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Thank you for that link. Some years ago, I could not find anything on this.

If it was so prone to flooding, they would not have put a small cemetery there. 🙄

This one at the end of the month. An additional closure is the Taquito Rico on Main and Pecore also at the end of this month. The building owner has other plans for that lot. The business owner will have a taco truck in the same area at some point.

Another Heights restaurant closure coming up!

Interesting. Gary has the magic touch so I'm sure it will be a success. The WB&C people didn't have a clue to what they were doing.

Only 13 comments in that article in over a week. I can only imagine how many comments were deleted. A friend who works in another restaurant group with businesses in the same area as Treadsack told me he thinks they will no longer be in business in a few months. We shall see.

Word on the streets is the Ken Bridge of Delicious Concepts has sold all his restaurants (Pink's Pizza, Lola, Shepherd Park, Ritual) minus the Republic Diner + Sojubang to a new entity.

In late July the Salsas Mexican Grill replace the previous Peppers located on Durham and 21st St. Anyone been? North of I10, Shepherd seems to get the restaurants while Durham doesn't get any love.

You mean the working girls that run the River Oaks/Galleria corridor?

I went there last night for some Pho. The lady next to me had the shaking beef which she like very much. I enjoyed the place.

http://www.houstonpress.com/restaurants/the-el-cantina-superior-has-closed-to-become-a-brewpub-updated-7681031 Reads article: shakes head... Comments: LOL!!!

A Heights restaurateur told me that a gastropub is looking to go in the old Piatto digs.

After months of negotiations and shopping around different partners, the deal was done two weeks ago. It's official. Liberty Kitchen will run things now.

Primo location. The building will get a light remodel. An improvement nevertheless.

Not restaurant news, but The Boom Boom Room will have its closing party on Friday, 21st. The space has now been leased out to some very well known people in the bar biz.

"Stella Sola" building leased out. The last group from Yucatan Taco Stand leased for over a year and never did anything with it. A new group has now leased this building.

Yes, pending demo. Now owned by group that already has a restaurant in the Heights.

Awhile back I was told by a principal from Glasswall that the property had been donated by the owners to the Archdiocese and now the Archdiocese is/was selling it. That is the supposed hold up why nothing had happened to that property. I'll try to get more info.

Met a friend at Skinny Rita's last night. I had already had dinner but wanted to catch up on things. She's already there and has her food. Chips came with 3 different salsas. These were really good. She had two appetizers. Chicken flautas and a crab cake. I sampled the flautas and they were excellent. Guacamole on top and greens. Almost like a flautas salad. This joint does a healthier style Mexican food. They advertise fresh, no GMO, etc. The menu is pretty extensive. The build out is really nice. I remember this when is was Rico's Triangle for the 3AM hangover breakfast. I never did go when it was Frida's. The bartender gave us a tour and the patio out back is nice. Took the stairs up to see the rooftop patio area too. With the nice weather we've been having my friend wished we had eaten up on the roof area. Next time.

I just got back from the Birdhouse and being the only customer there, I got my food in 5 minutes. This was my 2nd visit and first time for chicken as I had CFS the first time, both were excellent. There were also more choices in sides and specials today. I mentioned to the young lady that I had read here on HAIF the incident with the late morning customer. She said he was extremely rude and that they were very busy at the time. I showed her this thread on her phone and she got a kick out of it and read it to the staff in back. Guess what people? The food is made to order. If you want fast food under heat lamps there are plenty of other choices elsewhere. And as always, I just find it easier to park on Oxford and walk over to the place.

Other CFS I can recommend are from Glass Wall and Franks Americana Revival in River Oaks. At Franks, it is on both the lunch and dinner menus. As for the Birdhouse check their facebook and twitter. They only make a certain quantity of food and that's it. They run out like Gatlins BBQ does.

Went to the Bird House on 11th across from Buchanan's for lunch. In addition to the fried chicken they also have a chicken fried steak that was mighty tasty. They told me they are planning to do crawfish again for next season. The Boil House and Bird House are the same folks.

Restaurant Death Watch: Piatto. Anyone else notice the taped over portion on the hanging sign. Why they ever thought they could do lunch I'll never know. Most likely not doing the covers needed with that overhead. Restaurant Death Watch Reprieve: The El reopened on Wednesday. Not enough time to do a total revamp, but maybe to think about addressing issues listed on Yelp, Reddit, Google, and the Houston Press. They did seek outside expertise but no deal was executed AFAIK but maybe they will implement the free advice given. Or maybe not. Rumor mill: A fine dining joint for the north Yale area (Sunset Heights) Discussions ongoing no deal inked as of yet. GOOF: Building on CoH property and an unpermitted patio. No wonder you've been red tagged. Way to go Berryhill! Crater Heights Alliance: The Bedford/Stella Sola building. There are many reasons this place is still empty. It is so bad that very successful local restaurateurs have avoided it like the plague. And when outsider moneys who are eating up the Heights hype and overpaying for everything else are avoiding it too that just goes to show you how bad it is. The only way this property will ever be useful is tabula rasa. A gas/electrical fire would not surprise me.

If my source is wrong, a histogram of their FB and Twitter posts tells much.

Yes, by a super reliable source.