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7 hours ago, gene said:

it was on and off busy when it was the ice cream shop, then jam packed when they added the unicorn them for awhile on saturdays and sundays especially....but then it became only mildly busy on the weekends. the rolled ice cream was good but the cookies and cake were horrible and overpriced in my opinion. and yes unfortunately i am an expert on sweets haha! 🥴

(honestly that area needed something like this just not this place... something more cool and not trendy for montrose )

 

milk + sugar has the best ice cream in Montrose and Houston.

3 hours ago, gene said:

wait a minute!? so that means that horrible unicorn dessert place closed!? wow! awesome.... 

Whoever told them that was a good business plan for Montrose is an idiot. I’d expect to see something like that at DisneyWorld or Times Square.

1 hour ago, gene said:

 

Take a closer look at the property next time you drive by real slow and also...let's just say it has a very storied past/history 🙈

also from what i know the building hasn't had a/c for years and sometimes i wonder if it even has electricity anymore.

 

 

Tell us more about its storied past.

It’s a beautiful house IMO. Would love to see it restored.

Corner of Avondale & Stanford.

5 hours ago, gene said:

HECK yes back in the day i would regularly drive in from The Woodlands just to get some obscure VHS or DVD that i was hoping to find...and always would have success here! Loved this store and it was so fun to go to (and then head to all the fun record/cd shops in little houses on westheimer and then head to Record Rack to hang out for half the day with Bruce, Chris and Greg! fun times! 

I vaguely remember there being a Hollywood Video somewhere in the Montrose area. Does anyone remember where?

@hindesky @gene what are your absolute favorite places to ride? I’m looking to switch up my cycling routes.

I’m in Montrose , but willing to ride wherever..

How long until some beautification efforts are made to the area in terms of landscaping, trees, etc 

55 minutes ago, Geoff8201 said:

Question/Theory: With this new location coming, what happens to the San Felipe/610 location? Does it remain to serve the Galleria area as is... or does it become so valuable with the multiple high rises on one side of it and River Oaks District to the South, that it gets snatched up for more future development? At the very least I could see the large surface lot trading up for a multistory parking garage. Look at it on the map, that parking lot is the same size as the Arabella and Sky House combined.

I was about to reply that I don’t think Target actually owns that lot, but when I looked up 4323 San Felipe on HCAD’s website....they do! The owner’s registered address is a PO Box in Minneapolis, where Target is headquartered, so I’m putting two and two together.

409,246 sq ft worth $36M!

Certainly a better business plan than selling VCRs.

49 minutes ago, hindesky said:

I assume this might be the doggie park.

 

Does that mean you’re biking in THIS heat?! It’s 99 degrees with a heat index of 109 !! God bless ya!

So is this building going to be 9 stories or 15? I’ve read conflicting reports. I’m willing to bet if this development ends up a success, we’ll see a similar development along the east side Montrose Blvd directly north of the bridge.  How’s that for symmetry?!

On 7/7/2020 at 11:05 AM, Avossos said:

 

good question...

 

Montrose was definitely considered seedy... So was the Heights. Both of which are on their way to be very 'high end'.

While you’re certainly right that the land value of Montrose has skyrocketed in the last decade+, Montrose still has a ways to go before it’s considered “high end” from a visual perspective. Sure it’s on its way to getting there with Hanover, La Colombe d’Or, and Montrose Collective, but the two flagship Montrose intersections of Westheimer & Montrose and Westheimer & Dunlavy are far from impressive to the eye. At least as of now. 

They should build a Park Hyatt here once it develops some more!

2 hours ago, hindesky said:

I live in Montrose so I start there and depending on my whims head either south and east or north and west, don't really plan anything, it's just where I feel like riding that day.

 

Edit: I ride my bicycle to about 95% of my pics. If I see something of interest when I'm driving I will stop and take some pictures.

I think I saw you taking pictures of the old house on Portland before it got knocked down LOL

Or it was someone else taking pictures...

Does Rice plan on making this area strictly commercial or will there be residential too?

EMo: East of Montrose

Hard to believe that The Susanne apartment complex in Montrose was a Fiesta not long ago. How times change. This transformation will be even more drastic. 

The elephant in the room is this — what will happen to our Shipley Donuts?!

7 minutes ago, Avossos said:

 

good question...

 

Montrose was definitely considered seedy... So was the Heights. Both of which are on their way to be very 'high end'.

Good point. The area around The Ion, though, seems more extreme. It was literally one of, if not THE MOST, unattractive corners of the city up until last year. It was essentially Houston’s very own version of E. Hastings Street (Vancouver) or Hamsterdam (The Wire reference).

With this development turning a dilapidated area into what many hope it will become, are there other examples in Houston where something similar happened? For example, was Rice Village or Highland Village ever considered a seedy part of town? We’ve seen the inverse before (Sharpstown in the 80s), but I can’t think of any other revitalization examples.

1 minute ago, Avossos said:

 

They absolutely need a grocer here. We need Aldi's or Trader Joe's to be incorporated into these developments. Why aren't urban Aldi's a thing?

Given where land values are going with this development, you’re far more likely to see a Central Market here than an Aldi’s.

8 hours ago, BeerNut said:

Someone on Nextdoor just posted that Fiesta will close Friday.

Take Jack in the Box with it!

7 hours ago, X.R. said:

What sucks is that row of food places and such just across the bridge just needs to hold on another year and then they'll have new people moving in here, the Allen Harrison place deeper in the museum area, and then the tower that will be opening just down the road. I know it will be hard though. 

 

Grand Prize will be busier than ever with this development, there goes our favorite hole in the wall. 

Did the opening of The Carter have a significant effect on Grand Prize’s business?

7 hours ago, X.R. said:

What sucks is that row of food places and such just across the bridge just needs to hold on another year and then they'll have new people moving in here, the Allen Harrison place deeper in the museum area, and then the tower that will be opening just down the road. I know it will be hard though. 

 

Grand Prize will be busier than ever with this development, there goes our favorite hole in the wall. 

Kam’s AKA Bamboo has terrible food. No idea how they stay in business.

13 hours ago, HOU_huckster said:

 

This isn't true, though. Look for D&Q (Houston's best beer shop), Ono Poke (Houston's best poke), Foelber Pottery (a goddamn institution), Chapultepec, BCN, etc. Appearances are deceiving. This is the Houston I love quite frankly. The Houston that's a little less obvious (and, sure, slightly unkempt) but rewarding. 

True. I feel like there’s so much more potential there though.

33 minutes ago, HoustonMidtown said:

Untitled by Houston Midtown, on Flickr

 

 

This pocket sure is getting dense.