7Brew is gearing up to roll into the former Salad and Go drive-thru at 3000 N Durham Drive in the Houston Heights, according to state permitting records and local reporting. The compact project will flip the existing Salad and Go shell into a 7Brew stand with about $1 million budgeted for renovations. Construction is slated to run from mid-summer through early fall, although the company has not yet committed to an opening date.
Permit details: price, timeline and footprint
According to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the project (TABS2026017539) carries an estimated cost of $1,000,000 and a 510-square-foot footprint, with construction scheduled from July 1 to Sept. 1, 2026. The filing lists Emerge Properties LLC as the owner and Arkifex Studios as the design firm and describes the work simply as a renovation of the existing Salad and Go for 7Brew. The state record also identifies the RAS contact and notes that the project is registered but does not list a tenant contact on the public form.
Local coverage confirms the swap
As reported by the Houston Chronicle, the permit confirms that 7Brew has claimed the former Salad and Go site at 3000 N Durham Drive and that the new stand would become the chain’s sixth location in the Houston area. The Chronicle also reports that Salad and Go closed its Houston-area restaurants last fall as part of a broader retreat from Texas and Oklahoma. That local coverage connects the Durham Drive project to a wider trend of small drive-thru sites being converted and rebranded rather than rebuilt from scratch.
Why Salad and Go pulled back
Nation’s Restaurant News has detailed how new Salad and Go CEO Mike Tattersfield has been retrenching the brand, saying the company “was growing just for growth’s sake” as he shuttered dozens of locations in Texas and Oklahoma. According to that reporting, the chain moved its headquarters out of Coppell and is now concentrating operations in Arizona and Nevada. Those moves left behind a string of compact, drive-thru-ready shells that coffee operators are more than happy to scoop up in the hunt for quick, low-footprint real estate.
7Brew’s rapid rollout
7Brew’s corporate site and public location listings show the brand has expanded aggressively, with hundreds of drive-thru stands spread across dozens of states. The concept leans into double drive-thru lanes and heavy drink customization, a format that lines up neatly with the small, fast-service boxes Salad and Go left behind. Several Houston permits and local franchise notices highlight similar conversions as a favored play for operators who would rather plug into existing standalone drive-thru sites than start from the ground up.
What neighbors can expect
Neighborhood reporting and permit watchers have noticed a pattern of coffee chains pouncing on former Salad and Go shells, a trend that gained attention when Dutch Bros converted a former Salad and Go site in Rice Village. The TDLR filing for 3000 N Durham still does not list a public tenant contact, so formal opening details remain thin. For now, the plan on file is straightforward: the corner will return as a small, drive-thru-only coffee stand in a spot where salads used to be on the move instead of mochas.
