{"id":423231,"date":"2026-09-01T21:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T21:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/423231\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T21:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T21:14:08","slug":"texass-first-hand-roll-centered-sushi-bar-to-expand-presence-to-bellaire-boulevard-bellaire-meyerland-west-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/423231\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas\u2019s first hand roll-centered sushi bar to expand presence to Bellaire Boulevard | Bellaire &#8211; Meyerland &#8211; West University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With three existing locations in the Heights, Montrose and Spring Branch areas, Japanese sushi restaurant Handies Douzo is expanding once again with a new space located at 3908 Bellaire Blvd., Houston, officials confirmed via email.<\/p>\n<p>Craving Japanese fare?<\/p>\n<p>Coined as Texas\u2019 first hand roll-focused sushi bar, Handies Douzo specializes in made-to-order hand rolls sourced from premium ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>Its streamlined menu offers guests a variety of hand rolls that can be ordered individually or in sets of three, four and five. Specialty rolls include the Spicy Hotate, Masutoro and A5 Wagyu, according to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.handiesdouzo.com\/menu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online menu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The bar also serves alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages like its dry, yet earthy Onikoroshi Demon Slayer sake and vibrant Melon Cream Soda.<\/p>\n<p>Upon ordering in-person, guests are able to watch the preparation and creation of their meal in an interactive counter experience that highlights the meticulous artistry of hand roll making, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Meet the team<\/p>\n<p>Handies Douzo is one of seven chef-driven concepts brought to fruition by restaurant group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duckstache.com\/about\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Duckstache Hospitality<\/a>, which seeks to reinvent traditional Japanese cuisine through innovative culinary techniques, design-forward spaces and modern aesthetics, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The group was established in 2019 by co-founder chefs Daniel Lee and Patrick Pham, along with their business partner and CFO C.J. Short. As a trio, they have gone on to open several different restaurant locations from their concept pool across the city of Houston and Dubai, per its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duckstache.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Duckstache Hospitality\u2019s other dining concepts include Aiko, Kokoro Sushi &amp; Yakitori, Kokoro Hand Roll &amp; Sushi Bar, Bar Doko, Doko and Himari.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead<\/p>\n<p>As of Sept. 1, officials said the anticipated grand opening date for Handies Douzo\u2019s upcoming Bellaire location is sometime later this year or early 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Construction is slated to begin in late September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With three existing locations in the Heights, Montrose and Spring Branch areas, Japanese sushi restaurant Handies Douzo is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[114437,5907,6863,20678,10911,750,1494,62,5196,147221,11711,147217,76603,1988,56,58,57,14147,16044,147220,1987,28249,114433,67,147218,147219,15527,5464],"class_list":["post-423231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-alcoholic-beverages","tag-bar","tag-bellaire","tag-bellaire-boulevard","tag-chef","tag-coming-soon","tag-construction","tag-dining","tag-expansion","tag-gourmet","tag-grand-opening","tag-hand-roll","tag-handies-douzo","tag-heights","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-japanese-cuisine","tag-japanese-food","tag-masutoro","tag-montrose","tag-new-development","tag-non-alcoholic-beverages","tag-restaurant","tag-sake","tag-spicy-tuna","tag-spring-branch","tag-sushi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423231","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=423231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}