NETexan

I worked downtown from 81 to 84. I had lunch there quite a few times. I think it closed down during the time it was there...seems like I remember an article in the paper about its closing and its former glory. It was a good place to eat, but it was pretty obvious that it was a mere shadow of its former self by the early 80's.

First, a little introduction: I've been lurking on this board fairly often for several months. I'm not a Houstonian, but I did live there for a few years in the early 80's (in couple of those SW Houston singles' apartments that are apparently now scary territory) and I grew up visiting a cousin in the Sharpstown area two or three times a year in the 60's and 70's. I find the posts on this board fascinating. I can't say that I know the city well, but I can relate to a lot of them from my few years living there and from the visits when I was a lad. Besides that, urban history of any description (especially when I'm familiar with the setting) is an interest of mine. That said, I want to delurk long enough to say that Farrell's in the Galleria really meant "big city" to me when I was growing up. I insisted that we go there every time we were in town. It was an especially great visit when there was a birthday...and that seemed to happen every visit. We do have what purports to be the "Oldest Dairy Queen in Texas" here in Henderson, but that's not quite the same. I vaguely think that Farrell's was still in the Galleria when I lived there (81-84) but I guess I was beyond it at that point. I never remember going during that time, if it was there at all.