Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission records Pop's Beverage licence in Houston
Rule Changes Houston, TX localA Package Store Permit for Pop's Beverage at 644 W Rankin Rd Ste 111A lists MERITO EXPRESS INC, which also holds a Spring permit
Overview
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission permit for Pop's Beverage at 644 W Rankin Rd Ste 111A in Houston is a Package Store Permit numbered P200211436, held by MERITO EXPRESS INC. A licence tracker lists it as issued on November 6, 2026.
The application was filed on October 21, 2026, and a separate tracker still showed the permit as pending in review on November 9, with a December 20 protest deadline. MERITO EXPRESS INC also holds an active permit for a Pop's Beverage store on Aldine Westfield Road in Spring, issued in October 2025.
Why it matters
A liquor permit tied to a named company and a Houston address is now public, and neighbours have until December 20 to object.
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Organizations Involved
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission is the state agency that regulates alcoholic beverage licences.
MERITO EXPRESS INC is the company named as holder of the TABC licence for Pop's Beverage at 644 W Rankin Rd Ste 111A.
Timeline
October 2025 November 2026
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TABC records Pop's Beverage licence at 644 W Rankin Rd Ste 111A
Latest LicensingThe Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission licence record names MERITO EXPRESS INC as holder for Pop's Beverage at the Houston address.
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Application filed for the Houston Pop's Beverage permit
LicensingBoozeReports lists an initial TABC application for Pop's Beverage at 644 W Rankin Rd Ste 111A on this date, with a protest deadline of December 20, 2026.
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TABC lists an active Pop's Beverage permit in Spring under the same owner
LicensingPermit P1000335 for 22608 Aldine Westfield Road in Spring carries the trade name POP'S BEVEAGE and the licensee Merito Express Inc. The record shows Zohaib Ali as president and director and an expiration date of November 16, 2027.
Scenarios
TABC record remains active through late 2027
Discussed by: Derived from the TABC License Information dataset; no outside analysis is cited.
The licence record stays listed in the state file without a cancellation or removal. This would confirm only that the record remains part of the TABC file, not that the address is serving customers.
Additional TABC records appear for the same Houston address
Discussed by: Derived from the TABC License Information dataset; no outside analysis is cited.
A later TABC file lists another licence record for 644 W Rankin Rd Ste 111A. That would show more licensing activity at the address without establishing that sales have begun.
TABC record is removed or expires without a successor
Discussed by: Derived from the TABC License Information dataset; no outside analysis is cited.
The November 6 record stops appearing as active in the state file and no replacement record for the same holder and address is listed. That would leave the licence file without a current record tying MERITO EXPRESS INC to the address.
A protest is filed against the Houston permit before December 20
Discussed by: Derived from the protest deadline listed by BoozeReports; no outside analysis is cited.
A neighbour, school, hospital within 300 feet or another party with a public-interest objection files a protest with TABC. BoozeReports says protested applications go to a contested-case hearing at the State Office of Administrative Hearings, which can add months.