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Molly Flogs Houston

Flogging Molly makes the walls sweat at the House of Blues.

Mytiburger Is on the Way

New owner Shawn Salyers shows up to save the day.

A Young Person's Guide to Houston's Historic Blues Venues

Houston is a sprawling metropolis of subdivisions and strip centers that retains a strong cultural hub. But this "cultural hub" has actually become more of a cultural sprawl. Especially music-wise, neighborhoods outside Loop 610 are often seen as culturally sterile, though some elements of Houston's ... More >>

Houston, Circa 1981

Two Blocks, Two Worlds

1940 Census data for two Houston streets.

Houston in 1940: One Block in the Museum District & One in the Third Ward, According to Newly Released Census Data

Census data becomes open to the public after 72 years, so the U.S. government has just released the 1940 census for perusal. That's the good news. The bad news is the data is put together in a maddeningly frustrating way. You can't look up individuals by name, only by address. The handwriting can ... More >>

Bartender Chat: Stephen Caronna Of Piola

​The first time I went to Piola, I thought "damn, this place is bright." It had been a crappy, rainy Monday. I was hungry and in a nasty mood, but the place actually cheered me up. It was happy hour, and I ended up getting pretty happy. I ordered a few French 75s for $5 each and the Rio de Jan ... More >>

Patron Saint

Saint Dane's Bar & Grille is easy to miss, but hard to forget.

Rock & Roll: Invented In Houston?

Project Row Houses/ houstondeco.comThe Eldorado Ballroom around the time Ted Williams would have been covering it for the Houston Informer​Rocks Off is pulling double shifts this week - are we ever - so on our "break" that ended a few minutes ago, we repaired to a nearby watering hole for a co ... More >>

Eldorado Ballroom: A Concise History By Dr. Roger Wood

David Bush/ houstondeco.comThe Eldorado Ballroom in 2006​Rocks Off was pleased as punch to report last week that, thanks to the efforts of the Texas Blues Project's R. Eric Davis and Project Row Houses, which has owned the historic Third Ward venue since 1999, the Eldorado Ballroom will receiv ... More >>

Eldorado Ballroom To Receive Texas Historical Marker

Project Row Houses/ houstondeco.orgThe Eldorado Ballroom in the 1940s​A year ago, Third Ward had no music-related official Texas historical markers. Soon, it will have two. Last month, the Texas Historical Commission approved a marker application filed by Project Row Houses for the Eldorado B ... More >>

MasterMinds 2011

Foodways Texas is among our three winning arts groups.

Chef Chat, Part 1: John Brand of Las Canarias and Pesca on the River

​San Antonio's John Brand is executive chef at Las Canarias at the Omni La Mansion del Rio, along with Pesca on the River at the Watermark Hotel. We were able to catch him during a brief visit to Houston, when we discussed the process of writing corporate menus -- and how to coax a secret barb ... More >>

Sole of Houston: Passing the Torch

​It's been a while since I've posted in the Sole of Houston, and truth be told, ever since David Beebe moved to Marfa and I got a bike, we've kinda hung up our walking shoes. But that's just us. A guy named Brent Zius is picking up the slack. This Monday, Zius plans to walk an even longer st ... More >>

Memories of Mai's

Photo by Longhorn Nation​As the whole world knows by now, popular Midtown Vietnamese Restaurant Mai's caught fire yesterday. This Houston institution is so popular, the fire has even gained national coverage outside of the culinary community, which is quite an amazing feat. So why do we mour ... More >>

Get Funky at Aurora Picture Show's "Soul Nite" at the Eldorado Ballroom

​ The Eldorado Ballroom, the boxy Deco warehouse on the corner of Elgin and Dowling, will once again be filled with the sounds of soul thanks to Aurora PIcture Show and film curator Peter Lucas, who are presenting Soul Nite Saturday at 7 p.m. The ballroom, the epicenter of Houston's black musical ... More >>

Openings and Closings: 2009 Edition

​The year gone by marked some very exciting restaurant openings (such as Haven, Branchwater Tavern, Yelapa Playa Mexicana and Stella Sola) and some equally important closings (such as Cafe Annie, Bedford, Las Alamedas and Felix Mexican Restaurant). To close out the yea ... More >>

Cap'n Kittens and Friends

Whatever its name, Avant Garden is a cornerstone of bohemian Houston.

Late Nite Pie Takes a Dirt Nap

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 >>

Houston's Most Unique Address

Puppy Love at Saint Dane's Bar & Grille

Bring Your Dog to Saint Dane's Bar & Grille

Tuesday's Gone

An unexpected adventure starts at Late Nite Pie

The Sole of Houston

Hi. I'm John Lomax, and I'm a pedestrian. My friend, Uncle Tick, and I walked down 16-plus miles of Westheimer. This is our story.

Houston's Food Nazis

Some are curmudgeonly but intriguing. Others are just a bad trip to S&M land.

Love the Glove

See Delilah Montoya’s million-dollar babies

Keepin' On

New Orleans artists find refuge -- and studios -- in Houston

Classic Christie

Spider's Web is a thriller with twists and turns galore

Making the Videos

Rub elbows with the pros at the HBCU Film Festival

Block Party

The Third Ward gets down and artsy with the "48 Hours" fest

Parts Unknown

Did Donnie Riley kill Tarron Dixon, or was he shooting at someone else in a different Houston neighborhood that night 13 years ago?

Sexy Seventy-Something

A documentary looks under the skirt of Wendy Chicago

The Art of Retail

Pop-art star Peter Max hawks his wares in Houston

Venison Recipes for Gourmet Environmentalists

Watershed Election?

A new group wants to push an anti-flooding agenda

A Dozen Brisket Sandwiches

The best black East Texas barbecue within an hour of downtown

Club Directory

Unmasked At Last

After a half-century of effort, local African-American artists are emerging to the forefront of the arts, both in Houston and nationally

The Big Score

A roving band of young men took to the streets of Montrose, committing more than 20 armed robberies in one week, police say. One guy was shot. No one was killed. A lot of people were terrified. Most times, the robbers' "loot" was a couple of bucks.

In Ali's Corner

Once a scout for the Kansas City Chiefs, Lloyd Wells caught the champ's attention with all his "pretty girls"

Desert Gold

An imaginative Three Kings skewers the combat genre

Fighting Chances

Third Ward boxing club gives kids a place, a goal, a change

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It Was Like This

Poor Boy Riches

At Original New Orleans Po-Boys, the treasures are Southern-fried

Third Ward Rising

One of Houston's most venerable communities is set for redevelopment. Before that happens, though, perhaps one question needs to be answered: Whose community?

What Becomes a Legend Most?

Gatemouth Brown's lesson for longevity do what you do, and be the best at it

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HPD's Barren Lot

The Houston Police Department sideswipes the city's landscape ordinance