Have you been to the Knox-Henderson neighborhood lately? If not, we need to let you know it’s evolved beyond its Cafe Madrid and Chuy’s roots. The former has fought hard to maintain its legacy; the latter looks like it’s about to be bulldozed, probably to make way for more avocado toast (actually, it’s a 280,000-square-foot mixed-use space, but I’ll put money down that there will be avocado toast somewhere).
This bustling neighborhood, full of high-end retail spots and restaurants, sits adjacent to the Katy Trail. It’s a bouffant spectacle. Pedestrians dodge buffed G-Wagons with expensive dogs hanging out of the passenger-side window. Joggers wearing weighted vests puff past patios full of Aperol spritzes. It’s a whole thing. And there’s avocado toast.
We previously wrote about how Cafe Madrid is hanging on for dear life — or more specifically, standing its ground — while a massive new development punches skyward. Now there’s a new local kid taking up the corner across from the tapas spot: Caffe Lucca, a partnership between Jason Garrett and local restaurateur Julian Barsotti…