{"id":243158,"date":"2026-04-10T05:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T05:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/243158\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T05:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T05:33:11","slug":"houston-mediterranean-barbecue-restaurant-expanding-to-suburbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/243158\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Mediterranean barbecue restaurant expanding to suburbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the permit registration details, construction for the estimated $100,000 renovation is set to be completed between June and September, but that could change. Levant BBQ hasn\u2019t officially announced a second location or listed the Sugar Land space on its website. Chron has reached out to the restaurant&#8217;s team for more details. We will update this story if and when we hear back.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time Levant BBQ planned on taking its business beyond Houston. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/dallas-fort-worth\/frisco\/dining\/2025\/09\/18\/levant-bbq-to-offer-smoked-meat-family-platters-in-frisco\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Community Impact<\/a>, the local restaurant was set to open a second location in Frisco in February. The eatery\u2019s Instagram bio says that location is opening soon, but it\u2019s unclear when that will be.<\/p>\n<p>Levant BBQ joined Houston\u2019s food scene with a mission to blend &#8220;the best of two worlds: the bold, smoky flavors of classic barbecue and the vibrant, aromatic spices of Levantine cuisine.&#8221; like brisket shawarma, quinoa cowboy caviar and sauce made with pomegranate molasses among other sandwiches, smoked meats and potatoes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to the permit registration details, construction for the estimated $100,000 renovation is set to be completed between&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1703,1704,56,58,57],"class_list":{"0":"post-243158","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\/243158","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=243158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}