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Expanding brands are among news on the local food scene this week Greg Morago December 18, 2020Updated: December 21, 2020, 4:55 pm Van Leeuwen Ice Cream, a New York cult favorite known for its dairy and vegan ice creams, will open a brick and mortar store at 2565 Amherst in Rice Village in spring 2021. Photo: Van Leeuwen Ice Cream Dish Society has new West U location Dish Society has opened a new restaurant at 4191 Bellaire at Southside Commons between the West U and Bellaire neighborhoods. The new location at the adaptive re-use project inside the former Palace Bowling Lanes is the f...

Chili Oil and Sauce Division Is the hot sauce lip a little crusty these days? How's that giant, five-year-old bottle of sriracha in the fridge looking? All the cool kids have moved on to chili oil, that perfect condiment that goes on just about everything (usually found with Southeast and East Asian foods), and you can get locally made versions! Kin: Evelyn Garcia, who was making Southeast Asian foods at Politan Row before it shut down, has turned her attention to making condiments and other food-related goodies (also out of Politan Row, but you can't eat her food there). Kin's condiments ...

Caribbean and Thai restaurants reopen in closed Rice Village food hall Ate Kitchen will remain part of Rice Village.  Photo by Denny Culbert Politan Row may have shuttered its location in Rice Village, but two of the food hall's former vendors will continue to occupy the space.  Ate Kitchen, a Caribbean concept from chef Keisha Griggs, and Kin, a Thai-inspired restaurant from Chopped winner Evelyn Garcia, have both reopened in the space at 2445 Times Blvd. Ate Kitchen will be open for to-go and delivery from noon-7 pm Wednesday through Saturday. Kin will use the facility as a commissary...

Hidden Omakase, 5353 W. Alabama, is shooting to make its debut December 15. The tasting menu-only restaurant comes from Japanese chef Billy Kin, most recently executive chef and partner at Blackbird Izakaya, a Japanese pub and restaurant Kin opened with Ken Bridge of Delicious Concepts. Blackbird closed this past July. Robot Noodle, another concept from Bridge, has taken its place. Kin is a graduate of the Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management at University of Houston. Kin comes from a restaurant family with a grandfather owning restaurants in Japan and his father operating restau...

Two former Politan Row concepts are back in business at the recently closed food hall space. Ate Kitchen and Kin reopened Dec. 10 at 2445 Times Blvd., Houston, in Rice Village, but the two concepts will operate slightly differently than they did in their days at the food hall, which closed Nov. 13. Caribbean-inspired Ate Kitchen will offer pickup as well as delivery within five miles and will be open Wednesday through Saturday from noon-6 p.m. “I’m thrilled to be reopening Ate in Houston’s Rice Village,” chef Keisha Griggs said in a news release. “The restaurant community looks d...