Following the publication of our favorite openings in Houston this past year, we’re turning our sites to the future. If 2025 can be half as good as this past year has been for Houston, then we’re all in store for a fantastic new year. Check out our article to discover the 2025 openings in Houston that we’re most excited for!
1. Tower Theatre Jazz Club and Restaurant
The historical Tower Theatre, most recently home to ACME Oyster House, will get a new tenant this coming year. As early as summer of this year, the venue will house San Antonio-based club, Jazz, TX.
The original location has long been a live music destination that’s featured the likes of Benny Benack, Kevin Eubanks, and the Kenny Garrett Quintet. The Houston location will also house a bar and restaurant that serves South Texas cuisine.
2. CAMP
So-called “The Store with The Magic Door” is opening a permanent, 7,500-square-foot location in Galleria Houston this coming February. CAMP is an experiential-based venue that’s part toy store, part party venue, part immersive theater space.
In celebration of its opening CAMP will launch their blockbuster Bluey X CAMP interactive experience, bringing the cartoon’s beloved world to life.
3. Velocity
Engines at the ready, Houston, a world-class racing simulator center is pulling into town. Parked inside a 5,000-square-foot facility in Sawyer Yards, Velocity is a racing simulation and motorsports lounge that is expected to open early 2025.
The venue will feature 16 world-class racing simulators that give drivers the chance to choose their dream cars on their dream routes. As for the latter, Houstonians will have the chance to drive simulations of the city’s own I-610.
4. Buttermilk Baby Sugar Land
As seen on our list of Houston openings in 2024, Buttermilk Baby is a throwback soda fountain concept from Berg Hospitality. In the third quarter of 2025, the group plans to open a second location in Sugar Land where patrons can enjoy milkshakes, sweet treats from Carvel, and classic comfort foods in a colorful vintage environment.
5. Round1
Round1 is a sprawling, Japanese-based entertainment center that features everything from interactive bowling to karaoke. Other activities offered at the venue include ping-pong, claw machines, trampolines, arcade, and kids play zone.
The venue, which has two locations and one in San Antonio, has plans to open two Houston-area locations this year beginning with their outpost in Deerbrook Mall slated for February.
6. Bol
From Kahani Social Group – the team behind Amrina and Pok Pok Po – Bol is a modern fast bowl concept with an Indian spin. The new concept will be located at the group’s Pok Pok Po located at 3201 Louisiana St. in Midtown.
7. Latuli
From Chef Bryan Caswell comes Latuli. Slated to open early in Hedwig Village in 2025, Latuli will be an elevated Gulf Coast venture that offers a Texas twist. Latuli’s menu promises to be sophisticated and accessible, that which patrons can enjoy in its Spanish ranch-style interior imbued with laid-back allure of California’s coastal vibe.
8. Solarium
Coming Q1 of 2025, Solarium is a massive new concept from Rex Hospitality – the team behind MAVEN Coffee + Cocktails – and The Kirby Group set to open a one-acre venue at the space formerly occupied by Holman Draft Hall.
Solarium will feature 9,000-square-foot interior housing a restaurant, lounge, and bar. Outdoor amenities will feature four pickleball courts, two padel courts, and five private court bays with dedicated waiter service..
9. Augustine
Augustin is a progressive Creole restaurant concept from Chef Dominick Lee. Augustine’s will be located at the black-owned boutique hotel, Hotel King David at Riverside Terrace. The restaurant is expected to open early 2025.
10. Lumos
Coming to New Caney just outside of Houston spring of 2025, Lumos is a high-tech, family-friendly entertainment venue created by a former Shell executive. Lumos will be housed in a 45,000-square-foot facility where it will offer laser tag, bowling, karaoke, virtual reality experiences, and 6,000-square-foot arcade. The venue will also feature a a restaurant and sports bar.