Dining
BY ASIA ARMOUR
Spectators’ bar manager is constantly brainstorming new and unexpected cocktails to serve.
The prime beef cheeseburger ( $16 ) is made with brisket, chuck and short rib, and served with a side of tru e fries.
PHOTOS COURTESY SPECTATORS BAR & GRILL
Spectators Bar & Grill aims to provide upscale dining
Owner Aneal Mohammad (center) credits his team for the business’ growth and expansion.
the Houston metro, Mohammad said. His sights are set on a potential 2025 or 2026 opening in Cypress or The Woodlands, he said. “You have to take risks to be able to do anything in life,” he said. “It’s an expensive risk, but that gives me a further drive to be like, don’t fail.” What’s on the menu Mohammad said he aims to provide an upscale dining experience some customers may be unaccustomed to having at a sports bar. “I wanted something with craft cocktails ... but also pair that with fresh, good food,” he said. “Not just your typical fried food you’d get when you walk into a sports bar, but fresh salmon, a fresh steak.”
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take,” quoted Aneal Mohammad, owner of sports-centric restaurant Spectators Bar & Grill. How it started Mohammad took a drastic leap to open the rst Spectators in Sugar Land in August 2022, com- pletely shifting his career path from mechanic to a business owner in the restaurant industry. He said he relied on his team—people he grew up with in Sugar Land and Missouri City—to push each other to become what they are today. How it’s going Spectators now has three locations in Fort Bend County, with the goal to open 20 to 30 more across
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