Alejandro Arregain opened a brick and mortar for his vegan eatery on December 2024. (Jovanna Aguilar/Community Impact)
From coffee shops to eateries, there are several hispanic owned businesses to support during hispanic heritage month in the Cy-Fair and Cypress area. Hispanic Heritage month takes place from Sept. 15-Oct. 15 nationally. This list is not comprehensive.
What began as a small pop-up tucked inside the former Celaya Meat Market shopping center on Jones Road and FM 1960, has grown into Andaluz. A vegan Mexican restaurant where owner Alejandro Arregain transforms his family’s traditional recipes into plant-based dishes. Operated alongside his wife Darlin Arregain, Andaluz has become a local staple known by the vegan community.
With Mexican dishes reflected by Guanajuato cuisine, Andaluz prepares each dish by the order with scratch made ingredients with the exception of its tortillas. Served in clay plates sourced from Mexico, each plate is presented with vibrant colors representing Arregain’s origins.
Owned by Aracely Castillo and Tere Castillo, Cowgirls Coffee offers a variety of coffee flavors. The cowgirl themed coffee shop boasts a western themed atmosphere with western decor including cow girl hats, boots and cow print on the walls.
Coffee flavors offered range from classics including French vanilla, white chocolate and Matcha to specialty options such as its Maza Pan and horchata flavor. The Mexican owned cafe also offers bites such as tamales by the dozen, empanadas, crepes, mini pancakes and chocoflan.
Eden Coffee & Tea serves specialty drinks made with homemade syrups and small bites made in-house. Per previous Community Impact reporting, the coffee shop also offers espresso-based drinks including flavored lattes, cold brews, teas, refreshers and matcha.
Co-owned by Martha Palacios, Hach Ki Cafe offers Latin fusion of pastries and coffee sourced from local distributors as well as pastries made fresh in house each morning. The cafe offers Mexican and Argentinian pastries, including conchas, cuernitos, guayaba bread, tres leches cake and empanadas.
Palacios said the name of the coffee shop, Hach Ki Cafe, comes from her Mayan roots in Yucatan Mexico. The term "hach ki" means "delicious" in her Mayan dialect, she said.
After spending two decades tossing dough and perfecting pizzas at a locally owned shop in Houston, Luis Hernandez turned a lifelong dream into reality in 2015 by opening his own pizzeria in Magnolia. Ten years later, his family-operated business has grown to six locations across the region.
At Pizzaiolo's, customers can find gourmet pizzas made with wheat flour, extra virgin olive oil, vegetable oil and Bacio cheese—a premium cheese made with cow's milk along with a "kiss of buffalo milk," Hernandez said.
Specializing in Mexican Tacos, Tacos Tec originated in South Houston and expanded to Cy-Fair in 2025.
The eatery serves enchiladas, burritos, tostadas and flautas, among other Mexican-style dishes, per the website. To drink Tacos Tec serves a variety of aguas frescas and fountain drinks.
