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FEB 2026
a monthly publication from the City of Nassau Bay
NOTE FROM THE MAYOR Dear Friend, Neighbors, and Citizens, It is my sincere wish that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and Holiday with family and friends. In this New Year, I am also extremely pleased to announce more good news for our City. Please welcome Estella’s Kitchen and Cantina, a TexMex sit-down restaurant and rooftop bar will be opening in Nassau Bay at the new commercial building at 1740 NASA RD One. For those that do not know this address, it is the new building beside Five Guys that has been vacant for over 2 years. Estella’s will occupy fully one half of the entire strip center. The City, through our Redevelopment Authority (RDA), James Caldwell, Owner of Estella’s Restaurant and Nassau Bay Citizen are partnering together to allow for an approximately $3.7million investment into the strip center to convert it into their restaurant. The City/RDA is investing $330,000 to bring this restaurant into Nassau Bay. Construction is scheduled for the first quarter of 2026. James is a proud Army Veteran, a very experienced Restaurateur, and a resident of Nassau Bay. Estella’s Kitchen and Cantina is a Tex-Mex restaurant and bar with the first rooftop bar in the city or the surrounding area. The concept is poised to become Nassau Bay’s newest culinary and cultural sit-down destination. The restaurant is strategically located on NASA RD One near Space Center Houston and within walking distance of major employers, hotels, and residential areas. The largest Citizen input and requests for the City’s redevelopment efforts have been to bring a family sit-down Mexican restaurant into our City. We have achieved that challenge with this partnership. But also with this announcement, I am most pleased with our overall Redevelopment effort. Over the next 12 to 18 months, our City will have a renovated Margaritaville with at least 4 new popular restaurants in place of an old Hilton, a Schafer’s Coastal Seafood Restaurant where the vacant Luby’s sits, and now Estella’s Kitchen and Cantina. Together, these new investments will not only enhance the Nassau Bay experience, but will forever increase tax revenues for the City’s needs versus property taxes on our Residents. Please come out and support the Caldwell Family, and remember these funds will be funded completely by the Redevelopment Authority, not Citizens' taxes. The 2026 New Year is shaping up to be an exciting year for Nassau Bay.
Phil Johnson Mayor City of Nassau Bay
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