Salata Salad Bar on Katy Freeway near Highway 6

Salata logo on top of store on Katy Freeway

Salata salad and healthy lunch shop on Katy Freeway inbound feeder near Highway 6

Jan 2013 update: Salata recently opened a store location inside the Loop at Richmond Ave and Weslayan.

Simply Eldridgeous! New eateries on Eldridge Parkway enhance the culinary landscape: Pho and Noodle houses and West Houston's first Cevicheria

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Seems like a few new eateries open up on Eldridge Parkway every month: Here are the latest additions to the smorgasboard of lunch and dining choices: Pho Basil Vietnamese Noodle House has become Matsu Sushi Bar's new neighbor, heating up the local rice pasta competition following the recent debut of Nom Nom Noodles in a retail center nearby that already features bullritos and smashburgers; Not to mention that there are already several Thai restaurants in the area; two Japanese sushi venues; a Kim Son cafe, and a Taipei Cafe, to make the Asian cuisine offerings more diverse.

PHO BASIL store front next to MATSU Sushi Bar

NOM NOM NOODLES signage on newly-opened store next to Bullritos

Pho Basil Vietnamese with its Neighbors in the Retail Center: Matsu Sushi Bar and Cleaners

At the corner with Sandbridge, Chatters Cafe has been succeeded by Alma Cebiche Restaurant and Bar virtually overnight. A unique concept created by a talented immigrant chef from Ecuador, the novel cevicheria is poised to add new tones to the neighborhood's Latin American culinary and flavor repertoir following the recent closure of Benny's Mexican Restaurant at the corner of Eldridge and Westheimer, which had offered more conventional South-of-the-border fare, as opposed to Latin America's own take on  sushi idea: seafood "cooked" with lime juice.  

Most intriguing restaurant signage - especially at night
(though some may mis-read it as alms, as opposed to alma, -- Spanish for soul)

South American Soul Restaurant from across the hedges at Sundown

A Greek eatery is also in the works near Kroger in the same retail center as the "green" salad-themed restaurant "tossed", across the parking lot from Pecan Creek Grill. 

Further North, at the intersection with Enclave Parkway, Cafe Express set up shop a few months ago in the space that previously contained a Red Onion Cafe, following the grand-opening of Sharky's across the street in the structure with the church-like turret on top that was once known as Enclave Sports Grill.  

Sharky's with roof-top turret; Japanese Sushi Restaurant also listed on  Sign