BLEND Growing National Footprint

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Indianapolis-based CKM Entertainment LLC is expanding its BLEND Bar with Davidoff Cigars brand to another U.S. market. The upscale cigar and bourbon bar is set to open its latest location in Houston, Texas.

The company recently signed a lease for approximately 4,500 square feet of space at The Woodlands in Houston. A spokesman for BLEND says the company will invest up to $1.5 million for the new location, which will employ up to 20 people.

Corey Johnston, president of CKM Entertainment, calls Houston an "ideal location" for the BLEND brand. 

The first BLEND bar opened in Indianapolis in 2013 and CKM expanded the brand into Nashville in 2015 and Pittsburgh last year.