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Residents uneasy about planned local gas station By Matt deGrood MDEGROOD@FORTBENDSTAR.COM
A growing number of Missouri City residents have voiced opposition to a planned gas station near the Hunters Glen subdivision, arguing it would cause environmental problems and decrease
home values, but city officials say there’s little they can do to stop the project from moving ahead. Missouri City held a community meeting late Tuesday in response to more than 66 residents who had signed a petition opposing the gas station, according to Stacie Walker, spokesperson for the
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Work will begin soon on the largest master planned community in Fort Bend County in more than 20 years – a massive, 4,700-acre development called Austin Point that, when complete, will bring 14,000 homes and even more business space to the region. Austin Point will sit on 4,700 acres near the future intersection of the Grand Parkway and Fort Bend Parkway, according to Signorelli Company, The Woodlands-based real estate development company behind the project. The community’s main entrance will be off FM 762, near the George Ranch Historical Park. “We are excited to bring new development to the area and help satisfy strong demand for quality places to live, work and play,” said Danny Signorelli, company founder and CEO. “Fort Bend County is one of the fastest-growing counties in America and we look forward to be a part of this growth.” Construction crews are tentatively set to break ground on the development sometime in the second quarter of this year, according to a news release. The announcement of the master planned community is the latest evidence that the county’s population boom isn’t ending anytime soon. According to one analysis by HireAHelper, Fort Bend County is the second fastest-growing county in the United States. Between 2015 and 2020, the county’s population increased from about 715,260 to 839,706 residents, according to the report. Developers across the county have spent recent months ramping up construction on new homes in Fort Bend, in part to address what some have said is a countywide housing shortage. At buildout, Austin Point will add more than 14,000 singlefamily homes and an additional 15 million square feet for multifamily, office, medical, retail
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Young fan Owen Barnhill takes in a Sugar Land Skeeters game at Constellation Field. The Houston Astros, who own the Skeeters, are rebranding the minor league franchise that has called Sugar Land home for a decade, bringing the end of an era for local fans of the team. (Contributed photo)
Local fans react to Skeeters rebranding By Landan Kuhlmann LKUHLMANN@FORTBENDSTAR.COM
When Amy Barnhill and her family were house hunting in Sugar Land in 2018, she saw a woman in a Sugar Land Skeeters shirt, and was immediately hooked. They wound up buying a house just minutes from Constellation Field, she said, and the Skeeters have been a part of their lives ever since. "I immediately looked it up because I thought it was the
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The era of the Sugar Land Skeeters – which first began via a community-wide effort to name a minor league baseball team – is soon coming to an end. The Houston Astros are set to change the Triple-A franchise’s name from Skeeters to the Space Cowboys, according to reports from Fox 26 and KPRC. The news comes about a year after the Astros first bought the Skeeters, who were part of the independent Atlantic League from 2012 to 2019. The team plans to
host Fort Bend County residents and Skeeters fans later this month when it officially rebrands – an event that will include a mascot introduction, logos and uniforms, according to a news release from the Skeeters organization. “We’re excited to announce the new identity for the Sugar Land franchise that will last generations,” Skeeters spokesperson Ryan Posner said in a texted statement Friday afternoon. “We’re encouraging fans to come to Constellation Field Jan. 29 to
see the new brand firsthand and have the first chance to get the new merchandise.” Posner declined to answer follow-up questions seeking more specifics about the change. An Astros spokesperson declined to confirm the Space Cowboys name or answer any questions related to the rebranding process prior to the launch event on Saturday. While franchise social me-
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County rejecting half of mail-in ballot applications By Matt deGrood MDEGROOD@FORTBENDSTAR.COM
The March primaries are right around the corner in Texas, and in Fort Bend County, election officials are rejecting an unprecedented number of mail-in ballot applications because of new state laws surrounding voting. John Oldham, elections administrator for
Elections Administrator John Oldham, right, speaks during an Oct. 23, 2020 news conference at the Smart Financial Centre in Sugar Land. (Photo by Stefan Modrich)
Fort Bend County, said last week that his staff is having to reject about 50 percent of all applications, when they typically rejected less than 5 percent in previous years. Oldham declined to give specific numbers on how many ballots they’ve rejected. “It is so important that everyone get a chance to exercise their constitutional right to vote,”
County Judge KP George said at a hastily-assembled news conference last week featuring elected officials and election officials to discuss challenges brought on by new state laws. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 1 into law in September- a voting bill that includes many new provisions for
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County sheriff's office reopens 10-year-old cold case By Matt deGrood MDEGROOD@FORTBENDSTAR.COM
The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office has reopened a 10-year-old missing person case, but officials with the office are remaining tight-lipped about why. Investigators are seeking the public’s help to find Derrick Wayne Daniels, 49, who was reported missing by family members
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An ode to the Sugar Land Skeeters Matt deGrood MANAGING EDITOR
I’m a curmudgeon for tradition when it comes to sports, and even I’ll admit being somewhat amused by some of the minor league baseball team names to come out in recent years. You’ve got New Orleans’ minor league team that, from 2017 to 2019, operated as the Baby Cakes. Or, closer to my heart, you’ve got my hometown Amarillo Sod Poodles. It seems like almost every year, minor league teams get renamed, each trying to outdo each other in outrageousness and memorability. Which brings us to the Sugar Land Skeeters. Or perhaps I should say the Sugar Land Space Cowboys, if recent news reports are to be believed. My initial instinct is to say, why change a name
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that has worked for years, with a connection and meaning in the Fort Bend County community? Everyone who’s grown up in the Texas heat and humidity knows how bad mosquitos can be. Meanwhile, what, exactly, is a Space Cowboy, beyond being a line in a Steve Miller Band song? But perhaps more upsetting than the loss of a tradition is the fact that the Skeeters are being given up in exchange for a catastrophically bad name. Space Cowboys isn’t an outrageous or wild name, like Rumble Ponies, Trash Pandas or Isotopes (googling minor league names is more fun than it should be). It’s just nondescript. Will residents want to shell out hard-earned money to buy Space Cow-
boys gear? I’m not so sure. No doubt, some public relations executive from New York helped the Astros - who purchased the Sugar Land team last year and converted it from minor league independent to a Triple-A club - come up with the plan to rebrand their new affiliate with a name bearing some resemblance to its MLB counterpart’s NASA heritage. The goal being to increase the Astros’ brand awareness. Business in 2022 is replete with fancy-sounding jargon like brand awareness that is meant to conjure feelings of competence and having a plan for the future. But more often than not, brand awareness in practice looks very much like the Sugar Land Space
Cowboys- a company or organization bulldozes what came before it, flaws and all, and replaces it with something that could have been grown in a laboratory. When plans for minor league baseball first came to Fort Bend County, the team’s original owners started a public namethe-team campaign and gave Fort Bend County residents the chance to weigh in on a mascot. The end result was the Skeeters – a name so quintessentially Texan, it’s hard to think of something more unique to the region. Do you think Skeeters fans, who were so excited when Sugar Land earned the Astros affiliate tag this last season, would have been quite so en-
thusiastic if they knew it would lead to the death of their mascot, a mosquito named Swatson? This time around, there’s been no public input, no chance to find a brilliant new name and no feeling of community. Instead, all we got was a quietly-dropped press release announcing the team would host an event later this month to unveil the new name. And then rumors began to swirl in Major League Baseball circles about the team’s name. In the pages of this week’s paper, we’ve tried to lay out the story behind the name. We talk
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It seems as though the District 20-6A boys’ hoops race comes down to the wire just about every year in recent seasons. This season looks to be no different, and one local school picked up a key win to keep pace to finish the first half of district play last weekend. According to information on MaxPreps.com, the Clements Rangers pulled away late to beat the Bush Broncos 45-28 last Saturday, improving to 21-6 overall and 5-2 in District 20-6A. The teams had entered play Saturday as part of a fourway tie for second place. Clements has already clinched its first winning season since 2014-15 and enters the second half of district play looking to earn the program’s first playoff berth since that campaign. The Rangers overcame a slow first quarter Saturday against Bush, outscoring the Broncos 41-19 from the start of the second quarter on thanks to a couple of bigtime performances. Divine Ugochukwu led the way for the Rangers with 19 points, while Abdullah Olajuwon added 13 points and eight rebounds. Aron Valentine led Bush (1910, 4-3) with 12 points in the loss, while Kai’ree Murray added eight points for the Broncos. Other boys action The Elkins Knights continued to reign supreme thus far in District 20-6A, beating Austin 58-47 on Saturday to move to 22-5 overall and 7-0 in dis-
Main helps Ridge Point girls soccer stay unbeaten Clements' Jaden Campbell (4) sizes up the defense while being guarded by Bush's Ronyo Obou last Saturday. Campbell and the Rangers defeated the Broncos 45-28 for their fourth straight victory. (Photo by Landan Kuhlmann)
trict play. Ethan To had 12 points in the loss for the Bulldogs (1115, 1-6), while Davion Jackson added 12 points. In Class 5A action, the Marshall Buffalos continued their dominant run through District 24-5A, blowing out Richmond Foster 109-64 on Friday. Jaland Lowe poured in a season-high 47 points for the Buffalos (20-2, 9-0), while Chris Marshall had a seasonhigh 37 points, according to stats posted on Twitter. The Hightower Hurricanes kept pace, however, with a pair of big wins last week. Led by 21 points from Jacory Chatman, according to MaxPreps, five players scored in double digits for the Hurricanes (19-8, 9-1) in a 100-33 win over Lamar Consolidated on Jan. 18. Hightower then defeated Fulshear 102-42 on Saturday. Kempner snapped a twogame losing streak by beating Fulsher 58-55 on Jan. 18, then beat Rosenberg Terry 65-42 on Friday. Bryan Etumnu led the Cougars (14-13, 5-5) with 21 points and 14 rebounds, while Noel Ike had 14 points and five rebounds and Emad El-Refaei added 10 points. Girls In a rematch of District
20-6A’s top two girls teams so far this season, the Dulles Lady Vikings grinded out a 62-55 victory over the Austin Lady Bulldogs on Jan. 18. Then Dulles and beat George Ranch 57-51 on Saturday. Dulles is 19-6 overall and moved into a first-place tie with Austin at 8-1 in district play with Saturday’s win. Peyton Overton's 17 points led four Lady Vikings in double figures against Austin, while Nya Threatt had 16 points and 10 assists to go along with six rebounds. Gabby Johnson had 23 points and 11 rebounds for the Lady Bulldogs (22-5, 8-1) against Dulles, then followed it up with 16 points in a win over Elkins on Saturday. Andrea Sturdivant added 16 points against Elkins, while India Jackson had 12 points and Kelechi Dike had 10 of her own. On the Class 5A front, the Hightower Lady Hurricanes beat Lamar Consolidated 7339 on Jan. 18 before defeating Fulshear 47-31 on Friday. Jada Grigsby had 22 points, 10 rebounds and five steals for the Lady Hurricanes (20-7, 11-1) against Fulshear, while sophomore Daija Thomas led the way with 16 points and seven rebounds against Lamar Consolidated.
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Zoe Main was one of the key contributors coming back for a Ridge Point Lady Panthers soccer squad that felt it had something to prove after a disappointing end to last season. And the Lady Panthers are thriving in the early part of the season. The Lady Panthers had another undefeated week, defeating Memorial 4-2 in their final non-district tune-up on Jan. 18, then opened District 20-6A play with a 4-0 win over Clements on Friday. Main, who was the team’s second-leading scorer last season with 16 goals, had multi-goal efforts in both games last week. The junior had a hat trick while adding an assist for the Lady Panthers (70, 1-0) against Memorial, then followed it up with two goals and an assist against Clements. Laurel Kelly and Charlotte Richardson also found the back of the net against Clements, while Taylor Vinson scored against Memorial. Ridge Point had gone unbeaten in 37 straight district games dating back to 2019 entering Tuesday’s game against Dulles. Other girls action Madison McCoy had two goals for Austin against Travis on Friday as the Lady Bulldogs
opened district play with a 40 win, while Solae Young and Laila Everhart also scored. Gabby DeJesus had two goals for Austin (5-3, 1-0) against Cypress Ridge on Jan. 18, and Neha Hussain also found the back of the net. Dulles is also 1-0 in district play following a 5-0 win over the Bush Lady Broncos on Friday. Aleida Ramos scored twice for the Lady Vikings (53, 1-0), while Amelia Moore, Samantha Uschold and Shreeja Thipireddy also found the back of the net. Madison Innis scored her third goal of the season for the Elkins Lady Knights last Friday in a 1-0 win against George Ranch. Elkins moved to 7-2 with the district-opening victory. In Class 5A action, the Kempner Lady Cougars secured two district wins last week. Dalia Ghazal had two goals for the Lady Cougars (64, 3-0) in a 4-0 win over Lamar Consolidated on Jan. 18, while both Ava Baley and Angelica Vasquez netted goals in their 21 win over Angleton on Friday. Boys Four different Austin Bulldogs found the back of the net in their 4-3 win over Cypress Park on Jan. 18, with Alfio Parisi, Mario Garcia, Alex Rubio, and German Caro Alforja all scoring. It was a balanced effort again in a district-opening 2-1 victory over Travis on Friday,
with Ethan Nguyen and Jose Colin scoring a goal apiece as the Bulldogs improved to 7-0. Clements opened its district slate with a 5-4 comeback win over Ridge Point on Friday, overcoming deficits of 2-0 and 3-2 to win their second district opener in the last three seasons. Chris McMeans was one of the stars of the match for the Rangers (2-4-1, 1-0), scoring two goals and dishing out two assists. Ryan Boothe had two goals and an assist, while Tim Kroon scored a goal and Maesum Brito had two assists. Stefano Kotsonis scored two goals for Ridge Point (3-2-2, 01), while Eliah Shah and Garrett Gammons also scored. It was a tough opening weekend for the Dulles Vikings, who dropped a 2-1 decision in their district opener against Bush. Waseem El-Saadi scored his team-leading third goal of the season for the Vikings (3-2-1, 0-1). Zachary Bowers had two goals for the Elkins Knights in a 4-3 loss to Clear Falls. Elkins also dropped a 2-0 decision to George Ranch to drop to 1-6-1 on the season. Kempner beat Lamar Consolidated 4-2 on Jan. 18 to even its District 24-5A record at 1-1 and improve to 6-4 overall. Emmanuel Rodriguez scored twice for the Cougars, while Santos Martinez and Matthew Ramos also scored goals.
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Local group raises funds for Polish pediatric care with 5K Stefan Modrich See Fortbendstar.com for related video REPORTER
The temperature at Sugar Land Memorial Park was hovering just above 30 degrees, but more than 65 runners braved the chilly and windy conditions last Saturday morning to run a 3.1-mile race to benefit a Polish nonprofit that raises funds for pediatric and neonatal care equipment in the 10th most populous country in the European Union. Poland ranked 31st, or last, in the 2021 World Index of Healthcare published by the Austinbased Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity. The organization, WOSP, whose title translates roughly in English to the “Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity” (but has no affiliation to any orchestra or music ensemble) has raised more than $321 mil-
★ GAS STATION FROM PAGE 1 bers connected to the developer went unreturned as of Monday afternoon. Walker did not respond to several follow-up questions about the specifics of the project. If constructed, the business would be the fourth gas station within a mile’s radius, and would also cause safety concerns for children playing at the nearby Hunters Glen Park, among other issues, according to the petition. “We’re of the opinion that it will negatively affect property values,” said Kenneth Goode, a Missouri City resident who lives in the nearby neighborhood and has spearheaded the petition. Ever since starting the petition, several residents spoke out against the project on social media and the petition picked up a growing number of signatures over the last week. “I ask that we send these petitions out to our communities to help the landowners and city staff know that not only do we not want the gas station built in our community, we will not patronize the gas station if it is built,” said Leslie Mack, another Missouri City resident. Residents first learned about the project when construction crews started moving dirt at the site, which is near the intersection of Independence Boulevard and Grand Park
★ DEVELOPMENT FROM PAGE 1 and hospitality, according to the release. Homes will range from prices in the $270,000s up to more than $600,000, according to the release. Signorelli Company, the developer behind Austin Point, is headquartered in The Woodlands and has helped develop
Runners take off from the starting line for the Texas Runs for WOSP 5K last Saturday at Sugar Land Memorial Park. (Photo by Stefan Modrich)
lion since its founding in 1993, according to its website. Aleksandra Lawera, a Sugar Land resident and a doctor of internal medicine whose practice is in Katy, is one of the leaders of the organization’s grassroots efforts in Texas. Lawera, a 56-year-old ultramarathoner, moved to Fort Bend County in 2009 from Maryland, and quickly became an Drive, Goode said. But much about the specifics remains unknown, he said. “That’s another part of my aggravation,” he said. “That no one thought enough to at least let us know what was coming down the chute.” The land in question was always zoned for retail commercial business, Walker said. This means the developer won’t have to ask for a variance – something that would require the city council to sign off on the project. Goode and Mack are far from the only residents with concerns about the project, however. “We do not need another gas station,” one resident wrote on social media. The petition is not the first instance of Fort Bend County residents opposing the construction of a gas station. Residents in Katy, for instance, in July voiced opposition to a planned project near a new development called the Haven at Seven Lakes. Developers in Texas have relatively free reign when it comes to building gas stations, so long as the projects meet city regulations. The Texas Health and Safety Code provides some requirements for gas stations, such as limits on how big storage tanks can be and ensuring they are at least 100 feet away from a school, hospital, nursing home, day-care center or nursery, among other requirements. projects across the Houston region, according to the company. The group, for instance, announced in April 2021 that it would begin work on a 665-acre community in Magnolia. Officials with the company did not respond to questions about when the community might reach buildout and other topics as of Friday afternoon.
important member of the Houston-area Polish community. “I've been a runner for about six years,” she said. “So far, I've been on the receiving end of participating in races, I've never been in the role of race director. But that's I guess what my role here is.” Every January, WOSP hosts its “grand finale” to cap its yearlong fundraising efforts, she said.
“In the last two or three years, this has been picked up by Polish community abroad in various countries,” Lawera said. According to its website, WOSP has raised $5.7 million to date from both its domestic operations in Poland and from foreign donors like those that participated in Saturday’s race. Lawera did not immediately respond to a request from The
Star seeking the dollar amount raised from the Sugar Land 5K race. Austin has hosted fundraising events for the last two years, and last year in Houston, the group held a very “informal” family fun run or walk as a fundraiser. Lawera helped form the Houston-based Polish Running Club, which co-sponsored this year’s race. For this year’s event, she thought it was important to host a professionally-timed 5K, with the help of Katy-based Good Times Running Co. “Because I live here, I'm local, I know the running community,” Lawera said. “I feel like we can give back, start with this race this year, start small and put ourselves on the map of sporting and running events in Sugar Land and hopefully become a yearly event.”
The top male finisher was 24-year-old Adam Burum of Houston, with a time of 19 minutes, 11 seconds. Stephanie Fontenot, 29, of Lake Jackson, was the top female finisher, clocking in at 25:36. Kelly Ziomek, her husband John, and the couple’s 2-year-old son and 8-month-old daughter came from Sienna for the race, in part because of her husband’s Polish ancestry. Kelly carried their son in her arms across the finish line, and John pushed their daughter in a stroller. “My husband's wanting to train for a half marathon and we're trying to spend 1,000 hours outside this year,” Kelly said. “So we're trying to get our kids out every day for at least a couple hours. “When we found out what the cause was, for me, that was it.”
★ SKEETERS FROM PAGE 1 dia posts about the upcoming rebrand have veered toward the playful, the response from the community at large has been less than positive. The franchise’s Facebook post announcing the change, for instance, garnered more than 370 comments, of which the majority were negative. Sugar Land resident Amanda Markstahler shared a similar sentiment. "For baseball fans in Sugar Land, there is a familiarity with 'The Skeeters,'" she said. She's also not a fan of the name, and wishes some community input was involved. "There isn't really any relation to our city. It doesn't really give Sugar Land something of their own," she said. "...I think that's important to include the community and fans to make them feel part of the process." But not all Fort Bend County residents were opposed to the change. D-Jay Sustaita has been attending Skeeters games since the team’s inaugural season in 2012, and told the Fort Bend Star the Space Cowboys name had a certain ring to it. “I really like the new name,” he said. “I think it’s fun, creative, and maybe a little bit cheesy – but it’s a fun and memorable name.” Sustaita believes it will ul-
★ BALLOTS FROM PAGE 1 voting, including a requirement that absentee voters submit either the last four digits of their social security numbers or their Texas driver’s license numbers on their mail-in ballot applications, according to a Texas Tribune article. But Fort Bend County election officials have run into issues in the early going because whatever numbers applicants submit must match what the state already has on record, Old-
From left to right, Georgia, Augustus and Owen Barnhill take a photo with Sugar Land Skeeters mascot Swatson. (Contributed photo)
timately be a good move for the Sugar Land franchise as they continue to embark on their journey as part of the Astros’ organization, even if it initially caught him a little off guard.
“I welcome the change and understand why they would want to give the team a new identity,” he said. “It gives (the team) a fresh start.” Time will tell if the city adjusts to the reported new
name. "(My kids) were so disappointed when I told them there would be no more Skeeters or Swatson," Barnhill said. "I just honestly can’t imagine a better name or mascot."
ham said. As an example, an applicant might provide the last four digits of their social security number, but the only information the state has on record is their driver’s license, Oldham said. In that case, the application is rejected, he said. “Past rejections were due to missing signatures, voter not being registered, or in primaries, failure to select a party,” Oldham said, contrasting previous election cycles to the current one, under the new state laws.
Texas’ new election laws have drawn controversy since the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature approved Senate Bill 1 in the last legislative session. Proponents argue it will make voting safer, but voting rights advocates argue it’s an attempt to reduce turnout. Further complicating the matter is the fact Senate Bill 1 makes it a state jail felony for an election official to solicit the submission of an application if the voter didn’t request it, or to proactively send one if a voter
didn’t request it, according to the Texas Tribune. “We knew there were going to be intentional issues,” State Rep. Ron Reynolds, a Democrat, said at last week’s news conference. “That’s one of the main reasons we rallied against this bill, and deemed it voter suppression.” Jan. 31 is the final day to register to vote in time for the March primaries, and Feb. 18 is the final day to request a mail-in ballot, according to the state. Early voting begins Feb. 14.
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Review: V Lotus serves up quality Nibbles & Sips: authentic’ Thai restaurant Vietnamese fare in elevated setting ‘Morecoming to Sugar Land By Stefan Modrich
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One of the greatest joys I’ve experienced during my frequent chances to take stock of the Vietnamese cuisine market in Fort Bend County is my discovery that there is no drop-off in quality between meatless and meatcentered dishes. V Lotus Vietnamese Bistro in Sugar Land’s Riverstone subdivision is the finest example yet that I can think of to support this claim. There is an abundance of options where seafood and meat are the stars of the show, like the shrimp pho ($14) and curry duck ($19) and I undoubtedly plan to return to savor those at another point. But for the purposes of this review, I focused on the plant-based side of the ledger. My toughest choice was deciding on a salad, and my server helpfully suggested that if I wanted something on the savory side, he recommended the papaya salad ($13), while the mango and pineapple salads, naturally, would be on the sweeter end of the spectrum. You can of course add grilled chicken or pork to the papaya salad, should you wish to do so. If you’re wondering what exactly it is about Vietnamese vegetarian fare that is so special compared to any other cuisine (this is a theme I’ve expounded upon before in a previous review), here is a succinct summary: precision. Julienning, the French technique of thinly slicing vegetables, was expertly employed in the making of my salad, including with the fresh young papaya, lightly-pickled carrot and daikon radish. A sprinkling
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The papaya salad ($13) from V Lotus in Sugar Land features a lightly pickled carrot, daikon, roasted peanuts with choice of grilled chicken or pork in homemade dressing. (Photo By Stefan Modrich)
A spoonful of creme brulee from V Lotus in Sugar Land. (Photo By Stefan Modrich)
creme brulee, which is one of the dessert options you can order a full serving of for $8. V Lotus’ friendly service, a comfortable and sophisticated dining space that includes a cozy upstairs seating area that evokes a rooftop garden and commitment to a high quality experience should place it high on the list of any Fort Bend County foodie looking for a new place for a day or night out.
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The grilled eggplant ($15) from V Lotus in Sugar Land is decorated with slices of grilled mushrooms and slathered in a garlic sauce that also carried strong scents resembling peanut oil and soy sauce. (Photo By Stefan Modrich)
of roasted peanuts provided a meaty, crunchy texture to complement the crisp carrots and radishes and the juicy papaya. The salad and the grilled eggplant ($15) are both garnished with cilantro, but the softness of the high heat applied to the eggplant brings out the vegetable’s natural
sweetness, while still maintaining the vibrant purple hue of its skin. It is also decorated with slices of grilled mushrooms and slathered in a garlic sauce that also carried strong scents resembling peanut oil and soy sauce. For the proverbial cherry on top, as I was preparing to ask for the check, I was surprised with a spoonful of
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Narong Ratanaarporn has lived in Richmond for the last 12 years. The entrepreneur from Bangok, Thailand arrived in Houston in 1976 and launched a mini-chain of restaurants, starting with the flagship Thai Spice in Rice Village in 1995. He has restaurants across the Houston area, but has yet to launch one in Fort Bend County. That will change this summer. “I noticed that we have lots of customers down in the Sugar Land area,” Ratanaarporn said. “The closest location to them is Thai Spice Express at Bellaire Boulevard in the Chinatown area. And now we get to move directly into Sugar Land.” Ratanaarporn has plans to open Zapvor by Thai Spice, a “more authentic” version of the restaurant chain he and his wife have managed for decades, in May or June. “In the Thai (language), zapvor means ‘wow, delicious,’” he said. “When Thai people have the first taste of food in their mouth and it tastes good to them — spicy, strong and to their liking — that’s called zapvor.” Ratanaarporn described the new location as a “premier” Thai Spice, and a new and upscale version of his existing restaurants. What will set this location apart is the diversity of its menu, showcasing staples from across Thailand. “We planned to have more variety with foods from other regions of Thailand,” he said. “What you get from the south of Thailand, north of Thailand, and east coast of Thailand, those are quite different.” With the growing population of Asian immigrants flowing into the Houston area, Ratanaarporn said opportunities abound for him to grow Thai Spice’s brand. “More and more Asian clienteles are moving into Sugar Land
The owner of Thai Spice, which has locations across the Houston area, is making his first entry into the Fort Bend County market with a Sugar Land restaurant set to open in May or June. (Photo from Facebook)
every year,” he said. “The market has gotten pretty big. We like to spread out, with more locations that are closer to commute. So people can stay close by where they live.” Torchy’s Tacos opens first Rosenberg restaurant A popular Austin-based taco purveyor is making further inroads into Fort Bend County. Torchy’s Tacos, 24401 Southwest Fwy. Ste. 100, opened its first Rosenberg location Jan. 19. Torchy’s donated 100 percent of bar proceeds garnered on its friends and family days to benefit Child Advocates of Fort Bend (CAFB), a nonprofit agency serving child victims of abuse and neglect, according to a news release from Natalie Rath of Edible Inc. Mike Rypka, founder and CEO of Torchy’s Tacos, said in a news release that expanding outside of Austin has been a priority for the restaurant chain. The Rosenberg location is open from 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. - 11 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. - 10 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call 281-766-8100.
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