gene 3053 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 hey today i was driving by this overwhelmed with my disappointment in them leaving up the rock columns haha and i had some thoughts...and personal opinions on this... i truly think they missed out on finally making something special and even yes, classy, to fit the Uptown area... the way they did the roof coming down so low really makes the place look small and darker than if they would have done a higher window line and a cleaner look...as now it looks like a Pizza Hut building and wish they would have done something more like the Montrose location with high ceilings and larger windows. Also and i am sure some might disagree, but the LARGE east facing window wall should have been made to face west...as i personally would rather have a large window facing the uptown area and building and yes, even the Dillards parking lot than facing the speeding cars and freeway wall...plus now all the people walking along Post Oak and Westheimer and going to Dillards only see the ugly back side of the building and may not be aware that there is even a Velvet Taco there (the huge sign for now only faces north and south...maybe they should put a big square shaped sign on top of the pole to have the sign face all directions?)... anyway sorry for the rambling but i just personally feel they missed the mark on this and a huge opportunity to have something really special added to my great and favorite area of town ) we will see if i still feel the same when i am actually going there to get my favorite chicken and waffles taco, stay tuned ha! 🌮 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gene 3053 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Well everyone, it's official, Velvet Taco saw my posts and angrily decided to really get back at me by painting the rock columns HOT PINK and the building and ugly green (and this coming from someone that loves green)... i WISH i was kidding... 🤢 so yep, Hot Pink and Green Velvet Taco... how fun for them haha 🤡 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hindesky 46636 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 4 hours ago, gene said: Well everyone, it's official, Velvet Taco saw my posts and angrily decided to really get back at me by painting the rock columns HOT PINK and the building and ugly green (and this coming from someone that loves green)... i WISH i was kidding... 🤢 so yep, Hot Pink and Green Velvet Taco... how fun for them haha 🤡 Not true unless we get some pics from you..... 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gene 3053 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 haha i am scared my camera will break @hindesky 😲 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mkultra25 1205 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Every time I see that there are new posts in this thread, my first thought is "cool, we must be getting an update on the rock columns from @gene". 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gene 3053 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) 🤪 haha! and this morning drove by those (in-)famous rock columns to see progress on the building... they are moving along pretty quickly and think it will be another month before it is mostly completed...so looking at an "early next year" opening i bet... also it SEEMS that the north facing side might be the actual entrance...it will then face the gas station? who knows as i am confused and need to go by there when i can get out of my vehicle and do some investigating edit to add: Crud, they really do read this forum as they have now added a new bright color to the buiding... almost NEON YELLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! good grief!!!! haha! I am hoping when this place is done i will go, well dang i was wrong...this is super fun and adds some much needed character to uptown... 🙃 Edited November 9, 2020 by gene Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gene 3053 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) just an update...the Velvet Taco signage actually looks SUPER cool... they have huge light up letters over the whole north facing entrance side saying VELVET TACO...the letters are probably around 3 to 4 feet tall and span the entire length of the building almost...then on the east facing side they have large 1 to 2 feet tall lit letters saying OPEN REALLY LATE. love all of that... so yeah things are looking up... well except the ugly hot pink rock columns...those are still a main feature...oy I am thinking this will be open in a month or so Edited December 18, 2020 by gene 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Avossos 2283 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 On 12/17/2020 at 2:10 PM, gene said: just an update...the Velvet Taco signage actually looks SUPER cool... they have huge light up letters over the whole north facing entrance side saying VELVET TACO...the letters are probably around 3 to 4 feet tall and span the entire length of the building almost...then on the east facing side they have large 1 to 2 feet tall lit letters saying OPEN REALLY LATE. love all of that... so yeah things are looking up... well except the ugly hot pink rock columns...those are still a main feature...oy I am thinking this will be open in a month or so I saw that today and it did look cool. If they would have exposed the rock and not paint them... it could have looked a little upscale funky... now it’s more iffy. overall, still a huge improvement. 1 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Texasota 2965 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Again, the name of this place is Velvet Taco. Expecting them to make classy aesthetic choices is deeply unrealistic. 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gene 3053 Posted Tuesday at 08:38 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:38 PM This location opens in less than a week! Training is taking place as i type... Look for them to open Jan 25th! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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