Foodies and Friends – Athena’s Kitchen
Foodies and Friends – Athena’s Kitchen
A trip to Seabrook reveals a Greek kitchen that is well worth the trip from anywhere in the greater Houston area. Katie Stone visits with owners Dimitrios and Maria Haronitis and tastes some items featured on the Eat Drink HTX 2025 menu.
HOUSTON - Dimitrios and Maria Haronitis thought they were going to retire in sunny Seabrook when they moved from New Jersey to Texas to be closer to their family. It lasted 6 months!
What was going to be a "little coffee shop" is a full-fledged restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Currently, Athena’s Corner located at 2900 East NASA Parkway in Seabrook is closed on Monday, but we don’t expect that to last too long. They are open Tuesday – Friday 11am – 9pm, Saturday 9am – 9pm and Sunday 9am-8pm. Weekend Brunch is served 9am – 12pm.
For EatDrinkHTX they are featuring some of their most popular items including Athena’s chips, fried zucchini and eggplant slices served with 2 different and delicious dipping sauces, and their unique Gyro Tacos.
EatDrinkHTX menus will go live on February 1, 2025, at www.eatdrinkhtx.com. This year’s event will benefit the Houston Food Bank and Houston Kids’ Meals.
EatDrink HTX is the sister campaign to Houston Restaurant Weeks. Like foodie favorite HRW, Eat Drink HTX offers specially priced, prix fixe brunches, lunches and dinners along with a corresponding donation. Participating restaurants make donations based upon how many Eat Drink HTX meals they sell during the event.
Produced by the Cleverley Stone Foundation, Foodies and Friends streams live on FOX LOCAL Wednesday's at 11:30 a.m. and repeats on Saturday mornings.
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The Cleverley Stone Foundation was created by Cleverley’s daughter, Katie Stone, to continue her mother’s mission and legacy of supporting Houston Restaurant Weeks benefiting the Houston Food Bank, which takes place August 1 through Labor Day each year. Together, Houstonians and Houston restaurant owners have raised more than $18 million over the past 20 years to support the Houston Food Bank and the hunger needs of our community.
Houston Restaurant Weeks, and its sister event, Eat Drink HTX, is the largest annual fundraiser for the nation’s largest food bank. The Houston Food Bank services an 18-county area in southeast Texas.
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COMING IN 2025
EatDrinkHTX - February 15 - 28
Houston Restaurant Weeks – August 1 - September 1