Restaurants Near Northshore, Houston — Hungry Jack’s in Crosby
Northshore is well supplied with quick options and short on somewhere to sit down for an hour. Hungry Jack’s is 20 minutes east in Crosby: a family-run kitchen making its gravy, batters and breading from scratch daily, serving breakfast all day and full plates until 8pm. 4.7 stars, 2,759+ Google reviews, and a steady contingent of east-Houston regulars.
The drive from Northshore
From the Northshore and Lake Shore area, take US-90 East to FM 2100 North into Crosby — about 20 minutes to 14045 FM 2100 Ste 120. Straightforward run, easy parking at the end of it.
What Northshore guests order
- Omelettes — built to order and big enough that half of one usually comes home. The most-ordered thing on the menu for a reason.
- Chicken & Waffles — available all day, not just at breakfast, and the order most likely to make the drive feel worthwhile.
- Burgers — for the Northshore guests who show up in the evening rather than the morning, which is more of you than you’d think.
See the full menu.
Beyond the breakfast plates
The thing worth knowing if you came here looking for restaurants rather than breakfast: burgers, tacos, lunch and dinner plates and a kids menu, served until 8pm daily, with breakfast available the whole time. Twenty minutes is a workable weeknight distance when the kitchen’s still open at seven.
Picking your moment
Open 6:00am–8:00pm, seven days a week. Weekday mornings are unhurried, weekday afternoons quieter still. Weekend mornings between 9:00 and 11:30 are our peak — join the Google Maps waitlist before you leave Northshore and the drive doubles as the wait.
Order ahead for pickup on (281) 462-7153 or online. DoorDash and Uber Eats deliver.
Why east-Houston regulars keep making the trip
Northshore sits in the part of Houston that gets treated as a place you drive through rather than a place you eat in, and the options reflect it. Twenty minutes east, the calculation changes: Hungry Jack’s is a single-location, family-run kitchen where the same people cook every morning and the recipes haven’t been standardised by a corporate test kitchen. That’s the difference our Northshore regulars describe — not that the food is fancy, but that it tastes like someone made it.
It also means we remember you. A restaurant twenty minutes from home only becomes a habit if it’s worth the twenty minutes, and the thing that keeps east-Houston tables coming back is usually the welcome as much as the plate.
Catering for Northshore and east Houston
We cater breakfast and lunch across Northshore and east Houston — breakfast trays, taco bars, lunch spreads, priced per person for offices, crews, churches and family events. Headcount and date is all we need to quote it. See catering options.
“Hungry Jack’s in Crosby is everything you’re looking for in a breakfast eatery. Good food, relaxing casual atmosphere, and plenty of seats.”
— Ron P., Google Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Questions from Northshore guests
How far is Hungry Jack’s from Northshore?
About 20 minutes — US-90 East to FM 2100 North into Crosby.
Do you serve lunch and dinner?
Yes, until 8pm daily, alongside all-day breakfast.
What’s the best time to avoid a wait?
Weekday mornings and weekday afternoons. Avoid 9:00 to 11:30 at weekends, or join the waitlist first.
Do you deliver to Northshore?
Yes, via DoorDash and Uber Eats, or order ahead for pickup.
Do you take reservations?
No reservations. The Google Maps waitlist is the workaround.
Is Hungry Jack’s a chain?
No. We are a single, family-run location in Crosby, open since 2016, with 4.7 stars across more than 2,759 Google reviews.