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These hot Houston restaurants are now offering takeaway service

Rosie Cannonball resumes service May 4.

Photo by Julie Soefer

Even though Texas restaurants are allowed to reopen at 25-percent occupancy beginning May 1, to-go dining will be a part of most establishments’ offerings for the foreseeable future. Even when dining rooms are open, 25 percent capacity is hardly a road to profitability, and many diners might not feel comfortable eating in the company of strangers (yet).

With that in mind, consider these establishments that either recently resumed to-go service or will begin doing so within the next week.

Bori
Spring Branch’s upscale Korean BBQ restaurant resumed to-go service this week. The limited menu includes four appetizers (we recommend the seafood pancake), three bento boxes built around the restaurant’s signature meats (bulgogi, marinated pork belly, or marinated, boneless short rib), and two rice-centric entrees.

Bosscat Kitchen/BCK
Both the Galleria-area, whiskey-fueled restaurant and its burger-powered sibling in The Heights will begin to-go service on Monday, May 4. Bosscat’s menu will include new, $10 specials designed to offer value to diners, as well as cocktail kits.

Dozier’s BBQ
With many people working from home, it’s never been easier to make the drive to this Fulshear institution that recently welcomed pitmaster Jim Buchanan (Pappa Charlie’s, Buck’s Barbeque). Hours are 11 am to 7 pm Tuesday through Sunday.

Eunice
The Greenway Plaza that pays homage to chef Drake Leonards’ hometown reopened for to-go dinner service (4-8 pm) this week. A limited menu focuses on staples such as chicken and sausage gumbo, hand-pulled burrata with pepper jelly, crawfish etouffee, and shrimp and grits. A few wines are also available.

Fung’s Kitchen
The legendary dim sim and seafood restaurant has reopened for curbside pickup and delivery via DoorDash. An extensive menu includes chef’s specials, hot and cold appetizers, and a $15.99 lobster special. A separate dim sum menu is also available. Hours are 10:30 am - 7 pm daily, with dim sum available until 3 pm.

Rosie Cannonball
Goodnight Hospitality’s Spanish and Italian-inspired restaurant will resume to-go and delivery service beginning May 5. For now, the menu includes pizzas and the focaccia di Recco, a warm flatbread stuffed with mortadella and robiola. Pastry chef Shawn Gawle contributes a selection of cookies, pints of ice cream, and his acclaimed, Basque-style cheesecake.

Tiger Den
Not only did the popular Chinatown ramen shop and izakaya reopen, but it’s open during lunch, which it has never done before. The limited menu features the restaurant’s signature soups as well as appetizers (don’t miss the Brussels sprouts); sadly, the grilled items are not currently available. Tiger Den opens at 11 am Tuesday - Sunday.

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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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