Historic Houston Shopping Places

[LeeinMT]

     All of them.  There were only three stations back then, Channels 2, 11, and 13.

[Earlydays]

     All of them.  There were only three stations back then, Channels 2, 11, and 13.

 

....and you could usually find something worth watching....today with 200+ channels you can't find anything worth watching!

 

[aggieengineer]

I'm trying to remember the location of an old Houston meat market. I believe the name was "Paul & Bill's", perhaps on the southeast side of town. I used to go there with my parents back in the '60s, and don't remember a lot of details. 

[LeeinMT]

Ritzee's Drive In corner of Cullen and the new Gulf Fwy.  Carhops, burgers, the whole thing.

[LeeinMT]

     I once picked up a business associate from Dallas at IAH and was driving in I-45 when the freeway jammed up (imagine that?).  Looking around, I departed the right lane and headed across the grass over to the service road, as were many others.  My Dallas companion (read 'uptight, anal') hollered, What are you doing?,  You can't do this!".  Later I bought him a beer at the Alabama Ice House and educated him on Houston's easy tolerant culture.

[msteele6]

aggieengineer,

 

There was a Paul and Bill's meat market near the intersection of Griggs Road and Redwood Street, just north of the Gulf Freeway.

 

I was brought up in the small neighborhood just to the west of Griggs Road (Marlo Place) and frequently walked to the market back in the '50's and early '60's. There was an open field just adjacent to it which has become an Hispanic social venue, I believe. Behind it were the Redwood Apartments, government subsidized housing which is still there. Across Griggs Road (and the railrod tracks) was Pecan Park.

 

I think that the building is still there but I don't know what business is housed there.

[LeeinMT]

     Ye Olde College Inn across Main St from Rice U.  Food to die for.

     The San Jacinto Inn (or something like that) by the ship channel.  All

           the oysters you could eat.

     Mentioned before, but no response... Der Hofbrergartten beer hall with

      various animals on display, all the beer you could drink, and a real

      oom-paw band that we all danced to.

     Somewhere in the Friendswood area.  Long gone.

[Tumbleweed_Tx]

Tha eff are y'all talking about? lol

[ArchFan]

Interesting thread.  I attended Spring Branch Junior High, back in the day.  What was the gas station next door, a Conoco?  I think that later become a "food place" and even later a "plant house".

 

The first JITB i remember was in the Heights in the 60s, I think it lasted a long time.  I bought a lot of jeans at Bilao's on US90/I10.  Thanks for sparking some good memories!  It's amazing how things change.

[LeeinMT]

Duggan's (sp?) Drug stores.

[ArchFan]

US 90 / I-10 was certainly a focus for shopping places of the 50s-60s-70s era.  Bilao's Department Store was certainly prominent, I remember getting paper book jackets with their advertising on them.  I can also remember the Western Skies Motel, but that is really way back.  On Bunker Hill just south of the highway, there was a small center with (I think) a Lewis & Coker grocery store,  a so-called dime store, and a mexican restaurant.  Also a drugstore owned by a Mr Yee, as well as a U-Tote-Em convenience store.  For a while, there was also a place called Cumming's Cupboard, which offered very good chocolate milk shakes for the astounding price of 35 cents.

[ArchMemoH]

list of former kentucky fried chicken locations

 

 

104 Dominik Drive, 77840 (Shiraz Shish Kabob)

203 East Crosstimbers, 77022 (razed)

301 West Gray, 77019 (razed)

363 North Sam Houston East, 77060 ?

415 Sheldon, 77511 (Church's)

604 West Little York, 77091 (moved to 601 West Little York, Auto Insurance/Ace American Cash Express)

727 West Mount Houston, 77037 (was Pizza Inn, Cricket)

804 North FM 1960 West, 77090 (Ace American Cash Express)

904 North Shepherd, 77007 (El Rey)

907 Edgebrook, 77034 (moved to 10527 Gulf Freeway, Taqueria Taconmadre)

927 Nasa, 77058 (razed)

927 North Interstate 35, 78666 (Fuego Grill)

927 West Sam Houston West, 77024 ?

1004 Hogan, 77002 (remodeled to La Casa Bakery & Cafe)

1004 Decker, 77520 (Taqueria Rositas)

1203 West 11th, 77008 (Bakery Donuts)

1204 South, 77503 (Taqueria Agaves)

1270 Uvalde, 77015 (Titlemax)

1412 North Gessner, 77080 (Ace American Cash Express)

1516 1st, 77338 (Sonic)

1816 West Waco Drive, 76701 (Adriana, Jeanette, Sam's Southern Eatery)

1850 Hamilton, 77003 (Natto)

2002 Yale, 77008 (moved to 2701 Yale, Quizno's)

2222 Alexander, 77520 (Telepager)

2271 Clinton, 77547 (Shipley Donuts)

2310 North Gessner, 77080 (moved to 2763 North Gessner)

2327 Jensen, 77026 (was Mr. Burger, empty)

2412 Elgin, 77004 (Navy Seafood)

2512 University, 77005 (razed)

2604 West FM 1960 East, 77073 (razed to Mr. Sticker)

2804 Collingsworth, 77026 (city games)

3030 Highway 30, 77340 (Tinsley's)

3102 Seawall, 77550 (Splash Bar)

3207 Spencer, 77504 (Titlemax)

3270 Telephone, 77023 (razed)

3358 Ella, 77018 (moved to 3000 Ella, El Rey)

3701 North Main, 77009 (El Taquito Rico)

3801 Harrisburg, 77003 )Taqueria El Charro)

4003 Montrose, 77006 (Dirk's Coffee Shop)

4258 West Highway 6 North, 77084 (Frank's Grill)

4318 Almeda, 77004 (Green Seed Vegan)

4318 Westheimer, 77027 (Quizno's)

4412 West Fuqua, 77045 (moved to 4036 West Fuqua, Shipley Donuts)

4635 Telephone, 77087 (Tortilleria Tiaxcali/Galaxy Auto Insurance)

4642 Scott, 77004 (empty)

4701 Kempwood, 77092 (Checks Cashed)

4827 North FM 1960 West, 77090 (moved to 4419 North FM 1960 West, Arby's)

5051 Griggs, 77021 (Louisiana Fish House)

5328 Antonie, 77091 (House of Fries)

5328 North Shepherd, 77091 (razed)

5351 West Bellfort, 77035 (was Blockbuster Video, TitleMax)

5852 Westheimer, 77057 ?

5951 Bellaire, 77081 (moved to 6004 Hillcroft, was Timmy Chan's, razed)

5951 Lyons, 77020 (was Lyons Seafood, razed)

6805 Greenbriar, 77030 (What a Burger)

7016 Lawndale, 77023 (Lawndale Fish Market)

7071 Beechnut, 77036 (Hartz)

7203 South Loop East, 77087 (razed)

7501 Harrisburg, 77012 (razed)

7603 MLK, 77033 (razed)

7701 West Bellfort, 77071 (Bakery Donuts)

7802 East Bellfort, 77061 (remodeled to Burger King)

7802 Long Point, 77055 (razed and moved to 7904 Long Point)

8601 Beechnut, 77036 (moved to 9904 Beechnut, razed for defunct Eckerd)

8601 Jensen, 77093 (shipley Donuts)

8904 Westheimer, 77063 (Del Taco)

9107 Long Point, 77055 (Tornado Taco)

9203 Cullen, 77051 (moved to 9271 Cullen)

9863 Homestead, 77016 (Timmy Chan's)

10516 Eastex Freeway, 77093 (razed)

10527 South Post Oak, 77035 (Shipley Donuts)

10704 West Bellfort, 77099 (moved to 12516 Southwest Freeway, Mar Azul)

10927 East Fuqua, 77089 (razed to Walgreen's)

11104 Airline, 77037 (Pollos Asados El Regio)

11301 Veterans Memorial, 77032 (razed and moved to 12036 Veterans Memorial)

11544 Bellaire, 77072 (Belle Park Dental Center)

12144 Bissonnet, 77099 (Frank's Grill)

14258 South Post Oak, 77045 (Variedades Pasaquina)

16604 El Camino Real, 77058 (Colosseum)

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On 5/2/2015 at 7:32 PM, ArchFan said:

Interesting thread.  I attended Spring Branch Junior High, back in the day.  What was the gas station next door, a Conoco?  I think that later become a "food place" and even later a "plant house".

 

The first JITB i remember was in the Heights in the 60s, I think it lasted a long time.  I bought a lot of jeans at Bilao's on US90/I10.  Thanks for sparking some good memories!  It's amazing how things change.

Po-Mac's Burgers & Tall Plants.

On 5/24/2015 at 3:40 PM, ArchFan said:

US 90 / I-10 was certainly a focus for shopping places of the 50s-60s-70s era.  Bilao's Department Store was certainly prominent, I remember getting paper book jackets with their advertising on them.  I can also remember the Western Skies Motel, but that is really way back.  On Bunker Hill just south of the highway, there was a small center with (I think) a Lewis & Coker grocery store,  a so-called dime store, and a mexican restaurant.  Also a drugstore owned by a Mr Yee, as well as a U-Tote-Em convenience store.  For a while, there was also a place called Cumming's Cupboard, which offered very good chocolate milk shakes for the astounding price of 35 cents.

Old high school yearbooks are a wealth of historical information - 1964:

[LunaSol]

On 4/1/2015 at 1:23 AM, DJboutit said:

Wyatt's South Post Oak and West Bellfort closed like 15 to 18 yrs ago I remember going there about 7 to 10 time there was another one that was at OST and Griggs that closed like 2 to 4 yrs ago

I think the Wyatt's in 3rd Ward was the last one to close. My dad used to be the Manager of the one in Westwood Mall in Alief in the 80's

Weiners and their famous law-a-way. I used to go to the one in Hiram Clarke and the one off Southwest Freeway 59 and Fondren near the ,also defunct, Loehmanns.

Weiners and their famous law-a-way. I used to go to the one in Hiram Clarke and the one off Southwest Freeway 59 and Fondren near the ,also defunct, Loehmanns.

[LunaSol]

On 2/6/2008 at 12:20 AM, Shamrock1949 said:

Houston Jewelry is the same as it was downtown in the 50's & 60's....jewelry & gifts....before they built the big store out at the end of town at westheimer and gessner when it was just ranch land in the early 70's

Bain & Co....Romney's company was involved in the purchase of United Jewelers from Gordon's Jewelers in the mid 1980's after it was spun off by Bain it failed a few years later and Service took a few of their locations

not a weird name when your last name is Weiner.....they were/are super super nice people...

Joske's did not have a Meyerland location. The large stores there were Meyer Bros, Walter Pyes [which is now Pinto Ranch....] Palais Royal and JC Penny's. Woolworths and a grocery store....

Ahhh. Houston Jewelry. Service Merchandise took its place (at least the Gessner and Westheimer location). I remember how you would have to fill out a ticket and go to this weird desk to actually purchase the items. No shopping carts or stock was on the floor; it was all "showroom".

 

[LunaSol]

On 1/10/2007 at 8:05 PM, Ol' SEHouston Girl said:

OMG. My youngest brother had her in '65-'66. My other brother was a year ahead of him.

Ashikaga, where did you live in Park Place? We lived off of Old Galveston Road and my grandparents lived on Easton.

Does anybody know if the Old Chuck Wagon still exists in Park Place? And for shopping centers--is Palm Center still around?

And y'all were talking about Playhouse Toys-does anyone remember the one at Gulfgate? It had a giant giraffe head over the stairs that led down to the ground floor. I still dream about that wing of Gulfgate and that giraffe, no clue why.

Palm Center still exist but does not have retail. It is more of a business park, with clinics, social services and Urban Harvest has a community Garden there

 

[LunaSol]

I remember Houston brief love affair with the French and the store Auchans in Alief. It was open to so much fanfare. I loved it! It was the original superstore or as they called it hypermart.