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A photo rendering of Conservatory food hall and Prohibition Supperclub & Bar at its new home in the Chapman & Kirby space at 2118 Lamar in the EaDo neighborhood. Both businesses, which currently operate in downtown, will close on Dec. 31 and reopen in 2020 under one roof at 2118 Lamar. lessA photo rendering of Conservatory food hall and Prohibition Supperclub & Bar at its new home in the Chapman & Kirby space at 2118 Lamar in the EaDo neighborhood. Both businesses, which currently operate in ... morePhoto: Courtesy Photo
If the food hall scene in Houston appears on the brink of over-saturation, think again. The partners who own Conservatory, Houston’s first food hall, and Bravery Chef Hall, the wildly successful downtown collection of chef-driven independent restaurants, are entering the new year with plans for three more concepts that will blanket the city with food hall riches.
One of the projects, Railway Heights Market at 8200 Washington, has already been announced by Company of Nomads, the business entity whose partners include Anh Mai and Lian Pham (who opened Conservatory food hall in downtown in 2016) and operating partner Shepard Ross, a longtime Houston restaurateur.
But two of their ambitious projects are new and will bring unique food hall concepts to Houston neighborhoods not yet served by multiple dining and drinking venues under one roof.
The first project, to begin immediately in the new year, is the “repositioning” of the current Conservatory food hall at 1010 Prairie. That project, which launched the food hall trend in Houston, will close on New Year’s Eve. The adjacent restaurant and theater space, Prohibition Supperclub & Bar, which Mai and Pham opened in 2014 at 1008 Prairie, also will close after service on Dec. 31.
Both Conservatory and Prohibition will reopen in early 2020 in the Chapman & Kirby bar and restaurant space at 2118 Lamar in the EaDo neighborhood. The Company of Nomads partners bought the Chapman & Kirby business which includes a liquor license so that they could install the Conservatory food hall and Prohibition restaurant and theater in one grand facility. Prohibition, known as both a restaurant/lounge and the presenter of burlesque and cabaret shows (in the former 1930s Isis Theater), will continue to present shows. In fact, Prohibition will open first, with a show scheduled for Jan. 17 in its new home. Conservatory, which the partners say will feature the same vendors as the existing food hall, will open in May. The Chapman & Kirby space will be redesigned to accommodate Conservatory and Prohibition and will feature the addition of a rooftop lounge, slated to open in April.
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“East downtown is a very exciting destination,” company CEO Mai said, adding that the fast-growing neighborhood, while rich in bars and restaurants, doesn’t have a food hall concept.
Ross said the partners are “bullish” on food halls, and they are proving that with two other projects opening in 2020.
The first is a project called Conservatory 2, modeled on the original Conservatory, that will bring 11 food vendors and three bars into the Galleria neighborhood. The 12,000-square-foot site is the former Club Roxy space at 5351 W. Alabama. The target date for opening is September 2020. Mai and Ross said the company is already looking for vendors, who as in the original Conservatory, are smaller operations looking to start a new business without the risks and expenses of opening an independent brick and mortar restaurant.
“This business model allows each vendor to prosper through shared costs and combined marketing” where chefs and cooks to create unique dining experiences within a proven food hall format, according to Company of Nomads.
The second project, an Asian hawker hall, is a thematic version of the company’s food hall concepts. Called Hawker Asian Night Market, it will bring a collection of “shanty” bars and Asian food vendors together in a food court modeled on the busy stalls of hawker centers popular in Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia. This project, set to open in October, will be on the ground floor of the Greensheet building at 2601 Main at McGowen in Midtown.
Mai said the all-Asian hawker market is envisioned as a tribute to a neighborhood once known as Little Saigon. In addition to the ground floor bars and food vendors, the project will also feature a rooftop bar and sushi lounge on the building’s fifth floor.
The new Conservatory and Asian hawker marketplace concepts join Company of Nomad’s portfolio that includes Bravery Chef Hall, the 2019 entry into downtown’s competitive food hall scene, and the company’s existing plans to open Railway Heights Market. That project, expected to open in mid-2020, is a collection of 50 retail and food concepts including a farmer’s market, beer garden and dog park spread over 40,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor space. The company recently announced that the Railway Heights project will include a hydroponic garden for city farmers and an “ugly produce” component where imperfect fruits and vegetables will be sold – an initiative designed to help eliminate local food waste.
“All of these projects have been in development for years,” Mai said. He added that the company’s partners feel that food halls would work in neighborhoods such as Heights, Galleria, Midtown and EaDo.
While the city's food hall trend was concentrated mostly in downtown (Conservatory, Bravery Chef Hall, Finn Hall and Understory), the New Orleans-based Politan Row opened in November in Rice Village.
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.
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