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Blooming healthy-eating restaurant reveals opening date for hot Heights location

Flower Child opens in The Heights next month.

Photo courtesy of Flower Child

The wait for Houston's newest healthy-eating restaurant has almost come to an end. Flower Child announced that it will open its third Houston-area location in The Heights on March 24.

Announced last year, the new Flower Child will occupy a 3,500-square-foot space in the newly-built Market at Houston Heights development. Thai restaurant Kin Dee, CycleBar, Salon Lofts, and others will also call the building at 15th St. and N. Shepherd Dr. home.

Known for its mix of vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free dishes that are available for both lunch and dinner, Flower Child has been a hit since it opened its first Houston location in Uptown Park in 2018. A Woodlands location followed in 2019.

The menu covers a wide range of toasts, salads, bowls, entrees, and wraps. Standout dishes include the Mother Earth bowl (sweet potatoes, portobello mushrooms, avocado, broccoli pesto, and red pepper miso vinaigrette), the Rebel wrap (steak, charred onion, French Port Salut Cheese, and horseradish yogurt), and the Turkey and Avocado Cobb (romaine, arugula, red cabbage, avocado, tomato, cucumber, corn, pickled onion, smoked almond, and a gorgonzola vinaigrette).

To prepare for the opening, the restaurant is hosting a job fair from March 2 to 14 (excluding Sundays). Interested candidates will find more information online.

The Heights and its surrounding neighborhoods remain a busy area for restaurant openings. Last week's opening of The Burger Joint added to recent arrivals such as Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams and a second location of Korean restaurant Dak & Bop. Fluff Bake Bar will soon open its relocated bakery, and Mico's Hot Chicken will debut soon in the former Balls Out Burger location on Durham (its food truck already operates at that location).

Fox Restaurant Concepts, the Arizona-based company that operates Flower Child, was purchased last year by the Cheesecake Factory in a deal valued at $353 million. Founded by restaurateur Sam Fox, FRC continues to operate both Flower Child and Blanco Tacos & Tequila as a wholly-owned subsidiary of its new corporate parent.

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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.”

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Mexican Sugar is coming to Regent Square in December.

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