Root to Leaf Dinner at Underbelly; California Pizza Kitchen Heads to Hughes Landing

MONTROSE — There are still tickets left for The Root to Leaf dinner tonight at 7 p.m. at Chris Shepherd's Underbelly on Westheimer. Shepherd invited Steven Satterfield, chef of Atlanta restaurant Miller Union, to Houston for a special dinner featuring the bounty of Southern produce in celebration of Satterfield's new cookbook, Root to Leaf: A Southern Chef Cooks Through the Seasons. Tickets are $175 and include food, wine, a signed copy of the cookbook, tax and gratuity. Find more information on Underbelly's site: underbellyhouston.com [EaterWire]

THE WOODLANDS — California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) will open a new location Wednesday July 1 at the growing Restaurant Row at Hughes Landing, situated along Lake Woodlands. [EaterWire]

HOUSTON — Eric Sandler reported for CultureMap that Gr8 Plate Hospitality, the restaurant group behind Union Kitchen and Paul's Kitchen, come July will launch The Rolling Kitchen a new food truck, with local chef Mike McElroy at the helm. The truck will feature Cajun classics. [CultureMap]

WASHINGTON CORRIDOR — New Executive Chef Ana Amaya of MAX's Wine Dive Washington, has debuted her new seasonal summer menu. This is Amaya's first menu for the Washington eatery and bar. Expect savory Southern inspired dishes with light seasonal ingredients that include Watermelon, Avocado, Jumbo Lump Crab and Pistachio. [EaterWire]

HEIGHTS — Heavy rains have delayed opening dates of three highly anticipated new restaurants from restaurant management team Treadsack. Chris Cusack, co-owner of Treadsack, and Down House, Johnny's Gold Brick and D&T Drive Inn spoke with the Houston Business Journal about the delays for Bernadine's, Hunky Dory and Foreign Correspondents. All three will open in August or September now. [Houston Business Journal]