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Dukes Venezuela Food's inaugural location opened in Katy in 2021. The second location, in Houston's West University area, opened in mid-2025. (Courtesy Dukes Venezuelan Food)
Katy | Fulshear

Locally-owned Dukes Venezuelan Food serves national flavors, family history

By Valeria Escobar

The journey to founding Dukes Venezuelan Food could be traced 50 years ago when co-owner Fabian Duque's family, who were Colombian immigrants in Venezuela, began selling arepas that he said became very popular.

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