"Celebrated Austin bar Nickel City has opened a Houston outpost in the East End, debuting on March 8 and planning a grand opening celebration on March 14. The Houston menu will include tavern wings, pizza logs, and the bar’s iconic Jim Beam highballs—a cross of Jim Beam, bubbly water, and a hit of lemon. The concept is the brainchild of Tober alongside bar veterans Primozich Craig and brothers Brandon and Zane Hunt (who own Austin pizza joint Via 313); they opened Nickel City’s first location in Austin in 2017 and a Fort Worth outpost in 2020. As Tober put it, “Houston is so large, and you have these pockets of amazing stuff going on all over... Working in that type of environment is all we really want to do.”" - Kayla Stewart