{"id":124687,"date":"2026-01-15T19:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/124687\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T19:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:28:15","slug":"slowpokes-expected-to-open-eighth-coffee-shop-in-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/124687\/","title":{"rendered":"Slowpokes expected to open eighth coffee shop in Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The locally-owned coffee shop franchise is set to open a new location in the Houston Heights area, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tdlr.texas.gov\/TABS\/Search\/Project\/TABS2026008759\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to a filing<\/a> with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.<\/p>\n<p>On the menu<\/p>\n<p>Known for its in-house roasted coffee and tasty menu, Slowpokes is continuing to grow, with a new location recently opening on Canal Street and another on the way.<\/p>\n<p>The menu features all-day breakfast options such as biscuits, croissants and bagels as well as sandwiches and flatbreads. As for drinks, Slowpokes serves coffee, teas, specialty lattes, refreshers and wine.<\/p>\n<p>About the project<\/p>\n<p>According to the filing, the Heights location is set to open near the intersection of 11th Street and Ella Boulevard. The $250,000 renovation is slated to begin construction in February and to be completed in August. Details are subject to change.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The locally-owned coffee shop franchise is set to open a new location in the Houston Heights area, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[13984,1604,21770,49,40212,56,58,57,40211,1454,40442,53941,53940,53943,1983,53942],"class_list":["post-124687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-coffee-shop","tag-community-impact","tag-eatery","tag-food","tag-franchise","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-locally-owned","tag-near-me","tag-opening-soon","tag-roasted-in-house","tag-slowpokes","tag-study-spots","tag-where-to-go","tag-work-spots"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}