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Pino's

Safari, a steak house I think in the Galleria area.

Also  a place called Fishermen s Wharf, I think it was near the astrodome,  had a 7 or so course meal  and it was fantastic, at least when I was a kid. I remember the big biscuits and strawberry jelly 

Dermeris BBQ too 

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Also  a place called Fishermen s Wharf, I think it was near the astrodome,  had a 7 or so course meal  and it was fantastic, at least when I was a kid. I remember the big biscuits and strawberry jelly 

Dermeris BBQ too 

 

Demeris isn't defunct, they just moved from the old location on Hempstead to a new outpost in the strip center on the corner of 18th & 610. And of course the W. Alabama location is still where it's always been. 

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104 South Alexander, (Dairy Queen, which was razed and rebuilt in 9)

222 West Greens, 77067 (was What a burger #515, razed)

401 Richmond, 77002 (Shipley Donuts)

510 University, 77550 (What a burger #490)

604 South Washington, 77327 (Pueblo Viejo)

916 Federal Road, 77015 (EZ Pawn) #2007

1409 Sam Nunn, 31069 (Krystal)

1601 Spencer, 77587 (Jack in the Box #3614) #2008

1927 Mangum, 77092 (Frank's grill) #2001

2163 Southmore, 77502 (Taqueria Alteno)

2709 Cullen, 77004 (razed)

3109 Palmer, 77525 (was Dairy Queen, razed to Walgreen's)

3160 West FM 1960 East, 77073 (Popeye's)

3160 Fondren, 77098 (was Pollo loco, then Sam's grill, and razed) #2036

4510 West Fuqua, 77045 (Popeye's) #2021

4902 Kirby, 77098 #2018

5631 Richmond, 77057 #2042

5927 South Braeswood, 77096 #2012

7631 West Bellfort, 77071 (What a burger #518) #2028

8270 Louetta, 77379 (What a burger #404 which moved to 7416 Louetta and became Taste of China)

8904 Westheimer, 77063 (was KFC originally)

9160 Long Point, 77055 #2027 (remodeled)

9160 Main, 77025 (Popeye's)

9222 Bellaire, 77036 (was Popeye's, moved to 9801 Beechnut, then 9550 Beechnut; razed to Chase) #2002

9904 Bissonnet, 77099 (was Popeye's, moved to 10108 Bissonnet and became Brenda's taquiera)

10527 Telephone, 77075 #2043 (was Pollo loco)

11636 South Wilcrest, 77099 #2019 (empty)

12510 Bellaire, 77072 (Popeye's, which was razed and rebuilt in 3, with a Valero)

14510 Memorial, 77079 (was Dairy Queen, Memorial Florist, now Scholtzsky's) #2023

17416 Northwest Freeway, 77040 (What a burger #501)

18510 Kuykendahl, 77388 (Popeye's) #2045

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Ari's Grenouille on memorial, Achille's-next to the Kroger on Memorial, Mississippi Mining Co., Panjo's Pizza on the old West Belt & Memorial, Prince's Hamburgers in the old Town & Country,York Steak House, Alfred's in the old T&C,. Dale's Celebrity Café, in Memorial City mall.  

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Yes. After about 10 years on Westheimer @ Mandell, the restaurant moved out on Memorial just east of Dairy Ashford, as I recall. Ca. late 70s-early 80s. I went only once. It lacked the charm of the original for me. I don't think it lasted but 4 or 5 years there.

 

I worked there in the summer of '77. Kitchen prep work, and desserts. Ari was a great man to work for. My parents ate there every Friday, until I told them Ari's stepson was spitting in the food.

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Ari's G. was on Westheimer....did it move to Memorial??

 

I worked at Ari's from May '77 to Aug. '77. I was the dessert "chef", and made the French onion soup, and the garlic bread. Ari had a direct phone line installed from the kitchen to the bar, and we could order whatever we wanted. My favorite waitress was GiGi. Ari would let us have steaks after work, and we would go out to his house on some weekends to work on his property.

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If you like seafood AND are old enough, you might remember:

1. Jimmy Walkers (now Landry's in Kemah)

2. The San Jacinto Inn (near Battleship Texas)

3. Tomek's (we'll make the location a trivia question).

 

IIRC Tomek's was on Old Galveston somewhere south of where 610 now sits. My mom loved the steaks there (in the early 60's) but drove the chef to distraction. She wanted a moist, juicy steak but freaked if there was even a hint of pink.

 

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On 11/17/2007 at 3:41 AM, hbcu said:

I grew up near Hillcroft and Main Street.....

I remember an ice cream place on Hillcroft before you got to Braeswood on the corner in the same parking lot Rice used to be in...before that right past St. Thomas More Church, there was a place called Jacks Yogurt Stop that was the first place I ever tried Frozen Yogurt that was right before the Frozen Yogurt craze of the 90s...

at Hillcroft and 90....Pizza Inn used to be pretty successful and it was next to Burger King, Ron's Chicken and a Frenchy's that was just as good as the original....across the street was a BBQ stand in a red building that was pretty good too next to the diving school

What I want to know, off of Chimney Rock and Airport (current used car lot) /Hiram Clarke and West Fuqua are old buildings that resemble a chinese temple...I vaguely remember going in there as a kid but where they chinese restaurants?

some of the best sno-cones ever were off of West Fuqua and Hiram Clarke in a white stand

answer is sav-on cleaners

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On 4/22/2008 at 4:29 PM, rsb320 said:

Barry's used to be at the southwest corner of the Windsor Plaza parking lot at Richmond and Sage. The first Chili's I remember in Houston was Richmond and Fountainview, diagonally across from where Barry's is now.

Chili's is now a Burger King at 3127 fountain view

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5832 mlk, 77033; was a house as 5163 browncroft, which razed to jack in the box, lasted in 80's, razed to exxon

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4801 almeda, 77004; empty

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8327 long point, 77055; taqueria

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1902 north main, 77002; razed to dollars & deals

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3410 ost, 77021; razed; texaco

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5310 west bellfort, 77035; razed in 86 to auto zone, renumbered to 5328 west bellfort

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1270 spencer, 77587; razed in 99 to bbav bank

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5302 airline, 77022; razed in 93 to a strip center

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12310 kingsride; was papa joe's, razed in 12, coming soon to starbucks

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4302 westheimer, 77027; razed in 03,

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9310 stella link, 77025; was bellaire cafe, razed in 0 to make room for the discount tire company building

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6109 kirby, 77005; remodeled in 93 for west university plant house

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2602 south shepherd, 77098; razed in 93 for a strip center, the enter and exit intact

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1041 uvalde, 77015; lone star title loans

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2249 strawberry, 77502; * old fashioned hamburgers, renumbered to 2247

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902 decker, 77520; pineapple express

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3409 ella, 77018; coming soon prince's hamburgers

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7251 fondren, 77036; closing soon

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6901 east bellfort, 77087; coming soon miss charity's diner

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763 11th, 77706; was baskin robbins, now lone star title loans

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14502 memorial, 77079; was chopstix, razed in 09 for burger king

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18041 el camino real, 77058; razed in 15 for exxon

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5127 gulfway, 77642; m&b automotive

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1104 jefferson, 77002; razed in 03

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2200 east little york, 77093; closing soon

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5410 cavalcade, 77026; razed in 86 for auto zone, renumbered to 4318 lockwood

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10804 beamer, 77089; razed for domino's

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11602 bellaire, 77072; was jmk auto, razed in 03 to smarty pants school

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1410 netherland, 77657; remodeled to cook's nursery

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163 west highway 6 south, 77079; razed to exclusive auto sales

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3327 red bluff, 77505; lone star title loans

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2222 south navaro, 77901; texas cafeteria

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2804 north, 75965; was marzano cafe, then rita's eaterie & cantina, razed to chick fil-a

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1190 west dallas, 77301; empty

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20251 katy, 77450; razed to ntb

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1601 west main, 77573; title max

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801 main, 77002; underground location

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5602 richmond, 77057; closed in 11, build as roy rogers, then luke's, now title max

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5104 kirby, 77098; closed in 99, build as roy rogers, then luke's, remodeled in 2 for amazon grill

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5804 east freeway, 77708; remodeled for mattress firm

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10901 bellaire, 77072; closing soon

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15804 northwest, 77040; razed in 12 for widing

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7247 east, 77630; homie's

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17203 channelview, 77530; was franklin motors, now empty

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2527 clinton, 77547; bbq

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631 bayport, 77565; nautic

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108 allen, 77657; empty

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2327 texas, 77611; empty

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203 northeast georgia, 79556; dickey's

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2709 north bryant, 76901; chicken express

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2002 east overland, 79601; empty

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On 2/12/2016 at 8:40 PM, ArchMemoH said:

remember toddle house, i got former locations to list

Hey does anyone remember the name of that cafe' kinda like House of Pies I think that is now a sex toy shop at the corner of Westheimer and 610 right next to the Galleria?

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26 minutes ago, west7t4 said:

Hey does anyone remember the name of that cafe' kinda like House of Pies I think that is now a sex toy shop at the corner of Westheimer and 610 right next to the Galleria?

It was Luke's Hamburgers prior to its current incarnation as Zone D'Erotica, but before Luke's it was originally a Roy Rogers restaurant. 

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44 minutes ago, mkultra25 said:

It was Luke's Hamburgers prior to its current incarnation as Zone D'Erotica, but before Luke's it was originally a Roy Rogers restaurant. 

Sorry, mkultra, but you have forgotten an incarnation of the building. Before Zone d'Erotica it was a head shop named the Houston 420. The 420 is what replaced Luke's, after sitting dormant for several years.

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 Tomek's was on Old Galveston somewhere south of where 610 now sits. 

Tomek's Steak House was on the old La Porte Rd just outside the Pasadena city limits next door to the oil refinery.  I went to Pasadena High School in the 50s with the owners' son Marcus Tomek. 

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www.jackinthebox.com/locations/601

5832 mlk, 77033; was a house as 5163 browncroft, which razed to jack in the box, lasted in 80's, razed to exxon

www.jackinthebox.com/locations/602

4801 almeda, 77004; empty

www.jackinthebox.com/locations/603

8327 long point, 77055; taqueria

www.jackinthebox.com/locations/605

1902 north main, 77002; razed to dollars & deals

www.jackinthebox.com/locations/607

3410 ost, 77021; razed; texaco

www.jackinthebox.com/locations/608

2709 hillcroft, 77057; moved to 2763 hillcroft in 91 now www.jackinthebox.com/locations/3625, razed in 93, with dunkin donuts and taco bell, for pino's from 93-04, cvs pharamcy

www.jackinthebox.com/locations/610

527 west southmore, 77505; remodeled in 85

www.jackinthebox.com/locations/611

5302 west bellfort, 77035; razed in 86 to auto zone, renumbered to 5328 west bellfort

www.jackinthebox.com/locations/612

1270 spencer, 77587; razed in 99 to bbav bank

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5302 airline, 77022; razed in 93 to a strip center

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12310 kingsride; was papa joe's, razed in 12, coming soon to starbucks

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4302 westheimer, 77027; razed in 03,

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9310 stella link, 77025; was bellaire cafe, razed in 0 to make room for the discount tire company building

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6109 kirby, 77005; remodeled in 93 for west university plant house

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2602 south shepherd, 77098; razed in 93 for a strip center, the enter and exit intact

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1041 uvalde, 77015; lone star title loans

www.jackinthebox.com/locations/626

2249 strawberry, 77502; * old fashioned hamburgers, renumbered to 2247

www.jackinthebox.com/locations/628

902 decker, 77520; pineapple express

www.jackinthebox.com/locations/629

3409 ella, 77018; coming soon prince's hamburgers

www.jackinthebox.com/locations/632

7251 fondren, 77036; closing soon

www.jackinthebox.com/locations/636

6901 east bellfort, 77087; coming soon miss charity's diner

www.jackinthebox.com/locations/638

somewhere out of town

www.jackinthebox.com/locations/639

763 11th, 77706; was baskin robbins, now lone star title loans

www.jackinthebox.com/locations/642

14502 memorial, 77079; was chopstix, razed in 09 for burger king

www.jackinthebox.com/locations/643

18041 el camino real, 77058; razed in 15 for exxon

www.jackinthebox.com/locations/648

5127 gulfway, 77642; m&b automotive

www.jackinthebox.com/locations/650

1104 jefferson, 77002; razed in 03

www.jackinthebox.com/locations/651

2200 east little york, 77093; closing soon

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5410 cavalcade, 77026; razed in 86 for auto zone, renumbered to 4318 lockwood

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10804 beamer, 77089; razed for domino's

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11602 bellaire, 77072; was jmk auto, razed in 03 to smarty pants school

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1410 netherland, 77657; remodeled to cook's nursery

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163 west highway 6 south, 77079; razed to exclusive auto sales

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3327 red bluff, 77505; lone star title loans

www.jackinthebox.com/locations/682

2222 south navaro, 77901; texas cafeteria

www.jackinthebox.com/locations/684

2804 north, 75965; was marzano cafe, then rita's eaterie & cantina, razed to chick fil-a

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1190 west dallas, 77301; empty

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20251 katy, 77450; razed to ntb

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1601 west main, 77573; title max

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801 main, 77002; underground location

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5602 richmond, 77057; closed in 11, build as roy rogers, then luke's, now title max

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5104 kirby, 77098; closed in 99, build as roy rogers, then luke's, remodeled in 2 for amazon grill

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5804 east freeway, 77708; remodeled for mattress firm

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10901 bellaire, 77072; closing soon

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15804 northwest, 77040; razed in 12 for widing

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7247 east, 77630; homie's

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17203 channelview, 77530; was franklin motors, now empty

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2527 clinton, 77547; bbq

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631 bayport, 77565; nautic

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108 allen, 77657; empty

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2327 texas, 77611; empty

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203 northeast georgia, 79556; dickey's

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2709 north bryant, 76901; chicken express

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2002 east overland, 79601; empty

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Does anyone remember El Yucatan on Hwy 6, about a block or two south of I-10? It was just south of Grisby on the west side of 6. It closed around 2002-2004.

They had hundreds of photos of Pancho Villa on the walls. Tucked away on one of these walls was a small print of what looked like somebody in a panda suit "wrestling" with a nun in a sort of nature scene. It was quite magnificent!

I really wish I had a camera phone back then, because I have yet to find this image anywhere on the internet.

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