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Oh I have been to Donarakis..twice..thought the first time was a fluke. I heard one of the best quotes ever from the mgr there....he asked what I thought about the place and told him my margarita tasted like it had no tequila in it. His response was ...oh everyone says that here, its cause we use smooth tequila and you dont taste it...pffff whatever. They get freeway traffic, so ya if easily accesable (sp?) I guess anything could work.

well what I meant was, not sure people have enough expendable money for things like that...last time I went it ended up being like 60.00 for 2 people and most in my hood have more than 2 per household and dont get out to much because of that.

This will be a great location for a movie theater, not a 24, or 30 screens. I'm talking about maybe Alamo Drafthouse, a Movie Tavern, or Star Cinema Grill.

Demographics of the neighborhood wouldnt support such a venture....but it would be awesome to have something a little different in the hood.

Yes, but lately there seem to be more so I hardly get noticed. I suppose the next step will be to start announcing the store specials in English every now and then.

I know what you mean about the Gulfgate HEB...instead of making it nice, they turned it into a Fiesta...if people want Fiesta, they will go there..they should be trying to improve the neighborhood, but I do love the 80`s dance music they play there. You must be the other cracker I saw...hahah...and are the demographics of the neighborhood changing or is it just me...kinda noticed it at the store last 6 months

now can we just get rid on all the damn fajita smoke at restraunts...

hell, I am a regular german/irish white boy and they were rude to me as well..I asked for something and it was just "I dont know, if you dont see it we dont have it."..damn I didnt even know where to look, so just left....

homeless campground...free shuttle between there and the camping at the Bayou.

I went to this Target today and lunch and wasnt impressed at all...Not very clean.

It seems every year on the news they say there has never been a case of SOMEONE else putting anything in candy, it was the parents the few isolated incidents...but you always hear the rumors.

yup thats the area...on the other side of the water there are footings where there were more of the same tie offs...great picture ...how old is it...its no where near that clean or nice.

I go jogging along the bayou several times a week, always wonder about the concrete between the Spaghetti Whse and the bayou. On both sides there is alot of concrete with huge posts that look like they are there for boat tie offs? But they are huge and fairly high above the water. It doesnt look like there is available access across from the S.W. I had to go thru quite a bit of overgrown brush to get over there. It does look like it was/is used for something...anyone know???? Will post about the bums down there camping in another post

oh man, a club named pi...I`m there

I havent been in the tunnels either, but riding downtown tourist always ask where they are. Funny that its such a point of interest

Whats the price range for rent on , say, a 600 sq ft apt at Rice hotel?

I saw last night there's some generic window filler on one side but the For Lease sign is still there on that empty building. Panda Express will be a good addition.

DSW shoe warehouse...

There was a skating rink in Greens Bayou (near Galena Park) called COOKS SKATING RINK that closed several years ago although the metal building is still there. Does anyone remember the traveling skating rinks that used to come to the outlying areas, like Channelview, once or twice a year. They set up a portable wooden rink coverd by a huge circus-like tent...like the ones they used to use for tent revivals. In fact I think sometimes they were one in the same. The skating got the kids in during the day, then they set up chairs on the rink for the nightly revival and offeing.

Cooks rink was the bomb. No a/c, just to 6ft tall fans that blew horizontally down the floor. There were also alot of metal poles for roof support, often used to as pivot point when going around corners. My parents went there as kids and said they had a lion that would stay inside at night for theft protection.

OK 2 doors per side, could this be a matress store like the one on West./Shep. The restroom area is really small, like it is intended for 2 or 3 employees. Many doors to get around the product, but no double doors for larger items. Product would have to large enough that there would not be theft out the side doors (like there is any theft on EastSide ha). I know it doesn`t make sense but I am going to guess a matress store

Are you serious?

Surely by now someone has a clue to what the new buiding is Gulfgate. Anyone?

At Kanawoman they say you should take the chef's recomendation.

He's like the Soup Nazi from what I hear.  He also closes a few months a year off and on.

I have heard nothing but good about this place.  See the related thread on Chowhound.

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Its also byob. They have take out, but no take menu`s. They are often closed, but the food is great.

Thanks.  As I've said, I'm trying to rely on memories that are over 40 years ago.  I just thought that I remember my parent's and my dad's cousin going to a skating rink on IH-610 just west of Telephone Road.  A "Diet Rite Cola" sign is also coming into view when I think of that rink.

Chet Cuccia

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I think there is a trailer company where the rink was, I don`t remember any info though. Info was second hand from family member.

Speaking of a loooooong time ago, at some point my mom worked at Gulfgate Mall, and always told me about a tunnel system under the mall. It was designed so that trucks could pull in underground and unload into the stores `basements`. It was also a designated bomb/fallout shelter. Does anyone know if these tunnels are still there? During the construction I never saw excavation down very far.

Hopefully it`s not another bank!!! The rent in Gulfgate is high, so its not filling up real quickly. SOMEBODY, CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A 24HR FITNESS, OR ANY OTHER GYM IN GULFGATE.