Local Poke Now restaurant makes it debut in Katy

Poke Now, a home grown restaurant selling poke bowls, salads and tacos, has opened at 17758 Katy Freeway at Barker Cypress in the Energy Corridor.

The restaurant, part of McLoughlin Group/Poke Now Restaurants, aims to expand to The Woodlands and Sugar Land and eventually franchise the concept, according to Hector McLoughlin.

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The location, next to the Wood engineering firm, offers online ordering with pickup available at the drive-thru.

Poke Now joins a number of new poke restaurants expanding in the Houston area, including Pokeworks, SeaSide Poke, and Poke Bar. Poke is raw fish salad popular in Hawaii.