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New virtual food hall powers up in northwest Houston with 4 crowd-pleasing concepts

One of Northwest Houston's favorite pizzerias has entered the ghost kitchen business. Locatelli's owners Katie and Adam Womack have opened Click Click Chew, a new virtual food hall, to serve Cypress and surrounding communities.

Similar in name and concept but otherwise unrelated to Inner Loop favorite Click Virtual Food Hall, Click Click Chew offers customers four distinct concepts that operate from Locatelli's commissary kitchen at 11910 Grant Rd. They are:

Wing of Fire: a wings concept that offers 11 different sauces, pizza sticks, and sides
Bailey & Buns: Sandwiches served on housemade bread plus soups, salads, and desserts
Tia Rita's: Tex-Mex classics such as enchiladas, tacos, and fajitas along with favorites like queso and guacamole
The Smoking Joint: A barbecue concept serving brisket, baby back ribs, homemade sausage, and chicken with classic sides like potato salad, baked beans, and creamed corn

“We are very excited to bring a virtual food hall to the Cypress area,” Adam Womack said in a statement. “When the pandemic hit, we tried to think of ways to optimize our customer’s takeout experience and fell in love with the idea of the virtual food hall. We want to provide an easy and delicious solution for groups who can’t always agree on a dinner plan.”

Local consulting firm Culinary Matters created the menus for each of the concepts. Chef Omar Pereney brings experience from his time as a consultant on projects ranging from Traveler's Table to Homestead Kitchen & Bar and numerous others. The goal is for each concept to have a distinct identity.

“When creating the menus, we wanted to make sure that there was something to satisfy everyone’s palate,” Pereney said. “The diverse selection at each concept ensures that there is something for everyone at the table.”

Diners who live within an 8-mile radius can order delivery via the ChowNow app. Prices are similar to brick and mortar establishments, with 6-inch subs starting at $9, beef fajitas for one costing $20, and a two meat barbecue plate with two sides priced at $18.50. All concepts are open for lunch and dinner Tuesday-Sunday beginning at 11 am.

Bailey & Buns serves sandwiches and salads.

Click Click Chew Bailey & Buns sandwiches

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Bailey & Buns serves sandwiches and salads.

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Sayad Mediterranean Kitchen is the only Houston restaurant on either list.

The New York Times included four Texas restaurants among its favorite dishes of 2025. Divided into two lists — The 23 Best Restaurant Dishes We Ate Across the U.S. in 2025 and The 14 Best Restaurant Desserts We Ate Across the U.S. in 2025 — the dishes are:

Bad Honey Bunny at Mercado Sin Nombre (Austin)
Ketan Hitam at Yeni’s Fusion (Austin)
Konafa Naama at Sayad Mediterranean Kitchen (Houston)
Picadillo Macaroni and Cheese at 2M Smokehouse (San Antonio)

Times food writer Priya Krishna, who authors the entries for all four Texas dishes, traveled to far west Houston to visit Sayad Mediterranean Kitchen. “The konafa, a signature here, arrives with a molten layer of cheese under a sticky-sweet layer of golden, nutty semolina. The craft is evident, the konafa gone in a few bites,” she writes.

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In Austin, Krishna praises the rice pudding at Yeni’s Fusion. “This barely sweet version, lush with coconut milk, aromatic with pandan and as soothing as warm porridge, is the gentlest way to end a meal,” she states.

Already hailed as one of America’s best breakfast spots by Bon Appetit, Krishna singles out a honeybun at Mercado Sin Nombre. “The coiled honey bun at this semi-clandestine cafe looks almost cartoonishly perfect, and the heady scent of cardamom and honey hits you before you even take a bite. Somehow, it tastes every bit as plush and elegant as it appears,” she writes.

The picadillo mac and cheese at 2M Smokehouse showcases how the San Antonio restaurant incorporates Mexican flavors into traditional Texas barbecue. “Imagine Hamburger Helper, but spicier, punchier and even more luxuriously creamy. It’s not easy to one-up the singular, thickly spiced brisket here, but the picadillo mac and cheese — which runs as an occasional special — holds its own and then some,” Krishna writes.

The New York Times regularly shines its spotlight on Texas restaurants, In September, it named four establishments — ChòpnBlọk (Houston), Isidore (San Antonio), Lao’d Bar (Austin), and P Thai’s Khao Man Gai & Noodles (Austin) — to its list of America’s 50 Best Restaurants.

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