Eat like Oprah? New Restaurant on Richmond Avenue Has Link to Billionaire

Houston's dining scene just got more collard greens and chicken and waffles, and there could be a star sighting in the near future at the place serving them.

Sweet Times, a soul food restaurant owned by Robbie Montgomery, a reality TV star and former backup singer to Ike and Tina Turner, opened over Super Bowl Weekend on Richmond Avenue, according to the Houston Business Journal.

Montgomery has a popular show on the Oprah Winfrey Network, "Welcome to Sweetie Pie's," which began its seventh season in November.

Expect traditional dishes including oxtails, fried catfish, fried chicken, and macaroni and cheese, plus other staples of soul food.

"Welcome to Sweetie Pie's" launched on the OWN Network in 2011 and follows Montgomery and her family and employees their daily rounds, and has become one of the network's most popular shows.

Montgomery opened her first restaurant in Dellwood, Missouri, in 1996. The Richmond Avenue location was once occupied by Beaucoup Bar & Grill, which closed last year.

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