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    There's an entire shopping center made out of shipping containers in Vegas. It's called Container Park. Boutique shops, restaurants, and bars. Very cool. http://img0.svcdn.lasvegas.com/v2/cache/lasvegas/B1CFAD2FCE4BBBCD52A31DEE6B4EDAE0.jpg
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    Well, there isn't really one main credible source for star ratings in the US, anyway. Regardless, does Alessandra intend to seek 5 star rating? A retractable roof definitely isn't in the standard rating criteria.
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    Source, please. I don't see anything in their marketing materials that say they intend this hotel to be more luxurious than Sorella, the other luxury hotel they operate. Nor does anything here in their materials indicate that this hotel will be considered a "true 5-star hotel" outside of Houston.
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    This same owner operates a 5 star luxury hotel in Houston already, Hotel Sorella. What makes you think that this hotel will be any more luxurious than Hotel Sorella, other than the 24th floor checkin? Downtown we've got Icon and Four Seasons.
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    I never have any problems going up there. I go in on the tunnel level and take the elevator from there straight to the upper sky lobby (there's a middle and upper). However, I recommended it to a friend. When he went with his children and asked Security where the elevator was, they were told it wasn't open to the public and turned away. So while I don't think it is closed to the public (no signage indicated it is), Security may not be on the same page about that. I say go for it, just don't ask where the elevator is. It's clearly marked on tunnel level.
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    Downtown pizza on my boycott list: Frank's: They lobbied City Council not to allow food trucks to operate with permission on private property Downtown. Bombay Pizza: They weren't paying overtime to kitchen staff, some of which were working more than 80 hours a week
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    Who said anything about splurge? Every splurge hotel in this city has the lobby on the first or second floor afaik.
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    Hm, no thanks. If a person is walking along the exterior block headed somewhere they shouldn't have to go to the middle of the development to cross.
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    Nice, but is the city actually going to install pedestrian crosswalk signs? If we're going to encourage pedestrians to cross there, let's protect them.
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    Hm, well it's not very green.
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    I have to ride the elevator to the 24th floor to check in? And then board it again to go to my floor. Ridiculous.
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    http://www.pizarospizza.com/images/pizaros_pizza_oven.jpg http://s3.amazonaws.com/foodspotting-ec2/reviews/1705114/thumb_600.jpg?1336482005
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    Pizaro's
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    Moon Tower Inn was renovated with shipping containers. I think they went through some big permit headaches, because they were closed for over a year. They might be able to point you to their contractor.
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    This is why it is important for the City of Houston to do away with archaic rules, and why I'm glad they have done so, so that more properties become viable as a place to locate a grocery store. The NIMBYs failed at stopping light rail in the East End. They wanted an underpass, but gasoline in the soil scuttled the plan, so METRO will now be getting something more like what they originally wanted. In Houston and in most other parts of Texas, the developer is king and almost always gets most of what he wants.
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    I never said that it did. I said: Aldis are not necessarily the solution for food deserts in Houston. Yes there is, but there's nothing wrong with demolitions either. HEB Montrose was built over demolished apartments. Walmart on Yale development was built over a demolished bar. The NIMBYs couldn't stop those and they won't stop a grocery chain either, especially if they choose a block where all the properties are already in disuse. There's a lot of that in the Fifth Ward. I'm really glad you agree with me and with the Mayor that we should do away with archaic rules about how far a grocery store with beer and wine can be from schools, etc. That is, in fact, the City's plan. I understand you don't think it will work, but that's fine. Every little bit helps, and it's a dumb rule anyway.
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    Here in the Houston area, Aldi goes in to areas where retailers are already succeeding, so they don't seem interested in that model here. To your second point, food deserts are one of the biggest concerns for people living in them, so no I don't agree that NIMBYs will oppose street closures, but even if they did there are plenty of large current unused plots of property in Fifth Ward that are plenty big for a large grocery store. You didn't answer my question. Why is right now the wrong time to discuss liquor proximity restrictions for grocery stores when it is what is being discussed by City Council and the topic of this thread?
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    There are no Aldis in Fifth Ward. None, zero. Aldis are not necessarily the solution for food deserts in Houston. All the Aldis I know of in the Houston area are in areas where there are already other grocery chains.
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    Why the heck not?? It is the topic of this thread! It makes some sense not to have bars where people are drinking and then driving near schools, but not grocery stores, where people buy it and take it home. It's a ridiculous prohibition that probably dates back to just after Prohibition and needs to be done away with to give grocery chains incentive to build new grocery stores.
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    66 years of successful operation?
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    Here's the rumors I've been able to cobble together, take with a grain of salt. This is like fourth hand, so could have lots of inaccuracies: A guy in a trenchcoat went into the Starbucks, stole two bags of coffee, and ran. Cops ordered him to stop. He didn't, and the cops opened fire.
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    There's been a shooting Downtown, Dallas at Main. No details or articles yet.
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    I found the brisket pretty weak, more like roast beef. Awesome sides, though.
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