{"id":227756,"date":"2026-03-31T00:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T00:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/227756\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T00:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T00:15:07","slug":"local-houston-restaurant-permanently-closing-in-greenway-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/227756\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Houston restaurant permanently closing in Greenway area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Greenway\/Upper Kirby\u00a0restaurant is closing its doors nearly two years after opening. Monday marks <a href=\"https:\/\/meangrille.com\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Mean Grille<\/a>\u2019s last day in business at 3995 Richmond Ave. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/food\/article\/mediterranean-food-houston-17602261.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Mediterranean<\/a> eatery\u2019s owner made the announcement on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWb6QY_AEap\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">social media<\/a> Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Before we close, please stop by and say goodbye to us. I would really appreciate the opportunity to see you one last time. Thank you so much for all of your support over the years,&#8221; a statement from owner Onur Palamut read.<\/p>\n<p>Chron reached out to Palamut to learn more about the decision to close the restaurant. In a phone call on Monday morning, he did attribute part of the closure to the lack of support for small businesses. He declined to provide additional details or a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Mean Grille opened in the former Thai Cottage Greenway in late 2023. But as <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonfoodfinder.com\/foodfinds\/new-houston-restaurant-in-greenway-upper-kirby-is-a-turkish-delight\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Houston Food Finder<\/a> previously reported, this was a dream for Palamut years in the making.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to its website, Mean Grille &#8220;envisoned a place where everyone could enjoy the authentic flavors and fresh &amp; healthy ingredients of real Mediterranean cooking made from scratch.&#8221; Operationally, that meant a menu full of halal proteins and non-GMO foods cooked with locally-sourced ingredients, including kebabs, falafel, hummus, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Though Mean Grille was only open for a few years, it\u2019s gained a pretty big fan base of foodies who are saddened by its sudden closure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh no! You will be dearly missed! My favorite spot in Houston and one of the things it was hardest to say goodbye to when I moved away,&#8221; one person commented.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, another said: &#8220;Sorry to hear this Onur. We will miss you. Your restaurant was our favorite place to eat when we would come into Houston. You and your restaurant will always have a special place in our hearts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Greenway\/Upper Kirby\u00a0restaurant is closing its doors nearly two years after opening. Monday marks Mean Grille\u2019s last day&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1703,1704,56,58,57],"class_list":{"0":"post-227756","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-chronfood","9":"tag-chronstaff","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-headlines","12":"tag-houston-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227756","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=227756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}