Much like Hooters, Kreuz Market was one of the newer restaurants along North Earl Rudder Freeway that weren't able to make it even seven years. Kreuz Market, based out of Lockhart1, opened February 2, 2015, connected to the parking lot of IHOP and Best Western. The restaurant opened with much fanfare, with trucking in coals from Lockhart...and decided not to have forks or sauce, as was the tradition in Lockhart. That wasn't well-received and changed a few months later (especially in terms of just having plasticware rather than a good knife2). Eventually, they franchised out the store and the Bryan location folded in September 2018. Twin Peaks later reopened the location in June 2021 (probably sooner if not for 2020). The idea of a spin-off restaurant in Bryan-College Station isn't new. After all, Royers' had long since come and gone.3 As of this writing, however, the chain's parent company, Twin Hospitality, has filed for bankruptcy, so its future is currently in doubt. We may have to come back around do an update on it being closed just like we had to do with Razzoo's.
1. See the Numbered Exits counterpart! 2. See Tom's BBQ and Steakhouse, specifically the "Tom's Famous Aggie Special" on the menu.
3. Other examples include Boomtown BBQ out of Beaumont (but the parent restaurant failed too), Mr. Hamburger, and Pie in the Sky Pie Company, the latter only applying if we don't count the Houston location that came and went before they opened here. Other than that I can't think of any other examples that are still around.
