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5 POST Houston Restaurants to Try this Weekend Downtown | Black Owned

Last updated on August 1st, 2024 at 04:25 pm

Need ideas for a great weekend in Houston? This article is all about POST Houston restaurants that are Black owned, plus information on parking, hours, events and menus.

POST Houston food.

POST Houston, described as a cultural center, is located in Downtown Houston, and used to be the Barbara Jordan Post Office. There’s a rooftop park (Skylawn), concert venue, and a food hall.

This building is not Black owned, however, there are a few Black owned restaurants & food spots located in the food hall:

2024 POST Houston restaurants that are Black owned

1. Lucy Pearl’s (vegan & gluten free options)

Southern-style bakery that serves cakes, pies, cookies, lemon bars, cake pops, macarons and more.

POST Houston desserts at this downtown food hall. Carrot cake and atomic cake from Lucy Pearl's a Black owned bakery.

Pictured: Atomic Cake & Carrot Cake. The Atomic Cake layers, starting from the top: chocolate cake with fudge, strawberry cream with fresh strawberry slices, yellow cake, Bavarian cream custard with fresh banana slices, banana cake with banana filling. 

Menu: lucypearls.com/menu

Instagram: @lucypearlssweets

2. ChòpnBlọk (vegan & gluten free options)

Fast casual West African restaurant with vegan options. Most of their menu is gluten free.

Pictured: Golden Curry (Motherland Curry with jollof rice).

Menu: chopnblok.co/orderonline

Instagram: @chopnblok_

Related post: 61+ Houston Black Owned Restaurants & Food Trucks (vegan & gluten free options)

3. Thrive Juices (vegan options)

Smoothies, juices, acai bowls and more.

From Thrive Juices in POST Houston. Acai bowl with sliced banana on the left, blueberries & granola in the middle and mango on the right.

Pictured: Thrive Bowl. I substituted the strawberries for mango.

Menu: thrivejuices.com/menu

Instagram: @thrive.juices

4. Sweets with L&L Cotton Candy

Gourmet cotton candy & custom made party treats. Congratulations to Sweets with L&L for being the 2nd Prize Winner of the HEB Quest for Texas Best 2023 competition.

Menu: sweetswithlandl.com/shop

Instagram: @sweetswithlandl

5. Twisted Grilled Cheese

Specializing in gourmet sandwiches (like ‘The Truffle Mushroom’ and ‘The Smokehouse Brisket’) with various sides and a selection of milkshakes. Twisted Grilled Cheese recently opened this new location in summer 2023.

Menu: twistedgrilledcheese.com/menu

Instagram: @twistedgrilledcheese

Related post: Honeyland Festival 2023: New Black Food Festival in Houston area

POST Houston Events

From rooftop farm events to concerts, there’s always something going on here.

In September 2023, the building hosted Chopd and Stewd Festival, a West African food & cultural event created by Ope Amosu, the owner of ChòpnBlọk.

If you’re thinking about attending the festival in 2024, read my recap of Chopd and Stewd Festival 2023.

post houston events

About POST Houston

Hours

Sunday – Wednesday: 11 am – 9 pm CT
Thursday – Saturday 11 am – 10 pm CT

Parking at POST Houston

Onsite parking lot that’s:

  • free for the first hour then $5 per hour, Monday – Thursday
  • free for the first 20 min then $5 per hour, Friday – Sunday

There is also street parking available in the surrounding downtown Houston area.

Address

401 Franklin St Houston, TX 77201 (Downtown)

Website & Social Media

posthtx.com | @posthtx

Phone Number

713-999-2550 

Related post: Chopd & Stewd Food Festival celebrates West African culture, Sept 2023

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