WillowBend56 Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Is there still a Spaghetti Warehouse (or Inn) in business in downtown Houston? What old building does (did) it occupy?Not too far away there was a steak place that had as its centerpiece a stainless steel Santa Fe lounge or dining car. I think it was called Sonny Look's. Anyone else recall that place?Timeframe: 1975-1978 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Is there still a Spaghetti Warehouse (or Inn) in business in downtown Houston? What old building does (did) it occupy?yep 901 commerce. it was the desel boettcher warehouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 yep 901 commerce. it was the desel boettcher warehouseI just had lunch at Spaghetti Warehouse last Wednesday.There are tales of the building being haunted, or ghosts being seen, etc. From what I remember is was a pharmacy supply warehouse and a guy was carrying boxes and walked into an open elevator shaft. The ghost is said to be that of his wife, who is still looking for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfre81 Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 There it is, in all its glory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nm5k Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 I don't really recall Sonny Looks as having a train car, but maybe they did. Sonny Looks was on S.Main near the dome. Not really in the downtown area.It's been so long I've forgot, but I seem to remember Sonny Looks having kind of an Old English motif. I seem to recall a shield, and for some reasonI keep thinking of a suit of armor out front.. Time has made it fuzzy in my brain..:/Edit.. I was surfing trying to find a pix of Sonny Looks when I ran across thisarticle from Leon Hale.."And on Washington Avenue, across the street from the present main Houston Post Office, there was a cafe in a railroad dining car. Remember that place? What I ate there was scrambled eggs with chili poured on top."I bet that is the train car place you are thinking of.. I never did find a pixof Sonny Looks, although I know I have seen some.. Probably here.. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Native Montrosian Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 I think that dining car restaurant was The Depot. He had several restaurants over the years. My favorite was the Sir-Loin Inn on South Main. Only went there for really special occasions, but we could go eat anywhere near there and I'd behave like an angel to be rewarded with my dad driving by the parking lot so I could see the knight on the white horse riding around - Sonny's weekend evening promotional gimmick during cool weather. YIKES!! Look what I just found! Wonder if he knew Hulda? Rare and Well Done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMME Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Is there still a Spaghetti Warehouse (or Inn) in business in downtown Houston? What old building does (did) it occupy?Not too far away there was a steak place that had as its centerpiece a stainless steel Santa Fe lounge or dining car. I think it was called Sonny Look's. Anyone else recall that place?Timeframe: 1975-1978Railhead was on Richmond Avenue. There was also a Victoria's Station (not sure where). BOth of those had train cars. Didn't Sonny Look's have a knight on horseback out front? Was there also a Look's Depot? I seem to remember that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillowBend56 Posted June 29, 2009 Author Share Posted June 29, 2009 Could be I misidentified the steak place with the Santa Fe railroad car as Sonny Look's.It was in the north end of downtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmariar Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Looks like Sonny Look opened all the following: Quitman Coffee Shop Sonny Look's restaurant - 715 Quitman Look's Sir-Loin House (1959-1977) - 6100 Westheimer (now the Palm) Look's Sir-Loin Inn (1967-1991) - 9810 South Main The Depot (1971-1978) - 212 Milam (on Old Market Square) - A 1974 article says it took Look a year to convert the (then) 72-year-old furniture warehouse into a restaurant. It notes that "the Caboose" is decorated like a wine cellar, and there is an all-you-can-eat lunch in the "Train Car." Don Quixote The Oaks Several (five?) Bar-B-Q Barns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillowBend56 Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 Native Montrosian and Tmariar,I think you both nailed it: Sonny Look's DepotThanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e streeter Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 there was also a rail car place on south main and n. braeswood. can't recall the name of it but i do remember it being there in the early 80's. the sonny look's i remember was the one across from the astrodome. that is where we would go on special occasions. and yes they had a knight on a horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isuredid Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Is there still a Spaghetti Warehouse (or Inn) in business in downtown Houston? What old building does (did) it occupy?Not too far away there was a steak place that had as its centerpiece a stainless steel Santa Fe lounge or dining car. I think it was called Sonny Look's. Anyone else recall that place?Timeframe: 1975-1978The description also sounds like Simpson's Dining Car, but Simpson's Dining Car was at 1415 Main and not really that close to Spaghetti Warehouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 there was also a rail car place on south main and n. braeswood. can't recall the name of it but i do remember it being there in the early 80's.It was actually located near S. Main and Kirby, where the new burger place is and where Target used to be. I think there was a po-boy shop in there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 There it is, in all its glory. MMmmmmm.... I LOVE the Spaghetti Warehouse! They have yummy food! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagnabbit Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 You are right, I remember when it was Victoria Station, late '70's - 80's. And that was down the cross street that the pony rides were located on (S.Main), at Kiddie Wonderland. There is a hamburger joint that has been there for many years on Kirby, across the street from Droubi's (VS). Can't remember the name.Could the hamburger joint be " DJ's Burgers"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Was it called Railhead or Boxcar?It was the Railhead. It was a Victorian looking building with boxcars attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earlydays Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 ....the original Victoria Station, in the early '70's, was down the street behind what was Joske's at the time, in the Galleria area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little frau Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 There it is, in all its glory. I worked very near here for more years than I care to remember and I could swear that it was The Old Spaghetti Warehouse. Did it get younger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 What was the name of the steak house that preceeded Good Company BBQ location on I-10? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Looks like Carter's Country has owned the building since 1988, but can't find a mention of previous tenant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegacyTree Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 What was the name of the steak house that preceeded Good Company BBQ location on I-10?Old San Francisco Steak House Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasVines Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 does sketti warehouse still have the large welded metal piece by the door where you take a pinball and put it in the top and it goes through a series of tracks and loops ect and ends up back down at the bottom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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