“><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Check out five dining updates across the Greater Houston area, including restaurants that recently opened or are coming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[32420,56,58,57,32423,26459,32422,32421],"class_list":["post-60664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-don-julios-mexican-restaurant","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-hungry","tag-on-the-kirb","tag-sakura-bistro","tag-samis-gyro-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60664","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=60664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Don](\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/uploads\/images\/2025\/11\/20\/396908.jpeg\")
Don Julios Mexican Restaurant is now serving Tex-Mex and Mexican cuisine in Magnolia. (Courtesy Don Julios Mexican Restaurant)Don Julios Mexican Restaurant<\/a> opened Oct. 2 in Magnolia. According to restaurant officials, the eatery serves fajitas, burritos, enchiladas, tacos and nachos. The restaurant also offers a full bar and specialty drinks.![\"Sami\u2019s](\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/uploads\/images\/2025\/11\/20\/396909.jpeg\")
Sami\u2019s Gyro House offers appetizers, such as masala fries, cheese sticks, chicken tenders, wings and quesadillas, as well as chicken shawarma, burgers and fries. (Courtesy Sami’s Gyro House)Sami\u2019s Gyro House<\/a> owner Yousaf Mohtsham said the eatery expanded with a new location in Katy in November. Sami\u2019s Gyro House offers gyro platters and gyro sandwiches made with halal meat.![\"Sakura](\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/uploads\/images\/2025\/11\/20\/396911.jpg\")
Sakura Bistro offers a variety of sushi, according to the restaurant’s menu. (Courtesy Sakura Bistro)Sakura Bistro<\/a> opened in Cypress in November, according to store management. The Japanese-Asian fusion restaurant specializes in providing a variety of fresh sushi and Asian dishes, including lo mein, fried rice and udon noodles. The restaurant also offers a variety of special sushi rolls.![\"Hungry's](\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/uploads\/images\/2025\/11\/20\/396915.jpg\")
Hungry’s officials renovated its upstairs bar area into a U-shaped style designed for connection. (Courtesy Becca Wright)Hungry’s Caf\u00e9 <\/a>in Rice Village opened its newly renovated bar over the weekend, as well as an all-new cocktail menu to cap off its 50-year anniversary. The U-shaped bar is intended to create a vibrant social hub within the restaurant. Meanwhile, the new cocktail menu focuses on classic inspirations, bright flavors and local spirits. Signature cocktails include the spicy strawberry press, cucumber basil gimlet and Elijah’s Summer with a Saint.<\/p>\n