kylejack

The soccer stadium is already open.

More parks? Where are you going to get the land for more parks? And, buses ARE the superior transit option. I've found them far more useful than rail.

So about that Acres Homes route that is getting canceled...the article, please?

Metro's eliminating the 44? I really doubt that. Link me to this article about an Acres Homes route being axed.

As to fewer buses, not as many buses are needed when rail is duplicating the path a bus used to go on.

Anyway, here's a list of Metro changes that went into effect today. http://www.ridemetro.org/SchedulesMaps/Pdfs/ServiceChanges/TakeOne061012_en.pdf

How about Metro stops wasting money on utterly stuipid rail projects, and starts providing better bus service to the people who really depend on transit to get around.

As a person who really depends on transit to get around, I applaud the rail projects.

I believe it sat next to (west of) Agora, was across Park St., (east of) the Haus place. Northside of street. Parking lot now, sad.

Would be impossible. Agora and Haus were next-door neighbors. Agora sustained major fire damage when Haus burned. You mean west of Haus across Park?

Greyhound lets you bring a bike, as long as it's in a bike travel bag.

Too bad about Megabus.

Can I take my bicycle on board the bus?

Unfortunately megabus.com buses are unable to carry bicycles.

If the Galleria area is full, why does it matter that corporations are seeking space today? Logical annoyance in PR release.

There are already two other municipal golf courses inside the loop -- Memorial Park and Gus Wortham. Both of these are in more appropriate locations for a low-density/intensity recreational activity.

Hermann Park is in the very core of the city, adjacent to the very dense TMC, a major university, the tourist destination Museum District, and served by fixed route transit. I have been on the train hundreds of times and have never once seen a person carrying a set of golf clubs, despite the fact that the three stations servicing Hermann Park are heavily used. Yet, we've allocated 125 acres of prime urban park to this use. When the Hermann Park Golf Course was first laid out in 1922, it was a legitimately suburban area.

What is it that you don't think Hermann Park is already doing that it should be doing? Why is extra space needed when Hermann Park's non-golf area is already large and well-used?

The little Vietnamese place on the corner of McGowen and Fannin is excellent.

Yes, Kim Tai. I like the banh bot chien. Scallion pancake.

That's from Park Street looking East. That one's on the north side (I thought you said opposite side from the garage door one, which is on the South, oops).

The garage door antique store is King's. Across the street to the East on a corner could only be Antique Warehaus, which was at the corner of Westheimer and Park streets (the only other corner after that is Dunlavy). It is the aforementioned one that burned down, and it had a fence around part of it.

Mongoose vs Cobra has some food.

A person couldn't possibly know what every HOA or development in Midtown has banned.

Mongoose vs. Cobra now open on McGowen between Fannin and Main. Excellent beer list, great cocktails.

A hair salon is opening up next to Dean's on Main St.

Don't be so sure. That sign has been there for a long time...

The Rosenkevalier antique store has had a going out of business sign up for a while.

Parking is currently free after 6, and all day Sunday.

One more thing: Back in 2004 it was easier to park your car for free after work. People that show up for happy hour would stay late into the evening when parking was less complicated.

So what's changed with regard to parking?

Anyone who remembers when the Gingerman first opened in 1985, and DeFalco's occupied the space next door to it, would almost certainly challenge that assertion.

Yeah, good point.

Drinkeries:

Anvil (awesome cocktails)

Flying Saucer (the original craft beer bar in Houston)

Petrol Station (raised the game on craft beer, very nice place to drink)

Hay Merchant (now easily the best craft beer bar in Houston)

Mongoose vs. Cobra (Brand spanking new. Impressive craft beer bar with a decent cocktail program as well, nice atmosphere. This is across the street from Leon's Lounge)

La Carafe (Historic location, downtown, very antique feel. Wine, a beer selection that's constantly improving, awesome jukebox)

Warren's (Powerful drinks, downtown, nice atmosphere)

Liberty Station (Patio bar with a good beer selection and above average cocktails)

Boheme (Nice casual wine bar with a huge back patio)

Obviously I'm light on wine bars here. Someone else might be able to fill in the gaps here.

Eateries:

A very tricky question. I could list some favorites, but I don't know...this is really better done by cuisine. It would be a massive list, otherwise.

One other thing, the pre-show stuff is usually pretty great. For Dark Knight, they were showing old episodes of Batman and other various Batman related stuff. It's not a bunch of ads, so you can show up early and have plenty of light to look over the menu and get your order in before the show starts and still be entertained.

No. It just took them a long time to get permits from the city.

Here’s the thing. You don’t need trains to have communities of dense apartments near urban centers. You don’t need cars, and you don’t even need streetcars. That’s… pretty much the natural order of things. The whole purpose of commuter transportation is and has been, historically, so we don’t have to live at high density.

Not so simple! If we don't need cars, we don't need massive parking lots or garages. Those can be replaced with housing or commerce. I like Keep Houston Houston's blog a lot, but I'm not so sure I agree this time.

Kylejack, how ar they so different? One serves alcohol and the other doesn't? I've never been to an Alamo.

Both serve alcohol and food.

Studio Theater has very poor beer selection, mostly macrobrewery pilsner and adjunct lager, aside from the albeit delicious Chimay Red. I did not care for the menu either. The closest thing I could compare it to is a Chili's. http://www.studiomov...u.aspx?m=3&s=93

I love the Alamo Drafthouse menu, however, and I always feel like I'm getting a really good deal. The ticket is a little bit cheaper than other theaters, and then I'm paying a very reasonable price for good food and good beer. It honestly surprises me that Alamo doesn't charge AMC style markup for the booze especially. Menu PDF http://cf.drafthouse..._v3-reduced.pdf

It isn't that the concept of the menus is that different, rather that I think Alamo is executing so much better on the vision.

Someone mentioned Studio Theater being underwhelming. Totally different things. Alamo is way way better than Studio.