at 27th and Market streets since July 2016.

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Hospitality, culinary veterans to open boutique hotel on Galveston Seawall bizjournals.com/houston/news… via @HOUBizjournal
Hospitality, culinary veterans to open boutique hotel on Galveston Seawall

Hospitality, culinary veterans to open boutique hotel on Galveston Seawall

The recently closed Pearl Inn will be turned into Hotel Lucine. A group of hospitality veterans is spearheading the project, which includes a rooftop bar and a restaurant led by a pair of Houston...

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Midway's East River mixed-use development inks largest office lease thus far bizjournals.com/houston/news…

Midway's East River mixed-use development inks largest office lease thus far

When announcing the Impact Networking lease Nov. 4, Midway also said it has begun vertical construction on the retail, restaurant and offices spaces for Phase I.

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New wine and cocktail bar to open in mixed-use redevelopment along Allen Parkway bizjournals.com/houston/news…
New wine and cocktail bar to open in mixed-use redevelopment along Allen Parkway

New wine and cocktail bar to open in mixed-use redevelopment along Allen Parkway

Mason Clark, owner and operator of Clarkwood, said she chose the building because of its character.

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California-based Daddy’s Chicken Shack setting up shop in Houston to start franchising bizjournals.com/houston/news… via @HOUBizjournal

California-based Daddy’s Chicken Shack setting up shop in Houston to start franchising

Pace Webb, CEO of Daddy’s Chicken Shack, has a background in fine dining but has a desire simply to serve food over impressing the critics. It seems like she was able to find a balance in making both...

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Photos: Elder Son Brewing Co. opens in the Heights bizjournals.com/houston/news… via @HOUBizjournal

Photos: Elder Son Brewing Co. opens in the Heights

Houston's newest brewery opens in the Heights on Oct. 23 after delays due to pandemic shortages and overall timeline issues.

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Exxon Mobil reportedly to close 2 office towers in The Woodlands bizjournals.com/houston/news… via @HOUBizjournal

Exxon Mobil reportedly to close 2 office towers in The Woodlands

Exxon was supposed to employ more than 1,400 across the two buildings in order to maintain tax incentives.

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Restaurant Roundup: Local barbecue joint to expand to Katy; Austin deli coming to Houston bizjournals.com/houston/news… via @HOUBizjournal

Restaurant Roundup: Local barbecue joint to expand to Katy; Austin deli coming to Houston

Katy has a few new restaurants coming to town, including the reopening of Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom along with the second location for Roegels Barbecue Co. Other concepts opening across the city...

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Texas Restaurateur of the Year opens new Halal Guys in Katy bizjournals.com/houston/news… via @HOUBizjournal
Texas Restaurateur of the Year opens new Halal Guys in Katy

Texas Restaurateur of the Year opens new Halal Guys in Katy

In July, the local Halal Guys franchisee won the the Restaurateur of the Year award from the Texas Restaurant Association on the heels of opening his first Layne’s Chicken Fingers in June.

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Pho Binh to open Katy location bizjournals.com/houston/news… via @HOUBizjournal
Pho Binh to open Katy location

Pho Binh to open Katy location

Dating back to 1983, Pho Binh was one of the original pho restaurants that opened in the Houston area.

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Locatelli's owners open virtual food hall Click Click Chew in Cypress bizjournals.com/houston/news… via @HOUBizjournal
Locatelli's owners open virtual food hall Click Click Chew in Cypress

Locatelli's owners open virtual food hall Click Click Chew in Cypress

After closing two Locatelli’s locations during the pandemic, Adam Womack realized he had extra space to utilize, including a 3,000-square-foot commissary kitchen. As online food delivery is on the...

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Esther’s Cajun Café & Soulfood to open third location this fall: bizjournals.com/houston/news… via @HOUBizjournal
Esther’s Cajun Café & Soulfood to open third location this fall

Esther’s Cajun Café & Soulfood to open third location this fall

“We’re not moving — we’re growing. We’ll still be right here in Independence Heights, where I raised my six children and my parents, Nathaniel and Gladiola Lewis, raised all 11 of their kids. This is...

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'Darth Vader House' in West University Place reduces asking price by $1.2M bizjournals.com/houston/news… via @HOUBizjournal

'Darth Vader House' in West University Place reduces asking price by $1.2M

When it was listed for sale in May, the home received international attention from media outlets like CNN, UPI and The Sun.

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Luby's Inc. sells 26 real estate properties for $88M bizjournals.com/houston/news… via @HOUBizjournal
Luby's Inc. sells 26 real estate properties for $88M

Luby's Inc. sells 26 real estate properties for $88M

Now, Luby's has 28 remaining real estate holdings, including seven that are under contract but have refundable deposits.

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Voodoo Doughnut to open first suburban Houston location in Cypress bizjournals.com/houston/news…

Voodoo Doughnut to open first suburban Houston location in Cypress

The Cypress location will be the first of many new Voodoo Doughnut locations in the Houston suburbs, CEO Chris Schultz said.

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Houston-based Amplify Energy, California officials responding to oil spill bizjournals.com/houston/news… via @HOUBizjournal

Houston-based Amplify Energy, California officials responding to oil spill

In response to an oil spill, Houston-based Amplify Energy Corp. (NYSE: AMPY) has shut down its production and pipeline operations at the Beta Field in California. The company's stock is down around...

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