NorCal’s Black Bear Diner Arrives In Katy | Eater Houston

"An out-of-state California import opening at 24600 Katy Freeway, this family-friendly, bear-themed comfort-food diner occupies a spacious 5,400-square-foot, 150-seat lodge-like space complete with bear statues. The straightforward menu focuses on home-style classics — burgers, sandwiches, salads, meatloaf, chicken-fried steak, and grilled salmon and trout — while breakfast is served all day with items like egg scrambles and bacon-infused pancakes, plus signature bear-claw pastries shaped like a paw. Opening on Monday, March 19 with daily hours of 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., the restaurant marks the brand’s 109th location across 10 states and the start of a Texas expansion (with outposts in Austin and San Antonio and another Houston-area spot planned); it remains to be seen how the mountain-lodge aesthetic will be received in an area where crawfish is king." - Alaena Hostetter