Heights - River Oaks - Montrose Edition | April 2022

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Gabriela’s

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14 Gabriela’s , a well-known Aus- tin-based eatery, is making its way to Midtown this spring at 1910 Bagby St., Houston. Patrons can expect a menu lled with the owners’ Michoacán family recipes. Some of these dishes include choriqueso, birria tacos and veggie enchiladas. Menu items also include bar favorites, such as the eatery’s famous Bad Bunny- and J Balvin-inspired margaritas. www.gabrielasgroup.com 15 Family-owned restaurant and bar Doña Leti’s will open at 7340 Washington Ave., Houston, in the summer. Accord- ing to an email from restaurant ocials to Community Impact Newspaper , the concept will oer new menu items while also keeping the same items from its rst location on South Post Oak Road, such as birria tacos, street tacos, pupusas and burritos. The new location will also oer dierent hours to better serve as a fun and comfortable hangout spot for customers, ocials said. 832-858-3917. www.frutasdonaleti.com 16 Austin-based eatery Clark’s Oyster Bar will be coming to the Montrose area in late 2022. Located at 3807 Montrose Blvd., Houston, the restaurant will be MML Hospitality’s rst Houston location, according to an Instagram post. The restaurant will serve favorites from its Austin location, such as caviar, shrimp cocktails, lobster rolls, cioppino, grilled Gulf sh, gruyere-topped burgers, shoe-

use development Lower Heights. The salon oers lofts for entrepreneurs in the beauty industry to rent out a space for their own businesses. Salon Lofts also oers tools such as industry education for business owners who rent a space. www.salonlofts.com ANNIVERSARIES 18 On April 22, Cafe Brasil will celebrate its 30th anniversary. The cafe opened its doors in 1992 at 2604 Dunlavy St., Hous- ton. Menu items from the cafe include a variety of classic and house specialty coee options, teas, cold drinks, cocktails, wine, cider and beer. The cafe also has food options, such as breakfast tacos, migas, French toast, atbreads, sandwich- es, burgers and desserts. 713-528-1993. www.brasilcafehouston.com 19 Ocials with Greentown Labs will celebrate the site’s one-year anniversary April 21 at 4200 San Jacinto St., Houston. The company was founded as a commu- nity for climate action and technology pioneers to collaborate with the goal of creating a more sustainable world. After one year, it is home to more than 50 startup members and 20 partners. A cel- ebration April 21 will include a network- ing reception, celebratory remarks and a startup showcase. 346-571-5627.

Native Coee owner Paiam Alavi said he, his mother and brother run the business, serving customers with locally sourced ingredients. FEATURED IMPACT NOWOPEN SHAWN ARRAJJCOMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER

of local beer and wine options in the near future. After working for 12 years in the Austin area, Paiam Alavi said he hopes to use his new business to help bring the neighborhood coee shop vibe of Austin to the Houston area. 281-561-6068. www.instagram.com/ nativecoeehtx

The soft opening phase is underway for Native Coee at 1712 W. Dallas St., Houston, with plans for a grand opening still in the works. The business gets its name from its focus on using ingredients that are locally sourced, said Paiam Alavi, who runs Native Coee with his mother, May Alavi, and brother, Pouya Alavi. Coee drinks are made with coee from the Houston-based Cadenza Coee Co. The coee shop also oers pastries and a selection of other foods, including a chicken salad sandwich made using May Alavi’s recipe and noon panir, a Persian breakfast dish made in-house. Paiam Alavi said he hopes to add a deli counter as well as a rotating selection 427 W. 20th St., Houston. Renovations will include a new lobby, elevator cabs, restrooms and speculative suites. Exte- rior improvements will include widened sidewalks to better improve walkability. Construction is slated to begin in mid- 2022 and be completed by mid-2023. Transwestern Real Estate Services will provide leasing services for the property. 713-936-2130. www.wolf-cp.com

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IN THE NEWS 21 Local artist April Murphy joined the Midtown Management District on March 29 to transform the Midtown letters at Bagby Park, 415 Gray St., Houston, into a “whimsical design.” The event was held to commemorate and honor the 10-year anniversary of Midtown Houston receiv- ing its designation as a Texas Cultural Arts District. www.midtownhouston.com

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20 Wolf Capital Partners announced it had acquired the Heights Medical Tower on March 3 with plans to make a slew of renovations. The 120,000-square- foot medical oce building is located at

17 Salon Lofts is anticipating an early 2023 opening at Studemont Street and I-10 as a tenant for the second phase of Gulf Coast Commercial Group’s mixed-

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