HtownWxBoy

On 2/14/2022 at 10:48 AM, Eastdwntwn said:

I stopped by yesterday. It is well stocked and it looks like the pharmacy is up and running as well. Great addition neighborhood. Very interesting reuse of a building. 

Stopped by yesterday... definitely a nice CVS... big.  Agree... great addition to the neighborhood. 

Yea looking like this development is gonna be just a tad successful... and by that I mean very successful.  I'm sure the Downtown Aquarium is happy with both this and the Bagby Street improvements. 

20 hours ago, zaphod said:

Can't look at those parking lots without badly wishing they were buildings...

Just give it some time... it'll happen eventually... that's the way Downtown is going. 

On 10/14/2021 at 11:03 AM, Montrose1100 said:

I'm still holding on to my pettiness. The stone is nice stone. Just would have preferred something better visually facing Market Square. 

Agree... there's something about the stone with this building (all of it) that bothers me... it just doesn't seem to go with the rest of the building.  Maybe once it's done and all lit up with people living in it I'll feel different.  Still a very beautiful building and such a great addition to this part of Downtown.  😁

4 hours ago, samagon said:

I'm more curious how long it will last.

the club at 2020 Leeland is still marked on google as a club called Club 2020 Houston (original name!), is that place still a thing?

Club 2020 is no longer a thing... it went from a night club to a church... 🙄

Now we just need someone to open up where Lucky's Pub was in EaDo ... such a great space and location ... hate seeing it empty. 

19 hours ago, Naviguessor said:

I think that we should all give, even well established restaurants, a little leeway right now. It’s no secret that labor is a major issue.  Sounds like Acadian Coast explained the issue pretty clearly. 

Agree... had Sunday brunch a few weeks ago with several friends at the newish Acme Oyster House in Montrose... food was great but service was so slow and we were shocked that on a Sunday when they were obviously busy that they were closing between 3pm and 5pm.  Well after a quick talk with our server we found out why... it was a labor issue... they were short staffed and the cooks were very overworked.  So obviously we understood.  

1 hour ago, samagon said:

I mean, I guess if you want to use disco green as an example that works, and may actually be a bad comparison, because 5 days out of the week it's pretty ghost-townish during normal business hours.

I walk across Disco Green several times a week during the early afternoon hours (usually between 1pm and 4pm) and there are always people there ... especially now that more and more people are vaccinated and back to pre-covid life.  Of course on weekends it's much more crowded but even during weekdays there are people walking around and kids enjoying the playground and fountains. 

5 hours ago, Andrew Ewert said:

Is the name of this place 24, 2024, or 2420

I was literally trying to figure that out, too!  lol .... I concluded "Twenty 24"

On 7/12/2021 at 7:51 PM, HtownWxBoy said:

They are also building booths for sitting on the outside side patio. 

 

Sign is up at the former Eado's / Lucky's Lodge in EaDo.... hopefully that's a temporary sign since it seems like it cost less than $10 to make.  🙄

8 hours ago, samagon said:

I think they are tenants of that building. maybe they were due for resigning the lease, they were about to exercise the option to walk, and the building owners had to offer some TI to keep them in the space?

I think they're the only tenants in that strip center right now. the pandemic hit that specific lot hard.

I walked by today and it looks like they are maybe ... key word "maybe" ... working on some of the other spaces in the strip center.  They had the door of 1 other former place open (this is the 2nd or 3rd time I noticed this... I walk by several times a week going to and from downtown) and they had workers going in and out ... not sure exactly what's going on just something I noticed.

On 7/9/2021 at 5:45 AM, HoustonMidtown said:

I drive by early in the mornings on my way to work - yesterday the interior was light up with lots of blue (maybe neon) lights....definitely seemed to give a bar vibe...

They are also building booths for sitting on the outside side patio. 

10 hours ago, Eastdwntwn said:

When I drove by today there were workers on the patio of Lucky's Lodge. There was also a plumbing van out front. This is across the street from Lucky's pub. Not sure if this is the proper place to post this but couldn't find a post on Lucky's Lodge. 

I live near here and they've been working on the old "Lucky's Lodge" now for weeks... not sure if it's gonna be a new bar or restaurant (or both) but something is definitely going there.

Such a beautiful building... 😍

Fun place... great addition to the neighborhood :)

Really looking forward to this place since I live a few blocks away... great addition to the neighborhood. 

They were finally tearing down the old Sparkle's burger shack at Leeland and Emancipation when I was driving by yesterday... not saying that means anything... was just an observation. 

BIG improvement. 

It's high enough now that I get a nice view of it rising from my street in Eado...

Took a walk through the park last night... such a nice addition!  The new lighting is really bright... looks great at night.  Will be even nicer once the fence around the new playground comes down.