midtowndweller Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Front Burner also has Legacy Hall (Extremely popular food hall in Plano) in their portfolio. What if, in keeping with current trends, this becomes a food hall-for Uptown Houston! The Finn Hall of the west side. That would definitely correlate with this area’s upscale retail and restaurant mix. Great location with freeway and street presence. Just speculating and wishful thinking but that would be amazing considering the Galleria’s new eateries are on the pricey side (see: Nobu) and nearby River Oaks District has the same pricey restaurants. This could be where the new trendy, local, smaller restaurants thrive. Heres to hoping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 One can hope it’s more than just a Twin Peaks! That said, at what point do we over saturate the market demand for food halls? Ideally the site would eventually become home to a nice mixed use high rise (or two - including Dillard’s). Sadly I think that the market for something like that is unlikely at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Dillard’s is still on that sweetheart Joske’s ground lease that was signed waaay back in the day. I don’t think that lease is up for almost another 40 years or so. The Midtown Sears was similarly on a ground lease, which wasn’t bought out until Sears went into bankruptcy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Money talks. No reason a developer couldn’t incorporate the Dillard’s into a high rise tower - Water Tower Place in Chicago is one example. It would make sense for the Galleria to expand east and tie into Dillard’s in some capacity here in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Brick through the window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJilliams Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 2 hours ago, ekdrm2d1 said: Brick through the window. Either thievery or a poor man's attempt to kick-off demolition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 I remember driving through there relatively recently, earlier this year, and remember the storefront still being occupied. From what I've been told, the ZDE started out as a Roy Rogers and was later a head shop after its time as a food establishment. It was ZDE by 2003 IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 For the record i did not throw that brick...I would have chosen a bulldozer. (not to throw through the window...but to drive through it...) 😋 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 The Allen, Bayou Place, East River.....childs play Twin Peaks is coming to Post Oak? Put that on "Going Up"! Get it! Its in "Going Up" because its Twin "Peaks". Double the fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 23 hours ago, IronTiger said: I remember driving through there relatively recently, earlier this year, and remember the storefront still being occupied. From what I've been told, the ZDE started out as a Roy Rogers and was later a head shop after its time as a food establishment. It was ZDE by 2003 IIRC. It was also a Luke's Hamburgers sometime between Roy Rogers and head shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerHerman13 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 https://www.khou.com/mobile/article/news/local/zone-derotica-in-galleria-area-to-be-replaced-with-restaurant/285-c62c3334-b8e1-4e59-927a-acf772d0497c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBC2HTX Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Is there any need to totally copy paste an article that’s accessible for free? I feel the link is enough and avoids questions of fair use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 6 hours ago, CrockpotandGravel said: The property owners of Zone D'erotica lingerie and adult store next to the Galleria in Houston, 2626 West Loop South ( 2626 W Loop S ) was East Bay Inc. Deed of Trust shows East Bay Inc sold the property to 2626 W Loop South Realty LLC. It is connected to Front Burner Group Dining ( Front Burner Restaurants ), operators of Twin Peaks, Sixty Vines, Velvet Taco and more. This is pretty much exactly what I said earlier. But the document is a Warranty Deed, not the Deed of Trust, which is between a buyer and their mortgage lender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 19 minutes ago, CrockpotandGravel said: Yes. I know it is. I saw you connected the group to the purchase of the land. That's why I quoted you (Thanks for finding that originally and sharing). But what wasn't in your post was the name of the entity and other restaurants of theirs besides Twin Peaks. I posted that bit because the conversations were about Twin Peaks, jokingly I know. But I posted that to 1) show they run more than Twin Peaks and it will not be a Twin Peaks and 2) so the entity and its restaurants appear in the search on the forum and on Google. Also as I posted above, there are other restaurants it could be. One being the one Houston Chronicle reported and the other directly connected to this property, listed under the entity name. Which goes back again to why I posted the entity name. You know good and well Reddit, news stations, CultureMap, Houston Business Journal and Eater scroll this forum for posts to report as their exclusives. But Crocky, if you had read the post I wrote last Thursday at 10:52 AM, you would have seen that I DID point out that they run other restaurants besides Twin Peaks: "Also I should mention that the same company that does Twin Peaks (Front Burner Restaurants) has some other restaurant concepts such as Whiskey Cake, so it could be one of those, but my bet for freeway frontage is Twin Peaks. " I also saw the various other restaurants that you mentioned but did not list them all in my post since most of them are single-location concepts. And I didn't post the entity name because it's just the address with an "LLC" at the end and doesn't tell us anything. I will say it was interesting the Chronicle piece you dug up about Velvet Taco coming to the Galleria area. That part of your post was new information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 13 minutes ago, CrockpotandGravel said: Yes. I know it is. I saw you connected the group to the purchase of the land. That's why I quoted you (Thanks for finding that originally and sharing). But what wasn't in your post was the name of the entity and other restaurants of theirs besides Twin Peaks. I posted that bit because the conversations were about Twin Peaks, jokingly I know. But I posted that to 1) show they run more than Twin Peaks and it will not be a Twin Peaks and 2) so the entity and its restaurants appear in the search on the forum and on Google. Also as I posted above, there are other restaurants it could be. One being the one Houston Chronicle reported and the other directly connected to this property, listed under the entity name. Which goes back again to why I posted the entity name. You know good and well Reddit, news stations, CultureMap, Houston Business Journal and Eater scroll this forum for posts to report as their exclusives. Something tells me that no one would've mentioned it as a Roy Rogers until I brought it up in this thread. It's all an example of what is dubbed by others as "information laundering", where the news media will pick up things on Internet forums and Twitter feeds, true or not, and report it, making it "legitimate" in the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Y'all hush it! haha! It's all love here! and hey i can almost GUARANTEE that this will indeed be the Velvet Taco location as i had read multiple reports of Velvet Taco coming to Uptown including here....and when i spoke to Velvet Taco staff one time on Westheimer, they laughed about knocking down some place that needed to be knocked down....so.................... 😮 BUT i will admit...i was excited to have a Twin Peaks walking distance for sport events etc (plus they do have incredible pulled pork nachos! 😉) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 https://www.khou.com/article/news/zone-derotica-in-galleria-area-to-be-replaced-with-restaurant/285-c62c3334-b8e1-4e59-927a-acf772d0497c see that link that y'all have posted? look at the text appearing on the video: Zone D'Erotica to be replaced with Taco Shop!!! funny they don't say that in the article haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 7 hours ago, CrockpotandGravel said: And if you take issue with the posting of articles, take that same energy and direct it to renderings too, since it falls under the same use. Oh, but, wait, you copy and paste renderings too as you did before posting your rant. But go off on me... I appreciate all the posts you've been making, summarizing available material about various projects to help everyone keep up to speed on their development, but the way you totally overreact when you perceive even the slightest bit of criticism is negating that. And it's really hard to take you seriously when you keep responding with animated GIFs. Please keep doing what you do best, and please avoid the pettiness. I wish there were a setting in here to turn off animated GIFs, which contribute nothing to the discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 On 5/1/2019 at 9:55 AM, C List said: Soil testing occurring at 610 and Westheimer Soil testing is done when new construction is being considered. It's also done when there are environmental concerns (i.e., leaking fuel tanks). Is there an indication as to why soil testing is being done at this location? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Is too much to ask to have a Velvet Taco AND a Twin Peaks at that corner!!!??? 🤩 (oh AND still have Dillards redone and build that sky bridge to the Galleria of course!) #knockitalldown !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisibletrees Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 15 minutes ago, gene said: Is too much to ask to have a Velvet Taco AND a Twin Peaks mixed-use development at that corner!!!??? 🤩 (oh AND still have Dillards redone and build that sky bridge to the Galleria of course!) #knockitalldown !!! FTFY. We deserve better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 1 hour ago, invisibletrees said: FTFY. We deserve better 1 hour ago, invisibletrees said: FTFY. We deserve better I might agree with you depending on what it is you think should be at that corner... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angostura Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 3 hours ago, CrockpotandGravel said: I neither like or dislike Velvet Taco, but my opinion of this is, "moo." It will be a great late night dining choice. Can't really speak to the tacos, but if I worked in the area, the Mondays where I picked up a $10 backdoor chicken on the way home would probably outnumber the Mondays when I didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 I hope they either do a new build or at least completely redesign it...i have hated the look of that building foreverrrrrrr! 🤮 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Zone d'Erotica's closing made the 3 o'clock news (KTRK Channel 13). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJilliams Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 22 minutes ago, gene said: I hope they either do a new build or at least completely redesign it...i have hated the look of that building foreverrrrrrr! 🤮 Reeeeeeeally hoping they bulldoze that building 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisibletrees Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 3 hours ago, gene said: I might agree with you depending on what it is you think should be at that corner... A residential mid-rise/high-rise with retail taking over the entire corner (including the Dillard's parking lot) would be ideal. Are we sure soil testing at the Shell is related? No news articles mention the gas station as part of the sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arbpro Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Just on Ch 13 ZDE to be Velvet Taco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerHerman13 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Just saw on ABC 13 it’s going to be a velvet taco. At least it’s not Twin Peaks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 34 minutes ago, arbpro said: Just on Ch 13 ZDE to be Velvet Taco. 'Velvet Taco' sounds like an article that could have been sold at Zone d'Erotica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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