{"id":354917,"date":"2026-06-29T22:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T22:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/354917\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T22:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T22:17:08","slug":"shake-shack-continues-houston-expansion-with-new-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/354917\/","title":{"rendered":"Shake Shack continues Houston expansion with new location"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A popular East Coast burger chain is expanding deeper into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/texas\/article\/whataburger-convenience-stores-new-22318734.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Whataburger<\/a> territory. <a href=\"https:\/\/shakeshack.com\/#\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Shake Shack<\/a> is officially making its Richmond debut on July 8 at 19130 W Bellfort St., marking its second Houston-area opening in just three months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The New York-based restaurant chain opened a location across from\u00a0Meyerland Crossing in April, Chron <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/food\/article\/shake-shack-houston-22092551.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">previously reported.<\/a> With the Richmond opening, Shake Shack will have 10 locations in Greater Houston and 32 across Texas. The move further expands the brand&#8217;s footprint in one of the country&#8217;s most competitive burger markets.<\/p>\n<p>While Shake Shack is best known for its customizable burgers, crispy chicken sandwiches, hand-spun milkshakes and crinkle-cut fries, the chain actually started out as a hot dog cart.\u00a0The original Shake Shack opened in New York City&#8217;s Madison Square Park to support a public art project before becoming a permanent kiosk in 2004, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/careers.shakeshack.com\/our-story\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">company&#8217;s website.<\/a> Since then, it has grown to more than 685 locations worldwide, most of which are across 35 states in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The Richmond restaurant is one of several new Shake Shack locations the company has announced across the country in recent weeks, stretching from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZprZA7EVLw\/?img_index=1\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">California to North Carolina.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Like the Meyerland location, the new Richmond restaurant will have a drive-thru and patio. To celebrate the grand opening, the first guests will receive custom-branded tumbler cups, and Shake Shack will donate $1 from every sandwich sold on opening day to the East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry nonprofit organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A popular East Coast burger chain is expanding deeper into Whataburger territory. Shake Shack is officially making its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1703,1704,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-354917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-chronfood","tag-chronstaff","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354917","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=354917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}