Pearland - Friendswood Edition | April 2023

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8 Mango , one of the world’s larg- est fast-fashion retailers, will open a new location at Baybrook Mall, 500 Baybrook Mall Drive, Friendswood, later this year in partnership with Brookeld Properties. Beginning with the opening of its U.S. agship store in New York in 2022, the Spanish fashion retail- er is growing its U.S. footprint with more locations to open in Frisco, San Antonio and California later this year. www.shop.mango.com 9 Shake Shack is coming to Shops at Baybrook at I-45 and Bay Area Boulevard in Webster at the end of the year. The casual restaurant, which has locations across the U.S., sells burgers, hot dogs, specialty fries and drinks, and shakes and custard. www.shakeshack.com 10 Velvet Taco will open at the Shops at Baybrook at I-45 and Bay Area Boule- vard in Webster at the end of the year. Velvet Taco, which has several locations across Texas and beyond, serves unusual tacos, including chicken and wae, ba- con burger, and rotisserie chicken tacos. www.velvettaco.com 11 Via 313 Pizzeria is one of the restau- rants set to open at the Shops at Bay- brook at I-45 and Bay Area Boulevard in Webster at the end of the year. Founded in Detroit in 2011, Via 313 oers authen- tic, Detroit-style pizza. The restaurant has locations around San Antonio, Austin and Salt Lake City. www.via313.com 12 Wild Fork is planning to open at the incoming Shops at Baybrook at I-45 and Bay Area Boulevard in Webster at the end of the year. Wild Fork is a food market that oers a large selection of meat and seafood. Wild Fork freezes its meat at minus 40 to maintain fresh avors longer. www.wildforkfoods.com Cafe Petra , a Greek and Lebanese food restaurant, is expected to open a new location soon in Pearland, according to the restaurant’s website and Facebook posts. The address for the location is yet to be announced. Cafe Petra has four other locations, including ones in League City and Texas City, the others being in Louisiana. The restaurant oers a mix of traditional and contemporary dishes, including gyros, shawarma and moussaka. 281-532-6196. www.cafe-petra.com

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Killen's Barbecue and more local icons are coming to William P. Hobby Airport.

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FEATURED IMPACT COMING SOON Several new restaurants are slated to be added to the William P. Hobby Airport, 7800 Airport Blvd., Houston, in the coming months. The airport’s expansion of its concessions is part of a 10-year agreement that is projected to generate over $100 million in revenue for the Houston Airport System, according to a press release. Over 200 sta are expected to be hired for all the new concession locations. Pappas Restaurants, which has operated in Hobby Airport for over 20 years and is slated to close its Hobby restaurants due to the new deal, protested the decision March 13. Killen’s Barbecue , a staple local barbecue restaurant with a location in Pearland, is expected to open a Hobby Airport location. Killen’s Barbecue serves classic Texas barbecue, including brisket, ribs, pulled pork, sausage and turkey available by the pound, on plates or on sandwiches. Executive Chef Ronnie Killen also has other Killen’s restaurants, including Tex Mex, steakhouses and a burger joint. SpindleTap Brewery , which gets its

namesake from the original Spindletop gusher in Beaumont that began the state’s oil boom, will be opening a second location at Hobby Airport by November 2024. Guests to the new location can enjoy SpindleTap’s lineup of brews including Boomtown Blonde Ale and Toolpusher Pale Ale. The Spot , Galveston’s beachfront island kitchen, will be opening a second location at the Hobby Airport in late 2024. Guests to the new Hobby Airport location will be able to enjoy a smaller menu of guest favorites made entirely from scratch daily. www.killensbarbecue.com www.spindletap.com www.islandfamous.com/thespot

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