The Washington Post, May 14, 2021, Turkey Leg Hut has become a bastion of Houston’s Black culture — and a gentrification lightning rod
Turkey Leg Hut has become much more than the long lines that have come to define the restaurant. Its rapid success has also made it a lightning rod for racially tinged conflicts over gentrification.
Houston, the largest city in the nation without zoning, is also one of the state’s most rapidly gentrifying cities. Black and Latino residents in such neighborhoods as Third Ward, East Downtown and the Heights have been displaced amid new property development and restaurants from typically White owners. As White residents enter formerly predominantly Black communities nationwide, Black business owners are frequently accused of problematic business practices.
