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For The Leader Allegiance Bank has announced a merger agreement with Post Oak Bank, according to a statement from both financial institutions. Allegiance Bancshares, Inc., the holding company of Allegiance Bank, announced on Monday, April 30, the signing of a definitive merger agreement with Post Oak Bancshares, Inc., the holding company of Post Oak Bank, N.A., whereby Post Oak will be merged with and into Allegiance. Post Oak Bank operates 13 banking locations in Houston and Beaumont. As of March 31, Post Oak, on a consolidated basis, reported total assets of $1.43 billion, total loans of $1.15 billion and total deposits of $1.24 billion. Under the terms of the definitive agreement, Allegiance will issue 0.7017 shares of Allegiance common stock for each outstanding share of, and option to purchase a share of, Post Oak capital stock, subject to certain conditions and potential adjustments. “We are excited about the opportunity to become partners with Post Oak, an exceptional institution that, like Allegiance, prides itself on being a strong community bank,” said George Martinez, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Allegiance. “I have admired the leadership and growth that the entire Post Oak organization has achieved, and I am elated that we will soon be on the same team. “Post Oak’s success can be attributed to its experienced financial services professionals and the culture they have created,” Martinez said. “We believe

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our banks will fit together nicely and are thrilled for our respective customers, bankers and shareholders to realize the near and long-term benefits and value creation opportunities this combination provides.” With this merger, Allegiance will surpass $4 billion in total assets. “The combined company will be well-positioned to take advantage of organic and strategic growth opportunities that will further enhance shareholder value as Houston’s largest community bank,” Martinez said. “We all look forward to this new partnership - both for the positive impact it will have on the combined customer and associate base, and also the contributions it

will make to the communities our combined company will serve.” Roland Williams, President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Post Oak, added, “We are pleased to be joining with an organization that so strongly complements and builds upon Post Oak’s established tradition of customer, employee and community focus. Both we and Allegiance are committed to the idea that Houston deserves an impactful financial services institution with significant scale that operates with the culture of a community bank with local decision making

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Don Pablitos open where Fiesta Tacos closed By Zarah Parker zarah@theleadernews.com For Don Pablitos, the sauce may be boss but this boss has a new, um “office.” After Fiesta Tacos closed in December, leaving loyal customers in the dark, th chile sauce company settled into the vacant spot as its first brick and mortar. Don Pablitos got its start in the late eighties, early nineties and still competes yearly in Austin at the biggest hot sauce festival in the state. “Almost every other year we’re in the top five or have an honorable mention,” said Trey Perez, the part owner, executive chef, general manager of Don Pablitos. The company has been doing festivals since its inception and was once listed as one of the top things to try in Houston. From there the company spring boarded into food starting out with taco stands, but the location at 4620 West 34th Street is the first time roots were put down. “The opportunity came up [to lease the property], I’ve heard stories about Fiesta Tacos and I think they’ve set the bar high because people have been coming here a long time and they’ll come in and tell me stories,” said Perez. Perez mentioned that although many customers have told him about Fiesta Tacos, he’s not sure what happened to make them close the doors. And after hearing so many different stories about what happened to Fiesta Ta-

Photos contributed The new Don Pablitos restaurant at 4620 W. 34th St. (Right) Don Pablitos homemade, fresh empanadas.

cos, he thought the best thing to do was to have the place blessed. He had a priest from St. Jerome’s do the blessing, which many customers appreciated. As a new restaurant on the block, Perez is thankful for the encouragement from the returning customers. Many people from other local businesses have become regulars as well. The owners of Don Pablitos acquired the lease in January and their target open date was somewhere in the middle of February. That was before they realized how much work they had ahead of them. “When we got started in here there was no staff, so we came in and we were like we’ve got to fix this place up and so we spent the first two months doing repairs,” said Perez, “The heavy rains from Hurricane Harvey had

destroyed the roof, we pretty much had to start all over there. We would fix a roof leak and another would pop up.” To gain employees Perez put signs in the windows indicating they were hiring. Little by little much of the staff that worked at Fiesta Tacos came back, with 60 percent on staff from the previous occupant. Don Pablitos is still getting a few things ready, like a sign to indicate that its open. “People don’t know we’re here yet, even yesterday we had people drive up and say, ‘I didn’t know y’all were open, I just saw the cars’,” said Perez. Perez doesn’t mind the confusion and jokes it off,

“Word is getting out that we’re here, they just think we’re Fiesta Tacos. No, we got a new floor man! We don’t have a new sign, but we got a new floor!” As for the food they bring in special select cuts of meat that they use for their popular fajita and barbacoa tacos along with fresh fruits to cook and render for the fillings of the empanadas. The empanadas are all hand made fresh every morning with a recipe that gives the bread a flakier and pie-like crust, opposed to typical Mexican empanadas which are solid breads. “[Empanadas are] starting to take off, customers come in buying half a dozen all the time. They come in pineapple, apple, strawberry,” said Perez. Don Pablitos tamales are also growing in popularity. They are hand made fresh every morning as well. They See Don Pablitos P. 2B

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There has been a change in plans for Singaporean inspired eatery SING, which was planning to open this spring at Ella Oaks, Revive’s 34th and Ella development. SING is now planning to open at Lowell Street Market at 718 West 18th Street. It will occupy the space previously spoken for by Seaside Poke. SING’s Cuc Lam and business partner Jerry Lasco wanted a small footprint for their casual eatery after looking at various spaces throughout the city. The Lowell Street location will be about the same square footage as Ella Oaks and

Lam says she hopes to attract some of the same customers. The reason for the move was some unforeseen city permitting restrictions on the patio they wanted to have on 34th. Lam and Revive parted amicably. Lam said they will keep permitted plans that Seaside had gotten approved and will have a small patio, with additional seating available in the development’s community area. There have been no changes to the planned menu, other than the fact that they will now have craft beer available in cans because there was no way to have the variety they wanted otherwise. “Hopefully we can find the same energy,” said Lam. “[The new space] is exactly what we wanted.”

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With the addition of Branché Boutique to Ella Oaks, which is what Revive has branded their development at 34th and Ella, the final pieces are coming together for phase one of the development. Monica Danna at Revive says that they expect to close on the final two tenants, who

will occupy the remaining 2,750 square foot on the east building endcap, in the next few weeks. A promotional flyer is online at Revive’s website for phase two, which offers 6,500 square feet close to Ella Boulevard. Danna said they have increasing interest from medical uses, due to the proximity to the Memorial Hermann Heights Hospital. “The one-story building will have high ceilings, allowing lots of natural light and a potential mezzanine for medical offices, a unique offering in the neighborhood.” she said. There is another 3,400 square feet building even closer to Ella which was recently vacated by Heights Cleaners. “It’s the morning side of the street and with over 50,000 cars a day on Ella Boulevard, so a morning use business would be a good fit,” said Danna. Crowned the “hood ornament” by Bryan Danna, the former tire center will be a coffee shop and Monica Danna said they are sav-

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make sure to stock Tru Moo Chocolate Milk, which sells out by 10 a.m. on weekends. “We’re in talks about opening up the other side. There’s a drive-thru area that never opened, so there’s a section of the restaurant that never got built or developed. But there are three walk-up windows on it so we’re in the process of designing a flat outdoor patio,” said Perez, “This

place has been a big staple for this location, for this area for a long long time, so we’re just hoping to keep that up or just reach that bar.” Don Pablitos celebrated its grand opening on March 10 and is now open Tuesday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., and on Sunday from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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First Saturday Arts Market has hired Ana Guzman to handle all social media content. Guzman, primarily provides services for small businesses and entrepreneurs in the arts, hospitality and beauty service industries. Prior to working independently, Guzman was a Project Coordinator in Outreach and Recruitment for NASA’s Office of Education. The market has its last daytime show of the season this Saturday, May 5 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. It will switch to evening hours – to beat the heat – June 2 and July 7, from 6 to 10 p.m. On August 4 the market participates in White Linen Night

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Well-known local artist Kiki Neumann cut the ribbon that officially opened Neumann Oaks, Friendswood Development Company’s new gated community located off N. Shepherd at Lehman Street. Neumann sold the property to Friendswood Development last year and the community was named for Neumann’s late father, Alfred R. Neumann who was the founding chancellor and a significant force behind the creation and building of the University of Houston Clear Lake. Lennar is featuring its Urban Villas Collection of Wi-Fi Certified homes at Neumann Oaks, priced from the $330,000s. For more information, visit www. FriendswoodDevelopment.com If you have anything for next month’s business briefs, please e-mail betsy@theleadernews.com

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Photo courtesy of St. Thomas High School (Facebook) The St. Thomas baseball team, shown here being honored for their 2017 TAPPS state championship, is in the hunt again. Following a 7-5 league record in the regular season, the Eagles are on the hunt for a repeat.

officially were third in District 18-6A, will face top 20 state-ranked Cy Ranch 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 4 at Delmar Stadium in a one-game, winner-take-all series in which the winning team advances to the second round next week and the losing team is eliminated. The Ranch finished the season as the 18th ranked 6A team in the state in the latest Texas Association of Baseball Coaches (TABC) poll. The Ranch brings a 23-6-2 record into the contest, but they completed District 17-6A action last Friday night with a 9-2 loss to Langham Creek. The Heights has completed its best regular season ever as a 6A program and will now no doubt try and ride the arm of senior pitchers Chris Macias as far as they can in the postseason. Macias, who has eight wins, defeated Lamar twice this season for the Heights’ first-ever wins over the twotime district champion coming into this season . Macias has pitched in most of the team’s biggest games this year. He has also proved durable, throwing seven innings each time each took on the Texans. Cy Ranch was officially second in District 16-5A and they boost two good starting pitchers with senior Ty Madden sporting a 7-1 record and a 0.58 Earned Run and junior J.J. Goss finishing with a 6-1 record and a 1.42 ERA. Both are also strikeout pitchers with Madden recording 71 in 48 innings while Goss has 57 in 41 innings pitched. Since it is a one-game deal, if the Bulldogs get their bats going, they are likely to see both of them.

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ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR Yoga workshop 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 5 Joy Yoga Center – 4500 Washington Ave. Ste. 900 If you’re looking to get into yoga, this beginners workshop is a great first step. This is also great for people who have been practicing yoga but want to learn more and understand what yoga is. This workshop focuses on expanding your understanding of yoga, clarifying any confusions, addressing safety, and helping you get the most out of your practice. The instructors will address the origin of yoga, how it’s different than other forms of exercise, the eight limbs of yoga and how they can revolutionize your practice, the importance of breathing, creating a heat within, basic poses, and at the end there will be time for individual questions. Mother’s Day market 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday, May 5 AG Antiques – 313 W. 19th St. Come out for the free outdoor market hosted by AG Antiques. This is the prefect market for finding the prefect gift for your mom for Mother’s Day! Shop local vendors where you’ll find the best handmade, one-of-a-kind, artisan goods and foods—all while sipping a mimosa! Free comic books 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Saturday, May 5 Bedrock City Comic Co. – 4602 Washington Ave. Ste. A How can you say no to free stuff ? Come out and have a good time at Bedrock City Comic’s free comic book day, where you can grab a few free comic books. There will be comic book creators, George O’Conner and Ander Dalhouse, signing! There will also be cosplayers from Houston Hero Headquarters, the house band for School of Rock (Cypress), magicians, cool cars, and much more to check out.

Art Valet: Artists open stores in the Heights Mitch Cohen Art Columnist

The outdoor art market business is transient in nature for the most part. I always looked at my show in the Heights as an incubator of sorts, helping artists get to “their” next level. The one rarity is moving to a brick and mortar business, the time and financial commitment the biggest deterrent. Meet two very different artists that took that leap, Erica DelGardo, a jewelry designer and Jessica Carlos, who crochets dolls. They have a few things in common I find interesting. They opened shop in the Heights after attending First Saturday Arts Market for several years, DelGardo on 19th Street and Carlos on Yale at 18th. Both maintain full-time jobs, are married and have children. They also represent other artists at their stores. At DelGardo’s one local and two international artists (Top) On the bench at Erica DelGardo Jewelry Design. (Bottom) but she has featured about Inside The Whimsy Artisan Boutique. 15 over the years. Carlos currently represents 28 ton, we launched the busi- 29 May 2007 (11 years ago different artists. ness as an exhibitor at the this month). Two years Erica, tell me about First Saturday Arts Market later we moved a couple the early years. “I’d been doing art shows in early 2005,” DelGardo doors down to our current around Texas for a few said. “We opened our first location between Jubilee years, but here in Hous- store next to Venus Hair on and Dramatika.”

What’s the best and worst? “I love helping my customers translate their ideas into a real-life piece of jewelry. When someone comes in and describes what they want – engagement rings, custom bracelets, necklaces – and then I get to see their expression when they pick it up after I’ve made it…that’s the best.” “The other best thing? My daughter Bella has literally grown up in my store,” DelGardo said. “My customers saw her as a newborn, and now they see her helping me in the shop – especially during 19th Street events. I love that I get to share this part of my life with her – the ups and downs of running a business, the importance of taking care of your customers, and the joy of being the best jeweler that I can be.” The worst? “When you own your own shop, you’re always on the clock!” DelGardo said. How about some advice for future store owners? “Follow your passion – whatever got you to this stage where you are thinking about opening your own store – make sure you hold on to that. Sure, you’ll have to work to grow your business and adapt a bit here or there to keep up

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with the times, but never forget the essence of what makes your art unique.” Jessica, you just opened your store the first of March, what led you to that decision? “CultGrrrl Creations was formed in December 2010. I had been crocheting off and on for quite some time before I learned the art of amigurumi (crochet doll making),” Carlos said. “I had a ton of different design ideas that I couldn’t wait to try. I would post pictures of my creations online to raise funds for breast cancer research. I started selling at outdoor markets in October 2011 and was blown away by all the support from the fellow artists and patrons.” Why did you open a store? “It was just a natural progression for me. It had always been a faraway goal of mine to have a very small part of the universe to showcase my wares,” Carlos said. “After six years of creating, promoting, setting up, selling, tearing down, and doing it all over again once or twice a month, it was finally time to set my roots in somewhere.” What’s the best and worst? “When people come in not knowing what to ex-

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pect and instantly falling in love with the atmosphere I created.Â That is the best feeling ever. Bookkeeping is the worst!â€? Both miss the camaraderie of doing shows and I sure miss them. Congratulations to you both, Erica on 11 years and Jess, for taking the plunge!Â The Whimsy Artisan Boutique, 1802 Yale St., Unit E, Houston, TX 77008 thewhimsyartisan.com Erica DelGardo Jewelry Designs, 329 W 19th St. Houston, Texas 77008 ericadelgardo.com

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