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...
s3mh 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.Hard to do anything but a place with quick service and fast turnover at that little place given the economics. Might have worked as a casual sushi restaurant, but people tend to linger when they eat sushi. Plus, there wasn't really enough room for a good sushi bar inside. Thus, two hot dog places is better than eight Mexican restaurants or seven sandwich shops or five and a half Italian restaurants, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 And D'Amico's just closed. No idea why. I would speculate that the bar scene makes it very difficult to get customers on Friday and Saturday night due to the parking situation. It will only get worse with the cantina. And the competition down the street from Coltivare will also make things difficult for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 I like D'Amico's... but every time I went there I would ask myself "why didn't I just go to Nundinis Chef's Table?" With Coltivare opening and Bellissimo I think we have plenty of Italian. I thought D'Amico's was doing okay though... I was going to go the other Friday around 8pm and they had a wait so I just went to Tacos a gogo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 http://houston.eater.com/archives/2013/07/02/damicos-has-shuttered-its-heights-location.php The official version. I can certainly understand the decision. Anything that goes in that location is going to have to be able to make money off of bar spillover like Tacos Agogo does. A pizza place that sells by the slice might work if it was really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 eh, its just good etiquette to carry cash when going bar hopping. I hate carrying cash and only do so if it's a cash only business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 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.They want people who stay at their business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 I hate carrying cash and only do so if it's a cash only business. ah, but can you really predict where you'll end up throughout the night? What if theres a taco truck? Or that guy who sells a dozen tamales for $8? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 http://houston.eater.com/archives/2013/07/02/damicos-has-shuttered-its-heights-location.php The official version. I can certainly understand the decision. Anything that goes in that location is going to have to be able to make money off of bar spillover like Tacos Agogo does. A pizza place that sells by the slice might work if it was really good. http://www.theleadernews.com/?p=10589 A pizza place it will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 ah, but can you really predict where you'll end up throughout the night? What if theres a taco truck? Or that guy who sells a dozen tamales for $8? I walk right by them, and head over to El Rey for the Cuban Tacos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcook2002 Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 HUSA owns and manages all of the Sherlocks and Baker Streets. Local Pour in river oaks is a "joint venture" for HUSA and d'amicos so I expect this pizza venture to be something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angostura Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 http://www.theleadernews.com/?p=10589 A pizza place it will be. Brick oven, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 I noticed a TABC Application Notice on a recently closed used car lot at Shepherd and 15th St. Not that I care, but I thought this area was within the "dry" boundary. The name is "Heights Beer Garden." Its the orange building on the southwest corner, across from the Tortilla factory. Incidentally, I've noticed a number of the used car lots up and down Durham and Shepherd have closed recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 I noticed a TABC Application Notice on a recently closed used car lot at Shepherd and 15th St. Not that I care, but I thought this area was within the "dry" boundary. The name is "Heights Beer Garden." Its the orange building on the southwest corner, across from the Tortilla factory. Incidentally, I've noticed a number of the used car lots up and down Durham and Shepherd have closed recently. Dry area starts on W. 16th and Shep. Used car lots have been closing on Durham and Shep. However, I do not think that it is because they are getting huge offers for their land. I know of one used lot on Durham and 15th that is selling the land because they went bankrupt. Land has been on the market for a few months. The tote the note/wholesaler lots are big time wheeler dealers. If they get upside down on a couple of car deals, their entire house of cards comes down pretty quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 (edited) The tote the note/wholesaler lots are big time wheeler dealers. If they get upside down on a couple of car deals, their entire house of cards comes down pretty quickly. I am sure that you are an expert on this industry. However, most of these dealers sell on a weekly payment plan with high interest rates. It is nearly impossible for them to "get upside down on a couple of car deals", as they will have the car repo'd before it is a month overdue. Many even put ignition locks on them. If a borrower gets behind, the car locks up. I suspect that you just made this up. Edited July 17, 2013 by RedScare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 (edited) Yep. I know a guy who owns one of those... it makes plenty of money, enough to where his only intrest for selling the lot is to buy another where he would have more space for more cars. A lot of the ones that are closing and selling are popping up somewhere else in a cheaper location. They use the profit off the land sell to purchase more inventory. If they rent the property there is no incentive to move, and unless they stop paying rent there isn't much incentive to sell the land as it will just keep on appreciating. Edited July 17, 2013 by SilverJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angostura Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I noticed a TABC Application Notice on a recently closed used car lot at Shepherd and 15th St. Not that I care, but I thought this area was within the "dry" boundary. The name is "Heights Beer Garden." Its the orange building on the southwest corner, across from the Tortilla factory. Incidentally, I've noticed a number of the used car lots up and down Durham and Shepherd have closed recently. Shepherd is "wet" south of 16th and north of 26th. There is a helpful map of the dry area here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatline Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Shepherd is "wet" south of 16th and north of 26th. There is a helpful map of the dry area here. That's a helpful map, but it's off by a block on the eastern boundary - should be Oxford. You can use Onion Creek as a guidepost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksmu Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 I heard on the radio this morning that there was a "popular" restaurant in the Heights that is now banning families with children after 7pm from dining with them. They did not name the restaurant or really explain the policy, but I am curious what place it is, and what the policy really is? When the clock strikes 7 are they handing families their checks, are they just not sitting new parties with families after 7? I am really curious as it seems to me that nearly every new resident in the Heights is a family with children or two a couple who is likely to soon have children, so unless its a very nice upscale restaurant, or a bar more than a restaurant, it seems to me to be a move that is likely to isolate quite a bit of its customer base. With that said I am 100% for allowing a restaurant to serve the demographic they want. I have zero problem with it and I am not going to attempt to question their reasoning, its their business they can and should do whatever they want...I just was curious as to the place and the policy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJxvi Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 La Fisheria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 I heard on the radio this morning that there was a "popular" restaurant in the Heights that is now banning families with children after 7pm from dining with them. They did not name the restaurant or really explain the policy, but I am curious what place it is, and what the policy really is? When the clock strikes 7 are they handing families their checks, are they just not sitting new parties with families after 7? I am really curious as it seems to me that nearly every new resident in the Heights is a family with children or two a couple who is likely to soon have children, so unless its a very nice upscale restaurant, or a bar more than a restaurant, it seems to me to be a move that is likely to isolate quite a bit of its customer base. With that said I am 100% for allowing a restaurant to serve the demographic they want. I have zero problem with it and I am not going to attempt to question their reasoning, its their business they can and should do whatever they want...I just was curious as to the place and the policy. La Fisheria. http://houston.culturemap.com/news/food/08-06-13-bring-kids-no-service-houston-restaurant-bans-children-at-night/ They do not seat people with children under 8 after 7 pm. The chef is a celebrity in Mexico. I think the restaurant became popular for big family gatherings/celebrations as it is fairly high end, has a celebrity chef, but is still has relatively accessible food that will please most tastes. Whenever you do a big dinner like that with kids, the service gets slow and the kids get squirmy. I think they will do fine with the people who want to have a night out on the town. But, they may seriously alienate people who would have otherwise brought the family and dined before 7 pm. This sort of thing really sets off the Heights mommy mafia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksmu Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Well Ive never been to it and b/c of the policy I doubt I ever will....its not that the policy offends me, b/c it does not...its just that if I want a nice dinner out, I am sure as heck am not going out for mexican food....When I dine out without the kids I much prefer to goto places that serve food that I can't get at most other places I go regularly with kids...also while Im not a chef, or even a good cook, I am pretty capable of making good mexican food - so mexican food is pretty much my absolute last choice when out and about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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