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Image 1 of / 14 Caption Close Image 2 of 14 Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette, 4224 San Felipe St., shown Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, in Houston. Travis Lenig, is the chef at Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle ) Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette, 4224 San Felipe St., shown Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, in Houston. Travis Lenig, is the chef at Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle ) Photo: Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle Image 3 of 14 Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette, 4224 San Felipe St., shown Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, in Houston. Travis Lenig, is the chef at Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle ) Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette, 4224 San Felipe St., shown Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, in Houston. Travis Lenig, is the chef at Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle ) Photo: Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle Image 4 of 14 Pork belly carbonara, linguine with egg yolk, parmesan cheese and peas shown at Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette, 4224 San Felipe St., Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, in Houston. Travis Lenig, is the chef at Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle ) less Pork belly carbonara, linguine with egg yolk, parmesan cheese and peas shown at Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette, 4224 San Felipe St., Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, in Houston. Travis Lenig, is the chef at Liberty ... more Photo: Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle Image 5 of 14 Image 6 of 14 Northshore, HI Surf Burger, a burger with tuna poke, grilled Spam, fried egg, jalapeno, American cheese and spicy mayo, shown at Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette, 4224 San Felipe St., Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, in Houston. Travis Lenig, is the chef at Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle ) less Northshore, HI Surf Burger, a burger with tuna poke, grilled Spam, fried egg, jalapeno, American cheese and spicy mayo, shown at Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette, 4224 San Felipe St., Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, in ... more Photo: Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle Image 7 of 14 All-In Lobster Roll, a whole Maine lobster with lemon tarragon mayonnaise and vinegar potato chips Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette, 4224 San Felipe St., shown Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, in Houston. Travis Lenig, is the chef at Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle ) less All-In Lobster Roll, a whole Maine lobster with lemon tarragon mayonnaise and vinegar potato chips Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette, 4224 San Felipe St., shown Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, in Houston. Travis Lenig, is ... more Photo: Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle Image 8 of 14 Liberty Kitchen Chef de Cuisine Travis Lenig shows his fried chicken plate, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, in Houston. ( Nick de la Torre / Houston Chronicle ) Liberty Kitchen Chef de Cuisine Travis Lenig shows his fried chicken plate, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, in Houston. ( Nick de la Torre / Houston Chronicle ) Photo: Nick de la Torre / Houston Chronicle Image 9 of 14 Peach Wood Grilled Oysters with garlic , lemon and butter photographed at Liberty Kitchen, a new casual pub and oyster bar in the Heights on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, in Houston. ( Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle ) less Peach Wood Grilled Oysters with garlic , lemon and butter photographed at Liberty Kitchen, a new casual pub and oyster bar in the Heights on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, in Houston. ( Karen Warren / Houston ... more Photo: Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle Image 10 of 14 Image 11 of 14 The Creole Shrimp Gumbo with fried oysters and okra photographed at Liberty Kitchen, a new casual pub and oyster bar in the Heights on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, in Houston. ( Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle ) The Creole Shrimp Gumbo with fried oysters and okra photographed at Liberty Kitchen, a new casual pub and oyster bar in the Heights on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, in Houston. ( Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle ) Photo: Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle Image 12 of 14 Double Double Liberty Burger and fries at Liberty Kitchen, a new casual pub and oyster bar in the Heights on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, in Houston. ( Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle ) Double Double Liberty Burger and fries at Liberty Kitchen, a new casual pub and oyster bar in the Heights on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, in Houston. ( Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle ) Photo: Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle Image 13 of 14 Seattle Cured Hot Smoked King Salmon with smoked salt butter and baguette photographed at Liberty Kitchen, a new casual pub and oyster bar in the Heights on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, in Houston. ( Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle ) less Seattle Cured Hot Smoked King Salmon with smoked salt butter and baguette photographed at Liberty Kitchen, a new casual pub and oyster bar in the Heights on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, in Houston. ( Karen Warren ... more Photo: Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle Image 14 of 14 Liberty Kitchen group to move into MetroNational's Treehouse in Memorial City 1 / 14 Back to Gallery

The “treehouse” is going to have some big name players swinging from its branches.

FEED TX, the restaurant group that owns Liberty Kitchen restaurants and BRC Gastropub, has announced it will open Liberty Kitchen @ The Treehouse, the building at 936 Bunker Hill that Jonathan’s the Rub pulled out of in September. Known as the Treehouse, the architecturally distinctive, state-of-the-art collaborative office building is owned by MetroNational and functions as the real estate company’s showroom for future projects.

Liberty Kitchen @ The Treehouse will occupy the ground floor of 936 Bunker Hill and is expected to open in late 2015.

This will be the fifth restaurant to open from FEED TX’s Lee Ellis and his partners Lance Fegen, Carl Eaves, and Will Davis, whose restaurant group owns BRC Gastropub, Liberty Kitchen Oyster Bar, Liberty Kitchen & Oysterette, and Petite Sweets.

“We couldn’t be more excited to expand into Memorial City and to be a restaurant partner in a one-of-a-kind building,” FEED TX owner Ellis stated. “This is our first restaurant outside the Loop and we are thrilled to better serve our customers in West Houston.”

Ellis added he’s excited to return to the neighborhood where he and Davis grew up in nearby Spring Branch.

The Treehouse restaurant will occupy about 5,600 square feet with a patio adding 1,085 square feet.

Jonathan Levine of Jonathan’s the Rub was readying the space to open a new restaurant when he announced in early September he would not be going into 963 Bunker Hill. “We have made a decision within our family to stay in our current location and continue doing what we do best. We have a great thing going on and an incredible customer base at our unique location on Gaylord Street and will continue providing the best food, the best service and a great experience to our customers,” Levine said in a statement at the time. “We are exploring exciting opportunities, which will ultimately be better for the organization, the Memorial Village community and our family.”

The FEED TX folks are busy these days. They recently took over operating and managing The El Cantina Superior in the Heights and are opening a new concept called Lee’s Fried Chicken and Donuts. They’re also opening a Liberty Kitchen & Oyster Bar in Austin.