{"id":427433,"date":"2026-09-05T20:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T20:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/427433\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T20:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T20:28:12","slug":"named-one-of-americas-12-best-burgers-this-new-york-style-bodega-opens-its-second-houston-area-location-this-month-with-mango-milkshakes-and-smashburgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/427433\/","title":{"rendered":"Named one of America\u2019s 12 best burgers, this New York-style bodega opens its second Houston-area location this month with mango milkshakes and smashburgers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"single__subtitle\">The award-winning smashburger spot opens in Katy this September, marking chef-owner Abbas Dhanani&#8217;s first move beyond Washington Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FotoJet-2026-09-04T131847.018-1024x688.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\" alt=\"Image shows the Burger Bodega storefront in Katy, Texas.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto credit: Abbas Dhanani<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Burger Bodega, the Houston smashburger concept that earned national recognition almost as soon as it opened its doors, is bringing its New York bodega-inspired menu to Katy this fall. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new location at 21904 Franz Rd opens Saturday, September 19 at 11 a.m. \u2014 the brand\u2019s first expansion since launching on Washington Avenue in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Katy spot seats just over 100 guests, with a patio for outdoor dining. There\u2019s no drive-through, but a dedicated pickup and curbside window handles to-go orders. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The menu carries over everything that made the original location a Houston staple: double smashburgers on potato buns, the chopped cheese sandwich with bodega sauce, halal options, and milkshakes in flavors like mango lassi and Vietnamese coffee. Location-specific specials may also rotate in over time.<\/p>\n<p>From backyard pop-up to national recognition<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dhanani started Burger Bodega as a pop-up before opening the Washington Avenue brick-and-mortar in late 2022. The restaurant moved quickly from neighborhood favorite to critical darling \u2014 earning an A-plus review from former Houston Chronicle critic Alison Cook, a spot on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinfatuation.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.theinfatuation.com\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">Infatuation\u2019s 12 Best Burgers in America<\/a> list, and a place on the Houston Chronicle\u2018s Top 100 Restaurants of 2025. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also won Neighborhood Restaurant of the Year at CultureMap Houston\u2019s 2024 Tastemaker Awards and a Houston Business Journal Landmark Award in 2023. Coverage from The New York Times followed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The grand opening celebration will feature local vendors alongside the full original menu. \u201cKaty has been on our radar since day one,\u201d Dhanani said. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the most vibrant, food-loving communities in the Houston area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More details are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burgerbodega.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.burgerbodega.com\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">burgerbodega.com<\/a>, and updates on Instagram at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/burgerbodegahtx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/burgerbodegahtx\" data-action=\"text_cta_2\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">@burgerbodegahtx<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The award-winning smashburger spot opens in Katy this September, marking chef-owner Abbas Dhanani&#8217;s first move beyond Washington Avenue.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[59194,104100,56,58,57,144729],"class_list":["post-427433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-american-food","tag-hamburger","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-pressarticle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427433","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=427433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}