SusieCakes rises

Rice Village cake shop bakes up exciting new Med Center locale

Vanilla celebration cake is coming to the Medical Center.

Photo courtesy of SusieCakes

Visitors and workers in the Texas Medical Center will soon have a new option for sweets. SusieCakes will open its second Houston-area location on Thursday, January 16, the bakery announced.

Known for its scratch-made, all-American style cakes, cupcakes, pies, and cookies, SusieCakes has grown quickly since owner Susan Sarich opened her first store in 2006. The company's first Houston location opened in Rice Village in 2017.

SusieCakes also employs a consultant who can work with customers to create custom confections. Equipped with an iPad full of photos for inspiration, the consultant hosts tastings by appointment to help conceptualize dessert spreads that can be designed to match party colors and themes.

Located at 1711 Dryden Rd., the new SusieCakes joins establishments such as Antone’s Famous Po’ Boys, the Halal Guys, and others in Pearl Hospitality's transformation of the former Medical Towers Building into a fast casual dining destination. Pearl will also open a new Westin hotel at the property later this month.

"If you can’t spell it, we don’t bake with it,” Sarich said in a statement. “Just like my grandmothers, we do not use any mixes, artificial preservatives, high-fructose corn syrups or trans-fats in our products. We bake our products using only the best ingredients, and we are thrilled to share our delicious sweets to a whole new part of Houston.”

Of course, it's not really "a whole new part of Houston." The new store is only about a mile away from its corporate sibling. Still, the ability to grab a slice of cake or cookies to take to someone recovering in one of the Medical Center's hospitals will undoubtedly lift people's spirits.

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New Mexican eatery sweetens Houston with 150 spirits and bold flavors

Courtesy of Mexican Sugar

Mexican Sugar is coming to Regent Square in December.

A Dallas-based Mexican restaurant is coming to Houston. Mexican Sugar will open its first Houston location in Montrose this December.

Located next to Georgia James in the Regent Square mixed-use development, Mexican Sugar will occupy a two-story, 13,000-square-foot building. All that room offers seating for 375 as well as two private dining rooms with full audio-visual capabilities. Both the upstairs and downstairs patios will have a view of nearby Buffalo Bayou Park.

Its part of FB Society, the Dallas-based hospitality group behind Whiskey Cake, Sixty Vines, and Haywire, the Texas-inspired comfort food restaurant that opened its first Houston-area location earlier this year. Mexican Sugar has three locations in the Dallas area: Plano, Las Colinas, and Uptown Dallas.

In a release, Mexican Sugar touts its use of seasonal ingredients. It also makes its tortillas by hand. Menu highlights include skirt steak, lobster fundido, and a bone-in pork chop. At brunch, look for options such as cajeta French toast, Benedictos Rancheros, and vanilla-cinnamon pancakes.

Agave fans will find plenty of choices courtesy of more the 150 tequilas and mezcals. They’re available in individual pours as well as in flights that allow customers to compare the flavors of the different spirits.

“Our goal is to create a dining experience that blends bold Mexican flavors with our signature style of hospitality that stays two steps ahead,” Justin Beam, Mexican Sugar’s director of operations, said in a statement. “We’re excited to offer Houstonians an immersive Mexican experience in a fresh, light, and approachable way.”

Courtesy of Mexican Sugar

Mexican Sugar is coming to Regent Square in December.

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