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Main Street Hub to celebrate grand opening in Humble

Main Street Hub officials confirmed the wine hub has plans to hold its grand opening March 7 from 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

The details: Owned by co-owners Mitchell Manyk and Darian Ortiz, Main Street Hub offers local wine, beer and light bites such as charcuterie boards.

Check it out: Business hours will be Tuesday-Thursday from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. and Friday-Sunday from 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday-Monday will be reserved for private events.

  • Opening March 7
  • 305 E. Main St., Humble

 
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Live music, spring festival: 3 Lake Houston-area events to attend this weekend, March 5-8

Check out what's happening in the Lake Houston area this weekend, March 5-8.

Spring Concert Series: Kings Harbor Waterfront Village will kick off its annual Spring Concert Series with a live musical performance by Max Burgess Duo.

  • March 5, 6-8 p.m.
  • Free (admission)
  • 4501 Magnolia Cove Drive, Kingwood

Spring Preview in the Pines: The Livable Forest welcomes the season with a market featuring spring collections and seasonal items, including florals, candles, plants, wellness and self care products, home decor and bites.
  • March 6, 5-9 p.m.
  • Free (admission)
  • Kingwood Town Center Park, 8 N. Main St., Kingwood

Live Music at The Brass Tap
Visit The Brass Tap in Kingwood for a live show from rockabilly artist Dean Matthew Madere. Happy hour will run prior to the beginning of the show from 3-7 p.m.
  • March 6, 7-10 p.m.
  • Free (admission)
  • 4635 Kingwood Drive, Ste. 800, Kingwood

 
Metro News
6 parks across Harris County to see new, improved soccer fields as part of Impact Houston 26 initiative

Officials with the FIFA World Cup 2026 Houston Host Committee announced in a news conference Feb. 27 a new initiative called Freekicks Soccer.

The program—in collaboration with the Houston Host Committee, the city of Houston, Harris County Precincts 1-4 and the youth soccer community—is designed to address the limited access to organized soccer for youth in underserved communities across Harris County.

What you need to know: The initiative will construct and refurbish 23 soccer pitches, or fields, across six parks in the county, including:

  • Blue Ridge Park: 13845 Blue Ridge Road, Houston
  • George Bush Park: 16756 Westheimer Parkway, Houston
  • Moody Park: 3725 Fulton St., Houston
  • Alabonson Park: 9652 N. Houston Rosslyn Road, Houston
  • Baytown Soccer Complex: 9600 N. Main St., Baytown
  • Keith-Wiess Park: 12300 Aldine Westfield Road, Houston

More details: The Freekicks Initiative also includes bringing organized soccer to the six parks after renovations are completed.

 

FOODIE FRIDAY
Check out these new restaurants and bars opening across the Houston area.

Fish & Chicks officials celebrate January opening of Humble location

Fish & Chicks is now open at 9723 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Humble, serving crispy fried fish, seasoned wings, shrimp, po’boys and classic Southern sides, owner Nicholas Carter said.

He noted the restaurant focuses on quality ingredients, bold flavors and generous portions.

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🍕 New family-friendly pizza, wine shop opens in the Heights
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🥖 Artisan Bread Gallery opens second location in Cy-Fair
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🦐 Texas Crawfish Co. to open brick-and-mortar in Conroe
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🍧 Falooda Fiesta to serve a fusion of Mexican, Indian bites in Cypress
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New weekend coffee and croffle shop opens in The Heights

Di Di Coffee opened Feb. 21 at 1221 W. 11th St., Houston. The coffee shop serves croffles, a croissant-waffle hybrid that they describe as “crisp on the outside and fluffy and flaky on the inside.”

Flavors include banana brulee, pistachio matcha, strawberry, and ube cookies and cream. The coffee shop will also serve Vietnamese-style coffee, which is served with strong coffee and sweetened condensed milk.

Read here.

Statewide News
4.5M Texans voted in March 3 primary, shattering past turnout records

Over 2.3 million Democrats and nearly 2.2 million Republicans voted in the March 3 election, according to unofficial election results from the secretary of state. Totaling nearly 4.5 million voters, this is “the highest voter turnout for a primary in Texas history,” the secretary of state’s office said.

By the numbers: Nearly one-fourth of Texas’ 18.7 million registered voters participated in the primaries, shattering turnout rates from recent years. Less than one-fifth of registered voters cast ballots in the 2024 presidential and 2022 midterm primaries, state election records show.

Texas’ previous primary turnout record was set in 2008, when 4.2 million voters cast ballots in high-profile presidential primaries.

Zooming in: Election data shows the most people cast votes in the high-profile U.S. Senate races that topped the ticket, with the total numbers of votes steadily decreasing down the ballot in both primaries.

There is “some certainty” that voter enthusiasm will extend to the November midterm election, Republican data analyst Ross Hunt told Community Impact during early voting.

 

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