Houston In The 1980s in Historic Houston Posted May 20, 2020 · Edited May 20, 2020 by Rochelle Typo A few minutes late to the party °Don's Record Shop °The OP (some may know this) °Int'l House of Pies °Monterey House °Alabama Theater still had "virgin showings" of RHPS before it converted to a bookstore °Kip's Big Boy °Goofy's Game room °Theater Under the Dark (the park over by the zoo) had Shakespearean week every spring °The Renaissance Faire near Hempstead °Del Oreo Farms in Hempstead (ok, I digress) °The Farmer's Market off Airline °Briargrove theater became a dollar theater °Lots of jazz clubs off Grey Street (I saw Kirk Whalum & The Fabulous Thunderbirds before they were a household name) °Zaravas, Zahavas? Disco on Richmond out of the loop °The 2nd Office Club Disco was painfully bad °Sami's Restaurant before it went belly up °Square Pan Pizza had antipasto salad that no one can rival to this day °All the 4th, memorial & labor day parades & air shows °Foleys had the most magical window displays at Christmas--animated dolls each had a theme at every window °Fingers Furniture Demontrond Buick was hhuuggee (I was 17-18-ish in 79) LOL everything is still noted as in or out of the loop 1
Houston In The 1980s
in Historic Houston
Posted · Edited by Rochelle
Typo
A few minutes late to the party
°Don's Record Shop
°The OP (some may know this)
°Int'l House of Pies
°Monterey House
°Alabama Theater still had "virgin showings" of RHPS before it converted to a bookstore
°Kip's Big Boy
°Goofy's Game room
°Theater Under the Dark (the park over by the zoo) had Shakespearean week every spring
°The Renaissance Faire near Hempstead
°Del Oreo Farms in Hempstead (ok, I digress)
°The Farmer's Market off Airline
°Briargrove theater became a dollar theater
°Lots of jazz clubs off Grey Street (I saw Kirk Whalum & The Fabulous Thunderbirds before they were a household name)
°Zaravas, Zahavas? Disco on Richmond out of the loop
°The 2nd Office Club Disco was painfully bad
°Sami's Restaurant before it went belly up
°Square Pan Pizza had antipasto salad that no one can rival to this day
°All the 4th, memorial & labor day parades & air shows
°Foleys had the most magical window displays at Christmas--animated dolls each had a theme at every window
°Fingers Furniture
Demontrond Buick was hhuuggee
(I was 17-18-ish in 79)
LOL everything is still noted as in or out of the loop