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10 hours ago, mkultra25 said:
Depends on your point of reference, I suppose. While it was certainly nowhere near as well-known or iconic as Fitz's, I'd bet there are plenty of longtime Heights residents who still think of King Biscuit whenever they pass by that building.
I'll second that. . .
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Lots of moves in quick succession for Cooking Girl. They're taking the old Revival/Lagniappe space on Heights @ White Oak.
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Demo was in progress this morning.
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Big blow to the 'hood. Sounds like she will be opening more of a retail storefront nearby. . .
Sonoma in the Heights, the wine bar at 801 Studewood, will close on June 26 after 10 years of operation in the Heights neighborhood.
Owner Farrah Cauley, who built three Sonoma Wine Bar concepts in Houston and Katy, said she was unable to continue her lease at the Heights location. Sonoma’s other locations at 2720 Richmond and 9920 Gaston Road in Katy are unaffected by this decision and will remain open.
“This was not the outcome I had hoped for after several months of negotiations with the landlord, but I had to make this extremely tough and sad decision based on what my business can afford,” she said of Sonoma in the Heights.
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There appears to be at least one new steel truss installed on the bridge.
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The infrastructure in this neighborhood has been absolutely overwhelmed. If you only had a view of the railroad, the modest two-lane asphalt, and the overhead utility lines, you'd think you were on the outskirts of Angleton or some such. Then zoom out to four story apartment complexes being thrown up in the blink of an eye, tucked right on to the right of way. Heaven forbid if the train is rolling by at rush hour. With Sawyer Yards just really getting started, it's going to get way worse before it gets better.
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6 minutes ago, Texasota said:
This might have been the dumbest, most pointless argument yet on this message board.
That's a hiiiggghhh bar. . .
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Speaking of clearing lots of their previous contents. . . resurrecting this string, as the houses on the lots have been demoed and/or cleared. Apologies for not snapping a photo, and I did not see any signage as to future use.
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Went with a group of 6 for dinner at Savoir then strolled over to LGR to share a post-dinner bottle. I was truly surprised at how expansive the space is on the inside - you don't really get a feel for that from the street. The buildout is beautiful, with a mix of polished concrete, tile, and wood. U-shaped bar setup is great in Savoir - LGR bar was more of a traditional L but also worked in the space. Savoir was packed so the noise level was high, but not as bad/unbearable as some of the new places (ahem, I'm looking at you, Calle Onze. . .). Savoir had the cursed banquette setup in about half the space, but also a good number of 4-tops. LGR had a good mix of seating, from the traditional bar, to some hotel-lounge type low chairs, to bar-high tables. Very comfortable and good vibe. Looks like the valets were parking in the parking lots for La Paz spa next to the Sunny's convenience store and at the instrument repair shop on the NW corner of the intersection.
I don't want to turn this in to a yelp review, but the food was outstanding, the old fashioneds were spot-on, and the wine lists on both sides were interesting with a reasonable markup. That we could comfortably walk on a late summer evening from our house to what had previously been an eyesore abandoned storefront was pretty awesome.
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A sign has gone up in the vacant lot at the 3400-ish block of the eastbound Katy Freeway frontage road (between the Shell Station and the vape lounge), heralding that Russo's Brewing Co. (est. 2019) is coming soon. Can any of our talented Heights HAIF investigators dig up any scoop?
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Good news, but too bad they couldn't have gotten it while they were doing the JW construction. I seem to recall media reports indicating that the hotel developers made offers but couldn't reach a deal. My own wild speculation is that they have some contingencies drawn up for back-of-the-house uses for it. Agree parking seems like an impossibility. If nothing else, a refresh of street-side face should be on the way, and long overdue.
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Finn is also directly across the street from the JW Marriott and the under-construction AC Marriott, and one block from the Club Quarters, to augment its dinner/bar business.
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15 minutes ago, CrockpotandGravel said:
More on 1818 Washington Ave, part of the Sawyer Yards expansion.
PaperCity:
There will be other tenants, depending on how it shakes out so far as square footage. Likely another couple of large restaurants and quite a bit of unique urban entertainment concepts,” Lovett Commercial’s Erin Dyer tells PaperCity.
“A tenant we’re working with is an axe-throwing concept. It’s a fun experience we’re bringing to the campus. We’re able to do that because we have large buildings we’re able to repurpose. It’s hard to find that amount of space in urban Houston.”
“These old buildings — you can’t really create them. It’s an experience in addition to going to a salon or fitness. It’s an experience that you really can’t recreate or mirror simply because of the unique feel to the area,” Clay Mealy of Lovett Commercial adds.
https://www.papercitymag.com/real-estate/sawyer-yards-expansion-barbecue-brewery-artists-concerns/#166090
Any guesses as to the "celebrated barbecue house reborn"???
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Whoa. Had seemed to be turning over tables okay the times that I've been in them recently. Might be some macro issues going on at the corporate level:
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Dinner crowds will be supplemented by the JW Marriott directly across Rusk, and the under-construction AC Marriott directly across Main.
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You're building a brand new, "premium" RV park. You've got hundreds of acres of land in a pine forest. So, naturally, of course, you . . . clear cut and bulldoze the site. Not a piece of shade to be had. There weren't five or six pines on the site that wouldn't be in the way of your concrete pour or utilities trenching?? Crank up the rooftop a/c on your Jayco, brother, because you're going to need it come July. . .
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This new spot looks very close to opening in the Bedford/Stella Sola/Black & White space on Studewood: https://www.maisonpucha.com/story/
Shepard Ross (formerly Glass Wall, currently Pax Americana) is consulting with them.
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Does NRG still have a presence in the 1000 Main/former Reliant Energy Plaza that would be consolidated in One Shell?
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On 12/3/2016 at 8:54 PM, Urbannizer said:
13-story parking garageeeeh
QuoteHouston (Harris Co.) - Gensler is developing designs for a 13-story parking garage in downtown Houston's Federal District.
The facility owner will be Regency Main Parking LLC of Houston.
The project site is directly beside the Central Station Capitol EB (Red Line) light rail on Rusk Street. There is already a multi-story parking garage immediately adjacent to the project site; that is the 1110 Rusk Garage.For what it's worth, "Regency Main" is the entity to whom tenants in 712 Main/The Jones cut their rent checks. I'm speculating they are building the garage to provide tenant parking.
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There's a Q&A happy hour Wednesday 7/12 at Heights Bier Garten. https://www.facebook.com/events/2067562386602546/?active_tab=discussion
The Heights Swim Club has already birthed a neighborhood swim team, the Heights Hammerheads, that just wrapped their first season at the Love Park swimming pool: https://www.htxhammerheads.org/about
My family is signed up, along with currently 81 other families. There is no financial commitment until the real estate is identified. The target demographic seems to be families with children that are stuck between deciding to spend the capex and opex to build a postage stamp-sized pool in their back yard, or paying to join a pool outside the neighborhood (e.g., Afton Village). For those long-time residents that remember the old Garden Cove Swim Club on Fisher Street in Garden Oaks, the Heights Swim Club is looking to roughly replicate that setup. http://gardencoveswimclub.com/
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Is this the lot just west of Berryhill, perhaps? There is an old "lease space coming soon" on it that's been there for years.
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La Michoacana already sells beer. I've had occasion to pick up a cheap, cold six-pack of tall boys to go with deliciously-marinated fajita meat and crispy chicharrones, whereupon I immediately transported my quarry to, and consumed it in, the Dry Heights.
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Is that a (proposed) ACADEMY logo I spot in the former Tarkett site?!?!? Hey, if you're gonna Katyville, then do it right . . .
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23 hours ago, mcook2002 said:
wow. thats interesting.
They do a nice job downtown (lamb keema taco FTW). Good add for the 'hood.
1891 American Eatery & Bar At 702 E. 11th St.
in The Heights
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Went on Friday. Food is excellent. Service is very friendly and hardworking, and it seemed to be fully staffed, but still working out the kinks, as one would expect for a soft open. . .lost tickets, etc. Will be a good addition to the 'hood once they find their groove on front/back of the house.