Check out several new restaurants that have recently opened across the Houston metro, as recently reported by Community Impact.

Smash City Burgers

The new halal smash burger and hot dog eatery concept recently opened in the Galleria area, serving a variety of halal comfort food items, including milkshakes and loaded fries.

Smash City first opened as a food truck location in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as previously reported by Community Impact.

Krua Thai & Sushi serves both Thai and Japanese cuisine. (Courtesy Krua Thai & Sushi)
Krua Thai & Sushi serves both Thai and Japanese cuisine. (Courtesy Krua Thai & Sushi)

Krua Thai & Sushi

What was once occupied by the popular Thai Gourmet restaurant is now a new establishment called Krua Thai & Sushi.

Krua specializes in Thai cuisine, featuring noodle dishes and curries such as kaeng rawang, also known as green curry, and panang curry, also known as red curry. Customers can also order pineapple fried rice as well as kao soi, a curry noodle soup with chicken.

Hacienda Los Arcos offers a menu of Tex-Mex dishes, including fajitas and enchiladas, as well as a full bar that serves handcrafted margaritas and cocktails. (Courtesy Hacienda Los Arcos)
Hacienda Los Arcos offers a menu of Tex-Mex dishes, including fajitas and enchiladas, as well as a full bar that serves handcrafted margaritas and cocktails. (Courtesy Hacienda Los Arcos)

Hacienda Los Arcos

Locally owned by Martin Gurrusquieta Sr. and his sons Martin Gurrusquieta Jr. and Jesse Gurrusquieta, Hacienda Los Arcos offers Tex-Mex dishes to the Kingwood area.

The restaurant serves favorites such as fajitas and enchiladas, as well as handcrafted margaritas and cocktails. It also has an outdoor patio.

  • Opened Sept. 1
  • 4625 Kingwood Drive, Kingwood
  • Facebook: Hacienda Los Arcos Kingwood
Gyro Republic offers a variety of fresh toppings for build-your-own gyros and bowls. (Courtesy Shane Dante Photography/Gyro Republic)
Gyro Republic offers a variety of fresh toppings for build-your-own gyros and bowls. (Courtesy Shane Dante Photography/Gyro Republic)

Gyro Republic

A new Mediterranean restaurant has opened in Pearland, offering customized rice bowls, salads and pita sandwiches.

Gyro Republic also serves loaded fries and "gyritos," or gyro burritos, with proteins such as chicken or falafel, vegetable toppings and sauces, according to the restaurant's website.

This is the restaurant's 20th location to open in the Greater Houston area. (Courtesy 7 Spice Cajun Restaurant)
This is 7Spice Cajun Seafood's 20th location to open in the Greater Houston area. (Courtesy 7Spice Cajun Seafood)

7Spice Cajun Seafood

Houston-based restaurant 7Spice Cajun Seafood has opened its 20th location in Arcola, near Manvel and Pearland, as previously reported by Community Impact.

The restaurant serves boiled Cajun cuisine, as well as other specialties such as blackened shrimp pasta, Cajun fried rice, gumbo, crawfish and shrimp etouffee.

The franchise is known for its unique take on doughnuts, making them layered and flaky. (Courtesy Parlor Doughnuts)
Parlor Doughnuts is known for its unique take on doughnuts, making them layered and flaky. (Courtesy Parlor Doughnuts)

Parlor Doughnuts

Founded in 2019 in Evansville, Indiana, Parlor Doughnuts has more than 50 locations spread across the country, including a Houston Heights shop and the newly opened West University storefront.

Parlor Doughnuts uses layered dough to create a crisp on the outside, light and fluffy on the inside doughnut, rather than the traditional yeast or cake-style doughnut, and features more than 20 unique flavors.