2112 Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 10/7/04 DOWNTOWN HOUSTON Clubs, Bars, Pubs, Restaurants and other destinations Total Bar/Restaurant Count: 115 NORTH DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT: MARKET SQUARE (14): La Carafe (Oldest bldg. in Houston) Twelve Spot Cotton Exchange Bar Blu Torch Les Givrals (French Vietnamese Fusion) La Tapatia bar and grill Club Paesanos Warrens Market Square Bar and Grill (Great patio at back) Treebeards Restaurant (limited hours) CharBar (tailor by day, bar by night) Red Cat Jazz Cafe (restaurant/bar) Wasabi (Japanese) Kim Son (Vietnamese) FRANKLIN AVENUE/COMMERCE AVENUE (14): Six Degrees Lounge (Formerly Dusk) New Orleans Cajun Kitchen (formerly Kairo Caf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeightsGuy Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Off-topic, but maybe on too.....I have something to confess, I work Downtown, spend a lot at the Park Shops (best place for low-hastle-day-before-Christmas shopping IMO), go the Angelika on a regular basis, etc. But, I have not spent much time on Main. I always favor Market Square if I do wander into the area at night.This weekend though, I have out of towners coming in and want to show them around the hip new nightlife area we have. If they are over 30, in jeans and casual wear, what places do we walk into as we stroll down Main Street? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midtown_resident Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 My favorite is the Flying Saucer. Casual...good crowd...and tons of beer selections from around the world.http://www.beerknurd.com - check out that selection!i've also enjoyed the new irish pub (maybe not so new anymore) on Main in the Rice Lofts bldg...don't remember the name of it off hand. Across the street from it is another irish pub, Slainte. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Shay McElroy's the place.I think Saba's pretty laid back as well, and St. Pete's is a nice, mature but not pretentious hangout, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midtown_resident Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Thanks TGH...Shay McElroy's is indeed the place. Very laid back...I enjoy grabbing a cigar from across the street and relaxing on their sidewalk patio at Shay's...on a friday night it's usually pretty good people watching... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted September 17, 2004 Author Share Posted September 17, 2004 Places that allow jeans include:Market Square/Franklin area:La CarafeWarrensTwelve SpotCaboOld Cotton Exchange BarBrewery TapOver by Commerce and main:Speak EasyMain:Live (sports bar)DeansSt. Petes Dancing MarlinF2SabaSlainteShay McElroy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeightsGuy Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Thanks for the replies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted September 25, 2004 Author Share Posted September 25, 2004 FYI:Just talked wth the workers in that building next to Slainte...they say the place still is going to be a Karoke bar, and that there is still about 3 months of work left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Htowngirl Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 Bar Houston shut down at the end of August. This was the note on their website: "We have chosen to not renew our lease. We decided to go out on top... Thank you for a great great 4 years! "Have a Nice Day shut down over 1.5 years ago (but they never took down the sign outside). The space became part of Bar Houston and was renamed "Whiskey Chicks." (It's closed now too)I hope some good bars/clubs will move in there so that it attracts more people. I think some more "upscale" nightclubs, maybe jazz-type would be good and perhaps attract the theater crowd (kind of like what Cotton Exchange tried to do). The whole Bayou Place center is not doing well, from what I've heard. Hard Rock is the only place that is doing ok, but only because it gets the spillover crowd from Aquarium. I love Bayou Place, but it needs something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonah Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 I think Bayou Place should try and tap into that entertainment crowd that ventures to that side of Downtown. Since there is the Aquarium, Hard Rock Cafe, Verizon Theater, and Angelica, I think Bayou Place should try and build something along those lines there. I think a great idea would be some awesome bowling alley. I live in Hollywood now and I know there are some really"hip" bowling alleys here right off the Hollywood strip. They should build a cool bowling alley with a little bar and lounge so people can have some drinks while playing bowling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted October 6, 2004 Author Share Posted October 6, 2004 I think Bayou Place should try and tap into that entertainment crowd that ventures to that side of Downtown. Since there is the Aquarium, Hard Rock Cafe, Verizon Theater, and Angelica, I think Bayou Place should try and build something along those lines there. I think a great idea would be some awesome bowling alley. I live in Hollywood now and I know there are some really"hip" bowling alleys here right off the Hollywood strip. They should build a cool bowling alley with a little bar and lounge so people can have some drinks while playing bowling.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Damn. What a great idea. A bowling alley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 We went to Rock-a-Bowl in Clear Lake when I was a teenager. I could definetly see that working downtown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted October 6, 2004 Author Share Posted October 6, 2004 List updated.http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...findpost&p=1769 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted October 7, 2004 Author Share Posted October 7, 2004 Updated list again:http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...findpost&p=1769The following venues have changed:Franklin Street Coffee now open in Bayou Lofts buildingLevel Lounge now open in old Spill locationAdded Java Coast Coffee, in Rice Bldg.Macaria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VelvetJ Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 FYI:Just talked wth the workers in that building next to Slainte...they say the place still is going to be a Karoke bar, and that there is still about 3 months of work left. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Passed there today and there is a big metal sign up with the letters GLO carved into it. It looks pretty nice. From the looks of it, it's not looking like a Karoke bar but that's just my opinion. I tell you guys what would be cool. There are these new places popping up in other cities (I know I'm comparing cities again ) that are like Karoke bars but instead of singing along to your favorite song, there is a bar sized movie screen up on stage and people get up there and act out their favorite movie scenes along with the movie. From Rocky, A Street Car Named Desire, and Grease, to Star Wars, Purple Rain, Urban Cowboy, and your favorite Betty Davis flick. People get up there and basically make fools of themselves. But it's fun. I may be out of the loop and late, but I haven't heard of any of those bars in Houston yet. It would be cool if this new "Glo" place turned out to be one of those, but somehow I doubt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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UrbaNerd Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 Hmm...could the former Enron building become the new Burger King HQ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssullivan Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 I hope they do move here, and they go downtown. No more major companies locating to the far suburbs until downtown's office buildings are filled back up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 It would be great if they moved downtown. Then in September, Cedric Burgher, a former Enron vice president and most recently Halliburton treasurer, was named Burger King's chief financial officer. Geez, what a resume.. Enron and Halliburton. I want to party with this guy. Think he gets crap for his last name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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111486 Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Then we could open up the largest urban design Burger King in the world. lol. Something like ATL did with Coco Cola. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 How about a 3-storey tall Burger King? Yumm.....burger king...Ricco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volvo99 Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Do we really need a fast food giant relocating to America's Fattest City? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Jobs r jobs r jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorAggie Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Do we really need a fast food giant relocating to America's Fattest City?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hey, some of those Starbucks lattes will do you in faster than a Big Mac will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volvo99 Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Jobs r jobs r jobs.True. But the city did a piss poor job luring Boeing here when they wanted to relocate from Seattle. They eventually went to Chicago. Simply having a glut of cheap, recently built office space available is not enough to lure Fortune 500's to downtown. Having a large and influential industrial-technology company like Boeing would have been much more beneficial than ending up with a corporate caretaker for a far-flung empire of burger franchises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt16 Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 True. But the city did a piss poor job luring Boeing here when they wanted to relocate from Seattle. They eventually went to Chicago. Simply having a glut of cheap, recently built office space available is not enough to lure Fortune 500's to downtown. Having a large and influential industrial-technology company like Boeing would have been much more beneficial than ending up with a corporate caretaker for a far-flung empire of burger franchises.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>What? Boeing ruled Houston out in its initial search because it already had a presence in the Houston area. That's why it ruled out several locations. I think the state, and the city has done a tremendous amount of work creating jobs here in a time when jobs simly didn't exist. Give me burger king. I would hardly call a private multil-national; multi-billion dollar company a far-flung empire of burger franchises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorAggie Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 I think that BK would be a major bonus if they moved here. It's another big company to move upper level management to the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzseattle Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 What? Boeing ruled Houston out in its initial search because it already had a presence in the Houston area. That's why it ruled out several locations. I think the state, and the city has done a tremendous amount of work creating jobs here in a time when jobs simly didn't exist. Give me burger king. I would hardly call a private multil-national; multi-billion dollar company a far-flung empire of burger franchises.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Just because Boeing was relocating its headquarters didnt mean they were creating/moving jobs too. The manufacturing and R&D sites where bulk of Boeing jobs are stayed in Seattle and elsewhere. I think only about a couple of hundreds administrative jobs moved to Chicago. However, it does help the prestige of a city when a company like Boeing is based there although it stayed in Seattle for so long that in the minds of most people Seattle is still the Boeing city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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