Weekly Eats · Monday, August 17, 2026
Houston Restaurant Weeks is still on. Comfort Foodies is in a Highway 6 soft opening (Tue–Sun, so dark today), per Houston Press; Whatnow recapped it this morning. Trill Burgers is dated today at Rice. Gyro Hut’s grand opening and Bar Bludorn’s Italian night were Saturday. Eater Houston’s homepage is stale — this brief leans on CultureMap, Houston Press, DiningOut, and Houstonia.
East End
Pitmaster Willow Villarreal and Jasmine Barela opened at 4109 McKinney, next to Eastwood Station. Central Texas-style barbecue plus tavern burgers, smoked-and-fried wings, and smoked crab dip in a 100-year-old building.
The Heights
First Houston shop for the Lockhart/Austin family, 1329 North Shepherd Drive. 7,066 square feet, ~250 seats, dino beef ribs, brisket, house sausage. Daily from 10:30 a.m.
Museum District
HMNS after-hours with Houston Quimbara Band, DJs, cocktails, and bites under the dinosaurs. Tickets from $30 members / $35 public, 21+.
The Heights · Shredder’s
Houston Press: Agnes and Sherman’s Nick Wong collab pie — honey pecan shrimp-toast riff, $30, proceeds to Southern Smoke. Preorders opened Thursday for Saturday pickup.
Metro
23rd year. 365 Houston: 350+ restaurants, $25 brunch/lunch, $39 or $55 dinner, benefiting the Houston Food Bank.
Uptown · Post Oak
Audrey Hepburn–inspired restaurant at 1616 Post Oak Boulevard, per Community Impact’s August 6 roundup.
Rice University
Bun B’s burger concept on campus at 6100 Main Street, per Community Impact.
West Houston
8733 Highway 6, Suite Z. All-day opening with free food 10 a.m.–5 p.m. and an evening festival, per the AllEvents listing.
River Oaks District
First U.S. café from Jean-François Feuillette at 4444 Westheimer. Houston Press says November 2026; the district site says fall 2026. At the edge of the 90-day window.
Downtown
Food-truck-to-table at 1619 Fannin: honey jerk lamb chops, hot honey fried chicken. Houston Press cites a press release; no day.
The month, at a table
August 2026
September 2026
Eater Houston’s homepage loaded but is stale: evergreen maps and James Beard recaps, no August 2026 openings desk. This brief is built from CultureMap, Houston Press, DiningOut, Community Impact, and 365 Houston. Spectators in Katy is suburban and was left off the in-city list.
Rice University · today
Bun B’s burger shop is dated today on campus, per Community Impact’s Greater Houston openings roundup.
Missouri City · now open
Houston Press’s openings column: the new comfort-food room is in a soft opening, Tuesday through Sunday 11–6, with a grand opening still to be dated. Same recap: Late August at 4201 Main closed dining service for private events and catering with The Ion.
Citywide
Prix-fixe menus still running through September 7.
HMNS
21+, from $30. 5555 Hermann Park Drive.
Bar Bludorn
Bar Bludorn as an old-school ristorante for one night, with live music. DiningOut and 365 Houston both listed it Saturday.
Vic & Anthony’s
Landry’s summer series grand finale, six courses, $199, per 365 Houston.
EaDo
Houston Press: live music and all-day happy hour Friday and Saturday; Sunday vendor market 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Address in prior coverage: 1105 Sampson.
East End · 65 Hirsch Rd
Houstonia’s August events list: Black-owned business market with food trucks and live music at the mixed-use yard on Hirsch.
Highway 6
Free food window 10 a.m.–5 p.m., then an evening festival.
East End
4109 McKinney. First public night was yesterday.
The Heights
1329 North Shepherd Drive.
Post Oak
1616 Post Oak Boulevard.
Rice University
Bun B on campus.
Pearland Town Center
Soft-opened July 29. Lemonades, dirty sodas, snacks. 11200 Broadway, Suite 1370.
Humble
Ice cream at 9506 North Sam Houston Parkway East, Suite 210, per Community Impact.
Metro
City’s largest dining fundraiser.
HMNS
Latin Night, 7–11 p.m.
Shredder’s Pizza
Agnes and Sherman collab, Southern Smoke.
Listed locations
Hatch Me If You Can vs. Radio G.O.A.T.; winner stays on the menu. Houston Press.
The Heights
First Houston location.
Pearland
Grand opening after a July 29 soft open.
Downtown
1619 Fannin. Date is still loose.
River Oaks
First café outside France, 4444 Westheimer. Edge of the 90-day horizon.