After 14 years of riding together under the same name, Houston’s two Spaghetti Western restaurants are officially going their own way, but without the drama. Owners at both spots say the split is friendly and that the neighborhood fixtures regulars know, from piled-high pizza and pasta to live-music nights, are sticking around even as each family takes creative control of its own place.
According to the Houston Chronicle, the Figueroa family is keeping the original Shepherd Drive location, now operating it as the Original Spaghetti Western Italian Cafe at 1608 Shepherd Drive. The Peck family is taking over the TC Jester outpost at 1951 W. T. C. Jester Blvd., running it as the Spaghetti Western Italian Cafe and Bar. Greyson Peck told the paper the move gives each family room to chart its own course and added, “We still root for each other.” Staff and regulars, the owners said, should not expect big or sudden shifts.
What’s Changing and What Isn’t
The Pecks told the Houston Chronicle they have tightened the TC Jester menu to lean into Italian American crowd-pleasers like chicken parmesan, trimming slower sellers such as the southwestern lasagna. Over on Shepherd, the Figueroas plan to keep their menu mostly as-is. The TC Jester restaurant is also continuing to push its weekly live-music nights and bar program, which bring in a later crowd, as each location fine-tunes its vibe to match its own neighborhood.
Long Neighborhood Roots
Public business filings list Figpeck Properties with a start date around 2000, lining up with the long run of the Shepherd Drive restaurant, and the Spaghetti Western brand already maintains separate pages for each spot on its official site. Both addresses also appear across online ordering and reservation platforms tied to the restaurants. Event listings for the TC Jester location highlight themed parties and live-music nights, backing up its growing emphasis on events and bar service as it heads into this new chapter; see the company’s documents and listings for more detail via the BBB, Spaghetti Western and HappeningNext.
For now, both restaurants are hanging on to the Spaghetti Western look and many of the same comfort-food staples. Regulars at Shepherd should see steady continuity, while the Jester bar experiments with new late-night offerings as each family quietly puts its own stamp on a shared Houston favorite.
