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Happy Friday, Cypress! 🌲
Big one today: Whole Foods and Shake Shack are anchoring a new 25-acre retail district breaking ground next week at Dunham Pointe. We've got what's confirmed so far.
Also: two CFISD honors worth bragging about, and the tequila bar on Greenhouse opens for real Monday.
Have a great weekend, Cypress!
Cheers! - Ashlyn 🌲💚
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🌲 It’s Friday. Here are some suggestions:
Craving Italian? Hailey's Italian Restaurant is the place to go. The Reyes Chipotle Pasta is our pick; it’s penne with chicken, asparagus, red bell peppers, mushrooms, peas, and cilantro in a spicy chipotle cream sauce. See the pasta menu →*
Mexican Food? You can’t beat the fajitas here
Greek? These Gyros are delish
Local breakfast? We heard good things
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Cypress has an NFL team physician taking appointments off 290
Dr. Nickolas Boutris spent part of his career on the medical staff of the New York Jets and New York Islanders. He now sees patients on Northwest Freeway, which is a strange sentence to write about a Tuesday morning knee appointment, and a good one for anyone in this zip code with a torn ACL.
He's board-certified in orthopedic surgery with an additional subspecialty certification in sports medicine — fellowship at Northwell's Lenox Hill Hospital, residency at Houston Methodist, medical degree from UTMB. He's been named to the Super Doctors Rising Stars list every year from 2022 through 2026. His practice is part of Fondren Orthopedic Group.
The work covers shoulders, elbows, hips, and knees: rotator cuff tears, meniscus and ligament injuries, arthroscopic repair, fracture care. CFISD athletes, weekend runners, and anyone whose shoulder has been quietly getting worse since spring all end up in the same waiting room.
Cypress office: 21216 Northwest Freeway, Ste. 620. Monday through Friday, 8 to 5. He also sees patients in The Woodlands.
Dr. Boutris is a Cypress Digest partner.
What’s New In Cypress 🌲
🌲 Whole Foods and Shake Shack are anchoring a new 25-acre district at Dunham Pointe
Trademark Property Co. breaks ground Oct. 1 on a 202,000-square-foot retail and restaurant village at Hwy. 290 and Mason Road — 14 tenants already committed, including Whole Foods' first Cypress store. → See all of the upcoming businesses here: Coming Soon to Cypress
🌲 A Cypress Park senior just won speech and debate's highest national honor
Kelsea Stone earned the National Speech and Debate Association's Premier Distinction Degree earlier this month — the organization's top individual award. Learn More
🌲 32 CFISD students named National Merit semifinalists
Seniors from eight CFISD high schools were confirmed as semifinalists in the 72nd annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Learn More
🌲 Coming Up:
Fri–Sat: St. Mary’s Fall Gift Market
A little early holiday shopping, with a stop at the bake shop? St. Mary’s annual indoor/outdoor market returns Sept. 25–26, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., on North Eldridge Parkway. Admission is free, and Saturday’s free Kid Zone adds pumpkin crafts, face painting and popsicles from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Get the details.
Friday: CFISD football
View the lineup for tonight and Get your tickets here.
Fri–Sun: Jekyll & Hyde at Stageworks Theatre
The company opens its 2026-27 mainstage season in northwest Houston, running Sept. 18 through Oct. 11. Learn More.
Sunday: Mid-Autumn Festival at Children’s Museum Houston
For families up for a drive into Houston, Sept. 27 brings lion dances, paper-lantern crafts and storytelling to the Children’s Museum. Catch the lion dance at noon or 2 p.m.; festival activities are included with general admission. Plan your visit.
In Case You Missed It 🌲
🌲 Nearly 110,000 more residents projected by 2035. What about the roads?
The Cy-Fair Fire Department's demographers project 21% growth by 2035, nearly all of it along the Grand Parkway and the west side, while the older core is almost built out. Meanwhile, the Greenhouse Road underpass won't finish until December 2030, and the Grand Parkway widening runs through 2029. The fire district votes on its budget Thursday.
→ Where Cypress is growing, and why the school district is telling a different story
🌲 A tequila bar is soft-opening, and La La Land is coming to Dunham Pointe
Galiana's Casa Del Tequila on Greenhouse Road is doing reservation-only dinners from 5–10 p.m. through Sunday, with a grand opening Sept. 28. It's family-owned, with seafood, steaks, ceviche, weekend brunch, and a spot to keep your own bottle on the shelf. Over on Mason Road, La La Land Cafe filed for a second Cypress location at 14615 Mason Road, next door to where Flower Child is going in. There's no opening date yet on that one.
→ See everything opening in Cypress
🌲 Smith’s band is headed to a national stage
Smith Middle School’s varsity band is one of just 14 middle school band programs nationwide selected for the 2027 Music for All National Festival in Indianapolis. It’s the program’s first invitation to perform at a national festival or clinic.
→ Meet the students and program behind it
The Ultimate Guide to Fall Festivals & Pumpkin Patches
15 restaurants opened in Cypress this year. Here’s the whole list.
Grand Mason Development: What’s Coming Near Cypress
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