Hopdoddy's ahi tuna burger is like sushi roll heaven on a bun. Credit: Photo courtesy of Hopdoddy Burger Bar

Mark those calendars: Austin-based burger and chicken sandwich emporium Hopdoddy Burger Bar is opening its third Houston location on Tuesday, April 25, in Vintage Park. ย 

The new location will rock the same menu as its fellow location in River Oaks and the newly opened Rice Village outpost. Expect Kobe beef burgers, a cult-favorite sushi-grade ahi tuna burger, tasty milkshakes, a full bar and loads of fries with queso for dipping. The new Hopdoddy Vintage Park will also have the newly introduced Hossโ€™ Hot Chicken, an ode to Nashville hot chicken topped with a helping of crisp baby kale slaw on a housemade bun. It’s actually one of Houston Press‘s favorite new fried chicken sandwiches in the city โ€” a messy, satisfying midday must.

Like its other Houston locations, Hopdoddy Vintage Park will also donate $1 of each Goodnight Burger sold to the Periwinkle Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to developing and providing programs that positively change the lives of children, young adults and families who are challenged by cancer and other life-threatening illnesses and are cared for at Texas Childrenโ€™s Hospital. In fact, the new location’s general manager, Tony Polichino, has volunteered as a senior counselor at Camp Periwinkle since 2011, according to a news release from the company.

Hopdoddy Burger Bar
142 Vintage Park, Suite A, hopdoddy.com
Hours: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily

Gwendolyn Knapp is the food editor at the Houston Press. A sixth-generation Floridian, she is still torn as to whether she likes smoked fish dip or queso better.