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  Openings and Closings: Fegen's Debuts, Acme Oyster House Opens

  April 9 at 4:30 a.m.

  Fegen's, 1050 Studewood, opened April 6. The new restaurant comes from F.E.E.D. TX Restaurant Group and will focus on classic American fare and cocktails. It takes over the space formerly occupied by Liberty Kitchen & Oyster Bar. The group (Lance Fegen, Carl Eaves, Will Davis and Jiim Jard) sold the...

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  Openings and Closings: Berg Hospitality's New Concepts, Down House Closes, Midway BBQ Burns

  February 26 at 4:30 a.m.

  Berg Hospitality is uniting with Ancorian to bring two new restaurants to W. 11th in the Heights. Owner and founder Benjamin Berg is teaming up with the Houston-based Ancorian, a regional investment and development company, to open Trattoria Sofia, an Italian restaurant at 911 W. 11th in the space formerly...

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  Openings and Closings: Local Foods Market Opens Next Week, Messina Hof Lands in Richmond

  February 12 at 4:30 a.m.

  Local Foods Market, 2424 Dunstan, opens February 16 in the former benjy's restaurant. Benjy's closed in March 2020 to make way for the new concept. It was the last remaining location for owner Benjy Levit's namesake restaurant. Now, Levit's focus has turned to his Local Foods empire which currently has...

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  Smoked Out: Pizzitola's Bar-B-Cue

  Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at 4:30 a.m.

  Increasingly, the landscape of Texas barbecue has become one of new versus old. 12-hour low-and-slow pits versus three-hour high heat smokers. Dinosaur-sized beef ribs versus sauce-slathered pork ribs. Ethnic fusions and hipster beards versus old school pit bosses smoking the classics. In Houston, the nouveau trends of Central Texas have...

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  Openings and Closings: The Burger Joint Heights Finally Opens, One Fifth Makes a Change

  Friday, February 21, 2020 at 5 a.m.

  The Burger Joint, 2002 N. Shepherd, opens February 21, after several years of anticipation. The first location opened in Montrose in 2015 and has been a hot spot for lunch, dinner and late night burger fixes. Owners Matthew Pak and Shawn Bermudez (Present Company) have had to jump over a...

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  Feges BBQ Plans a Second Location in Spring Branch

  Monday, February 17, 2020 at 1 p.m.

  Erin Smith and Patrick Feges are working toward opening a second location of their critically acclaimed barbecue restaurant in Spring Branch in early 2021. The married couple opened Feges BBQ in Greenway Plaza two years ago and Feges' mastery of the smoked meats and Smith's creative takes on the seasonal...