*Simone Biles, the GOAT gymnast, and multi-awarded gold medal Olympian, is entering a new phase of her competitive career with the pending arrival of her Tex-Mex restaurant.
Eater Houston, citing an airport press release, reports the eatery, named Taste of Gold, is currently under construction, with plans to open in early 2025 inside George Bush Intercontinental Airport’s (IAH) Terminal A near Gate A8.
“Vibrant, bold flavors of world-class and elevated Tex-Mex cuisine” will be featured as the release describes Taste of Gold as “a celebration and obvious nod to Biles’ medal-winning record” as an Olympic gymnast.
According to the Spring, TX native, the new venture syncs up well with her status as a “foodie.”
“I am a foodie at heart, and our hope with Taste of Gold is to offer a beautiful Tex-Mex dining experience that features award-winning, signature menu items with some of my favorite flavors sprinkled in for our guests,” the Olympic gold medalist said in a statement.
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Get ready to taste gold! ? Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles is bringing her new restaurant, Taste of Gold, to IAH ?
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— Bush Intercontinental Airport (@iah) September 23, 2024
The business venture will find Biles aligned with partners such as Dallas-based veteran restaurateur Mark Brezinski and the Playmakers Group. The organization is noted for operating several airport restaurants that are celebrity- or athlete-themed.
The Playmakers’s website notes the restaurant’s goal of offering sports fans the chance to dine “in what feels like the living room of [their] favorite star” or sports icon. For IAH, Taste of Gold is an asset that aims to provide a “five-star experience,” with promises of exceptional customer service and food that helps highlight Houston as a “premier, world-class destination.”
Biles’ fellow food lovers will take comfort in knowing that more is set to come. A coming soon promotional mural including a picture the airport posted on X (formerly Twitter) shows what looks to be a shadow of the sports icon/restauranteur tumbling in front of an American flag.
Biles’ love for food has been known for a good bit, with her putting her appreciation of Houston’s dining scene voiced to Eater Houston, particularly the city’s Tex-Mex scene and restaurants like the Breakfast Klub, Perry’s Steakhouse, Tewbeleaux’s, and Whataburger.
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