{"id":402935,"date":"2026-08-10T22:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/402935\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T22:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:02:15","slug":"new-intimate-cocktail-bar-opens-in-rice-village-bellaire-meyerland-west-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/402935\/","title":{"rendered":"New intimate cocktail bar opens in Rice Village | Bellaire &#8211; Meyerland &#8211; West University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Caia, a cocktail-forward bar serving small bites, has opened in Rice Village.<\/p>\n<p>What this means<\/p>\n<p>Known for its small tables and intimate setting, Caia features a cocktail menu with drinks named Velvet Hour, Old Money, Golden Silk, Hidden Gem and Ace.<\/p>\n<p>The food menu focuses on bar bites, including steak frites, grilled prawns, spicy rigatoni, lobster dip and cocktail shrimp.<\/p>\n<p>More details<\/p>\n<p>Navya Krish, a manager at Caia, said the team is excited to open in Rice Village. The space features 24 chandeliers, a giant red door and speakeasy-style d\u00e9cor, along with heavy velvet curtains, mirrors and ambient lighting.<\/p>\n<p>Caia describes its concept as a cocktail lounge inspired by \u201cthe glamour of another era,\u201d combining cocktails, food and a richly layered atmosphere. The restaurant is designed around an intimate setting for drinks, conversation and small bites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caia, a cocktail-forward bar serving small bites, has opened in Rice Village. What this means Known for its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[141158,141161,141159,56,21146,58,57,141160],"class_list":["post-402935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-caia","tag-caia-houston","tag-cocktail-bars-in-rice-village","tag-houston","tag-houston-bars","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-speak-easy-style-bars-in-houston"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402935","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=402935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}