midtownuser

i wonder what The Reef thinks about this new building. it totally obstructs their view of downtown.

Just noticed a new "coming soon" banner for Which Wich in place of the old Coldstone on W. Gray St.

http://www.whichwich.com

2901 Fannin will be Link Lounge it will be opening on July 17th its a new club with light up stairs and bars 2 stories come out and check us out if things go right ill be bartending there im Brittney

hey brittney, is there a website or myspace page for this place? please keep us updated if there are any delays on the opening date.

any updates on this restaurant?

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midtownuser,

I am sorry to hear that you are disappointed with our happy hour pricing. The 25% off our entire menu was not to restrict you to certain items. Almost if not all other restaurants have a seperate happy hour menu or drink specials. This method is used to push out overstock inventory or offer foods that are at lower price points which is why they only offer certain items to their customers. We wanted our customers to be able to have an import beer or a vodka-soda with premium vodka such as grey goose or belvedere at happy hour prices. Also, to be able to order any appetizers, salads, or soups with our discount. If you strongly feel that this is unfair, I personally would like to sit down with you over a meal and hear your opinions. Please email me with your contact information at lp@wecravesushi.com. My name is Linh and I am the owner of Crave Sushi. I would like to be transparent about my business and your patronage is very imoortant to me. I would like to hear your ideas and what you think will make my restaurant better. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you. Linh Hoang.

ps. we are working on new specials that will be introduced shortly.

I deleted my rant from this thread. I don't think it is necessary to make my experience public. I think the restaurant has wonderful food and the service is great. What makes it even more special is that it is locally owned and the owner is trying to work out the kinks by taking suggestions from the customers. I love how your happy hour menu is not limited to a small menu like every other place. If it was my preference, I would like if you guys kept it that way (just lower the original prices). Please keep us updated with the new specials. I would suggest that you delete my quote from your reply post. Good luck

While I like the interior decor, your prices are astronomical compared to your competitors. Zake, Soma, Fish, Blue Fish and Uptown Sushi all have much better pricing. Zake runs a happy hour with $3 rolls and $2 domestics. I had trouble finding a specialty roll of yours under $20. 25% off happy hour isn't quite cutting it. I have only been there three times, but the place has always been scarcely populated. Any chance of lowering prices in this economy?

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any more details about this project? i'm surprised there wasn't a topic about it already.

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they can't even fill in retail below the 24 hour fitness. i doubt we will see this project happen.

9 months!?!?

Either their horribly inefficient or we should expect the Taj Mahal when complete.

Maybe their the same crew that built out the Pinks Pizza on Gray? (took a year, right?)

lol

hi

I'm getting a red X here and at the link. Is anyone else?

link and picture work for me

what is going up on Tuam and Fannin?

Any news on a grand opening? I'm craving some sushi now!

yes, soft grand opening is on wednesday

nice!

website is down as well. sucks

Yea it depends on how business is doing really. If we're still slammed at 3am or 4am we may stay open even longer still.

is this place really gonna be ready in 10 days?

I really really hope so!! haha

We're not sure what to do about New Years yet if we are open.

We're trying to decide if we should just do business as usual or...

maybe do like a private party where theirs an open bar, selected all-you-can-eat sushi bar and maybe do a cover along with it. It's hard to say what will make it a successful New Years. I would invite people on here for pre-sale tickets or whatever...idk

What would most midtowners agree with? Any suggestions??

We gotta keep it mind it is a 'restaurant' not a club...

so I and the other owners may do like the private party thing we wanted from say 9pm-1am then open for business as usual for after hours til 4am. We don't know. haha what do you think??

Don't you think 4am is a little early to close on NYE? most people will be leaving the clubs around that time.

does that mean you will be open on the night of new year's eve?

This billboard inside the property shows the modern rendering. So it is most likely going to be that one.

doubt this restaurant is coming. i saw a new sign up saying LEASING NOW. so the landlords are looking for someone else to fill in this space. sucks

They probably make patrons leave them at the door.

i don't understand what you are suggesting. if you are trying to be funny, you failed in my opinion. the people that run this place are very cool. when i was buying my furniture i was very indecisive. they let me take pictures with my digital camera so I can take it home and ask my friends what they think. so, i'm pretty sure if Jax wanted to walk in there with his film crew and shoot a movie, he could.

Just drove by... they are planting very tall bamboo plants in the beds in the center of the pedestrian walkways... seems like an odd choice. Near HOB, the bamboo plants almost overwhelm the walkway.

I may go back and snap some pictures later today.

i read it as: "I may go back and snap some (bamboo trees)."

The website has a press release with the all of the store opening dates. It seems like this place won't really get going until December-January.

from press release:

Saturday, October 11, 2008

House of Blues - First concert: Cowboy Mouth; Restaurant/Foundation Room/Music Hall open

Thursday, October 16, 2008

The Houston Pavilions - Open to the public

Books-A-Million - Open to the public

XXI Forever - Open to the public

Friday, October 24, 2008

Books-A-Million - Grand Opening

Friday, October 31, 2008

BCBG - Open to the public

Monday, November 3, 2008

McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant - Grand Opening

Other Opening Dates:

Guadalajara del Centro - November 2008

Andalusia Tapas Restaurant & Bar - December 2008

Clique Salon - December 2008

Cork Wine Bar - December 2008

Lucky Strike - December 2008

Mia Bella - December 2008

Nail Trix - December 2008

Unity Bank - December 2008

Yao's Restaurant & Bar - January 2009

III Forks - Spring 2009

Hank's Ice Cream - Spring 2009

Journeys - Spring 2009

Lids - Spring 2009

The Board Room - Spring 2009

I don't think this is accurate.

According to this, Journeys opens up in Spring 09. I went by today and they already have the shelves up in the store. I would take less than a month to finish the interior build out. I can't imagine them sitting on this for winter to pass.