7Brew filed to convert the former Salad and Go at 3000 N Durham Drive into a drive‑thru coffee stand, with a $1M renovation and summer 2026 construction window.

Haraz Coffee House will open a 2,193‑sq‑ft Webster shop at Baybrook Passage; state filings list an April 28 start and July 28 completion. The buildout is pegged at about $100,000.

Corpus Christi’s Hooters closed its South Padre Island Drive restaurant on April 12 amid the chain’s bankruptcy‑driven reshuffle. The location had only reopened after a 2021 fire.

Trung Nguyên E‑Coffee will open a second Houston-area café in Katy Asian Town this Saturday, bringing phin‑brewed coffee, matcha lattes and more seating to the shopping center.

Missouri’s The Big Biscuit is recruiting franchisees and has flagged Dallas–Fort Worth and Houston as priority markets as it pushes beyond the Midwest.

Farmboy Brewing Co. opened on North Shepherd, folding a longtime brew-supply shop into a 9,000‑sq‑ft taproom, cocktail bar and education space with guest kegs and food trucks.

Spindletop, Houston’s revolving restaurant above the Hyatt Regency, reopens May 15 with a reservation-only weekend tasting menu and sweeping 360° views.

San Antonios Chama Gacha confirmed plans to open in Katy, taking over the Doneraki/Fuego y Mar space at 24205 Katy Freeway. The chain has not announced an opening date.

Levant BBQ filed a permit to open in Sugar Land Town Square, bringing its Levantine‑meets‑Texas barbecue a short drive from the Houston flagship.

Peach Cobbler Factory filed for a 1,513-square-foot Webster buildout at 20911 Gulf Freeway, with work slated for April–May and an estimated $225,000 cost.

State filings show The Kebab Shop will renovate a roughly 3,000‑square‑foot space at 4361 Kingwood Drive; construction is slated to begin July 6 and finish in December.

Huey Magoo’s signed a 15‑store development pact with SMR Capital Group to place restaurants across five Greater Houston counties over the next three years.

McAlister’s Deli is planning a Conroe outpost on Highway 242 with a tentative July opening and a planned drive-through.