Ashikaga Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Here's something else that I remember. On Telephone Road a little way's south of the Santa Rosa Theatre, there was a mexican restaurant called "Monterey House." I also remember that a driving range was next to it and across the street was a Henke & Pillot (now called Kroger) supermarket.Are any of these places still there? I looked up in the Houston phone book and I found "Monterey House Tex-Mex Restaurants." I wonder if Monterey House changed their name to that.Chet Cuccia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Here's something else that I remember. On Telephone Road a little way's south of the Santa Rosa Theatre, there was a mexican restaurant called "Monterey House." I also remember that a driving range was next to it and across the street was a Henke & Pillot (now called Kroger) supermarket.Are any of these places still there? I looked up in the Houston phone book and I found "Monterey House Tex-Mex Restaurants." I wonder if Monterey House changed their name to that.Chet Cuccia<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Monterey House went out of business in the late 80's, if my memory servers me. Many of the locations reorganized into a new company called Monterey's Tex-Mex and have a similar menu.At The location of the old one on Telephone Road, the building is still there but it is another restaurant now. I don't remember what it is - i think its a taqueria.The old Kroger's ( the former Henke and Pillot) was there until the early 80's and then Krogers built a new center across the street. The old building is gone and there are several stores in what I think is the old location..a CVS pharmacy, a laudromat, and several other smaller shops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 Monterey House went out of business in the late 80's, if my memory servers me. Many of the locations reorganized into a new company called Monterey's Tex-Mex and have a similar menu.At The location of the old one on Telephone Road, the building is still there but it is another restaurant now. I don't remember what it is - i think its a taqueria.The old Kroger's ( the former Henke and Pillot) was there until the early 80's and then Krogers built a new center across the street. The old building is gone and there are several stores in what I think is the old location..a CVS pharmacy, a laudromat, and several other smaller shops.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Thanks. You knew exactly where and what I was talking about. I live in Orange, Texas, which is 100 miles east of Houston. There is only one Monterey House in this area, and it's in Beaumont.Chet Cuccia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Remember the candy they would place in the bottom of the chip basekt?We would always hit one on Old Galveston Road in the 70s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted July 15, 2005 Author Share Posted July 15, 2005 Yes! I forgot all about that until you mentioned it. It was wrapped in a little piece of paper. It was brown and it tasted like it was almost all sugar.Chet Cuccia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Remember the candy they would place in the bottom of the chip basekt?We would always hit one on Old Galveston Road in the 70s.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>boy I wish I had the recipe for that candy. I have never been able to find anything close to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 In 1987, Monterey House declared bankruptcy. Showbiz Pizza Corp. bought them out and has operated them ever since under the name of Mexican Restaurants Inc., which also owns Casa Ole and Monterey's Little Mexico and Tortugas. They franchised the market on poor quality and bagged foods. The current president is Curt Klowacki who was previously at Steak and Ale restaurants. I wouldn't recommend eating there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Mexican Restaurants Inc. now that's creativity... and animatronics creep me out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 now that's creativity...and animatronics creep me out <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have seen their "corporate campus" on edgebrook. Let me just say..it fits with the creativity in their name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 boy I wish I had the recipe for that candy. I have never been able to find anything close to it.It looks like a lot of people remember that candy. A quick search found some recipes in food forums:Monterey House candyThis one is interesting. They have a Texas restaurant topic area. Another Monterey House candy topic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted July 18, 2005 Author Share Posted July 18, 2005 It looks like a lot of people remember that candy. A quick search found some recipes in food forums:Monterey House candyThis one is interesting. They have a Texas restaurant topic area. Another Monterey House candy topic<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I printed that recipe for Monterey House candy and I gave it to my mother. She's gonna make some of it for my dad. I won't be able to enjoy any of it because I'm diabetic.Chet Cuccia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 I printed that recipe for Monterey House candy and I gave it to my mother. She's gonna make some of it for my dad. I won't be able to enjoy any of it because I'm diabetic.Chet Cuccia<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Be sure you pick a recipe without nuts in it. Monterrey House candy did NOT have any nuts! Some of those recipes on there call for nuts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted July 18, 2005 Author Share Posted July 18, 2005 Be sure you pick a recipe without nuts in it. Monterrey House candy did NOT have any nuts! Some of those recipes on there call for nuts!<{POST_SNAPBACK}>The recipe that I printed didn't call for any kind of nuts. I didn't get diabetes until 1998. Naturally, when I was a kid I ate candy. I remember that piece of Monterey House candy was small, brown, and it tasted like 95 percent pure sugar.Chet Cuccia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasHome Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 Yes, what is left of them are now Monterey's Tex-Mex. Still good eating too.I sure miss those candies made with brown sugar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted July 22, 2005 Author Share Posted July 22, 2005 Yes, what is left of them are now Monterey's Tex-Mex. Still good eating too.I sure miss those candies made with brown sugar.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>As I said, there's only one Monterey House remaining over here. It's on 11th Street in Beaumont.Chet Cuccia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasHome Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 Remember that huge processing plant they had at Shaver and HiWay 3? May have been Richey and HiWay3. What a huge place they had. Must have been quite an operation in it's days.I found the candy recipe. Thanks for that too. We will have to give it a try soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt24 Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 There was a Monterey House off 1960. I used to go there with my family in the early 80's. The candy was kind of like a praline, but without pecans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N8TIV Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 i'll never forget Monterey House's jingle: "Gonna getcha back gonna getcha back....to Monterey House!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted August 9, 2005 Author Share Posted August 9, 2005 i'll never forget Monterey House's jingle:Â "Gonna getcha back gonna getcha back....to Monterey House!"<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I don't remember commercials for the Monterey House, much less a jingle. Like I said, the only one left over here is on 11th Street in Beaumont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldogg Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 so all this talk about Mexican restuarants has my stomach grumbling.... here is a question for the chefs in here... do any of you know where I can get a recipe for the salsa like they serve at La Jaliscience on Montrose or El Meson in the Rice Village?? they are by far my favorites and destroy anything I've had anywhere else.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enviromain Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Monterey House was a wonderful place to eat. We went to the one on Bissonnet across from Bayland Park when I was a kid. In fact we named our cat "Pepe" after the waiter there! That cat lived almost 20 years. I do miss the candy there for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roym Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Ooh, I had forgotten about the block of sugar candy that came wrapped in a little paper bag under the tortilla chips!! haha!Thanks!We ate at the one next to Sharpstown mall all the time - I never had anything but Cheese Enchildas there.Boy, their food really sux now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted June 7, 2006 Author Share Posted June 7, 2006 It looks like a lot of people remember that candy. A quick search found some recipes in food forums:Monterey House candyThis one is interesting. They have a Texas restaurant topic area. Another Monterey House candy topicSubdude can come up with just about anything. Here he came up with the recipe for the piece of candy that came with the tortilla chips at the Monterey House. To me, it really tasted just like you were putting a whole tablespoon of sugar into your mouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpstown Bill Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 Kudos to Subdude for the link! Speaking of Mexican--are any of the Los Tios restraunts still around? I used to work as a busboy at the one off Fondren & Bissonnet back in '75 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trophy Property Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 Kudos to Subdude for the link! Speaking of Mexican--are any of the Los Tios restraunts still around? I used to work as a busboy at the one off Fondren & Bissonnet back in '75Yes, there are 4 that I know of. One is Westhiemer, another at Memorial and Kirkwood, another in Meyerland and the 4th is in Sugarland. I have been to 4 within the past 18 months. I love that place. I like the #8 = Two Puff Shells and a Cheese Enchiladas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted June 15, 2006 Author Share Posted June 15, 2006 now that's creativity...and animatronics creep me out I guess that Monterey House went the same way that El Chico and Felix. Over here, the only El Chico in Parkdale Mall in Beaumont closed, and I think that Felix on Calder Avenue in the same city also left. The Monterey House on S. 11th Street is still open, but it's the only one in this area. According to what you have told me, the only ones now in Houston were re-named Monterey Tex-Mex Restaurants. And you make it sound as if Houston also no longer has any El Chico and Felix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHS66 Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 I guess that Monterey House went the same way that El Chico and Felix. Over here, the only El Chico in Parkdale Mall in Beaumont closed, and I think that Felix on Calder Avenue in the same city also left. The Monterey House on S. 11th Street is still open, but it's the only one in this area. According to what you have told me, the only ones now in Houston were re-named Monterey Tex-Mex Restaurants. And you make it sound as if Houston also no longer has any El Chico and Felix.Casa Ole was started by Bobby Forehand in Pasadena, Texas. Casa Ole went public in the 1990s; is listed as CASA on the stock market; and is now known as Mexican Restaurants Inc. They bought Monterrey House and renamed it Monterrey's Tex-Mex after they started the Tortuga's chain. The gentleman in Beaumont owns a number of franchises in the Beaumont/Louisiana area, but he does not own Casa Ole. The processing plant was on Richey and is long gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 story about Larry Forehand and MRI from Houston Biz Journal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapillionWyngs Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 In 1987, Monterey House declared bankruptcy. Showbiz Pizza Corp. bought them out and has operated them ever since under the name of Mexican Restaurants Inc., which also owns Casa Ole and Monterey's Little Mexico and Tortugas. They franchised the market on poor quality and bagged foods. The current president is Curt Klowacki who was previously at Steak and Ale restaurants. I wouldn't recommend eating there...This is SO incorrect. Showbiz has NOTHING to do with MRI. MRI was started by Larry Forehand. Our food is wonderful. We have excellent quality and excellent foods. Don't listen to stupid people who are mis-informed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 (edited) This is SO incorrect. Showbiz has NOTHING to do with MRI. MRI was started by Larry Forehand. Our food is wonderful. We have excellent quality and excellent foods. Don't listen to stupid people who are mis-informed.www.montereys.commore on Casa Ole and Monterey'smore on MonteRRey House, not MonteRey's Edited August 30, 2006 by pineda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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