kylejack Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 http://www.chron.com/entertainment/restaurants/article/Marfreless-bar-announces-it-will-be-closing-4371293.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Sorry to hear that. A little bit of local folklore gone. I was only there once or twice myself. Given its reputation, I found it a tad embarrassing going in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisPHous Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Really?I've only been two times and am too young to know about what it "used" to be, but I really like the place. Both times they had a good crowd so I wonder why they are closing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 They're getting squeezed by The Devil, who also goes by the name Weingarten Realty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Rent: 2011: 84002012: 92002013: 10000 According to some guy on Twitter. Weingarten thinks some bar will be willing to pay $10K for a windowless space without 4 decades of clientele? Fat chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croberts Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 I wondered if it was still around. I used to go there after work at Hobbit Hole a few blocks away, in the mid-19970s. Still my favorite bar atmosphere, except for the smoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Now that it's closing, I feel it's okay to talk about it now. I used to go to Marf's during my single days in the 90's. It was wonderfully seedy and the waitresses selectively blind. The newest state of Marf's was disappointing after. To me it was "Disney-ized" and brought it a different crowd I didn't care to see and hang out with. If those walls could talk...esp that back room. Then again, all you needed was a black light and the tales can guessed at from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Now that it's closing, I feel it's okay to talk about it now. I used to go to Marf's during my single days in the 90's. It was wonderfully seedy and the waitresses selectively blind. The newest state of Marf's was disappointing after. To me it was "Disney-ized" and brought it a different crowd I didn't care to see and hang out with. If those walls could talk...esp that back room. Then again, all you needed was a black light and the tales can guessed at from there. Agreed. Place was too plastic once the new owners got hold of it. I haven't been in there in probably 7 or 8 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToryGattis Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Landlord response:http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2013/03/weingarten-responds-to-marfreless-move-out/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Yeah the 80's were a blast there. The 2000 reincarnation was a step down. Last time I went was when we had a happy hr there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Here now. Good little crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTX Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 The little pit under the staircase was my personal favorite spot. Good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 it got really packed and with only one bartender basically impossible to order a drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 Yeah, it was that way on Tuesday too. Going to be that way the rest of the week, I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Marfreless to reopen in same spot under new management... http://blog.chron.com/29-95/2013/06/marfreless-to-reopen-later-this-summer/?cmpid=hpfsln Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aarosurf Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Any word on this? I don't think anything has re-opened yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 I'm pretty sure it fell through. This page was changed to a message saying Marfreless is closed a few months ago. It previously said it would reopen. http://www.marfrelesshouston.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Website says January 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Marfreless is reopening on January 24 with some changes. http://blog.chron.com/foodchronicles/2014/01/changes-in-store-for-new-marfreless-valet-doorman-dress-code/#13242101=9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 They might as well have changed the name. A doorman, dress code, valet, and bottle service (a near-foolproof litmus test for the d-bag in its native habitat)? No thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Has anyone been to the new Marfreless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Supposedly, the new owners are using the new name illegally, which means it could have one of two outcomes: 1) The old owners win the suit and demand the current Marfreless change its name and branding, possibly with damages, possibly closure 2) The old owners did lose/transfer the name somehow and don't like the direction the new owners are taking it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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