Houston’s oldest family-owned and -operated Tex-Mex restaurant, Molina’s Cantina, just opened its new location at 3801 Bellaire Blvd. at Braes Heights Shopping Center. This location replaces Molina’s long-time West University eatery that was at Buffalo Speedway and Bissonnet. It was closed four years ago when the site was cleared for the Buffalo H*E*B. And guess who dropped by to wish the family well at the new place? In the photo below: Roberto Molina, Mary Molina, Erica Molina, Barbara Bush, Ricardo Molina and George Bush in front, of course. The Bush family has been coming to Molina’s for years.

The CityCentre farmers’ market is gone (Christmas Eve was its final appearance), but Mickey Morales is bringing his boutique market concept to Garden Oaks’ Petrol Station (985 Wakefield). Look for a weekly farmers’ market in the parking lot across the street from the beer bar on Saturdays 9 am to 1 pm. There will be produce, farm eggs, honey, fresh coffee, breakfast tacos and ready-to-eat foods.

Forget frozen cookie dough and canisters of stale popcorn. Berryhill Baja Grill’s hand-made tamales (beef, pork, chicken and veggie) are now available for schools and charitable groups to sell as a fundraiser. The group gets 30 percent of each dozen sold. For more details, email Kristine Troger at ktroger@berryhillbajagrill.com.

Congratulations to our friends Kay Soodjai and Supatra Yooto on the 30th anniversary of their eatery at 1209 Montrose. It used to be the Golden Room until they revamped it a few years ago into Khun Kay Thai Cafe. Next Saturday, January 28, the two “Golden Girls” will celebrate their 30th by offering anyone who shows ID proof of turning 30 during 2012 a free entrée with the purchase of a second entrée. All customers, regardless of age, will get a free serving of the restaurant’s popular sticky rice, made with black rice, with their dinner order. (Both offers are good for dine-in only.) Go say hello and “Happy anniversary” to two of the nicest restaurateurs in Houston.

ON THE DRAWING BOARD: Work is moving right along on the new downtown location of Georgia’s Market that is taking over the Byrd’s Market spot at Main and Prairie. We spotted a small army of workman there when we passed by on Wednesday. It should be open very soon. We also drove past the new French Riviera Bakery on Chimney Rock. It’s going to be enormous by comparison to the vest-pocket-sized original next door. Look for La Fisheria Mexican Seafood Cocina to open next month at 4705 Inker. It takes over the location that was Pagoda Vietnamese Bistro & Bar.

On Thursday, February 2, the Houston edition of Uchi throws open its doors. Residing in the iconic former Felix space on lower Westheimer near Montrose, Uchi chef Tyson Cole (a recent James Beard Award winner) is bringing an all-new approach to Japanese food to our city. Foodies who have visited the Austin original Uchi and its sibling Uchiko will recognize that the Houston restaurant melds the food styles of both restaurants. Kaz Edwards of the Austin Uchi is chef de cuisine in Houston, and Monica Glenn, longtime protégé of Philip Speer, will be pastry chef. The Felix makeover has been under the direction of noted architect Michael Hsu, whose team also designed Uchi and Uchiko.

The new JerryBuilt Homegrown Burgers is going into a location on Holcombe between Stella Link and Buffalo Speedway that was supposed to be a Wachovia bank. The original developers built the structure just before the crash and then defaulted on the property, says a spokesman. “We have remodeled it and turned it into a new restaurant. We like to think that is the ultimate example of making ‘lemonade out of lemons.’ We’ll have great homemade lemonade in the restaurant, too!”