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title: "The Flying Biscuit Café Signs Katy Lease, Expanding in the Houston Market"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/675cb714-170a-4c11-b686-73171c796262
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20261002_the_flying_biscuit_caf_signs_katy_lease_expanding_in_the_houston_market.html
category: "Bakery & breakfast"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Bakery & breakfast"
published: 2026-10-02T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T14:57:21.280Z
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# The Flying Biscuit Café Signs Katy Lease, Expanding in the Houston Market

**TL;DR:** The Flying Biscuit Café is expanding in the Houston market with a new location in Katy, Texas, which will be the seventh location in the market. The café will offer full-service catering and a menu including breakfast and lunch items, and is set to open in November.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2026-10-02. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20261002_the_flying_biscuit_caf_signs_katy_lease_expanding_in_the_houston_market.html).*

## Story

The Harpers were drawn to Katy’s sense of community and its growing, diverse neighborhoods — an area they describe as welcoming and full of people who appreciate good food and a warm, local dining room. They are also looking forward to building relationships with local community groups across Katy. The café will offer full-service catering, for team breakfasts, school events and family gatherings.

"We chose this location in Katy because it’s a highly visible, convenient spot that’s easy for families and neighbors to reach — making it simple for guests to drop in for breakfast, brunch and those ‘just one more bite’ moments in between," said Mario Harper, franchisee. "We’re most excited to serve the people who make Katy home, and the neighbors who love gathering around food and creating everyday traditions."

The Flying Biscuit Café in Katy will open at 1660 S Mason Rd, Katy, TX 77450, serving breakfast and lunch daily. The menu includes stuffed French toast, shrimp and grits, omelets, vegan scrambles, burgers and wraps, and the café will have a full bar with brunch-forward cocktails.

"Texas has moved fast for us, and Katy is a good example of why," said Andrew Scherzer, partner and director of franchise development for Flying Biscuit Franchising. "Mario Harper and Ifeoma Harper picked a site they can actually run well — visible, simple to get in and out of, right in the middle of where people already are. That kind of decision-making is what we look for in a partner, and it is why the Houston market keeps opening up for us."

The franchisees were represented in the transaction by Littwitz Investments.

Katy is the next step in a market the brand has been building out for years. A sixth Houston area café, in Magnolia, Texas, opens next, which will make Katy the seventh in the market once its doors open in November. Beyond Houston, a café in Abilene, Texas, is planned for the second quarter of 2027.

The Katy lease lands in a busy stretch for the Atlanta-founded brand. Owner-operator Chris Compton opened his second Flying Biscuit in downtown Knoxville, Tenn., on Sept. 12, 2026. John and Gisela Terranova are opening the brand's first Orlando-area café, in Kissimmee, Fla., in the coming weeks. And in St. Charles, Mo., franchise partners Latrell Hayes, Kennon "Kip" Barber and Randy Barnes are targeting the fourth quarter of 2026 for the brand's first café in the St. Louis metro and its first outside its core Southern footprint. Flying Biscuit now has 44 locations open and 12 in development.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- QSR (sector)
- franchise development (topic)
- location expansion (topic)
- restaurant opening (topic)
- houston (location)
- market growth (topic)
- Katy (location)
- The Flying Biscuit Café (company)
- Andrew Scherzer (person)
- Chris Compton (person)
- Latrell Hayes (person)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20261002_the_flying_biscuit_caf_signs_katy_lease_expanding_in_the_houston_market.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/675cb714-170a-4c11-b686-73171c796262).