Houston’s Katz Coffee opens first brick-and-mortar retail shop at NRG Center

Philadelphia-based Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) has teamed up with Houston-based brands Katz Coffee and Cake & Bacon to bring locally roasted coffee and local pastries to NRG Center. 

Katz Coffee’s first brick-and-mortar store is in a 600-square-foot space previously occupied by Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) in NRG Center. It opened in time for the 2021 Houston Junior Market Livestock show.

“We would just rather use local (businesses) and provide the Houston cultural experience to our guests,” Chris Devore,…