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Frank’s Backyard Now Open in Frank’s Pizza’s Side Yard on Travis St.
The turf is down and the Adirondack chairs are seated in the front courtyard of Frank’s Backyard — the new 2,520-sq.-ft. beer garden wedged in Frank’s Pizza’s side yard on Travis St. Frank’s opened...
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The Ginger Man Strolling into the Fourth Ward Junction on W. Gray
Update: Despite Swamplot’s earlier report, The Ginger Man’s Rice Village building is not up for lease, says a Braun Enterprises representative. The W. Gray location will be an expansion for The Ginger...
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A Sideways Peek at the Fried Chicken Changeover Taking Place in Pandora’s Old...
A sideways glance at the renovations underway on 1815 Washington — formerly home to the Pandora Lounge nightclub, and even more formerly to Throne Ultra Lounge — reveals 2 new openings in the...
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Two Homes-Turned-Retail on W. Gray and Stanford, Now Waiting for Their Next Gig
If the Platform Group has settled on a plan for redeveloping the corner of W. Gray St. and Stanford, it hasn’t made it known yet. An entity connected to the developer bought the white corner building...
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Midday Drinking Promos Have Vanished from the Postino Patio at Heights...
Postino hasn’t opened yet, but there’s already been a notable change to the decor at the Arizona-based wine cafe chain’s first Texas location. Gone from the construction fencing outside the...
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Comment of the Day: How the Rusty Restaurant Look Made Its Way to Houston
“I blame Austin. Check out Uchi on Westheimer with its weathered metal patio screening. Or the late, unlamented Doc’s across the street, resplendent in the sort of patina that can be attained only...
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Skinny Rita’s Patio Now Being Used as a Staging Area for Crews To Gouge Out...
Skinny Rita’s is about halfway through its last stand in Montrose this afternoon, thanks to the excavator now parked on what used to be its patio. The health-minded Mexican restaurant at 607 W. Gray...
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High-Octane Strip-to-Bar Redo Slated Next to Midtown Gas and Greyhound...
Coming soon to the strip of vacant 1920s storefronts along Main — catty-corner to the Greyhound bus station at Webster St. and directly north of the Shell station at Hadley: a new bar dubbed Pour...
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Core Church Midtown Flees Its Austin St. Strip Center in Advance of Syn...
Construction broke ground in March on America Gardens, the star-spangled first venue Syn Hospitality has planned as part of a 4-bar complex dubbed Midtown Common it’s developing on Caroline St. And...
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Pitch 25’s Indoor Soccer Field Nearly Ready for Bar Games at Former Dynamo...
Although not yet open to the public, the grounds of new soccer bar Pitch 25 have come a long way from their earthy beginnings (second photo) along Walker St., catty-corner to BBVA Compass Stadium. The...
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Sign of Southside Flying Pizza Now Topping the Vacant Corner of the Shops on...
Spotted from Canal St. just east of Navigation: signage for Southside Flying Pizza’s fifth location and first in Houston. The Austin restaurant chain is making its way into the southeast corner spot...
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R Bar Stakes Its Claim to Former Montalbano Tire Shop’s Front Bumper on...
The mark of shuttered Rice Military drinking spot R Bar is now cropping up in the site plan for Kaldis Development’s planned redo of the former Montalbano Tire building (top photo) at 1302 Houston...
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Brass Tacks Prepping for Business, Bartending Inside 4,750-SF East Downtown...
The curbside rendering above from Schaum/Shieh Architects shows off the changes coming soon to 612 Live Oak now that developer Bercon is redoing it for Brass Tacks, a coworking space with on-site...
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Hops Meet Barley Meets Its End on W. Alabama
Permanent closing time has arrived at Upper Kirby bar Hops Meet Barley — which is now sporting leasing signage from Parkway Partners next to its own grains-themed marquee at 2245 W. Alabama St.,...
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What’s on Tap Across from the MATCH
A building permit filed just recently reveals the latest tenant in the group that’s been ganging up in the ground floor of the double-block-long Mid Main Lofts over the past few months: The Brass Tap....
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New Spaghetti Warehouse Owner Wants To Crack Open Its Soggy Lower Levels for...
The new owner of the floody Spaghetti Warehouse building downtown has cooked up a novel idea for how to deal with its proximity to Buffalo Bayou: crack open its lower stories and fill them with a...
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Framed Animal Portraiture Heralds Slowpokes’ Fall Migration to Levy Park
There’s now some still life clinging to the Kirby Grove office building across from Levy Park where Slowpokes plans to debut its second location sometime this fall. Already open in the 16-story...
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Former Harrisburg Dry Cleaners Now Getting Its Feet Wet with New Bar Tenant...
Note: This story has been updated. The first tenant slated for the soon-to-be redone Imperial Linen & Cleaners building a block west of the Green Line’s Coffee Plant/2nd Ward stop is now on its...
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New Designated Drinking Pen Takes Over Old Youth Homeless Shelter Parking Lot...
Houston’s latest Bacco-branded wine venue Bacco’s Wine Garden has begun its takeover of 3611 Montrose Blvd. by adding this corral to the house’s front parking lot, although nothing’s being consumed on...
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Bacco’s Montrose Patio Gets Plastered with Hundreds of Wine Bottles To...
The aftermath of Bacco’s Wine Garden’s latest design choice at 3611 Montrose Blvd. has the place looking a little less like a homeless shelter and more like a bar. Empty bottles were as close as the...
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