jmitch94 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Let me first say I like this development, but the other day I went through (in my truck) to check it out for the first time and boy did I feel out of place. I seriously felt uncomfortable how rich this place is. Very nice though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 (edited) - Edited July 10, 2019 by Timoric 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 I could be way off but...Is this late 1970s interior design revival? I feel like I have seen this before in the mists of time. The Shining. in the hallway picture, I was half expecting to see some twins at the end of the hall. walls are the wrong color, but something about it evoked that to the front of my mind. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Houndstooth? I get what they are going for and can appreciate something different but the style seems cheapened by the materials and details. Had the Loofah light shades been those annoying plastic petals you see everywhere it would have been too obvious. I feel like this is a step above that, but hey what's one step better than McDonald's? Chili's. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 ^^^ crockpotandgravel... my pal, what an OUTSTANDING piece of work you have achieved with your contribution to the magnificent new GREY HOUSE at ROD. simply brilliant! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 OMG just open some darn restaurants already... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curbur Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Those rental rates are going to come down to reality pretty soon for the next few years, but no doubt they'll be able to justify $2250/month for a 815 sq ft 1 bedroom once oil rebounds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 (edited) I can't tell if this guy is serious, or the ultimate troll..Edit. My post was in response to a deleted post/poster. Edited February 13, 2016 by cloud713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 I can't tell if this guy is serious, or the ultimate troll.. That guy will no longer be a problem here. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Pour one out for my homie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 was there this weekend for DEADPOOL (Yay me!) and they are really going to town on the restaurant spaces finally! I am guessing by summer we will have a couple to few open! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post skwatra Posted February 16, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 16, 2016 I've been meaning to post this pic for a while. This cool little art piece (made up of hardback books) is on display as you are going in to iPic. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gator Purify Posted February 17, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2016 I don't think anyone has posted this yet. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscats35 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 (edited) Nice!! Edited February 17, 2016 by uscats35 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 That rendering must be older. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Purify Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 (edited) That rendering must be older. Perhaps. It's currently on the ROD website. Edited February 18, 2016 by Gator Purify Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 (edited) Perhaps. It's currently on the ROD website.Well considering the Skyhouse, Wilshire, and Arabella developments on the square commie towers they have in the renderings... I'd assume it's older.Unless they are generalizing the near by development. But then that would show a much less impressive office tower & mixed use hotel/resi-tower on the left side (Sullivan's). Edit: It also shows 2100 W Loop as still having those horizontal stripes. Thank god they painted it back to normal! Edited February 18, 2016 by Montrose1100 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imagoman Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I'm really frustrated waiting for these restaurants to open. Seems like their contractors are as slow as molasses. Toulouse and Le Colonial look to be the closest, and I'm guessing June. Really mouth watering thinking about each of the 6 or more they've signed up for ROD. :-( 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I have been saying that since day 1...they did it backwards....they should have had the restaurants first to get people to visit the development and bring people to the stores, because as it is now, the place is for the most part, a ghost town no matter the time of day or day of the week (and i know because i DO frequent iPic..) so yeah...i cannot wait to have some great restaurant choices and to have this place feel really ALIVE! (also the opening of the Grey House will help i am sure!) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscats35 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) I was in Atlanta when the similiar Oliver McMillan development opened....it also started slow with just retail and later picked up when the restaurants opened.....so it will became a nice dense development by summer i expect. Edited February 23, 2016 by uscats35 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 ^^^ welcome aboard to ROD... VENETIAN NAIL SPA. what a cool place to relax and acquire a pedicure / manicure.... oh yes... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Can anyone please PM me and tell me why on earth in 2016 people are still faux finishing? I've only seen maybe a handful of salons not have columns & arched skies... and in ROD of all places... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Or could they have at least painted the HVAC grills a matching sky blue? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) River Oaks District readies opening of first of eight new restaurants. River Oaks District is getting ready to dazzle Houston diners with the first major restaurant opening in the upscale retail/dining/residential complex at 4444 Westheimer. Toulouse Café and Bar, a brand from the Dallas-based Lombardi Family Concepts, is set to open March 23. The restaurant -- a French bistro serving classic dishes such as escargot, moules-frites, steak and frites, lobster bisque, salad Nicoise, and bouillabaisse – sits in the heart of River Oaks District and will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, Monday through Friday, dinner daily and weekend brunch. This is Toulouse's second restaurant. After Toulouse, the ambitious collection of restaurants – eight total, as well as a juice bar – will roll out at a fast clip. April will bring the much anticipated opening of Hopdoddy Burger Bar, an Austin import known for its menu of burgers, beers and boozy milkshakes. April also will bring the arrival of Taverna, another brand from Lombardi Family Concepts, specializing in risotto, handmade pasta, and pizza; and the opening of Steak 48, a modern steakhouse on two levels from brothers Jeffrey and Michael Mastro, based in Phoenix. In May two concepts will open: Le Colonial, a French/Vietnamese restaurant, and The Porch, a branch of the Dallas-based gastropub. The Porch will feature comfort foods familiar to the south: Pimento cheese dip, brisket sliders, chicken-fried steak, brisket and barbacoa enchiladas and burgers. Le Colonial will be a huge draw with its dramatic two-level space (main restaurant on ground level and a cocktail bar/lounge on the second level. It's the first Le Colonial brand to open in 18 years. Late summer will bring SumoMaya, a Mexican/Asian fusion restaurant offering a menu of ceviches, sushi rolls, rice and noodle dishes, and tacos. It will be the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based brand's second restaurant. An eighth restaurant will be announced in the summer. Already, River Oaks District sports a Flow Juice Bar inside Equinox; and iPic Theaters has already made a splash with itsTuck Room restaurant and bar. The ROD restaurants, which have their own patios, are spread throughout the luxury retail campus. They each bring something unique to the ROD experience said Colin Moussa, director of marketing. Edited March 4, 2016 by monarch 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imagoman Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 An established, homegrown Spa business moving from Uptown Part into the 2nd floor of the "restaurant building' on Bettis Drive, on the northern part of ROD. http://www.chron.com/business/retail/article/Bella-Rinova-Salon-moves-to-River-Oaks-District-6888724.php 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 ^^^ this BELLA RINOVA news is perfect... props imagoman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imagoman Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 On 3/3/2016 at 5:12 PM, monarch said: River Oaks District readies opening of first of eight new restaurants. River Oaks District is getting ready to dazzle Houston diners with the first major restaurant opening in the upscale retail/dining/residential complex at 4444 Westheimer. Toulouse Café and Bar, a brand from the Dallas-based Lombardi Family Concepts, is set to open March 23. The restaurant -- a French bistro serving classic dishes such as escargot, moules-frites, steak and frites, lobster bisque, salad Nicoise, and bouillabaisse – sits in the heart of River Oaks District and will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, Monday through Friday, dinner daily and weekend brunch. This is Toulouse's second restaurant. After Toulouse, the ambitious collection of restaurants – eight total, as well as a juice bar – will roll out at a fast clip. April will bring the much anticipated opening of Hopdoddy Burger Bar, an Austin import known for its menu of burgers, beers and boozy milkshakes. April also will bring the arrival of Taverna, another brand from Lombardi Family Concepts, specializing in risotto, handmade pasta, and pizza; and the opening of Steak 48, a modern steakhouse on two levels from brothers Jeffrey and Michael Mastro, based in Phoenix. In May two concepts will open: Le Colonial, a French/Vietnamese restaurant, and The Porch, a branch of the Dallas-based gastropub. The Porch will feature comfort foods familiar to the south: Pimento cheese dip, brisket sliders, chicken-fried steak, brisket and barbacoa enchiladas and burgers. Le Colonial will be a huge draw with its dramatic two-level space (main restaurant on ground level and a cocktail bar/lounge on the second level. It's the first Le Colonial brand to open in 18 years. Late summer will bring SumoMaya, a Mexican/Asian fusion restaurant offering a menu of ceviches, sushi rolls, rice and noodle dishes, and tacos. It will be the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based brand's second restaurant. An eighth restaurant will be announced in the summer. Already, River Oaks District sports a Flow Juice Bar inside Equinox; and iPic Theaters has already made a splash with itsTuck Room restaurant and bar. The ROD restaurants, which have their own patios, are spread throughout the luxury retail campus. They each bring something unique to the ROD experience said Colin Moussa, director of marketing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imagoman Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 FYI, gang. I stopped in to Cafe Toulouse last night to learn that the Chron fueled scuttlebutt about their opening was way premature. They did NOT open yesterday. The chef and gm told me 'April 4.' As a francophile, I can't wait for those mussels, quiche, etc.!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 22 hours ago, imagoman said: FYI, gang. I stopped in to Cafe Toulouse last night to learn that the Chron fueled scuttlebutt about their opening was way premature. They did NOT open yesterday. The chef and gm told me 'April 4.' As a francophile, I can't wait for those mussels, quiche, etc.!! Wha... What? What are you saying? Did the Chron misreport something? In other news, a dog barked at a mailman yesterday. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 ^^^ great illustrations crockpotandgravel! well done.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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