Acclaimed Asian restaurant in Houston’s Midtown closes


Maba Pan-Asian Diner announced on Sept. 16 via Facebook that it has permanently closed.

The restaurant was at 510 Gray St. in Midtown. Chef and owner Wayne Nguyen, along with his wife, Tammy, and business partner Chris Cardenas, opened the 150-seat restaurant in late December 2016, the Houston Chronicle reported at the time.

Maba’s menu included reasonably priced Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese dishes. Of note was the restaurant's pork wontons drizzled with Vietnamese fish sauce, a popular…

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