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unless I'm mistaken, the orphanage was located further west - near Bayland and Julian not Bayland and Houston. I believe one of the buildings that is a photography studio now used to be a pharmacy.

You're not thinking of the old Garden in the Heights on Feagan are you?

From what I've read it's going to be a seafood restaurant on the first floor. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/busine...ff/4578633.html

I saw an advertisement in the press that said Dragon Bowl is opening next week.... It's taken so damn long they really should have renamed it Dragging Ass

Yep, the place is open and the food is pretty good. Like any restaurant though they are definitely going through their opening issues -- and then some. We went in knowing that things were most likely going to get messed up (which they did) so it wasn't a big deal. I'm sure they'll get all this stuff worked out in a couple of weeks. But if you're visiting this place, definitely go with some patience. Like Collina's this place is also BYOB - which is a nice bonus....

How good a source is the person you're hearing this from? I definitely wouldn't mind another Central Market - just surprised it would be so far out there.

Casa Manhattan is now called the Thirsty Cactus Cantina. I'm really not sure what name is worse - the former Casa Manhattan (when I think of Tex - Mex, New York City is certainly the first place that comes to mind) or Tipsy Clover. The only positive side to the name Tipsy Clover is I don't think anyone will mispronounce it, unlike another Irish themed bar downtown called Slainte. It's amusing how many people pronounce it "Slanty". Real pronounciation sounds more like "SLAWN CHA" (would almost rhyme with lawn chair). It

Has the H Town Diner closed already? I've driven by it a couple of times in the last week or so and it looks like it may have shut the doors. Does anyone know?

The below comes from Chapter 1 of the History of Houston Heights - it gives a bit of background but i'm not sure if it will totally answer your question -- http://community.rice.edu/focusresources/b...atha/index.html During Mayor Barker's term of office, the saloons were driven out when the Heights was voted dry on September 25, 1912. The Heights already had half a dozen saloons and the residents wanted these removed from the vicinity of their homes. The matter was never a question of Pros and Antis. The electioneering, Mayor Barker recalls, was all carried on at night, because that was the only time that anybody could spare for the business. It was all kept free of politics and remained to the end a matter of homeowners protecting their neighborhoods from disturbing influences. The dry law in the Heights is still enforced. And the question of boundaries affected by the law comes more frequently to the Heights Library for solution than any other purely local inquiry. -Here are the boundaries as quoted by Mayor Barker to the Heights Library: From White Oak Bayou and Heights Boulevard to the west line of the Heights plat - north to 16th Street -west to west line of Houston Heights plat -- north to center of 26th Street -- east down center of 26th Street to center of Yale Street -- south on center of Yale Street to center of 22nd Street -- east on center of 22nd Street to east end of Heights plat again -- then south following east line Heights Addition to White Oak Bayou -- following bayou to Heights Boulevard.