gene

you're mean. everything should live up to my expectations!

you should tell jesus christ that!

sorry there wasnt the reaction expected...there in fact was a parade and after party but you werent invited

Looks like they are indeed preparing the area for demo work. A truck is there right now loaded with what looks like chain link fences:

Sorry the picture isn't too great, I need a better lens.

Personally, I'd like to go over and as if they'd let me like throw a brick through a window or something as they are starting demo work, 'cause I mean, when else would you get the chance to smash the front window to a store and not get arrested?

Yes!!! went by there just now and there is indeed a chain link fence encasing the entire old complex...so looks like this is being torn ASAP!!! AWESOME!!!

my god...wish they would knock it down already!!! haha (*crosses fingers*)

that comparison made me laugh out loud! comparing dog/horse races to a soccer team! haha! oh well...anyway, soccer has a huge fan base AND this stadium is in a convenient and "makes sense" location where those others are not I KNOW this will be successful and man i cannot wait to go May 12 and tons more times in the future!

I will be there as well!!! cannot wait! my buddy who lives a block away however said the noise when drums and music is being played is over the top loud and can almost hear perfectly inside his home!!! yikes! haha

Cool! I hope this place will be a great new place to walk to for me!

_{i wanted to add two things...}

_{1st, the old Marquee west is not called Marquee Uptown i believe but its looking fantastic as the new owner has completely remodeled all units, the lobby and pool area as well as the grounds in general...(this is also the owner of adjacent Carriage Square which he also updated and looks much better)}

_{2nd, the new parking structure(?) of 2525 mccue seems to be shoved almost directly next to the Dominion's infinity pool area...i wonder how that is being received haha!}

amazing! it will be a hard place to keep cool in the summer months perhaps but i love the design...

speaking of which i am loving that new restoration hardware gothic style mansion it is connected to! haha...i saw someone's comment in the feedback in your link and it made me laugh...

lol

Great news that Sundance Cinemas is opening next month! Here is the latest news:

http://www.chron.com/life/article/Sundance-Cinemas-Houston-plans-pre-opening-2208192.php

here ya go!

just found this article posted yesterday! http://www.downtownh...re-bayou-place/

so 2 more months!

i couldnt be more excited!

even newer info here: http://www.chron.com/life/article/Sundance-Cinemas-Houston-plans-pre-opening-2208192.php

here ya go!

just found this article posted yesterday! http://www.downtownh...re-bayou-place/

so 2 more months!

i couldnt be more excited!

in a semi related story, i used to live at 2320 mccue Carriage Square and a guy bought those and really fixed that place up and it looks amazing...he also purchased The Marquis next door and is now redoing those as well! Mccue is really shaping up! (I still live on mccue by the way...)

my god i cannot wait to see that building gone!!! now if we could just get to work on that Whole Foods!!!

in the past week they have fenced up the site, broke ground and put up a new sign! this is finally happening!

Its killing me that we have been waiting for this darn Whole Foods FOREVER and now the Waugh location is about to open in a couple of months!

just wanted to vent haha

well it looks like everything is leveled....does anyone have news as to when they will break ground on the Whole Foods?

thanks!

well the whole strip from eatzis to cafe annie is being knocked down as i type (ongoing since this past weekend)...

so, SOMETHING is happening! i will be excited just to see an empty lot instead of that ugly old plaza!

and even better, no more painful memories of the eatzis i once loved and frequented on a nearly daily basis...

thank goodness...

haha

i guess as long as they know its going to take they wanted to go ahead and plant some cheap bushes along san felipe just to make that new wider street look nice? haha

that is weird but hey i guess it does look better than if they hadnt

i seriously am counting down the days until they knock down that plaza....if anyone finds the date let me know!

i would like to think they saw my post the other day

haha

that is awesome!

i saw the fencing this morning as well!

as a note, i work on sage and i live on mccue so i agree...love all my new street lights and cannot wait for the work to be done on blvd place!

looking like its on its way...

jeez, just knock down the old complex already...such an eye sore...plus i want all memories of Eatzis gone, as my heart still hurts over them just up and leaving houston haha!

FYI

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/dining/6407232.html

Goodbye Cafe Annie; hello Restaurant RDG By ALISON COOK

These are the last days of Cafe Annie, the famous Houston outpost of Southwestern cuisine launched by celebrity chef Robert del Grande almost 30 years ago.

The doors will stay open through the end of May. Then, del Grande and his partners will move the operation a few blocks south, to a location at the corner of Post Oak Boulevard and Ambassador Way. The new place -- targeted to open around the third week of June -- will gather three different dining concepts with three different menus under the umbrella name of Restaurant RDG (as in the chefs initials).

On the ground floor will be the 30-seat Blvd. Lounge, described by del Grande as a drop-by meeting place for light meals, shareable hors doeuvres, cocktails and wines by the glass.

Upstairs, the 80-seat Bar Annie will feature an outdoor deck extending from its front-of-the-room quarters, with a menu adapted from the current Bar Annies.

Burgers, fun food, salads, all the things Houstonians like to eat, del Grande says. Fried shrimp, nachos, ceviche.

Also on the second floor will be the 80-seat Grill Room, where del Grandes regional stylings will still be in play, although in less fancy form than at Cafe Annie.

As Ive gotten older Im discovering I like things simpler, del Grande says. Here Ill be trying to focus on more primal fish and meats, then apply a little magic. In this era I wanted to make the restaurant more about the conviviality of dinner than the food itself.

Not, he adds quickly, that the food wont be great.

dine.features@chron.com

Brought to you by the HoustonChronicle.com

great news

love the clear lake and pearland locations

my buddy adam plays acoustic shows at each

www.myspace.com/adamjermstad

I don't want to seem overly and constantly negative, or like chicken little, or like some bozo loser who got beat up a lot in high school, but I bet Houston Pavilions gets cancelled and torn down any day now. Who would have thought the entire fate of downtown (and yes, the entire city of Houston) would ever rest with a bunch of yuppie bowlers.

And this is only the beginning. I've heard that the economy is so bad that they are actually going to start dismantling Williams Tower, Discovery Green and the Galleria.

I bet everyone in Houston is going to be laid off this year. Great Depression II will probably never end in Houston. But sit back and watch Dallas and Atlanta continue to get all these cool projects while Houston sits stagnant! I bet all our pro teams move away soon too! Will this torturous existence ever end!

Me and 'WACS told you so.

haha good stuff! that is what i feel like i am reading in every post "they" make! ha!~

i am fine if they just finish this one building and then knock down the rest of the block and get that over with...

that way all the tenants from the old buildings will have a new home and we can get rid of the eye sore that is the Pavillion and the Eatzi's plaza

oy