Bellaire - Meyerland - West University Edition | Oct. 2022

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The Menninger Clinic is located on 50 acres south of the Texas Medical Center. FEATURED IMPACT EXPANSION Ocials with the psychiatric hospital The Menninger Clinic announced the completion of the rst part of an expansion Sept. 15 that will allow the facility to boost the number of visits it can handle each year from 15,000 to 25,000. The clinic is located on 50 acres at 12301 Main St., Houston. The expansion involved building a new 33,000-square-foot, two-story Outpatient Services Center, which ocials said will provide expert mental health services to adults and adolescents at a time when needs are surging. The rst oor of the building will house the Center for Brain Stimulation, Sleep Medicine Service and Outpatient Services. The second oor, which is still under construction through early 2023, will house the Center for Addiction and Medicine and Recovery. Funds for the project came from a $14 million capital campaign. Although construction on the rst oor is nished, the center will not open to patients until October. 713-275-5400. www.menningerclinic.org COURTESY THE MENNINGER CLINICFACEBOOK

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NOW OPEN 1 Aya Sushi , a new sushi dining option, opened Sept. 1 at 5407 Bellaire Blvd., Ste. A, Bellaire, joining the growing family of restaurants opening around the Bellaire Triangle. The omakase “leave it up to you” menu is led by Tokyo-trained chef Yoshi Katsuyama and features more than two dozen sashimi options as well as a specialty 401 Roll, named after the Bellaire area’s 77401 ZIP code. 713-485-4272. www.ayasushi.com 2 Second Draught , a beer and wine taproom, is the latest addition to the Ion tech hub in Midtown with its opening Sept. 12. Located at 4201 Main St., Houston, the pub oers 18 beers on tap from local breweries, including Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Great Heights Brewing Co., True Anomaly, Eureka Heights and Frost Town. 713-485-4221. www.facebook.com/seconddraught 3 Local Oce Bellaire held its grand opening Aug. 23 at 4909 Bissonnet St., Bellaire. The shared oce and work space building rents space for private oces, meeting rooms and a podcast studio. Local Oce has a second location at 2617 Bissonnet St., Houston, near West University Place. 713-337-0909. www.localoce.com 4 Nanos , a Spanish clothing chain for children, opened Aug. 10 at 2534 Amherst St., Houston. The store specializes in high-end fashion for children and infants. The opening marked the company’s rst expansion into the Houston area. 832-851-8045. www.instagram.com/nanos_houston WILLOWBEND BLVD.

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COMING SOON 5 Hand-roll sushi pop-up Norigami is preparing to open its rst permanent restaurant in November at 2715 Bissonnet St., Houston. The speakeasy-style diner, located a mile north of Rice Village, features handmade sushi rolls with unique ingredients, including caviar, foie gras and wagyu beef. www.instagram. com/norigamihtx 6 Eau Tour , the latest project from Houston restaurateur Benjy Levit, is set to open above Local Foods in Rice Village in November. The French cuisine bistro and cocktail lounge, located at 5117 Kelvin Drive, Houston, will share the same building as Lees Den, a bar and lounge opened by Levit in April. CLOSINGS 7 Bellaire Broiler Burger , located at 5216 Bellaire Blvd., Bellaire, closed Sept. 5 after previously reopening in April

under new management. The original burger joint closed in 2020 and was bought by restaurateur Jason Scheinthal. The restaurant announced its closing on social media, promising to reopen at a new location in the future. IN THE NEWS 8 Construction of the Dr. Shan- non Walker Neighborhood Library at 5505 Belrose Drive, Houston, has been delayed due to supply chain issues and rising costs of materials. The design of the new state-of-the-art community library, named for NASA astronaut and Houston native Shannon Walker, began in January 2020. Construction is expected to begin in the rst quarter of 2023 and be completed in midyear. It was previ- ously slated for completion in the fourth quarter of 2022. The library will combine the services of the Frank HPL Express Library and the Meyer Neighborhood Library, the latter of which was dam- aged during Hurricane Harvey in 2017. www.houstonlibrary.org

9 Saint Nicholas School purchased 5.51 acres in August from the Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church Inc., land it had leased since 2018. With the purchase, the school now owns the 48,000-square-foot former church in the Braeswood Place neighborhood. Established in 1987 as a prekindergarten through eighth-grade school at 3511 Linkwood Drive, Houston, Saint Nicholas School enrolls around 150 students per year. 832-210-2389. www.saintnicholas.school

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