JJxvi Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Re: Fat Cat, there is some cinderblock construction happening on that site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angostura Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Any update on Fat Cat Creamery, I know they were shooting for early June (so i suspected August in the earliest). There's now a rendering up on the corner of the site, but very little other activity. I wouldn't expect an opening date this summer. Safe rule for restaurants in Houston requiring a build-out is announced opening date + 6 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Any update on Fat Cat Creamery, I know they were shooting for early June (so i suspected August in the earliest). I have seen work on the interior that looks like work for the mechanicals and plumbing. I suspect that this is the heavy lifting that has slowed things down since the first estimate on opening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 http://fatcatcreamery.tumblr.com/post/53645260344/hard-hats-off-to-c-o-n-s-t-r-u-c-t-i-o-n-c-a-t Looks like things are moving along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angostura Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 http://fatcatcreamery.tumblr.com/post/53645260344/hard-hats-off-to-c-o-n-s-t-r-u-c-t-i-o-n-c-a-t Looks like things are moving along. Glad things are moving along inside. From the outside, the difference between the actual situation and the rendering led me to conclude there is a lot of work left to be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Yucatan Taco Stand is going into the old Stella Sola/Bedford building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcook2002 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Do you own the franchise?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Yucatan Taco Stand is going into the old Stella Sola/Bedford building.Wow. Was it really worth it to miss out on a year's worth of rent for this tenant? I wonder whether all the local restaurant talent wouldn't touch the location with a ten foot pole after the dust up with Killen and loss of Stella Sola. I will never understand commercial lessors. On a related note, Torchy's has their build out permits and is doing a lot of work on the interior now. My guess would be 4-6 weeks to completion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggity Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Yucatan Taco Stand is going into the old Stella Sola/Bedford building. from looking at the menu and reviews, it sounds a lot like Taco Milagro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angostura Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Yucatan Taco Stand is going into the old Stella Sola/Bedford building. Heights residents will not want for yuppie tacos. This makes 4 in the Heights proper (along w/ Berryhill, Torchy's & Tacos a go-go). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Yet Chilosos has the best... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 (edited) Do you own the franchise?? No. This info came from a Heights restaurateur and a local real estate lawyer. Which reminds me I should have asked last night about the Studewoodish over saturation or potential thereof. The Tex/Mex joint going in at corner on White Oak, now the Yucatan place 4 block away. The midrise on 10th looking for a restaurant tenent, etc. There is already good Mex on Main and few block further on Airline. Edited June 26, 2013 by JCR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Wow. Was it really worth it to miss out on a year's worth of rent for this tenant? I wonder whether all the local restaurant talent wouldn't touch the location with a ten foot pole after the dust up with Killen and loss of Stella Sola. I will never understand commercial lessors.My sources just roll their eyes regarding this saga. The layout of the building itself which is not optimal for a restaurant. Big sq footage = big rent. Need lots of covers to make it work. The contractual nonsense, etc. Killen was smart to bail. Overhead at his new place will be a better deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 No. This info came from a Heights restaurateur and a local real estate lawyer.Which reminds me I should have asked last night about the Studewoodish over saturation or potential thereof. The Tex/Mex joint going in at corner on White Oak, now the Yucatan place 4 block away. The midrise on 10th looking for a restaurant tenent, etc. There is already good Mex on Main and few block further on Airline.No opinions on the Yucatan thing as I have never been, but there is plenty of demand for more restaurants in the Heights. You cannot get in the door at Teotihuacan on Friday or Saturday night. Yucatan is more upscale and might find a niche in the Heights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callisthenes Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 No opinions on the Yucatan thing as I have never been, but there is plenty of demand for more restaurants in the Heights. You cannot get in the door at Teotihuacan on Friday or Saturday night. Yucatan is more upscale and might find a niche in the Heights. I can wait in line for good Tex/Mex or Mexican, but this is Tacos Yucatan del norte: "now open in OKC, Ft worth and the Woodlands". Kind of reminds me of the Tamale Factory on Studewood/11th that had the “best tamales south of the border”. We'll see, their website description suggests a mishmash of Latin American culinary stereotype-branding that could appeal to the late night White Oak crowd, but The El will have them locked up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 http://www.houstoniamag.com/eat-and-drink/gastronaut/articles/lei-low-will-be-houstons-only-tiki-bar-june-2013 And the Heights will finally get a Tiki bar. I really like how these folks are doing little neighborhood bars, like D&T instead of trying to pile more on White Oak and Studemont or along Washington Ave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 except if it was next to your house you'd probably complain. I'm excited about this place opening. I'm a bit confused though... isn't Volcano under the sun technically a Tiki bar? Did it close when I wasn't looking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJxvi Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 (edited) I assume you mean Under the Volcano on Bissonett. That is a tiki bar, but I guess it doesn't fit their ridiculous uber casual tiki bar vision. Edited June 27, 2013 by JJxvi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 except if it was next to your house you'd probably complain. I'm excited about this place opening. I'm a bit confused though... isn't Volcano under the sun technically a Tiki bar? Did it close when I wasn't looking? Under The Volcano? No, not a tiki bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 I assume you mean Under the Volcano on Bissonett. That is a tiki bar, but I guess it doesn't fit their ridiculous uber casual tiki bar vision. More of a Dia De Los Muertos theme, I'd say, and not a tiki menu either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJxvi Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 I don't know what you'd call Under the Volcano if you didn't call it a tiki bar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJxvi Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Its Carib instead of Polynesian, but I don't see a big difference thematically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 (edited) Zombie, Mai Tai, Scorpion, those are the types of drinks you'd find at a tiki bar. I don't think Under The Volcano even stocks orgeat. I see it as a Mexican bar. There's a lot of little Mexican cultural type of stuff in the design. I like Under The Volcano, for the most part. Drinks are decent, though it can get a little packed, and credit card minimums really burn my biscuits. Edited June 27, 2013 by kylejack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 (edited) Yeah thats what I meant, Under the Volcano, the bar with a bunch of Tikis in it... They have frozen rum&coke, which is a winner in my book ALL DAY! Edited June 27, 2013 by SilverJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJxvi Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 (edited) I must have never got out of there cheaply enough to get hit by a credit card minimum... Edited June 27, 2013 by JJxvi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 I must have never got out of there cheaply enough to get hit by a credit card minimum... Right! I normally rack up a good size bill there, but its outside of my longboard home distance so I'd need a cab too, so I haven't been in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 I must have never got out of there cheaply enough to get hit by a credit card minimum... Yeah, it's $10 I think. Just a PITA if you only want one drink before continuing somewhere else. Same thing at Leon's, which is too bad because Leon's is often on the way to somewhere else I'm going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 eh, its just good etiquette to carry cash when going bar hopping. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 http://houston.eater.com/archives/2013/07/01/good-dogs-food-truck-sits-for-heights-brick-mortar.php#more This will be great. Perfect fit for the old Big Mamou location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 moo. I would have liked to see something we didn't already have around here but this sounds ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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