{"id":16427,"date":"2025-10-22T22:07:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T22:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/16427\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T22:07:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T22:07:06","slug":"new-houston-restaurants-supervised-playground-will-give-parents-a-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/16427\/","title":{"rendered":"New Houston restaurant’s supervised playground will give parents a break"},"content":{"rendered":"

A family-friendly bar, restaurant, and playground is starting to take shape where River Oaks meets Montrose. When it opens in early 2026, Recess<\/a> will offer a number of amenities designed to appeal to busy families.<\/p>\n

Located in a former bank building at 1500 Waugh Dr., Recess is a 12,500-square-foot, two-story venue that\u2019s designed for parents and kids. At its heart is a supervised play area created by Houston design firm Rootlab that will allow kids to romp in a creative, colorful environment. Since the play area will be supervised by Recess\u2019 staff (described in press materials as \u201chighly trained caregivers\u201d), parents are free to have a bite to eat and sip a drink in the facility\u2019s second-story restaurant. Recess\u2019 owners portray the concept as a win-win that gives kids a break from screen time while allowing adults to have a little break from the responsibilities of childcare.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs parents, we know how hard it can be to find balance \u2014 to stay connected to your spouse, your friends, or even just yourself while raising young kids,\u201d co-founder Jonathan Davy said in a statement. \u201cRecess was born from that everyday reality. We wanted to create a space that makes that truly possible \u2014 a secure environment where kids can play freely while adults can genuinely breathe for a minute without feeling like they\u2019re on duty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recess will offer families a range of price points, including hourly rates, multi-visit packages, and long term memberships. Towards that end, it will soon offer a limited number of \u201cFounder Memberships\u201d that come with perks such as priority reservations and early booking for private events.<\/p>\n

Details on the food and drink offerings have yet to be finalized, but Recess promises its adult-oriented spaces will match the quality of its playground. Towards that end, the owners have retained hospitality consultant Scott Sulma<\/a> to develop that aspect of its offerings. Prior to going out on his, Sulma worked as the general manager of Tony\u2019s and as the area director for Baltimore-based Atlas Restaurant Group\u2019s Houston operations (Loch Bar, Azumi, Marmo).<\/p>\n

\u201cRecess is about reclaiming family time \u2014 making it easier, more joyful and more meaningful,\u201d added co-founder Paul Rice \u201cOur goal from the start was to take the stress out of family outings and give parents a chance to unwind and be present.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A family-friendly bar, restaurant, and playground is starting to take shape where River Oaks meets Montrose. When it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2038,56,58,57,988,2809,423],"class_list":["post-16427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-families","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-kids","tag-news-you-can-eat","tag-openings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16427","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=16427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}