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Small Business Spotlight

Small Business Spotlight

Riverside Terrace is stronger when the businesses on our blocks are stronger. RCA spotlights the shops, restaurants, and service providers that invest in this neighborhood — and pitches in where we can.

Alan Roland, owner of POParazzi's Gourmet Popcorn, stands outside his shop beside the red bench, under an ice cream neon sign and an OPEN sign in the window.

RCA donated the red bench out front

Treasurer Phyllis Moss came by with her grandkids and found nowhere to sit. So RCA donated the bench.

Donated

Now open in the neighborhoodThird Ward · near TSU

POParazzi's Gourmet Popcorn

Popcorn, sno balls, and Blue Bell ice cream at Ennis and Palm

Owned by Alan Roland

POParazzi's Gourmet Popcorn is open at 5002 Ennis Street, at the corner of Palm and a short walk from Texas Southern University. Owner Alan Roland is serving gourmet popcorn, sno balls, water ice, Blue Bell ice cream and shakes, cookies, and pizookie.

It may seem like a small thing, but we face plenty of challenges in this community — so it is especially good to have something that brings smiles to children's faces, gives families a fun place to go, and adds a little joy right here in the neighborhood.

Stop by, grab a treat, take a seat on the new bench, and welcome POParazzi's to Riverside Terrace.

Now serving

  • Gourmet popcorn
  • Sno balls
  • Water ice
  • Blue Bell ice cream & shakes
  • Cookies
  • Pizookie
5002 Ennis Street713-505-1001@poparazzispopcorn_ennisst
  • Alan Roland sits on the red bench outside POParazzi's next to a plaque reading Donated by Riverside Civic Association 2026.
    The plaque on the bench reads “Donated by Riverside Civic Association 2026.”
  • Three children sit on the red bench outside POParazzi's with sno balls and ice cream, under a popcorn and ice cream window decal.
    Neighborhood kids try out the new bench with sno balls and ice cream.
  • Owner Alan Roland and four Riverside Civic Association members pose together at the red bench outside POParazzi's.
    RCA members join owner Alan Roland at the new bench outside the shop.
  • Families sit at tables outside POParazzi's beneath a neon popcorn sign and the shop's Gourmet Popcorn banner at the corner of Ennis and Palm streets.
    Families gather outside POParazzi's at the corner of Ennis and Palm.
  • A child in a pink dress looks up at a tall red inflatable air dancer beside the red bench outside POParazzi's.
    A young neighbor greets the shop's air dancer next to the RCA bench.
  • Neighbors talk on the lawn outside POParazzi's while families eat treats near the shop's banner and the 5002 street number.
    Neighbors and families gather outside POParazzi's at 5002 Ennis Street.
  • POParazzi's Now Open flyer for 5002 Ennis Street, Houston, Texas 77004, listing popcorn, sno balls, water ice, Blue Bell ice cream and shakes, and pizookie, with the phone number 713-505-1001.
    POParazzi's opening flyer — popcorn, sno balls, water ice, Blue Bell ice cream and shakes, and pizookie.

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