2424 Rice Blvd., Suite A. is about to become part of Katy Chinese chain Tiger Noodle House’s 2-restaurant dynasty. Since nonprofit home goods shop Ten Thousand Villages left the storefront — its last in Houston — between H&R Block and neighboring occult shop Serenity Studio, all of its meterless parking spots have been hogged by the dumpster shown above.

It’s been on standby as renovators take things out of the 2,664-sq.ft. interior. Now, they’re about to start putting things in: a building permit filed yesterday gives clearance for the restaurant conversion to begin.

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