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But it's already a major thoroughfare [sic]. Why does it need to be expanded?

I was in Awash when it was there. I like to think I have a reasonably catholic palate but that was some of the strangest food I've ever had. The ambience left a little to be desired - it was basically an office space with some tables scattered around. It wasn't a great surprise when it went under....

Cool. Now we can all b**ch at them face to face.

Monthly pub crawls. Sign me up!

I'd like to think they could do better than tired British kitsch.

An officer of the Management District spoke at the Winlow Place meeting last night. Two off duty HPD officers are now patrolling the area (separately) east of Montrose and a third will be added west of Montrose in the near future. A list of arrests and citations resulting from the increased security was read out. Shockingly, none were for violent crime or rape. Let's not let one deliberately inflammatory post take this thread off topic.

The burbs have officially arrived.

The misting stations in Memorial work just fine. Running 35 miles/week all year round, I'm very, very glad of them in the height of summer.

The West Gray location was tarted up with a new deli section as well not so long ago. All hands on Deck for Kroger.

This is exciting. Three brand new establishments under development in such close proximity to each other - with any luck the strip center on the south side of Westheimer will be next.

I don't anticipate seeing any of these characters in a brewpub but if I do will surely give them a wide berth.

I like what they are planning to do in terms of salvaging what they can in the building, if there's anywhere that's to be encouraged, it's here. That bend is finally going to be something with this place and the new restaurant opposite. As to the beer, if I don't like it, I won't go. Regarding the d-baggery or otherwise, I've yet to hear a satisfactory definition of that moniker, so wouldn't really know one if I saw one. Now if it's a-holes we're talking about, then those creatures are present in nearly every bar I go to. There's little I can do about that other than never go out, and I'm not going to do that. Let's just give the place a chance*.... *Unintentional play on words.

I like & make craft beer. I live in Montrose. To the best of my knowledge I am not a d-bag.

If fewer people drove Panzers to the grocery store it would be less of a problem. I've shopped there many times and if you can't park in one of those spaces you need to retake your driving test.

Either you misread my post, or are being tendentious. W. Alabama was never designed as a major artery, but has been tarted up as one in order to keep East West (read: commuters into and out of downtown) traffic moving at as good a clip as possible. Speed is very much an issue on this road....and that's coming from a neighbor.

There's probably blame to go around, but the volume and intensity of the traffic on the road certainly didn't help matters and won't in the future. We can agree I think that the road is handling more traffic than it was designed to and that the resulting stress on the system is going to increase the likelihood of accidents, particularly at junctions. The report didn't say anything about a driver stopping or being cited....

I've crossed Alabama at various times of the day thousands of times since I moved into the neighbourhood 10 years ago. The difference between what it was then and now is chalk and cheese. I know this is all part and parcel of urbanization and I accept that part of it - but the way the whole Alabama reconfiguration was steamrollered through - i.e. switch and bait - still sits very uneasily with me. I archived all my e-mails with the city on this issue, for all the good they'll do me or the neighbourhood. Anyway, many drivers, and a fair guess is that they predominantly commuters, treat it like it's a major artery, when it was never designed to be anything of the sort. How many major arteries have teachers leading a crowd of 12 year olds on a neighbourhood jog after school gets out? Here's one more thing that gives this neighbourhood character that will likely pass into memory all in the name of "Keeping Traffic Moving". I'm generally a fan of Bill White but he messed up badly with this particular street.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7221007.html Waiting for something like this to happen. W Alabama's has been a trainwreck since Spur 529.....

It's been a long time since I banked on getting anything approaching a decent meal on a domestic flight. If I'm traveling for personal reasons, I bring a lunch. Business, I eat at the airport on my per diem. Airlines and food is a joke that hasn't been funny for a long time. International flights are a bit better but of course you pay through the nose for those.

Seconded!

Report the incident and description to the police, all you can do. And thank you for not shooting anyone!

Where's that?

.the pizza is pretty good, but the BYOB was a big selling point. I hate how restaurants get the arm in with alcohol, on wine especially...

My guess would be that that, like many other things, is a victim of the recession?