s3mh Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 http://www.houstonpress.com/restaurants/travis-lenig-leaves-feed-tx-restaurant-group-plans-to-open-new-place-in-the-heights-8827041 New restaurant for vacant Bistro Zelko space. Best news is that they will make use of the long vacant old gas station building next door to the bungalow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Word on the streets is the Ken Bridge of Delicious Concepts has sold all his restaurants (Pink's Pizza, Lola, Shepherd Park, Ritual) minus the Republic Diner + Sojubang to a new entity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 http://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/10-11-16-ex-liberty-kitchen-chef-returns-to-the-heights-for-new-neighborhood-restaurant/ Another story about the concept going in at the former Zelko bungalow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 http://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/10-11-16-southern-goods-chef-sues-business-partner-but-plans-for-new-neighborhood-restaurant-continue/ Drama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 http://www.pinkertonsbarbecue.com/ Build out looks to be pretty much complete. No word on opening, but it should not be long. Mellow Mushroom is also very close to completion. Moody's Ice next door is also close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 http://www.crains.com/article/news/snooze-am-wants-take-over-breakfast-houston Snooze signs lease in the Heights for another Houston location. No info on where. People in Montrose love to line up for this restaurant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angostura Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 2 hours ago, s3mh said: http://www.crains.com/article/news/snooze-am-wants-take-over-breakfast-houston Snooze signs lease in the Heights for another Houston location. No info on where. People in Montrose love to line up for this restaurant. Let the reckless speculation begin! I'll start: 7th and Yale or 18th and Shepherd. Or maybe 24th and Shepherd. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angostura Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Just now, Angostura said: Let the reckless speculation begin! I'll start: 7th and Yale or 18th and Shepherd. Or maybe 24th and Shepherd. Just now saw the Lowell St thread. 18th and Shepherd it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esther Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 I'm for 18th and Shepherd too. Having said that, I have never really felt that Houston's lacked diversity of any sort, and I think that its reputation as an ethnic and cultural hub grows stronger each year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 59 minutes ago, Esther said: I'm for 18th and Shepherd too. Having said that, I have never really felt that Houston's lacked diversity of any sort, and I think that its reputation as an ethnic and cultural hub grows stronger each year. This thread started ten years ago when there were only a few restaurants in the Heights. The thread has been become an ongoing way to post about restaurant openings. The title of the thread persists because of the irony that not long ago we all lamented that the Heights had so few places to eat out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esther Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Oh! Thanks for clarifying that. I am a newbie here and I'm still finding my way around the site. Anyway, I'm glad to see that we are all in agreement on the subject of restaurants and diversity in the heights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angostura Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Ahead of Super Bowl LI, a very useful round-up of noteworthy upcoming Houston restaurants, a number of which are in the Heights (or nearby), including: - Heugel/Yu concept at 6th & Yale - FM Burger on Shepherd - Presidio on 11th (former Java Java) - Starfish on Heights (former Bradley's) - Field and Tides on 1th (former Zelko) - Pinkerton's Barbecue on Airline (former Cappelini) - King's Bierhaus on TC Jester - Bernie's Burger Bus at 22nd & Yale - Rice Box on 20th (former Chirp's) - Heights Bier Garten/Wooster's Annex at 14th & Shepherd - Mellow Mushroom on Shepherd My guess is that, of these, 6 or maybe 7 actually open before the Super Bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 We Olive (www.weolive.com) the wine bar/olive oil retailer has finally pulled permits and started building out the old 18 Hand Gallery location on 19th street. They posted a TABC notice back in February, but the storefront sat empty for months with no activity until now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Mellow Mushroom is open with quite the tap wall of local brews. The build out is custom designed for the Heights with a trolley to pay homage to neighborhood. Pinkerton's BBQ should be open in December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Under the "saw it coming a mile away" file, Alli's pizzaria is closing and will be subsumed by Harold's Tap Room. http://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/12-07-16-heights-restaurant-ditches-pizzeria-to-expand-popular-Tap-Room-bar/ Under the same file, Black and White is out of business, but claiming to be retooling for a revised concept despite a rent lock out and wage claims. http://houston.eater.com/2016/12/7/13866058/black-and-white-closed-employees-owed-money i have to say that hindsight is not 20/20 when it comes to that location. At the time Killen was ready to open a steak house in that location, the landlord could not reach a deal with him on a lease. Four years later and the location has only had a tenant open for just over a year. Pinkerton BBQ opens with regular business hours this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andre154 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 (edited) Noticed that the spot at 2626 White Oak has filed for a TABC permit. The name on the application is "The Ready Room", under the ownership of 2626 White Oak LLC, which is shown to be owned by Ken Bridge, of Delicious Concepts. Apparently this spot used to be Roeder's Pub... Edited December 14, 2016 by andre154 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntheKnowHouston Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 24 minutes ago, andre154 said: Noticed that the spot at 2626 White Oak has filed for a TABC permit. The name on the application is "The Ready Room", under the ownership of 2626 White Oak LLC, which is shown to be owned by Ken Bridge, of Delicious Concepts. Apparently this spot used to be Roeder's Pub... The tentatively named "The Ready Room" has had a TABC permit for 2626 White Oak Drive for at least two or three years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 http://www.chron.com/entertainment/restaurants-bars/article/Founding-chefs-PJ-and-Apple-Stoops-leave-Foreign-10806067.php Dang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 On 12/14/2016 at 10:00 AM, andre154 said: Noticed that the spot at 2626 White Oak has filed for a TABC permit. The name on the application is "The Ready Room", under the ownership of 2626 White Oak LLC, which is shown to be owned by Ken Bridge, of Delicious Concepts. Back in my young and skinny days, it was The Ready Room (or perhaps Reddy Room), with Milton Hopkins as the house band on Fridays (or maybe Saturdays, or both) (back then we were not as... shall we say... restrained in our habits, so particulars get a little vague). Good ol' roots Houston R & B, and his backup singers could really belt it out. Since the previous incarnation had a level of cleanliness that rivaled Lola's (the bar on Fairview, not the restaurant on 11th), eating wasn't something you did there. It'll be interesting to see what turns out this time. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 The return of the Reddy Room (at least in name), the reincarnation of Rockefeller's - what's next, Club Hey Hey arising from the grave? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angostura Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 The new strip center @ Durham would be a possibility, but not if they plan to open anytime in the first half of 2017. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllenOlenska Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 I heard a lot of good things and was always saying I should go there when I have cash on hand, but I never did. Now I feel like I helped kill FC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 http://www.chron.com/entertainment/restaurants-bars/article/Kenten-Marin-to-join-Presidio-team-10832870.php?cmpid=fb-desktop Team in place for Presidio f/k/a 60 Pioneers. Opening late January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 http://www.houstonpress.com/restaurants/what-was-really-going-on-behind-the-closing-of-foreign-correspondents-9081422 Oh, the restaurant biz can be quite the circus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angostura Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 20 hours ago, s3mh said: http://www.houstonpress.com/restaurants/what-was-really-going-on-behind-the-closing-of-foreign-correspondents-9081422 Oh, the restaurant biz can be quite the circus. Yes, opening that many concepts in a year is a strain on resources, especially since, given how long it takes to get a restaurant permitted, there is a lot of cash drain before you see your first dollar in revenue. But putting your nanny and a bunch of family members on corp payroll, especially when the company is almost certainly cash flow negative, is super shady. Sounds like they had a lot of OPM (other people's money), but not quite enough. Based on their typical reservation availability, Bernadine's is almost certainly making money, and Hunky Dory is probably at least breaking even. Canard seemed to be doing pretty brisk business on the times I had been there, but probably not enough to cover the cost of the entire leased space (operationally, Canard/FC was basically a single space). I'm not a frequent enough visitor to JGB to judge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 There is a little crepe restaurant on W18th and Yale next door to the super hero costume shop. Pretty basic menu of sweet and savory crepes. But with all the high end stuff piling into the neighborhood, something new that is small, quick, cheap and easy is nice to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedmondson Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 After just driving by it looks like Fusion Taco on Main St. is open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Fusion Taco is open. Really good. Generous margaritas. Affordable and easy. Nice addition to the neighborhood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Presidio is opening this weekend. They had a few soft opening dinners this week. There is a new little crepe restaurant over by the comic/superhero store on Yale and 18th. It is the same guy who was selling Moroccan oils in the same spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 http://www.chron.com/entertainment/restaurants-bars/article/First-look-Field-Tides-in-the-Heights-10924336.php#item-38488 Field and Tides is opening on the 13th. They will open a bar in the old gas station in the spring. Nice to see that building finally going to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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