Author: Laura Gillespie

The company filed for bankruptcy last week.

David Buehrer’s business model of operating coffee shops inside office buildings used to be a conservative bet for him. Then Covid-19 struck, virtually shutting down office buildings across the city. With one business in Greenway Plaza and another in t…

Rice University, the University of Houston and Lone Star College are all either in talks with or eager for possibilities with HPE.

David Buehrer is closing two ventures for good. 

Morningstar, a coffee-and-doughnuts shop at 4721 N. Main St. in the Heights, will close on Dec. 28, and Tropicales, an all-day tropical-inspired café at 2132 Bissonnet St., is permanently closed, a repr…

There’s no lack of interest in Houston from West Coast concepts. Two California-based concepts are coming to Houston, and waffle concepts are expanding into Montrose and The Woodlands area, in this week’s restaurant roundup. 

Waffle shops to expand

W…

Tom Peck will oversee Sysco’s in-house and customer-facing technology.

Houston Rockets superstar James Harden is opening a fine dining restaurant. 

Thirteen by James Harden will open at an undisclosed Midtown location in early 2021, a representative said. The company’s website lists an opening date of Jan. 1.

It will h…

Rooftop Cinema Club is moving its Houston drive-in movie theater to the East Downtown Management District, commonly called EaDo. 

The company announced last month it would leave its former drive-in location in Sawyer Yards and played its final film th…

Luxury goods like beauty products, food and jewelry are all the rage in the latest retail roundup.

Just before Thanksgiving, Southern Smoke received a call of three cases of families sleeping in cars with their children, said Executive Director Kathryn Lott. The Houston-based restaurant-worker charity sent them funds the next day. 

As the holidays …