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  • News

    April 19, 2012

    Two Blocks, Two Worlds

    1940 Census data for two Houston streets.

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    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 >>

  • Music

    December 1, 2011

    Patron Saint

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

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    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 >>

  • News

    January 27, 2011

    MasterMinds 2011

    Foodways Texas is among our three winning arts groups.

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    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 >>

  • Music

    October 22, 2009

    Cap'n Kittens and Friends

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

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    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 >>

  • Music

    January 15, 2009

    Houston's Most Unique Address

    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 >>

  • Dining

    December 4, 2008

    Puppy Love at Saint Dane's Bar & Grille

    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 >>

  • Dining

    October 16, 2008

    Bring Your Dog to Saint Dane's Bar & Grille

    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 >>

  • Music

    October 18, 2007

    Tuesday's Gone

    An unexpected adventure starts at Late Nite Pie

  • News

    October 12, 2006

    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.

  • News

    May 4, 2006

    Houston's Food Nazis

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

  • Calendar

    March 23, 2006

    Love the Glove

    See Delilah Montoya’s million-dollar babies

  • Culture

    October 6, 2005

    Keepin' On

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

  • Calendar

    November 11, 2004

    Block Party

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

  • News

    October 14, 2004

    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?

  • Calendar

    June 17, 2004

    Sexy Seventy-Something

    A documentary looks under the skirt of Wendy Chicago

  • Calendar

    November 13, 2003

    The Art of Retail

    Pop-art star Peter Max hawks his wares in Houston

  • News

    November 6, 2003

    Venison Recipes for Gourmet Environmentalists

    Pop-art star Peter Max hawks his wares in Houston

  • News

    July 31, 2003

    Watershed Election?

    A new group wants to push an anti-flooding agenda

  • News

    May 1, 2003

    A Dozen Brisket Sandwiches

    The best black East Texas barbecue within an hour of downtown

  • Music

    April 10, 2003

    Club Directory

    The best black East Texas barbecue within an hour of downtown

  • News

    May 9, 2002

    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

  • News

    December 14, 2000

    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.

  • News

    November 30, 2000

    In Ali's Corner

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

  • Film

    September 30, 1999

    Desert Gold

    An imaginative Three Kings skewers the combat genre

  • News

    April 15, 1999

    Fighting Chances

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

  • Calendar

    July 24, 1997

    Press Picks

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

  • News

    December 5, 1996

    It Was Like This

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

  • Dining

    February 1, 1996

    Poor Boy Riches

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

  • News

    July 20, 1995

    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?

  • Music

    June 8, 1995

    What Becomes a Legend Most?

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

  • Calendar

    October 27, 1994

    Press Picks

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

  • Calendar

    June 9, 1994

    Press Picks

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

  • News

    December 30, 1993

    HPD's Barren Lot

    The Houston Police Department sideswipes the city's landscape ordinance

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