Don Julio

Not defunct per se, but I really miss the original 1923 James Coney Island on Walker & Main. The chili is still as good in the newer locations, but the faux 'retro' design makes me vomit. The original was the best! Why oh why did it have to close?

If it's not going to reopen, I wouldn't mind a small ceramic/glass/metal/wood/whatever pig as a memory of the "good old days"....

...and I wouldn't mind having that glorious neon 'Coffee Shop' sign that offsets all of the beyond-hideous condos now dotting Washington Ave.

This is truly horrible news. The Pig Stands here, and in SA and Beaumont, were the last of the old-time diners still left in South Texas. When I moved back to town a few months ago, this was one of the first places I headed to.

Now the corner of Washington & Sawyer will just be another #@*&! condo...

I'm joining the Taliban...

I seem to recall the bottom floor was in use as a cosmetology school years ago. The upper floors have been empty forever. Can't believe nothing's been done with it.

"Houston, The Action Town" by Juke Boy Bonner.

In my record collection I have the Colt .45s theme song from 1962. Talk about cool.

Shoot 'em down, Houston Colts!

We're in the game to stay...

Unfortunately I don't remember the rest. It sure kicked the crap out of Journey.

I would imagine they were all destroyed.  Remember, these old hotels had been operating basically as flophouses for years.  The former Brazos hotel operated under different names after the 1940s.

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Thanks for posting these photos. What elegance there was in the ordinary back in the early 1900s. The "Ladies' Parlor" was a nice touch.

The Brazos Hotel was mentioned in a biography of William S. Burroughs, "Literary Outlaw." I think Burroughs' "gangster" buddy from NYC Herbert Huncke (also mentioned in Kerouac's "On the Road") stayed there or scored marijuana there circa 1947, when Burroughs was living north of Houston in New Waverly.