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On 12/6/2007 at 7:39 PM, GlenBrookValley said:

Back in the early 1960's there was a golf course on Bellfort across from Hartman Jr. High. I was wondering if anyone remembered it. I think it was a Country Club. At some point in time a large ship was moved in and remained there for a number of years.

It was called Simms Bayou country club, a wonderful 9 hole golf course...

On 2/25/2020 at 1:16 PM, mkultra25 said:

 

Almost certainly the same company. Lucky 7 supermarkets were pretty common in Houston back in the late 1960s. 

3 largest retail groups back then were: Lucky 7, Rice Food Mkts, and Lewis & Coker

On 5/3/2015 at 3:35 PM, mkultra25 said:

 

Yep. Exhibit A, from the Chron piece linked above:

 

 

When that store opened, I remember thinking that there was no way it would last. Fiesta's niche is not in Sugar Land, and trying to go upscale with "yogurt and coffee shops" reminded me of nothing so much as JCI's effort to refocus their menu more on things like "chef-driven" hot dogs (although the jury's still out on how successful, or not, that strategy will wind up being). At least the Sugar Land store was an experiment that likely didn't cost nearly as much as if they'd opened a new store - it was a Gerland's before it was converted to a Fiesta, and at the time Gerland's and Fiesta were both owned by the Levit family.

Gerlands never made a profit from that location.

Who remembers the Golfcrest Country Club, off of Long Drive, before they moved to Pearland...?   Home of a lot of famous Houston golf matches.