British darts bar and restaurant to open first Texas location – Houston Chronicle

Flight Club, a British-import bar and restaurant featuring darts, will open late 2021 at Regent Square, 1203 Dunlavy. Photo: Flight Club

British darts bar restaurant headed to Regent Square

Flight Club, a British-import bar and restaurant revolutionizing the game of darts, is coming to Houston, having secured a 8,500-square-foot space at Regent Square, 1203 Dunlavy.

Set to open late 2021, Flight Club Houston will be the third U.S. location of the immersive concept featuring social darts play for groups of up to 10. It will be the first Texas outpost of the British-based chain that has locations in Boston and Chicago.

In addition to cocktails, beer, and wine, the food menu includes dishes such as steak frites skewers, Kung Pao cauliflower, mini tacos (barbacoa and shrimp), pretzels with pimento cheese, sandwiches (BLT, buffalo chicken, burger), French fries, flatbreads, and cronuts or cotton candy for dessert.Regent Square is the mixed-use development under construction on the Allen Parkway corridor.

Goode Bird serves last fried chicken this week

This weekend is your last to enjoy Goode Bird, the Goode Co. fried chicken concept that took flight during the pandemic out of temporarily closed Armadillo Palace.

Now that Armadillo is ready to fully reopen, it needs to reclaim full use of its kitchen, which means that Goode Bird will have to fly the coop. The last orders for the fried chicken menu will be July 4. Goode Bird orders can be placed through Sunday at goodecompanygoodebird.com (hours are Wednesday-Friday 4 to 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday noon to 8 p.m.). Armadillo is offering a limited menu through mid-July when it reopens to full service.

Goode Birds menu includes deviled eggs, green chile pimento cheese, cornbread and biscuits, buttermilk fried chicken, chicken tenders, roasted chicken, side dishes, salads, and sandwiches.

Annie and Turners back after fire closure

Two of Houstons most popular upscale restaurants, The Annie Caf & Bar and Turners, are back in business after being closed for more than a month. The two Berg Hospitality restaurants at 1800 Post Oak at BLVD Place were forced to close for renovations after a kitchen fire on May 19. Dinner service resumed at both restaurants on June 26.

Chicago group to open two concepts in Texas Tower

Etta, an Italian restaurant from the Chicago-based What If Syndicate, will open early 2022 at Texas Tower, the high-rise office building under construction in the 800 block of Texas Avenue.

Etta, with a menu from two Michelin star chef Danny Grant, will occupy more than 6,000-square-feet of space at the tower. The Etta menu is known for its wood-burning brick oven pizza and focaccia and wood-fired hearth for spit roasting and grilling (roasted short rib, crispy porchetta, chicken, whole branzino, steaks) and pastas.

A second concept from What If, not yet announced, also will be located in the tower. What If also will open an Etta next year in Dallas where it already operates two other concepts, Monarch and Kessaku in The National mixed use project. What Ifs other concepts include Maple & Ash, the Chicago steakhouse that also will open in Dallas.

Roma restaurant welcomes back executive chef

Roma, the Rice Village Italian restaurant, has a new executive chef. Sandro Scarafile, the Pugliese chef who was executive chef at Sud Italia (the Roma precursor), returns to the 2347 University Blvd. restaurant where he will oversee the Roma menu with the addition of a number of Pugliese dishes including seafood and crudo. He also plans to focus on seasonal ingredients and tableside preparations. His first menu is July 1.

Im not going to be changing the core dishes of Romas menu, he said. I want to keep our regular customers happy. But Scarafile will be bringing back his much-loved orecchiette pasta with broccoli raab, a dish inspired by his early childhood in Puglia and his parents cooking.

Greg Morago writes about food for the Houston Chronicle. Follow him on Facebook or Twitter. Send him news tips at greg.morago@chron.com. Hear him on our BBQ State of Mind podcast to learn about Houston and Texas barbecue culture.

Greg Morago was a features editor and reporter for The Hartford Courant for 25 years before joining the Houston Chronicle as food editor in 2009. He writes about food, restaurants, spirits, travel, fashion and beauty. He is a native Arizonan and member of the Pima tribe of the Gila River Indian Community.

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