Houston

• Alien landing. Shannon Wynne (ex-8.0) is opening The Flying Saucer downtown.

• Youssef Nafaa is opening another Mia Bella in the former Tuscany Grill location.

• Arturo Boada is opening the Century Diner at Texas and Main in the Binz Building.

• El Meson's Peter Garcia will open a wine and tapas bar called 12 Spot in the Kennedy Foley Building.

• Cafe Express has opened a location in the Museum of Fine Arts' new Audrey Jones Beck Building.

• Aaron Guest is now at benjy's in Rice Village, replacing James Nakayama.

• Bill Floyd has left Michael Cordua's Churrascos/Americas organization to work with Ciro Lampasas at Ciro's new location on Westheimer.

• Keith Thompson has left Cafe Perrier for Sullivan's Steakhouse, where he is overseeing the wine program.

• Shelly Drought (ex-Redwood Grill) is executive chef at Liberty Noodles.

• Chef Jim Langhoff has left Tony Ruppe's for the Redwood Grill.

• Ben and Marianna Berryhill, chef and wine steward at Cafe Annie, respectively, are heading west to Marfa to open a restaurant, perhaps a small hotel. .