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Montrose

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Cover Story: Houston's Controversial Noise Ordinance

    In this week's cover story, Houston Press examined the effects of the citywide sound ordinance, which Houston City Council passed on October 10. While a Houston Police Department officer is confident that the noise ordinance task force (whose members aren't required to carry decibel meters) is doi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Where Are We Drinking?

    If there's a perfect bar in Montrose for catching up on a little light German reading, it's this place. Can you tell where someone was getting in touch with his inner wolf of the steppes while downing a beer? Leave your best guess below.

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    Comment of the Day: No "LoWe," But No "The" Montrose Either, Please

    We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involving wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Where Are We Drinking?

    This popular Montrose bar recently hosted a crawfish boil. The picnic tables on its rear patio already bore marks like these from crawfish boils past, and I'm sure at least a few more Sharpie drawings were added that day. Look familiar? Think you know where we're drinking this week? Leave your best ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    Eatsie Boys Moving Into Montrose; Kraftsmen Cafe to Close

    After much speculation as to the eventual the brick-and-mortar location of popular food truck Eatsie Boys, it was announced this morning that the food truck team will be moving into a space at 4100 Montrose. Fans of Kraftsmen Cafe will recognize that address as the bakery's ivy-covered location bet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Health Department Roundup

    We're kind of disappointed there's not a flash-point restaurant or bar in this week's crop of inspection reports - the kind of place that usually brings out the worst in bitchy internet commenters. No one gets worked up about the food-service area of the Hampton Inn on I-10. It's spotless, by the wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Big Changes For Montrose? Block With That Half-Price Books Strip Center Is For Sale

    The real-estate gurus at Swamplot took note of an interesting listing among commercial real estate properties: The block of land at Montrose and Westheimer that contains the strip center with Half-Price Books.. The listing by HFF says the 2.86-acre plot, which includes the entire block, "represents ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Openings and Closings: The Non-Montrose Edition

    We had a few comments last week bemoaning the fact that the week's restaurant news was all out of Montrose. "Montrose - within a 10 minute drive for only 14% of the Greater Houston Metropolitan area, and yet it gets a least a third of the restaurant coverage in the Houston Press," wrote one commente ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Bartender Chat: Christopher of The Flat

    This week, I paid a visit to The Flat, and no, not your European friend's apartment. I'm talking about the cozy hidden gem in Montrose. I grabbed a spot at the bar and was immediately greeted by the friendly barman, Christopher. We talked about music, some of the great veggie restaurants around tow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Bartender Chat: Holly of Catbirds

    It was so warm and beautiful this week that I decided to dust off the Schwinn and ride over to Catbirds...because what's a bike ride if there's no "beereward"? There was a raven-haired lady named Holly behind the bar whipping up strawberry basil mojitos so I grabbed a stool, ordered one, and got to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Openings & Closings: The All-Montrose Edition

    It's all Montrose, all the time this week: Nearly every bit of restaurant scoop for the past several days has come out of the Montrose, starting with an announcement last night from the owners of the Eatsie Boys food truck: "EBOY BREAKING NEWS: We have signed a lease in Mmmontrose. Eboy 3.0 storefro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Michael Berry: 5 Places Worse Than A Gay Bar That He Could Have Been Seen At

    As much of the nation knows by now, Michael Berry attended a drag show in Montrose and allegedly got involved in a hit-and-run. Berry is a minor-league version of Rush and Hannity, ranting on the radio with truthiness to disparage anything that isn't Tea Party Republican. A Montrose gay bar is pro ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 9, 2012

    David Berkeley

    As much of the nation knows by now, Michael Berry attended a drag show in Montrose and allegedly got involved in a hit-and-run. Berry is a minor-league version of Rush and Hannity, ranting on the radio with truthiness to disparage anything that isn't Tea Party Republican. A Montrose gay bar is pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Scott Ellis Childress, 46, Bayou Body Count No. 9

    A man was beaten to death in Montrose around noon Friday. Media reports say an altercation occurred at the Scott Childress Studio salon in the 1700 block of Welch. Police say they received a call for medical help, and found a man severely beaten who soon died. KHOU reports a second man went into ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Frame Dance Production at The Photobooth

    Friday night, Art Attack swung by The Photobooth on Montrose for the first of a four-part series of installation dance pieces entitled "Framed!" by Frame Dance Productions. A small crowd formed outside the door, anxiously awaiting the removal of a large, white wall that blocked the entranceway. When ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Where Are We Drinking?

    The thyme-sprigged cocktail below was a mere $5 during this new Montrose restaurant's nightly happy hour, and it features an ingredient not usually seen in cocktails: sake. And with that clue, you should be able to easily guess this week's Where Are We Drinking? by now. Leave your best guess in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Staying Sane at Owl Bar

    ​The best thing about Owl Bar is that it doesn't feel like it belongs. A couple of years ago, when Mugsy's occupied the same space, it would have been a little more at home in its neighborhood. Upper Kirby has since come up in the world, though. Standing on Owl Bar's narrow patio on a Tuesday ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Openings & Closings: Flying Saucers and Farmers Markets

    H-E-B's Montrose Market will be open in less than a week.​In big grocery news this week, Trader Joe's has set its sights on The Woodlands as its first Houston-area store, Phoenicia has finally opened downtown and H-E-B's Montrose Market is close to opening at 1701 West Alabama. Stay tuned next ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    Comment of the Day: Trying to Comprehend Infant Porn

    ​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Peter Kingman Lindsley: Infant Porn, for When Child Porn Isn't Sick Enough

    Prison time is coming for Montrose man.​A Montrose man has entered a guilty plea to possession of child pornography, and he's taken the "child" part of it to extremes. Peter Kingman Lindsley, 49, was found to have on his computer "3,805 digital images and 860 video files that depicted childre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Health Department Roundup

    Those walls aren't dirty, they're actually dripping with class.​You never know where a job as a city health inspector is going to take you - a fine-dining restaurant, a seedy game room, a family-run taqueria or maybe a strip club. It's a tough job. Except for the strip club part. The most re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2011

    Hostel In Montrose's Lovett Inn Opens This Month

    The Lovett Inn, now a hostel​In January the group Hostelling International announced plans to buy the famed Lovett Inn in Montrose and turn it into youth hostel. There were some neighborhood concerns about parking and traffic, but those have apparently been dealt with: the hostel is having a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2011

    Fast Times: Sushi Counter at Disco Kroger

    ​Sure, drive-thru windows are fast, but the fastest fast food in town is pre-made anything from the grocery store. Enter: the sushi counter at the new and improved Disco Kroger on Montrose. I haven't had time to explore the store beyond the produce section (so much better!), cheese shop, and s ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 25, 2011

    Capsule Art Reviews: "Collections: Annual HSPVA Juried Show," "Crafting Live(s): 10 Years of Artists-In-Residence," "Hayden Fosdick: Paper Compounds," Marc Swanson: The Second Story, "Mitch Dobrowner: New Work," "R.W. Northcutt: Indigenous Genius"

    ​Sure, drive-thru windows are fast, but the fastest fast food in town is pre-made anything from the grocery store. Enter: the sushi counter at the new and improved Disco Kroger on Montrose. I haven't had time to explore the store beyond the produce section (so much better!), cheese shop, and s ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 18, 2011

    Capsule Art Reviews: "Collections: Annual HSPVA Juried Show" "Crafting Live(s): 10 Years of Artists-In-Residence" "Hayden Fosdick: Paper Compounds" Marc Swanson: The Second Story "Mitch Dobrowner: New Work" "R.W. Northcutt: Indigenous Genius" "Use Your Il

    ​Sure, drive-thru windows are fast, but the fastest fast food in town is pre-made anything from the grocery store. Enter: the sushi counter at the new and improved Disco Kroger on Montrose. I haven't had time to explore the store beyond the produce section (so much better!), cheese shop, and s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Comment of the Day: Gayness Is Not a Zero-Sum Game

    ​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    RIP Gay Montrose? Community Members Say Yes, No and Maybe So

    According to some, Montrose is seeing fewer rainbows these days.​Montrose's "gayborhood" status is officially over. Or it's just like it has been for the past five to ten years. It depends on who you ask. Hair Balls recently spoke with various movers and shakers of the neighborhood's GLBT co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Blacksmith Opening This Spring: Mary's Goes Mocha

    Photo by Robb Walsh​Coffeesmiths David Buehrer and Ecky Prabanto are moving on up -- literally and figuratively -- from their current digs at Greenway Coffee & Tea, located in the subterranean Greenway Plaza food court, into a new space in Montrose. Blacksmith, the pair's new coffee shop, is s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    GLBT Hate Crime Victims Memorialized on Charles Armstrong's Property

    Montrose residents lit a candle for hate crime victims.​Last night, throngs of people bearing candles filled an empty parking lot in Montrose, just off the main gay bar drag of Pacific Street. A block or two from here, Paul Broussard was murdered in 1991. Aaron Scheerhoorn was stabbed to death ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Health Department Roundup: Fast Times

    "Islands made of cheese / And a sushi bar / Health inspectors say / That there's nothin' wrong..."​Fast food can be hard to resist. It's just so convenient and satisfyingly self-destructive. Plus, corporations put chemicals in that stuff to give you physical cravings for their processed crap. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Where Are We Drinking?

    This one should be a no-brainer: Where else in town can you find a Montrose coffee blend than this hot spot? Think you know where we're buying our beans this week? ​Leave your best guess in the comments section below.

  • Blogs

    July 4, 2011

    Comment of the Day: Fire at an Adult Bookstore

    ​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Montrose's Creepiest Adult Bookstore Burns Down, Man Killed

    Google mapsA Montrose landmark of sorts, gone.​For years, the Talk of the Town adult bookstore on Richmond just west of Montrose has been a creepy oddity -- from the outside, it looked like a shabby, about-to-fall-down barn, its fading red paint, lack of windows and seeming claustrophobic cond ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2011

    Pride Houston Parade and Festival

    Google mapsA Montrose landmark of sorts, gone.​For years, the Talk of the Town adult bookstore on Richmond just west of Montrose has been a creepy oddity -- from the outside, it looked like a shabby, about-to-fall-down barn, its fading red paint, lack of windows and seeming claustrophobic cond ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Whole Foods Joins the Party in Montrose, Brings Booze

    The 32 foot beer cooler at the new Whole Foods Market in Montrose​I live in Montrose, and I am a big fan of Disco Kroger. The infatuation began almost four years ago, on the very first night I moved into the area. It was after 1 a.m. on a Saturday and I had an apartment full of boxes and only ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Openings & Closings

    ​The Heights and its surrounding areas have seen some big changes over the last week, starting with the big news that 11th Street Cafe is finally closing to make room for a bigger and better restaurant on the corner of 11th and Studewood. The food at 11th Street hadn't been good in a very long ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Gay Presbyterian Ministers -- Houston Church Reacts: "Breathe Deeply (Multiple Times)"

    Breathe deeply in Montrose.​The Presbyterian Church (USA) is expected to approve rule changes that would allow gays to be ordained ministers, a move members had contentiously rejected just two years ago. What's the reaction locally? The minister of one Houston church has sent out a letter urg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    City Council Redistricting Map: Montrose and the Heights, (Somewhat) Together

    ​The official map of proposed city council redistricting came out this morning, and the big news is new District J, which would combine much of Montrose and the Heights to create an almost painfully hip, edgy, so-cool-it-hurts district. Anyone repping this one better be driving a hybrid, is a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 10, 2011

    The Magician’s Nephew

    ​The official map of proposed city council redistricting came out this morning, and the big news is new District J, which would combine much of Montrose and the Heights to create an almost painfully hip, edgy, so-cool-it-hurts district. Anyone repping this one better be driving a hybrid, is a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Ice Storm Hooky: Why Aren't You Spending Your Ice Day in the Bar, Houston?

    No one knows how to spend a snow day anymore​It was a happy moment when Hair Balls' editor gave us permission to leave the office and cover the ice scare in a bar. Specifically, we were asked if we would go out and see where the biggest Friday early afternoon party is, presumably comprised of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Lovett Inn: Sold to Become a Youth Hostel? (Update: Looks Like It)

    Lovett Inn: A youth hostel?​Rumors are flying around Montrose that the Lovett Inn, the renowned bed and breakfast in the very heart of the neighborhood (and a Best of Houston winner for Best In-Town Get-Away) is being sold to a non-profit group that will turn it into, of all things, a youth ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Comments of the Day

    ​Katharine Shilcutt had a bad experience at Royal Oak Bar & Grill this weekend and told us all about it. Lots of readers were outraged on her behalf, while others already had an issue with this place: the name. Said Montrosian: I'm surprised no one has commented on the name. I think it's awf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    $7 at Poison Girl: The Tamale Lady

    ​Where: Poison Girl, 1641 Westheimer, 713-527-9929, and various other locations What $7 gets you: A dozen of the best tamales that money can freaking buy. You all have seen the Montrose tamale lady. She shows up between 10 and midnight with a bin full of warm tamales, magically right about t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Aaron Scheerhorn, 28, Bayou Body Count No. 285

    Aaron Scheerhorn: Stabbed outside a Montrose nightclub​A very public stabbing in Montrose Friday night is being described by police as a crime of passion. Aaron Scheerhorn, 28, as stabbed in front of witnesses standing outside of Club Blur on Pacific, the heart of Montrose's gay clubland. Po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    The 10 Worst Burglary Neighborhoods In Houston (For The Moment)

    ​What are the best neighborhoods to live in if you want to get burglarized? We've gathered 10 of the finest. We looked at the most recent crime stats for HPD beats, which means the month of October. HPD generally doesn't like "raw data comparisons between police beats" because the info can be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    Chances Bar Closing After Saturday Night

    "Thanks for the mammaries" Craig Hlavaty​Montrose nightlife staple Chances is shutting down this weekend, according to owner Nick Vastakis. Vatakis' family has owned the space since it was Charlie's Coffee Shop in the '70s, but his family is moving out of bar management and into property deve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    Chances Closing This Saturday; To Become "High-End Restaurant" With a "Superstar Chef"

    Craig Hlavaty​Eating Our Words is always happy to welcome new restaurants to town -- especially in our own neighborhood -- but at the expense of the city's few live music venues (see: Numbers) and now its only lesbian bar? Montrose nightlife staple Chances is shutting down this weekend, accor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    Unidentified Male, 36, Bayou Body Count No. 266

    Storeowner protects his turf​A Montrose storewoner stabbed to death a man who tried to shoplift some beer Sunday night, police say. The man, accompanied by a woman, entered a convenience store in the 900 block of Richmond about 7:30 p.m. and tried to leave without paying. The storeowner got i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    And The Winner Is...

    The winning design, chosen by you. Well, 206 of you.​Last week, H-E-B asked for Montrose residents' votes on the design for the new store that will soon be constructed at West Alabama and Dunlavy. Of the 206 residents that turned out at a neighborhood meeting to cast their vote, 88 went to the ... More >>

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