Richmond Strip

Openings & Closings: Renovated Restaurants and Born-Again Bars

It was a busy week for openings, so we'll kick things off this Friday with some happy news. Eleven XI, the new restaurant helmed by chef Kevin Bryant, opened this past Tuesday night...and it already has three Yelp reviews. The location at 607 West Gray had to be extensively renovated to turn the f ... More >>

Openings & Closings, Heavy on the "Closings"

While there wasn't a whole lot of good news to report this week, there was a rash of closings. The holidays can be killer like that. After many years in business serving martinis to the Shepherd Plaza crowd, The Davenport closed last week. Often dubbed "The Davensnort" for the, ahem, activities tha ... More >>

Openings & Closings: January 2012

After 45 years in business along Washington Avenue, Guadalajara Bakery is closing its doors on February 29. Unlike previous closing scares for the longtime breakfast taco purveyor, this one is concrete: New owners purchased the building and gave the family 30 days notice to vacate. A bar is planned ... More >>

Esvin Sabonluis, Killed Near Richmond Strip: Man Arrested, Charged

Another suspect is still at large.​Last month we told you about a man killed as he walked to his car with his wife near the Richmond Strip, an area not generally known for outright murder. Esvin Sabonluis, 27, was killed about 9:10 p.m. October 23 in the 6200 block of Fairdale, near Fountain ... More >>

Esvin Sabonluis, 27, Shot Near Richmond Strip, Bayou Body Count No. 161

Murdered near the Richmond Strip​A man walking with his wife to their car near the Richmond Strip was shot to death last night during a robbery attempt, police say. Esvin Sabonluis, 27, was killed about 9:10 p.m. in the 6200 block of Fairdale, near Fountain Vie and Richmond, HPD says. "Mr. S ... More >>

Stand and Deliver

Kiotti, freestyler turned radio personality, helps Signature Lounge distinguish itself.

Back in Business

Life returns to the Richmond Strip.

10 Worst Robbery Neighborhoods In Houston

​Last week we gave you the 10 worst neighborhoods in Houston for burglaries. This week, just in time for Christmas shopping, it's the worst neighborhoods for robbery. As we cautioned before, HPD doesn't suggest comparing this raw data from neighborhood to neighborhood. Some beats are more den ... More >>

One Last Hit of K-2

Fake weed's final freewheeling days

Our John Nova Lomax Explains The Wilting Of The Richmond Strip To TV Viewers

 Channel 39 did a recent piece on whatever happened to the Richmond Strip, and turned for expert advice to our own John Nova Lomax. Includes exciting footage of Lomax preparing to type.

Unidentified Male, 26, Bayou Body Count No. 123

Deadly accident on a Friday night near the Richmond Strip​A fatal auto/pedestrian accident Friday night near the Richmond Strip has resulted in intoxication assault charges against the driver, Houston police say.Cops say was driving a silver Lexus ES350 in the 6100 block of Fairdale near Dave & ... More >>

Wild On Washington Avenue: The Outtakes

Washington Avenue is Houston's ne​west destination for young people and people trying to pass as young; hip people and those trying to remain hip; well-to-do and those who nurse a beer through the night.It's also become a place where residents complain about drunks pissing in their yards at 2 a. ... 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 >>

They All Look Alike To The Chronicle

Perusing the "Hot Ticket" spread in this week's Chronicle's Preview section, we came across this little doozy of a mislabeled photo:The caption reads, in part, "Trombone Shorty (pictured here in Guitar Shorty mode) and Orleans Avenue will headline A Gulf Coast Juneteenth...7 p.m. Friday at Miller Ou ... More >>

Vince Young Can't Beat Out A Has-Been QB, But He Can Make It Rain

Okay, imagine you're a third overall draft pick, and two years into your football career, you've lost your job as starting quarterback to an aging, recovering alcoholic, racist retread. You're teetering on the brink of being labeled one of the biggest busts in recent football history. What's more, ... More >>

Some Straight Bar In Houston Is About To Be Invaded By Teh Gheys

Illustration courtesy wikipediaThe "Guerrilla Gay Bar" concept is coming to Houston.Announced on a Facebook page, the event will begin Friday night.And what is a Guerrilla Gay Bar?As the announcement says: "Once a month, we will venture away from our normal hangouts and take over one of the local 's ... More >>

Judge Not The Two-Step, Lest Ye Be Judged

Yeah, so we judged a Texas Two-Step dancing contest last night.That's pretty much the equivalent of Sarah Palin judging a Dance Salad festival, but we tried.You know it's bad when the only song you recognize in the half-dozen or so tunes in the warm-up is George Strait's "Love Without End, Amen, ... More >>

Satellite Collision: Red-Light Cameras To Blame?

NASA has announced that one of its satellites has collided with a Russian satellite, creating a cloud of space debris that threatens other space objects.They did not say whether red-light cameras played any part in the collision.Scientists say, however, that satellites have never collided in the ... More >>

Say Hello to EaDo

We once described the area immediately to the east of the George R. Brown Convention Center as a "silent, godforsaken stretch of no-man's-land" that is neither the Warehouse District, nor the Third Ward, nor the East End. We employed that bulky definition because by 2000, its 1980s and '90s name - ... More >>

Grand Theft Auto X: The Screwston Chronicles

Sole of Houston: Richmond Avenue Facts

Sole of Houston: Richmond Avenue, Houston’s Street of Dreamz

Chillin' with tha Eskimoz

We have a Whatachat with the guys behind the fast-food rap video

Binge Benefits

A look inside the bars of the Near Northside

Let's Go Down-town!

Now, live music is waiting for you

Elephant Dance

Cuttin' a rug with the Dubya bunch at Wild West

Advantage: MILFs

Women 35 and up serve it up

Bling Thing

A hip-hop summit preaches what it doesn't practice

David Brake and That Damn Band

Lean, Mean Texas Machine (Westerland Records)

Burying the Past

A farewell slap to a Chronicle columnist

Richmond's Burning

Ten people have been shot on the Richmond Strip since May. And this is where we want to send thousands of Super Bowl fans?

Berry Talented

Charlie Berry performs at Porky's

The Turn of the Screw

In which a narcotic, native-born music finds a nightclub home

Mansion on the Hill

A trendy nightspot just off the Richmond Strip stands apart from its monochromatic competitors

Local Music News

Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fashion

Capital Improvement

The Travis Cafe feels like Austin -- if Austin had good food

Greenspoint Ho!

Clubland

Clubland

Clubland

Clubland

Clubland

Clubland

Clubland

King of Richmond Strip

Dennis Lange has almost complete control of the most lucrative live music outlets in Houston. You want to play? Then you play his way.

Press Picks

Static

Cover Boys

For Houston's cover bands, the party never ends and the songs remain the same

On the edge in Edge City

Brad Tyer finds fun, more fun and big fun on the Richmond Strip