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An oral history of what Covid-19 has done to the Houston hospitality industry. By Timothy Malcolm 3/17/2021 at 9:48am Published in the Spring 2021 issue of Houstonia Covid-19 dominated everything in 2020, from the way we lived (mostly at home) to how we ate (again, mostly at home). In Houston it significantly altered the restaurant industry, with more than 100,000 workers temporarily finding themselves out of work during the year, according to the Greater Houston Restaurant Association. Restaurants closed for weeks, and in some cases permanently, chefs and workers found themselves out of jobs...

Berg Hospitality is uniting with Ancorian to bring two new restaurants to W. 11th in the Heights. Owner and founder Benjamin Berg is teaming up with the Houston-based Ancorian, a regional investment and development company, to open Trattoria Sofia, an Italian restaurant at 911 W. 11th in the space formerly occupied by Presidio, which closed in October 2018. Berg is completely remodeling the existing 2,500 square feet with all-new interiors, lighting and furnishings. The restaurateur is also adding an outdoor patio and bar with landscaping meant to evoke a feeling of a lost garden. Named aft...

Courtesy Berg Hospitality Group Houston restaurateur Benjamin Berg has plans to expand his culinary empire with a pair of new restaurants in the Heights. On Tuesday, February 23, Berg Hospitality Group announced that it would team up with developer Ancorian to open two new dining destinations on West 11th St. in the Heights. Per a press release, the first will be a cozy Italian restaurant called Trattoria Sofia. Set to open in the space at 911 West 11th St., formerly occupied by chef Adam Dorris’s acclaimed Presidio, which has sat empty since 2018 when a fire damaged the building. As far ...

Benjamin Berg is adding to his stable with two new 11th Street restaurants.

Even (and especially) during a pandemic, people are craving big-money foodie experiences. By Timothy Malcolm 2/24/2021 at 11:25am The dimly-lit dining room of Turner's. When the first guests were welcomed into the highly anticipated Goodnight Hospitality tasting-menu restaurant March, albeit as part of a holiday-season, lounge-style concept that acted as a preview, June Rodil felt an even more pronounced bounce in her step. Darting from the more casual Rosie Cannonball to the freewheeling Chalet and up to the slightly more serious March felt like the ultimate thrill for someone who l...