CSOM Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 (edited) Driving by recently, there is a sign up advertising a new Howl at the Moon dueling piano bar in Midtown. Location is 612 Hadley Street right next to Pub Fiction.Currently on this location (corner of Louisiana and Hadley) there is an old lot that is overgrown with weeds and an ugly little orange building that used to be the location of Don Jacobsen Automotive. Next door (612 Hadley) is a blue tin shed building used for the Austin Automotive auto shop. Both would need to be likely razed to make room for a new building suitable for such a venture. Opening is supposed to be May 15, 2007, so I'm not sure where/how this is going to go up so soon, where a bad building housing a currently active auto shop is. I'm excited about the possibility though.http://www.howlatthemoon.com/houston_tonight.html Anyone hear anything on this? Edited December 22, 2006 by CSOM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 i sure must be getting old because that looks lame! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 i sure must be getting old because that looks lame!Looks sort of college-town like, but what do I know, I'm old too.It is nice to see new businesses pop up in Midtown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 It is nice to see new businesses pop up in Midtown.But most of them are closing just as quickly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 But most of them are closing just as quicklyYeah but that's not uncommon in the restaurant and bar business. I think it's a nice addition, especially considering what it's replacing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokieone Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 But most of them are closing just as quicklywhich ones have closed recently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 (edited) which ones have closed recently?the ones i knew about are already closed...i was downtown earlier this week and was surprised at how many of the clubs/bars are like rudolph. Edited December 23, 2006 by musicman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkjones98 Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 I wonder if they are going to tear down that old warehouse or use it for the bar--extensively remodeling it, of course.As a midtown resident, I am happy to see a bar like this going in. Aside from being next to Pub Fiction, however, I think they are putting it in a random spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProHouston Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 I wonder if they are going to tear down that old warehouse or use it for the bar--extensively remodeling it, of course.As a midtown resident, I am happy to see a bar like this going in. Aside from being next to Pub Fiction, however, I think they are putting it in a random spot.If you get enough of these establishments in random places like this, suddenly you have critical mass. I think it's great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovehouse Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 That's just lovely. Midtown is the perfect place for franchised bars and restaurants. It's like a little suburb in the city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Houston has always had a high mortality rate when it comes to bars and eating establishments. I agree, that if you get the right combination of bars/resturants/shops, people will go there. Rice is a very good example of that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Houston has always had a high mortality rate when it comes to bars and eating establishments. I agree, that if you get the right combination of bars/resturants/shops, people will go there. Rice is a very good example of that.Why didn't they pick a location in an auto repair somewhere in Pasadena ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I stumbled across this link, it seems that they're coming to Houston!THIS is a cool place. Editor SHOULD be familiar with it, since there is one in Chicago (which I went to during my personal record beating buzz...but that's another story).I'm so hyped, I'm SO there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSOM Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 (edited) I stumbled across this link, it seems that they're coming to Houston!THIS is a cool place. Editor SHOULD be familiar with it, since there is one in Chicago (which I went to during my personal record beating buzz...but that's another story). I'm so hyped, I'm SO there! Nice Ricco... Not sure that you remember you were in a thread on this back in December/January Link, but that's ok They originally speculated May as opening, but obviously didn't happen... making a lot of progress when I go by now, and will clean up that corner, which is nice. Also, next door there is a sign stating Louisiana/Hadley crossing for variance request, not sure if something else is going up next to it & Pub Fiction, but looking forward to it anyway. FTW - It will be here Google Maps The long white building in the middle will be Howl. The rectangle to the left on Smith is Pub Fiction. Edited July 19, 2007 by CSOM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midtownuser Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 http://www.slide.com/r/YAIyQ1N25j9q2NKfINk...lt_embedded_urllink to photos of construction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSOM Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 http://www.slide.com/r/YAIyQ1N25j9q2NKfINk...lt_embedded_urllink to photos of constructionThese are great... the progress is really coming along. I never believed the building would've been used for anything else. I used to use that shop for my car until one day when I brought it in about a week or two having my tires rotated and balanced... The guy drives it and tells me the balance and rotation is all out of whack and I need to get it done. I told him I just had it done, he said I should take it back and have them redo it. When I told him he did it, he didn't say anything and refused to call me back whenever I tried to schedule the "redo" he suggested.What is the plan for next door where Don Jacobsen auto's and that little orange building used to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Htowngirl Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Grand Opening is August 17th.http://howlatthemoon.com/houston_tonight.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToolMan Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 I would say the 17th is not going to happen from looking at the building site. I'm thinking more 2008. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToolMan Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 My fault Htowngirl...they are still working on the place but will be open Friday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chenevert Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Stopped by last night. Place is opened, and it was packed. Long line outside to get in. $7 cover charge was a turn-off, but the crowd obviously didnt mind. It was kind of cheesy in the standard piano bar way, but I enjoyed it. Its certainly something different than the standard club or bar. Considering what the place looked like a year ago, its amazing what they have done inside and out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 This is an international chain, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pookrat Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 This is an international chain, isn't it?Nation wide, yes. But I wouldn't say International. They used to have one on Bourbon Street that was a blast but I think it disappeared with Katrina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayshoota Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 We went to this place on Tuesday night for our end of semester party. It was a lot of fun and is really a nice bar. They have done a nice job. The only drawback was some of our friends got held up at gun point right around the block as they were walking in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
native_Houstonian Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Is it a younger (21-30) crowd? Mixed ages? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Nope. its a mixed group. Lot of fun, you should go. I drove by a few months back and there seems that there isn't a line of people anymore, but at least its still packed inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 The only drawback was some of our friends got held up at gun point right around the block as they were walking in.Damn, that's scary!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I took up an invitation to go there on Saturday - looong line outside and extremely crowded inside. The music was fun, but it was too crowded to do much but shuffle around people and get elbowed a lot.I would say the crowd was twentysomething-just-out-of-college-money-to-spenders. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 You were there Saturday? I was in the front at a table.We were amazed how quickly the place got packed after 8pm, but I was ready to attack Birthday boy next to me, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Yeah, for about thirty minutes maybe - arrived around 11pm. I was by the back wall and front bar the entire time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 30 minutes? how long were you in line?When I left (The vodka drinks were weak), the line looked a little long, but I was too preoccupied with getting waffles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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