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I was at Reserve 101 and Dirt Bar last night after walking over from the ballpark.  Talk about a great date, all the construction along the way to talk about. I have to say, location wise, Marlowe is spot on.  I stood outside Dirt smoking and watched all the upcoming shows scroll through the marquee at House of Blues and thought how cool would it be to live across from a successful Green Street and Shopping District. Nice enough looking building for me to want to live in. I think Randall Davis made a smart move on this one.  

Renovations to the alley theater are now complete:

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2015/09/22/sneak-peekalley-theatre-unveils-completed-46-5.html

Except for powerwashing the outside.  Surely they are going to do that, right? Anyone?  They can borrow mine.

 

Is this from the District 7 Grill folks?

 

Yes.

I am guessing the plywood hole is where the pedestrian bridge to Commerce will go.

The District looks to be close to opening.  Furniture and signage is in place.  This is in the Chase garage building, across the street from the Rice and the new Hines tower at 609 Main.

Still much work to be done inside Morningside Thai, but they are busting their asses and working on it late. Window decals are up.

Adr say goodbye to the Esperson building. Looks like your going to lose that view! Too bad.

It looks like I will be able to retain a sliver of a view of the Esperson, but my view of the Rice Hotel sign and the Gulf Building is going to go away.  Price of progress (I also now lost my view of the Lyric Center due to Market Square Tower, which I will miss because from my view it looked like it/they were turning their nose down at Penzoil).

Taking a step back, this is on the next block from the Stowers/Aloft, Catty Corner from the Club Quarters, and on the next block from the Texaco housing project.  Nice little cluster of folks on this block when these projects are done.  Foot traffic after 5PM is great, and thats what these projects are going to do.  

Updated!

Christian Tailgate did a soft open last night.  Watched three games at once while enjoying a cold brew. Heaven Kitchen goes live Tuesday.

Originally called the George Hermann Estate Building located at 204 Travis Street in Downtown Houston.

Went up yesterday in the former Subway ground-floor retail for the Hermann Lofts.  

ProvisionsLLC   Hmm.  Provisions you say?  I'll take a Pass on speculating.  Map updated!

Know of any new projects happening on the Near Northside?  Let's keep track of them here.  Here is what I am following:

1) New Pegstar Music Venue

2)  Avenue Station Apartments

3) 2223 North Main Renovation

4) Hardy Rail Yards

Know of anything else happening?

GET HYPE!

TVs, decor and furniture are in place.  Looks like they need to finish-out the back bar.  Getting pretty close.

It's limited to just the immediate surroundings of Market Square Park (and even then I should have zoomed out some, but here is a map of what's currently going on, in terms of new hospitality projects.

Here is the word on the street, starting at the top

TOC: They haven't had any events here in quite some time.  Someone apparently picked up the lease and started doing demo inside, but there isn't much evidence of work on that lately.  

New Developer:  The retail space in the Bayou Lofts (900 Franklin Ave) was recently closed on by a new developer who is actively courting big names for this space.  Sounds like they may have some success too.  (Shameless plug and full disclosure, my bar - the Houston Watch Co - sits on this block.  We are not affected by this transaction).  This developer also picked up the Topek Building, which is directly across from Spaghetti Warehouse on Commerce and has partly been integrated into the Bayou Lofts parking garage.  Really large space that could be anything really.

The Study:  Said to be a coffee shop and bar.  Going for the UHD crowd with that name?  Could be fun. Experienced ownership group that owns several other bars in Midtown and Washington Ave.

Dance Club: Same group as The Study.  A fun dance club in the Barbarella vein.

Thai - Regulars of ours who work in this building have been told that a Thai restaurant is moving into the old Macondo space.  I have seen vendors going in for refrigeration, etc.  No Timeline for open.

La Fisheria: I cannot spell, but this place should be great.

Salt & Pepper:  The Sweeny Building, which Salt and Pepper group is going to put a restaurant in.

Christian's Tailgate:  Needs no introduction

Live Sports:  People are clearly working in here, but they seem to be under no pressure to open before football season begins.

Spots highlighted in blue are vacant ground-floor retail that have the potential to be hospitality spaces, but of which I haven't heard anything about

Murillo said he's excited to open downtown's La Fisheria at 213 Milam. The project is a big jump for the 65-seat restaurant. The new space, with 200 seats, is twice the size of the Inker store. Riveroll said she is unsure if she will keep the original Inker restaurant open once La Fisheria downtown opens.

When La Fisheria downtown opens it will offer live music Thursday, Friday and Saturday when it will keep later bar hours. The kitchen will be open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

They are saying November opening.  

http://www.chron.com/entertainment/restaurants-bars/article/La-Fisheria-readies-a-new-menu-before-its-move-6471751.php

I thought this was so cool when I saw it this weekend.  How great to have a little river traffic!

N2IT.  Step up your game, post office!