{"id":77117,"date":"2025-12-05T09:22:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/77117\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T09:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:22:19","slug":"an-emerald-city-inspired-pop-up-is-opening-in-houston-this-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/77117\/","title":{"rendered":"An Emerald City-Inspired Pop-Up Is Opening In Houston This December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FotoJet-2025-12-04T165124.302-1024x684.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Illustration shows a depiction of the Emerald City with a rainbow in the sky and field in front.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto via Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>    Save<\/p>\n<p>The holidays are truly a magical time. Enchanting light displays, winter wonderlands, giant gingerbread villages, all come alive come <a href=\"https:\/\/secrethouston.com\/things-to-do-in-houston-december\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secrethouston.com\/things-to-do-in-houston-december\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">December<\/a>. Here to add to the magic of the season is Popfancy Dessert Bar. Houston\u2019s resident pop-up palace is poised to debut its latest pop-up: Emerald City: A Yuletide Cafe For Magical Students.<\/p>\n<p>Popfancy Dessert Bar is an award-winning cafe in the Bellaire area of Houston. Most famously, the cafe is known for its rotating pop-ups throughout the year, often inspired by popular anime or other pop-culture movies and series. Past pop-ups have included a Demon Seoul Cafe, Lucky Box Cafe, and Ninetail Hidden Ninja Hideout.<\/p>\n<p>On December 12, the venue will debut its latest pop-up: Emerald City Yule Bar. Per the description, the pop-up reads as a crossover between Wicked and the Harry Potter series. The venue announced the theme earlier this week on social media:<\/p>\n<p> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-30463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\ud83e\uddf9-This-Winter-you-are-cordially-invited-to-a-yuletide-gathering-of-magical-students-in-the-Em-1-819x.jpeg\" alt=\"Image shows the Popfancy Dessert Bar announcement for their Emerald City pop-up in Houston.\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\"  \/>Photo credit: @popfancydessertbar <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis winter, you are cordially invited to a magical gathering of witches, wizards, and muggles in the Emerald City! Join us for a limited time pop-up cafe featuring a magic school themed menu, immersive atmosphere, cosplayers, magician nights, karaoke contests, trivia nights, and more\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>For its pop-ups, Popfancy regularly features a themed menu of eats and drinks. While the venue has yet to announce its menu for the event, we expect them to do so in the run-up to its debut.<\/p>\n<p>All pop-up experiences, including the Emerald City Yule Ball: A Yuletide Cafe for Magical Students, are completely free to visitors of all-ages. The cafe does accept walk-ups but does encourage making reservations ahead of time to shorten the wait.<\/p>\n<p>Popfancy Dessert Bar is located at 9393 Bellaire Blvd (ste 6). Once running, the Emerald City pop-up will be open from 1 pm \u2013 10 pm daily. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/popfancydessertbar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/popfancydessertbar\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">See its socials <\/a>to keep up to date.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo via Shutterstock Save The holidays are truly a magical time. 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