Clay Ardoin, July Buitrago
A GROUP OF fun-food-loving young professionals turned up for the official grand opening of the new FM Kitchen & Bar location in Montrose.
Live music was on offer on the patio, but the star of the event was the food. Nibbles from FM's kitchen including the FM Burger, spicy fried chicken sliders, hot and honey sambal-flavored wings and churros. The Dallas Cowboys-Tampa Bay Buccaneers football game was broadcast on FM's 96-inch projector screen. Operating partner Jason Mok made welcome remarks at halftime.
The event also doubled as a fundraiser, pulling in more than $1,000 from raffle prizes for Hurricane Ida relief and benefiting Cajun Navy Relief.
Spotted in the crowd: former Houston Dynamo player turned impresario Brian Ching, artist Paper Bag, and Highway Vodka distiller Codi Fuller and husband Christan Fuller.
Jason Mok, Brian Ching
Alexs Torry, Britnee Smith
Christian Fuller, Codi Fuller
DJ set by Coaches
Jo Whalstrom, Robby Rodriguez
Karla Fresquez, James Cale
Kate Davis, Meghan Horne
Mike Schwartz, Ford Creighton
Sasha Willis, Deon Edwards
Patrick Magee, Zach McKenzie
Ricky Walne, Kendall Negley
Frederica von Stade (photo by Michelle Watson)
Jonathan and Ann Ayre and Rachel and Warren Ellsworth (photo by Michelle Watson)
Tiffany Sebastian, Kristin Bingham and Amanda Abiassi (photo by Dave Rossman)