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My guess would be that there are a lot of driveways and businesses would complain about access to them. Dots would help a little.

New coffee shop and wine bar lands in Downtown Houston A new cafe in Downtown Houston is now open, serving up locally-roasted coffee, Belgian waffles, and wines from South America. 3 Fibs Coffee & Wine is a project from Michael Caplan, who co-founded Siphon Coffee in the Montrose, and Tim Leyden, the mind behind EaDough Waffles. The cafe will serve waffles by day, alongside coffee roasted by Cleo Roasting Co, (also owned by Caplan), and will transition to a wine bar at night, complete with charcuterie boards and wine from Mexico and South America. According to CultureMap, the name 3 Fib refers to the dubious newspaper ad the Allen Brothers placed in 1836 offering land for sale in Houston. The cafe sits directly across from Allen’s Landing, known as the site where the city was founded.

Long-awaited Savoy Ice House finally sets an opening date Savoy Ice House, the Third Ward drinkery from the minds behind Turkey Leg Hut, has finally set a date for its soft opening. A post on the bar’s Instagram page indicates that the business will open on Saturday, October 30, with a costume and cocktail party. The bar, at 4402 Emancipation Ave, Houston, has been in the works since at least 2019, when TLH owner Nakia Price teased in a Fox 26 news story about the Turkey Leg Hut’s battle with its Third Ward neighbors. The Savoy is billed as the neighborhood’s “first urban ice house”, with decor that includes vintage motorcycles, street art-covered walls, and a large outdoor deck. The bar will also feature a VIP room with a private deck and private restrooms, as well as an outdoor bar in an Airstream trailer. Eater has reach out to the TLH team for more details, including whether one of the restaurant’s food trucks will be on hand to serve up stuffed turkey legs. In February, the bar — which was unfinished at the time — was the site of an alleged assault in which TLH co-founder Lynn Price was accused of pistol-whipping and then threatening to kill an acquaintance. A hearing for that case is scheduled for October 21.

A New Destination for Fancy Po’ Boys Debuts at MidMain Find katsu sandwiches, beer debris fried, and classic Louisiana cocktails right off the light rail by Brittanie Shey@brittanieshey Sep 27, 2021, 11:02am CDT Winnie’s, the late night bar and sandwich shop from a trio of Houston hospitality veterans, is now open at MidMain. The restaurant opened last week at 3622 Main Street, in the spot that was previously home to Natachee’s Supper and Punch. The restaurant originally got its start at the same address almost a year ago as pop-up restaurant Peace Maker Po’Boys, which gained popularity for its fried seafood sandwiches and birria po’boys. The trio behind the restaurant, Johnny’s Gold Brick owner Benjy Mason, and chefs Graham Laborde and Chris Roy, first met while working at now-defunct Treadsack restaurant Bernadine’s, which closed in 2017. For Winnie’s, the trio wanted to create a laid-back patio bar with approachable cocktails, while also paying homage to the historic Midtown neighborhood. The name Winnie’s comes from Winbern Street, which was purportedly named after the daughters — Winnifred and Bernadine — of the area’s developer. The building, a former drugstore, already had a large outdoor space overlooking the Main Street light rail line. For the interior, the trio used reclaimed materials to capture the character of the building, including rebuilding the storefront, and installed a bar created by Houston artist Patrick Renner, known for creating iconic Houston sculpture the Funnel Tunnel. Winnie’s menu features 8 signature sandwiches, including a shrimp and oyster peace maker, a Mississippi beef debris po’boy with beer cheese and Cool Ranch Doritos, and katsu BLT made with braised bacon katsu, pickled green tomatoes, and serves on milk bread. The restaurant also serves raw and roasted oysters, a muffaletta salad, and sharable dishes like pimento queso, beef debris fries, and fried pickled okra. The bar program focuses on classic Texas and Louisiana cocktails like the sazerac, hurricane, michelada, and a take on the Ranch Water made with White Claw. There are also icy drinks, like a frozen peach-bourbon iced tea and a frozen Irish coffee. The restaurant will offer a happy hour with $5 house drinks from noon to 5 p.m. daily. Winnie’s, which is walking distance from entertainment hotspots like MATCH Theater and the Continental Club, is open Tuesday through Sunday from noon to midnight. https://houston.eater.com/2021/9/27/22696421/winnies-po-boys-open-houston-restaurant-mid-main-chef-graham-laborde

HCAD has it appraised at $3.3 mil, I'm gonna guess 1yr before it gets bought if it's even for sale. Montrose Blvd has lots of places that will be turned into residential/ retail projects in the next 10 yrs.

First thing that caught my attention was why are all these workers milling around? In the street, sitting on the curbs. I was driving north on Helena coming from Fairview.

Consolidated AT crane just collapsed in the pool deck area.

Brick being installed on the Law school. Hilton addition. Medical school.

Where are the kids going to school while this is being torn down?

As a cyclist I feel much more comfortable with either the plastic armadillos or the concrete curbs and I ride a lot. More timid riders won't feel comfortable without them. Too many crazy drivers out there.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/After-years-of-attempts-redevelopment-of-former-16485586.php After years of attempts, redevelopment of former St. Elizabeth's Hospital begins Robert Downen, Staff writer Sep. 24, 2021Updated: Sep. 24, 2021 8:33 p.m. The renovation of the former St. Elizabeth’s Hospital into mixed-income housing began Friday, marking the latest chapter for the historic Fifth Ward building that has sat vacant for a half-decade. The three-acre property on Lyons Avenue is being redeveloped by the nonprofit Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corp. with plans for about half of the 179 apartment units to be reserved for people with low incomes. Mayor Sylvester Turner and other local leaders praised the project at a Friday groundbreaking event. In the surrounding blocks, however, many longtime residents were less enthralled. Though they welcomed the much-needed investment in the neighborhood, some were concerned that it may ultimately drive up housing and other local costs and attract residents who are unfamiliar with — and thereby less invested in — the surrounding community. “I guess it’ll be good,” said Larry Smith, a 69-year-old retiree who lives nearby. “We haven’t had anything down here for a while.” His sentiment was shared by others who grew up in the historically Black area, and have watched subsequent generations flee the neighborhood for more up-and-coming parts of town. The neighborhood is among Houston’s poorest, with a median household income that’s half of the citywide average of $52,300 in 2019, according to census data. Some neighbors said they would have preferred if the property was redeveloped to help struggling local businesses or as a community center. . “I feel kind of negative about it because it is definitely going to affect me,” said Johnnie Taylor, who has owned a home across the street for three decades. The project has inconvenienced her already. On Friday, someone parked in front of her garbage cans, and the elderly woman needed someone to help move them so they wouldn’t be missed when trucks made their stops later in the day. Taylor, 82, grew up in Fifth Ward. She has tracked years of attempts by the city and developers to try to redevelop the eyesore that, prior to its bankruptcy in the 1980s, provided health care to minority communities on the city’s East Side. It later housed an addiction treatment facility, the Barbara Jordan Recovery Center, which was shut down by the state in 2014 amid an investigation into Medicare fraud by its parent company. Taylor said she understood the need for more housing in the area, but feared the project could increase gentrification and drive out longtime residents who don’t own homes. “But I’m not going to let it upset me, because it is what it is,” she said. “This is a money world, and the little people like me don’t have a voice.” Asked about those concerns, Kathy Flanagan Payton, president of the Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corp., said the nonprofit is “committed to economic integration, which suggests housing for various income levels” and have reserved half of the first 85 units for those with low incomes. “Just as we are concerned about gentrification in neighborhoods we want to avoid concentrating poverty in the same neighborhoods,” she said in a statement. “Fifth Ward represents an opportunity for us to get it right." The project has been delayed by neighborhood opposition. It stalled in 2018 when opponents blocked state tax credits on a technicality. The Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corp. later obtained nearly $24 million from the city in Hurricane Harvey recovery funds, as well as a federal grant and private financing. The proposal was later adjusted to reduce affordable units and significantly increase market-rate apartments by constructing another building on the site. robert.downen@chron.com

So 3503 Restaurant Group is the Chris Shepherd run place that will open here. Flight Club is the English dart bar. http://us.flightclubdarts.com/houston/

They were adding a construction elevator.

The building at 1001 Travis was getting a chiller replacement. They had the block of McKinney between Main and Travis blocked off with a huge crane.

Flying up new landscaping on the roof deck.