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  1. Montgomery to prepare feasibility study for H-E-B site near Hwy. 105, FM 2854 | Community Impact "H-E-B owns a 32.42-acre tract of land at the southeast corner of Hwy. 105 and FM 2854, according to the agenda packet. The grocer recently contacted the city about proceeding with the development of that site. The feasibility study will analyze the city’s water, wastewater and drainage systems to see if any upgrades or utility extensions are needed."
  2. Not sure what to make of the vague description but it seems like Midtown will be getting a new bar in about 9 months... http://blogs.houstonpress.com/eating/2011/04/openings_closings_28.php http://swamplot.com/a-midtown-beer-bar-is-born/2011-04-01/
  3. Very cool! Looks like I found the retail center that was 20 years before the Lamar River Oaks center that was developed by William Farrington in 1950. It's also possible that the River Oaks Food Shop was (also) a first occupant of the Lamar River Oaks center. I know there's a few Historic Houston retail buffs around. Does anyone know about this? I have a photo of the building, and it's totally different than the 1950s Lamar River Oaks center. Edit: It looks like the shopping center was called River Oaks Community Shopping Center. River Oaks Store The new River Oaks Food Shop which will open Saturday morning at Westheimer and River Oaks boulevards. The store will be owned and operated by W.B. Addison who also conducts a store at Lamar and Travis streets. Addison Opens New Food Shop The River Oaks Community shopping center will be enlarged Saturday morning with the opening of the River Oaks Food Shop, which is being installed at Westheimer and River Oaks boulevard by W.B. Addison. The new store is the latest word in fixtures, being fully equipped with the Frigidaire system, not only in the meat department, but also in the vegetable section. According to Mr. Addison, who owns and operates a store at Lamar and Travis streets, the the Frigidaire systems in connection with the vegetable department is a new innovation and will prevent all vegetables from dehydrating. He points out that this an unusual attraction to customers who desire nothing but fresh vegetables. The Food Shop offers a full line of staple and fancy groceries as well as other lines of foodstuffs. The fixtures, which are of fumed oak, enhance the appearance of the stock which is plainly marked with printed price tags. Mr. Addison stated that the store will feature a delivery service that will in no way affect the price of goods. He said it is his desire to build up an order system whereby customers can telephone their needs and the orders will be deliver with the least possibly delay.
  4. Does anyone go to CM’s Hatch Chili Festival, or anyone else’s? This is the first year we have done so. Hatch peppers only come out once a year for about two weeks at the end of August. We normally buy about 15 or so pounds of them and roast them on the grill. This year we bought a whole case, and CM roasted them on the spot in a large drum with a propane burner. I love Hatch peppers, and Michelle makes a great Green Chili Stew with them. It is chock full of melt-your-mouth goodness! Any other Hatch lovers out there. Anyone going to Central Market this weekend, or next?
  5. As reported in the Chronicle: (link) It seems excessive, but then I feared this would happen when I watched all the customers head to HEB.
  6. Apparently, according to a Rice University website, William Ward Watkin designed a grocery store in the 1920s. I recall seeing a general thread talking about the A-B-C (or ABC) grocery stores. I never recall hearing about this location. Very cool! Imagine a "star architect" designing a grocery store in 2023? Well, I do believe Gensler designs mixed-use developments with ground floor HEBs and Whole Foods. In the publication The Life and Work of Architect William Ward Watkin: The commercial work for which Watkin was responsible was of a generally small-scale character: The A-B-C South Main grocery store (1928). From the newspaper The Texas Jewish Herald dated July 19, 1928: Better Things To Eat You can set a better table at less cost if you make it a habit to come to our stores for your groceries. Store No. 1-- 2802-4-6 Main Street -- Store No. 2-- 529 West Alabama -- Store No. 3-- 1628 Westheimer
  7. wow!! I never knew about this cool Uptown dance hall and grocery store until this week. Incredible history here! This is Uptown's version of the infamous End-O-Main Dance Hall on South Main. From the newspaper The Houston Post. dated December 2, 1923. Upper Left: Post Oak Dance Hall and Grocery Store located at the intersection of the Post Oak and Wetheimer roads. 12 miles from Houston. In the foreground, a side view of the new 1924 seven-passenger WillysKnight touring car. The Houston Post. dated December 31, 1923: Dance at Post Oak New Year's Eve Westheimer Road Under New Management Good Music
  8. I have a photo here of Shambaughs Grocery. Does anyone know where this was located? I tried searching the libraries and couldn't find an address. Thanks Can we put a date to it? The storefront next to the grocery store looks to be called Lightfood Construction Co. The address is listed on the sign!? I can't make it out though. Any help to identify what that says?
  9. https://www.bisnow.com/houston/news/retail/german-grocer-lidl-wants-in-on-houstons-hot-market-71253
  10. This newspaper clipping was in my grandma's treasures I inherited. She has probably 100 clippings. Even if it were friends of a friend, she meticulously cut them out and kept in envelopes. This is board of directors for Lucky 7 Supermarkets. She would have known Mr. Trahan whose store was in Denver Harbor and she knew of the Pasternaks who had Garden Villas Supermarket. My great aunt on my mom's side. Angie Runnels was the demonstration lady there. She and Mr. Aaron were partners in other ventures. She originally had the Jet Coffee Shop in Municipal Airport and their last venture was a catering company for the oil company jets. A box lunch with fried chicken, buttermilk biscuits & a slice of pie or cake. Her last job without Pasternak partnering was greeter at McDonald's on 610W & Fannin. She was in her 90s & legally blind. She lived to be 101.
  11. I was reading the newspaper Southwestern Times dated April 22, 1948 and came across a business advertisement for Guthrie's Grocery located at 6900 Stella Link Rd. Very cool find!! Love the mom & pop grocery market stores. Now everything is dominated by the "big 3" - HEB, Randall's and Krogers. I believe Walmart's Neighborhood Market is also a big industry player, but they don't have grocery stores on every block like HEB does. Free Delivery - at - Guthrie's Grocery "Your Friendly Neighborhood Grocer" 6900 Stella Link Rd. Phone - M. 2-0147 Monday Through Saturday - 7:30 A.M. to 8 P.M. Sundays - 1 A.M. to 1 P.M.
  12. I understand that Lewis & Coker ran grocery stores next to Kmart and they disappeared a long time ago, but how were they? Were they any good, did they go out of business or bought up, and when did this all happen? It seems that L&C were all gone by the late 1980s.
  13. I was browsing the newspaper Southwestern Times dated December 23, 1948 and came across this cool grocery/market store called South Main Food Market located at 8020 South Main Street near the present-day Texas Medical Center. Very cool history here!! I never knew about this market. Fireworks - Quality Fireworks of All Kinds * Special Prices Plenty of Parking Space * Ask about the Bicycle! South Main Food Market 8020 South Main Slightly different ad from December 16, 1948:
  14. Anyone know about this grocery store market Brand's Super Market located at 3249 Dixie Drive? This would have been in the 1940s. Near where present-day Levit Green is! It's across highway 288. November 21, 1946: Our New Store . . . will open its doors in the near future . . . Watch for the announcement! Brandt's Super Market Sonny Brandt, Owner. 3249 Dixie Drive "When you think of food remember Brandts"
  15. Does anyone remember Jamail's Grocery Store? I think it was on Kirby. My brother used to work there in the late 80s/early 90s when he was a student at Lamar.
  16. June 16, 1927. Was this the same family that ran Jim Jamail And Sons Food Market At 3114 Kirby? Maybe their decedents because wasn't there a 50 year gap between the stores? This was the original Jamails then! Spring Vegetables Every Day in the Year J. Jamail & Bro. with the A.B.C. Store 2802 Main Street No Matter Where It Grows We Have It Phone Hadley 1597. After doing some more research, they had 4 stores in total: 1905 - Houston City Market 1927 - 2802 Main 1946 - Shepherd 1967 - Kirby Nageeb “Jim” Jamail, the founding father of the store, began selling produce to the carriage trade from the stalls of Houston’s old City Market in 1905, a time when Houston City Hall was on the second floor of the market. He made his reputation selling the freshest, choicest produce at fair, if not inexpensive, prices. Before World War I, he had expanded his business to include leasing produce stands in the new chain stores. Then, in 1946, when his three sons Joe, Albert, and Harry came home from the war they opened a store on Montrose, which offered a little friendly competition to some of their relatives, the Jamail Brothers Food Market on Shepherd. By 1959, their own growth and that of Houston (Southwest Freeway was plotted to run right through their doors) forced them to move. They then built the Kirby Drive building, which they enlarged in 1967, and are in the process of enlarging again. Bellaire resident Joe Jamail, 93, has vivid memories of the Jamail family grocery business:
  17. I was reading the newspaper The Houston Post dated June 27, 1917 and found this advertisement for Jake Freedman Watermelons At 900 and 902 Commerce St. Jake Freedman is Headquarters for Watermelons. In car lots or less. Hotels, Cafes, and Watermelon Gardens our Specialty. Cold Storage in connection. Phone Preston 1453. or call 900 and 902 Commerce St.
  18. From The Houston Post dated February 3, 1926: $50,000 Loss in Kenedy Fire. The dry goods store of Jake Freeman located on Main street, was destroyed by a fire Saturday night. The conflagration being the most disastrous to occur here since the destruction of the Breeden-Runge Co. warehouse six or eight years ago. The brick building, the property of Ira Hinton of Oakville was completely gutted by the fire. Mr. Freedman had only recently competed taking invoice and he computes his loss at between $42,000 and $45,000. The building, which had a front of 60 feet on Main street, was conservatively valued at $12,000 with only $4,000 in insurance carried by Mr. Hinton. Mr. Freedman had insurance to the amount of $35,000. Only the bare walls of the building are left standing, Kenedy Advance.
  19. I was browsing the publication The Texan dated January 22, 1986 and came across this business listing for Super Serv Grocery Stores. They were known for their Triangle Stores. I can see their triangle slogan " Service, Economy, Quality". Anyone know the history of this food market? I know HAIF has some "Grocery Historians". I saw someone mention one location was on S. Post Oak at S. Main. I know their is a Fiesta Market at that corner now. Same location?
  20. I was looking at old Houston grocery stores and noticed this cool little market stand. I wonder where it was located? I wonder what date?
  21. I was browsing the newspaper The Jewish Herald-Voice dated April 11, 1974 and came across this small Kosher market and deli. Called Goodman Foods located at 9224 Buffalo Speedway. Phone: 667-7711. Looks like this is the current site of the town home community called Pemberton Circle? Also across the street is that new senior living complex called The Tradition Buffalo Speedway located at 9339 Buffalo Speedway. Did anyone ever go here? Or knew about it before the demolition? Was this in a small strip center by any chance? This was demolished to make way for residential, so I assume it took out something fairly large. - If it's kosher, we have it - Under supervision of Houston Rashruth Association.
  22. I was browsing the newspaper The Bellaire Texan dated June 22, 1966 and came across a business ad for Riley's Super Market located at 3851 Bellaire Blvd. Did anyone ever shop here? I'd love to hear some memories. Who exactly ran this store? What ever happened to it? Did it go under or was it merged with a bigger grocer?
  23. I was browsing the newspaper The Bellaire Texan dated June 22, 1966 and came across a business listing for D&K Dis-Kount Gorcery Store located at 3634 Bellaire Blvd. Did anyone ever shop here?
  24. I was browsing the newspaper The Southwest Citizen dated January 19, 1950 and came across this business ad for J.M.H. Supermarket No. 3 located at 6204 College (at Milton) West University Place. J.M. Huffington, left, of J.M.H. Supermarkets, and Archer Romero, prominent agriculturist and feed expert and secretary of the Houston Fat Stock Show, examine some of the chemically-wrapped minerals used in the feeding program at Huffington Ranch. From the The Bellaire Citizen dated March 9, 1950. Showing cowboys on the Huffington Ranch.
  25. Commerce Street was considered the wholesale produce center of Houston. Pictured here are trucks backed up to the Grocers Supply Company in 1929 waiting to shuttle produce to local markets. Noticed this amazing photograph in a historical Houston book. Houston in the 1920s and 1930s.
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