Convenience Big Store: 🥧 How Houston saved House of Pies

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For Starters

Shrimp Damian, sautéed with garlic, white wine and butter and served with fettuccine alfredo, is served at Damian's Cucina Italiana.

Beloved Houston Italian restaurant shutters

Last day of service is Aug. 17.

Popular Midtown bar to close for new concept

Goodbye Holman. Long live Solarium.

Hooters' Galveston Island location opened in 2017 in a building that had previously housed several other restaurants.

Galveston's only Hooters closes

Not everyone was sad to see the "waste of space" eatery go.

Brisket, sausage and pork rib with beans and potato salad at Killen's Barbecue

Another British person discovers barbecue

Do they not have good barbecue over there?

Beloved late-night spot opens on Washington

The contentious leadership dispute is now over.

The airport has continued its four phase concession expansion project, which is set to finish by 2025.

Popular Dallas restaurant to open at Hobby

A coffee shop backed by Beyoncé's pastor is also coming.

How Houston saved House of Pies when everything collapsed

An IHOP founder started an institution that our city fell in love with. Here's how we kept it going after it imploded.

Last Bite

Here are a couple of things you might have missed:

-- In what seems like a growing trend, another car has crashed into a Houston-area restaurant. This marks the fourth such incident in the city, but at least no one was injured.

-- P. Terry's hasn't opened in Greater Houston just yet, but a TDLR filing shows the Austin-based burger chain is already planning a second location.

-- The folks behind Rosie Cannonball are opening a new restaurant: The Marigold Club. The old honky tonk Goodbye Charlie's is making way for London-themed supper club.