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Subject: Catherine Duwez: Now at The Broken Spoke Permanently!

Catherine Duwez: Now at The Broken Spoke Permanently!

In case you haven't heard, Catherine Duwez has become a permanent part of

The Broken Spoke Cafe! Catherine, the previous owner of Cafe Montrose, will

be bringing her expertise in French and Belgian cuisine. Over the next

several days we will be working on a new combined menu featuring the best of

Cafe Montrose and The Broken Spoke Cafe. Since the close of Cafe Montrose,

Catherine has been operating as a "movable feast" with a loyal base of

customers who followed her. Catherine would like to sincerely thank all of

her loyal customers who supported her over the last eight months. Now she

has a permanent location so be sure to stop in.

New Beer Additions

With Belgian food comes Belgian beer! In addition to our previous selections

(Shiner, Guinness, Fat Tire, Bud, Bud Light, & Strongbow), we have added a

few new Belgian favorites. On tap we now have Stella Artois and Chimay

White. In bottles we have added Chimay Blue and Duvel.

For all of our wine-drinking patrons, The Broken Spoke Cafe is a BYOB

establishment so feel free to Bring Your Own WINE! No corkage fee.

For more information on menu, hours, parking, directions and more go to

http://www.brokenspokecafe.com/ or call

us at 713-863-7029

Grand Re-Opening Celebration With all of these changes, we feel like a new

restaurant in many ways. Well, every new restaurant needs a GRAND OPENING

PARTY! Come on out and celebrate our new partnership. The festivities will

begin on Friday, July 31st at 6PM. In honor of our loyal customers we will

be offering Happy Hour prices all night

This may be the best news I have heard all year.

Has Hubcap Grill been mentioned? Good burgers.

I made it out to Sawyer Park (where the Pig Stand used to be) Thurday night and it was a good crowd. It was about 50/50 guy to girl ratio. I wouldn't call the place a sports bar, but they do have a nice tv setup upstairs on the deck. I may check this place out during college football season.

Happy hour at McCormick & Schmicks at the Houston Pavilians and Cielo on Main & Congress. What do I win?

Make sure you get the happy hour prices.

Anyone know of a classy lounge on Washington that isn't pretentious? So far I've been sticking to the bars like Pearl Bar and the Lot, because I'm not into waiting in lines or paying covers/tipping doormen to be let in.

Try Block 21. The same owner as The Flat and a couple of other loungy places.

I went on Friday night to meet a couple friends there and the first thing they said to me was "this place is full of douche bags." I had to laugh, of course.

There were a few Ed-Hardy-wearing-DB guys there hitting on girls and being general DB-ish, but they won't be there long. I liked the atmosphere/crowd WAY better there than The Lot across the street...

I have a feeling The Drinkery will be the place to go before going out, so you will see some of that crowd, but I'm fine with it. And I think the term "douchebag" is not used properly anymore.

Stopped by the Drinkery on Friday night and I wouldn't say it's douche bag free. It's more douche bag light.

Anyplace that lets me come in with shorts and flip-flops at 10:30pm is alright in my book. I wouldn't say the place is douche bag light.

Went to The Drinkery Friday night and it's nice and laid back with a huge deck outside.

Uhg, I'm in my mid 30's and I'm now cougar hunting? Damnit! I'm going to classify a cougar as an upper 40's lady to make me feel better.

I guess I'm off to Benjy's. Who's with me?

Assuming they will renovate and depending on how that is, they could easily hold 10+ parking spots onsite.

they can follow the velet parking trend

If that's the case, then it seems that the boom/bust cycle could easily be nipped in the bud by the city by discouraging similar development once the density of liquor licenses reaches a certain point in an area, rather than waiting for things to spiral out of control.

Welcome to no zoning. If the city would limit these bars to certain areas or districts things would be fine. I'm not saying bars should not be in neighborhoods, but 30 bars within a 3 mile radius are a bit excessive unless they are in a designated area.

I have lived downtown for the past 5 years and the previous posters are correct. The "scene" just moved on...just as it will with Midtown other than the staple nieghborhood bars. I'm not saying Midtown will die, but I wouldn't be supprised if Pub Fiction is no longer there 5 years from now.

I miss the old downtown.

Downtown residents did not drive away the bars along Main St.

I would like a carport as well. I have had a couple of quotes ranging in the $4,500 to $5,500 price range. The deminsions I want are 12' wide x 22' long with a storage unit built in - 6' x 12'.

I need to start looking around again.

Try some of these places Smurf.

Osaka

Sushi Jin

Nippon

Kaneyama

Yeah, I'm sure they meant to severely injure some of their friends as well.

I've never been to 6th street, what is this "rough" crowd you're talking about? Is a rough crowd considered bikers, tattooed Montrosians, blacks, latinos...??

I'll just say that you know it's rough crowd when you have to have security gaurds at the door.

Given the clientele that they have been going after the last two years, I cannot claim to be surprised.

Agreed. I have a friend that used to work there, but quit over a year ago when the crowd got bad. She said they hired a promoter a while back who just sent invitations on MySpace for all of his friends to show up at 6th St. I guess the promoter hung out with that kind of crowd.

I may be wrong, but I think Rudyard's has been there way longer than most of the houses in that area. That is like complaining about living next to a RR track when you knew it was already there.

The kitchen has a perfect spot for a pantry. I'm pretty sure I can add some clostet space pretty easily in the 3rd bedroom.

I just bought an old house and those houses hardly have any closet space. I need a pantry in the kitchen and add a closet (preferably some kind of a walk-in) in the spare bedroom. Does anyone have any recommendations of anyone that builds closets? Nothing fancy, just your basic stuff.

My friend used Closet Factory and they did great work, but I

I heard that Daily Grind os closed - it may be a bar soon. Is this true? I hope not.

I probably ran into some of you at the Warren's/Pearl Harbor day celebration last year and didn't even know it. Pearl Harbor Day is this Sunday this year and I will be there again.

You guys should check out Brewery Tap for a low-key place downtown.

Just talked to the listing agent for the bank and someone has put all the units under contract.

I call *

A Mexican restaurant where St. Pete's used to be, and what looks to be a deli/grocery mart below the Byrd Lofts. I have a feeling this grocery mart won't cater to the types of people that the other two crack shacks draw.

I'm looking forward to this. I was trying to find some hamburger buns the other day and none of the downtown stores had any...including CVS.