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Wow the name is intriguing. This is awesome news!

Allison Cook of the Chronicle just reviewed Christian's Tailgate Downtown. You can read the review on chron.com, but it's not very good unfortunately. She graded their burger a D but said good things about the onion rings.

Allison Cook is an idiot.

Maybe you need to look at the renderings closely again. Its pretty much the building as shown. The mesh is what wasnt delivered as promised! That doesn't make or break the building though lol Sheesh. Lets not overract here.

I mean I'm not upset or anything. I guess I was just expecting more transparent walls to view the activity inside. Either way the building is awesome. Our design team does the same thing with their renders, in that they make certain areas semi transparent to get an idea of the inside. 

Why doesn't Houston try to land other companies outside of oil and gas?

Exactly what I said. So no it isn't built as advertised. It looks way more open in the renderings.

My gf went to that school. This renovation is perfect for those houses!

^^^ wonderful and exciting addition to the MIDTOWN district. however, what happened to the sparkle of this development?  why does it suddenly seem so very drab and dull?  i think that the earlier illustrations depicted a much more exciting exterior design.  what happened?

I was just about to say the same thing! I thought the structure was going to be more open, more glass, etc.

Lots of building are being saved! 

Wow this is awesome news!

Man Houston is going to make an awesome impression on the NFL during the Super Bowl. 

This looks very promising. 

Went today with 6 co-workers. It was very busy; ordered at bar got our burgers in 10-15 minutes. Everyone loved the place, clean, TV's were on, parked one block away. Walked to the Chase Tower afterwards which probably burned one onion ring off.

 

This place doesn't need any luck or help - it's going to do great business. Plus it's right there off main, looks further on a map, walking outside you can easily see Hooneymooners, ect.

 

Good to go. Wish CT all the best.

Are you referring to The District?

Wow The District looks very nice!

Will they have a sign? Serious ?

Isn't there a dumb ordinance on not being allowed to have nicely lit signs? A cool sign on top or on the side of the building would be cool, almost like cheers.

Wow so this one is finally underway? I walk past this building often

Retractible Dome Stadium by Norman Gates, on Flickr

Now that my friends is a city we should be proud as hell of!!!

Man this thing was ugly even brand new

Weren't we supposed to already get word of what retailer will be the anchor all of this development?

There's only about 50ish days a year you can count on a bar bringing in people specifically because of sports, whether they are a sports bar, or just a bar with TVs.

 

yeah, there's 160something baseball games, football weekends (and weeknights) for 3 months, basketball, and all the college sports as well, but bringing in reliable business?

 

you can count on all the weekends in football season plus post season. you can count on march madness. you can count on basketball finals (and playoffs if home team is doing well, maybe some games leading up to as well). world series, and baseball post season really doesn't have that big of a draw (unless your team is in it), and soccer isn't reliable unless you market specifically to that crowd.

 

they need to have a draw, something to bring people in on off sports nights. trivia, karaoke, etc. or have really good, unique food. 

You do realize that all the other locations have done extremely well? And it's not just about sports, but good food at a good price, a place to go have a good beer, and that's not all... think about all the events this place has throughout the year along with karaoke

Wow, I wonder how they will change. They are probably going to be larger.

I like "tram"..... Plus I am really excited to see so many students taking the tram around the city. Plus there are so many more people walking around after hours downtown

New Orleans is just as hot as Houston and people walk around there every day all day. I was just there not too long ago and no one seemed to care how hot it was. Houston just needs more walkable and pedestrian friendly districts. It's easier to complain about the heat when you are walking by 5 blocks worth of parking lots as compared to stores, shops and cafes. We will get there.

Nola is hotter than Houston

http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/Commissions/docs_pdfs/hahc/Application_Materials/Sept_MATERIALS/820_Fannin_Materials.pdf

How do you get a hold of this stuff? lol

So glad this is happening

Man if this side of downtown can fill in we could really get a nice connection going between Minute Maid and the Historic District