Krispy Kreme opening four Houston-area stores

According to the Houston Business Journal, fans of Krispy Kreme shouldn’t have to wait too much longer to get their fix in Houston.

But of course those Krispy Kreme devotees have heard that before, but it appears that this is not a drill.

Guillermo Perales, the Krispy Kreme franchisee who has the rights to open locations in Houston and Dallas, confirmed that they didn’t forget about Houstonians but they did want to get things right before slinging dough daily.

A Krispy Kreme location is coming to 8611 Westheimer Road, inhabiting a former Arby's location. A location at 5611 Highway 6 is also looming. Both, he told the outlet, should be open by mid-October.

A location near NRG Stadium (hello tailgaters) and another in Pasadena will open in November and December respectively, he added.

Krispy Kreme closed all of its Houston locations eight years ago, citing a disagreement with franchisees and the company itself.

“Everything we sell is made in each shop every single morning.  We produce a flour mixture at our warehouse that is distributed to the stores.  They add water at the store level,” says Stacey Michel, spokesperson for the Houston-based chain.

“Our employees start their day at 2:30 a.m. to start mixing dough to have enough time to let it rise, then cut donuts, then let the donuts proof to be ready to open by 5 a.m.”

Let the great Houston doughnut wars begin.

Krispy Kreme enters a hotly-contested doughnut market in the Houston area where Shipley Do-Nuts, Dunkin' Donuts, and a slew of independent shops like Pena's Donut Heaven in Pearland, Christy's Donuts in Montrose, and Hugs & Donuts in the Heights reign supreme in our arteries.

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Castle-like house under construction

Construction crews are working on a Riverside Terrace house with an unusual, castle-like design that has drawn a lot of attention in its neighborhood.

HAR data show the 4,861-square-foot house at 2309 Wichita sold in April 2014 for between $250,000 and $285,000.

The strange-looking Riverside Terrace home has five bedrooms, four-and-a-half bathrooms, 2 turrets, and a separate garage apartment on the property all on a plot nearly 4,900 square feet in size.

Yes, turrets. Plus there is a great view of Downtown Houston from its highest peak. Heck, it’s got a great view of the whole city.

You can easily see from SH-288 as you drive into the downtown area. It’s the tallest house in the area.

Looking like something out of a Tim Burton movie, it attracted plenty of visitors and a handful of vandals who wanted to get a closer look inside.


According to the Houston Area Realty site’s sale report available online, the house sold for between $250,000 and $285,000, but neither the realtor nor (real estate developer Nick) Ugarov would disclose the exact sale price.

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Marvel Studio News

Since Marvel Studios first started making movies, President Kevin Feige had to report to Marvel Entertainment CEO Isaac "Ike" Perlmutter. This is something that he had to do even after Disney bought Marvel. But that has all changed now. According to THR, Feige will now only have to report to Disney studio chief Alan Horn, which is a good thing for Feige, Marvel, and the movies they make.

A Disney spokesperson told the site:

"Marvel Studios is taking the next logical step in its integration with The Walt Disney Studios, joining Pixar and Lucasfilm in centralizing many of its film-related functions in Burbank, with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige and co-president Louis D’Esposito continuing to lead the Marvel Studios team reporting to Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn."

This is going to make Feige's life so much easier. Perlmutter is described as a "low-profile billionaire who has contributed to Marvel's reputation in Hollywood for frugality and secrecy (as THR reported in a 2014 feature, he attended the premiere of Iron Man in a disguise to go undetected and once complained that journalists at a press junket were allowed two sodas instead of one)."
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