Elgin

Revisiting Robertson Stadium's Forgotten Concert History

After years of dreaming, planning and even a little begging, the University of Houston broke ground on a new on-campus football stadium this month. It's a pretty darn exciting development for the Cougars that marks the beginning of a new era of UH athletics: The program will play its first season in ... More >>

8 Ways to Have a Bad-ass Valentine's Day, No Date Required

I'm not here to tell you how Valentine's Day is a corporate crock, nor am I here to tell you that the only refuge of a single person on V-Day is burning a box of your past lovers' memorabilia while sobbing into a pile of old mixtapes. Both of those ideas are gross, as are most of the Lonely Hearts-s ... More >>

The Perils of Beer and Waxing: Ranger Creek Small Batch No. 1

The first thing I noticed about this beer was the smell. It was in the backseat of my car, packed in a box alongside a bunch of other bottles I'd picked up at the Whip-In in Austin. I started noticing it about the time I hit Elgin. It smelled a bit like what happened when one of my daughters got sic ... More >>

Unidentified Man, 52, Shot by 19-Year-Old Clerk Over Stolen 12-Pack, Bayou Body Count No. 90

A man who walked out of a Third Ward convenience store with an unpaid-for 12-pack of beer was shot by the store's 19-year-old clerk, police say. The victim, whose name was not been released, had been accused of stealing from the store before. He entered the store in the 3300 block of Elgin shortly ... More >>

Goat Graffiti Officially In The Running For World's Lamest Tagging

In case you haven't noticed the latest menace haunting Houston's streets, someone keeps spray-painting the word "goat" on stuff along Washington Avenue and in a couple other areas around the city. This week they hit Kung Foo Saloon and the corner store by Blue Moose. This is annoying for a lot of r ... More >>

Dolce Delights Is Beautiful, and Here Are Some Photos to Prove It

I'm just getting acquainted with Dolce Delights, the three-month-old patisserie next door to Sushi Raku in Midtown, but I'm already smitten after one croissant and a cup of coffee. It's charming that way, with a light-filled dining room that encourages lingering in cozy, wool-covered chairs or a gr ... More >>

Health Department Roundup: Just the Facts, Mostly

Normally we go all Popeye Doyle on the inspection reports, doing things our way, asking for forgiveness rather than requesting permission. We'd even consider purchasing an ankle holster if we were allowed to rub up against girls while on the clock. (Just kidding, it's a quick-draw gimmick.) Today, t ... More >>

Soul Nite 2012

Local Musicians, Up Early, Remember Late Nite Pie

Photos by Chris GrayThe flames at Late Nite Pie had been extinguished by 6:45 a.m.​Midtown pizza restaurant Late Nite Pie burned some time after closing in the wee hours of Wednesday morning. ABC13.com reported that the popular post-show destination suffered "major damage" and that Houston Fir ... More >>

The Weather Outside Is Frightful (with Photos)

You wanted rain, you're getting it. You're also getting a reported tornado touchdown in Fort Bend County and flooded service roads and intersections. Power is out in some areas of the city; others have lost internet service. Reports coming in from TxDOT and various tweeters indicated impassable c ... More >>

Health Department Roundup

Follow-up question: "How young is too young for you?"​You should know that checking out the city's health inspection reports is a good way to discover new restaurants. You'll also discover a few things about yourself, like just how dirty is too dirty. For your sake, we hope you consider El P ... More >>

Health Department Roundup

There's no way this wouldn't work​The selection of inspection reports was slim last week, but things have picked up over at the city's website. In the past seven days, inspectors issued eight citations and temporarily closed five more places without issuing citations. The city's gotta pay for ... More >>

Texas Wildfires, Via Facebook and Twitter

LinneainTX​Recently we wondered what 9/11 would have been like with today's social media. We're getting some slight taste of it with the wildfires raging through Central Texas and Magnolia. People are tweeting updates, pleas for help rescuing livestock and horses, putting up photos and setti ... More >>

Happy Hour Scene: Maple Leaf Pub

​The Place: The Maple Leaf Pub 514 Elgin 713-520-6464 http://www.themapleleafpub.com The Deals: $3 wells; $2.50 pints of Miller Lite and Bud Light; various other weekly and daily specials, including cheap shots of the day and $3 martinis on Mondays, which also feature bingo. The Hours: 3 to ... More >>

Comment of the Day

​Today Glenn Livet told us about happy hour at the Maple Leaf Pub. He had a good time, but what captured the commenters' collective imagination was the other Maple Leaf, in New Orleans. Commenter Ted Stickles shared that he's barfed there 7.75 times. And commenter Dante pretty much summed up e ... More >>

The Big Squeeze

Soul Nite

Maple Leaf Pub's New Creamsicle

RIP, Fear Factory: Decrepit Building Bites The Dust

Unlike he building, we hope these guys are still with us​Just two years after winning Best Abandoned Building by us, the old apartments known to everyone as the Fear Factory have been town down.Located a block north of Milam and Elgin, the building has always looked spooky, and a weathered sign ad ... More >>

Comfort Food at Cream Burger

​"I've had a terrible day," my friend grumbled. "Terrible! I need meat." "Burger or steak?" I asked. "Burger," she quickly replied, a scowl still on her face. "Definitely burger." And so we were off to Cream Burger (3481 Elgin). The little burger shack in the Third Ward, just on the edge of ... More >>

Chef Chat, Part 3: John Brand of Las Canarias and Pesca on the River

​This week we chatted with Chef Brand and tasted a smattering of the dishes he helped develop for the Omni Hotel's Texas Triple Play menu. Because Chef Brand was visiting, he did not prepare the meal himself - it was prepared by Omni Houston's Café on the Green. We started with the crab cake ... More >>

"La Lengua Muerta"

These local artists examine their “Latin-ness”

Geeks Who Drink: The Quiz that Must Not Be Named

Muggles to the back of the line

Magnolia City Mixtape: New Videos, 7-Inches, Poster Shows, National Blogpress... Enough to Make You Think We've Got an Actual Scene Around Here

Well, the Justice Department has approved the Live Nation/Ticketmaster monopoly merger. What does this mean for you, the average concertgoer? Well, even more inflation on the already-ridiculous $6 Lone Stars at House of Blues. Free Press Houston had a well-written cover story last spring about the ... More >>

Soul Night 2

Get your fill of Marvin Gaye and Tina Turner at the Aurora Picture Show's funky flashback

Late Night Scene: Saint Dane's

Fried Oreos​We could probably tell you every bar inside the loop that serves Miller High Life, the champagne of beers. We're happy to report that Saint Dane's (502 Elgin) is one of these bars. But it also serves shots in plastic cups, which is a personal peeve of ours. We mean, is this a frat ... More >>

Houston 101: Cruising Westheimer: The Favorite Teenage Pastime of Reagan-Era Houston

​For such a big city, '80s Houston was in some ways still a small town. Case in point: the teenage ritual of cruising Westheimer, in which the fourth largest city in America did its best to impersonate a one-Dairy Queen town, one where all you can do is drive down the strip and then turn back arou ... More >>

Openings and Closings

Although only open for a few short months, Out of Africa (14019 Southwest Freeway, #204) has already closed. An excellent review from Robb Walsh in March, fantastic reviews on B4-U-Eat, an excellent burger and a killer patio weren't enough to save the young restaurant. This leaves Houston with ... More >>

3rd Annual Midtown Art in the Park

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RIP, Late Nite Pie

Photo courtesy of happykatie. Late Nite Pie, the longtime bastion of 2:00 a.m. pizzas in Midtown, closed two weeks ago according to anecdotal reports. Not wishing to believe this was true, I headed out to Late Nite Pie this past weekend and poked around on a Sunday morning.  No s ... More >>

Open up at Beaucoup Wings N Wings

Project Row Houses Salutes Lightnin' Hopkins

Stopping for Barbecue on the Way Back to Houston

Art in the Park/VISIONS Cultural Arts Tour

Midtown has an art double-header

Houston Musical Landmarks and the I.Am.We Collective

Sausage Fest: Southside Market & Barbecue and Meyer’s Elgin Smokehouse

The Adventures of John Lomax and the Walk Down Westheimer

Now I Get It

Fetish Food

Late Nite Pie

Free to Jam

Get the blues at the Eldorado Ballroom's Juneteenth Bash

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Tips for Treats

Get a load of ghosts, goblins and goths this Halloween weekend

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Pop It, Lock It, Yo

You Got Served exhumes something suspiciously akin to break dancing

You Fix It, You Keep It

Third Ward kids get their own wheels

Best Cemetery

Glenwood Cemetery

Still Standin'

Project Row Houses revives the old Eldorado Ballroom

Preservation Hall

Project Row Houses will revive Houston's first home of black music

Cali Sandwiches

Big hugs, tasty poor boys and durian -- if you dare

Back to Wok

A pair of Asian pioneers return to blaze new (if familiar) paths