San Jacinto

Health Department Roundup: Macondo, Guadalajara, Taco Trucks and More

Slim pickings this week, with a fairly anonymous group of restaurants listed in the inspections. We're sure the Sonic at 330 North Park in Kingwood isn't anonymous to whoever owns it, but most of us don't own the Sonic at 330 North Park in Kingwood. To the party who does, congratulations on picking ... More >>

You, Too, Can Shop for Groceries by Light Rail!

When I tell people that my husband and I share a car, and have for the entire three years we have lived in Houston, we get a lot of funny looks. It's true that the logistics don't always work out, but we almost always make it work. Note the "almost" -- that's the little word that forced me to get ou ... More >>

Quietly, For a Dance Club, Rich's Reopens Under New Ownership

Rich's, the popular but troubled Midtown dance club, has quietly reopened under a new ownership group after the landlord evicted previous tenants in May. The venue at 2401 San Jacinto is now operated by a group of investors calling itself Rich's Sacred Ground Inc. According to Texas Alcoholic Bever ... More >>

Yes, Traffic Will Suck On The East Freeway This Weekend

Your quick and jaunty trip down the scenic environs of the East Freeway just got a little less quick and jauntier. The already somewhat depressing ride will feature something extra this weekend -- lots of slow-moving traffic. The cause: more work on the Meadow Street Bridge east of downtown Housto ... More >>

Cool: Old Houston Photos Mashed With Their Present-Day Houston Equivalent

Houston Press staffer Abrahan Garza likes to meld Houston's past and present together. He goes around town matching up old postcards to present-day sites, something he saw on the web a year or so ago. "I'll find a remnant in the old photo I will try to match it up perfectly," he says. "It's defini ... More >>

Jesus Walks: Way Of The Cross Traverses Downtown Houston

Craig Hlavaty​Lunch-hour drivers in Downtown Houston got a dash of religion this Good Friday afternoon through Midtown with St. Basil Chapel's "Way Of The Cross" walk. Essentially a two-mile church crawl, the walk saw the members of the chapel visiting four religious stations through town, end ... More >>

Our San Jacinto Quiz, Including Silk Underwear, Syphilis and Dennis Quaid

Good thing he wasn't named Sam Schnackenpfefferhausen​Today marks the 175th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto, the glorious day when a ragtag Texan army surprised a siesta-enjoying Mexican force and won independence for the Lone Star State. The battle, fought near present-day Refinery ... More >>

“Dodransbicentennial”

“Texas! The Exhibition”

Openings & Closings

Photo courtesy of The Love ShackSeriously, this place just looks downright charming.​We broke the news earlier this week about the Anvil boys -- Bobby Heugel and Kevin Floyd -- opening a new bar, Hay Merchant (1100 Westheimer), which will focus entirely on beer. Mostly craft beer. And that sup ... More >>

Polk Street Pub's Houston Tycoon

Stirred & Shaken: Polk Street Pub's Houston Tycoon

Troy Fields​It's a strange scene when you have groups of Houstonians at a bar experiencing collective joy at the success of a Dallas-area sports team, but that's the power of New York Yankee hatred. It's stronger than love and most kinds of sexual attraction, and it's definitely more compellin ... More >>

Unidentified Female, Bayou Body Count No. 234

Strangled outside a church​An apparently homeless woman was found strangled to deathnear the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart downtown this morning, police say.Her name was not released, and an autopsy will be done to officially determine the cause of death, although police said she had "suffered ... More >>

Deep In The Piney Woods, A Big-Ass Pot Farm Grew

Don't give these two any ideas​Police say they typically find a couple of hundred pot plants when they raid an outdoor growing operation. This is Texas. Everything's bigger here, including the pot farms.Hunters sprucing up their deer blinds in darkest East Texas made a startling discovery Sunday - ... More >>

Lucky Strike Lanes & Lounge's Luxetini

Stirred and Shaken: Lucky Strike Lanes & Lounge's Luxetini

Photo by Troy Fields​Lucky Strike Lanes & Lounge (1201 San Jacinto, 713-343-3300) is the kind of place where Zac Efron and John Mayer bowl. At least the Lucky Strike in Los Angeles is, according to the framed PR rags mounted over the urinals at the Houston location. So you might not run into a ... More >>

Texas Traveler: Independence Day

Photo by photine​How did you celebrate the 174th anniversary of Texas' independence from Mexico? You probably didn't do anything like what a group of stalwart runners spent their weekend doing -- running the 203 miles from Gonzales to the San Jacinto Battleground in Deer Park.Dozens of teams ... More >>

No Can Do

Sardinas a la brasa en escabeche at Andalucia Tapas and Taverna

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 >>

Gingerbread Houses at the House of Blues

The House of Blues (in the Downtown Pavilions, 201 San Jacinto) held four gingerbread house workshops on the weekends leading up to Christmas, run by executive chef Jeff Inman. We stopped by to video one and have sped up the video for your amusement. At $45 per Swedish-made gingerbread kit and $1 ... More >>

Openings and Closings: November 2009

​Although a very high profile restaurant shut its doors this month -- the longtime Montrose institution La Strada -- we've seen far more openings lately than closings. Below is your roundup of new and defunct restaurants from November 2009. Closings La Strada, 322 Westheimer Bangkok Room, ... More >>

Openings and Closings

​Despite the brief interruption of Thanksgiving, several restaurants opened this week just in time for the holidays. Especially busy are downtown's Houston Pavilions, where Lucky Strike Lanes and Pete's Dueling Piano Bar have been hosting healthy crowds while several restaurants have opened. ... More >>

Jail Hell

Inmates emerging from the Harris County Jail tell remarkably similar stories of horrible conditions inside.

All-You-Can-Eat Seafood at the Monument Inn

Photos by Robb WalshThe all-you-can-eat seafood dinner at the Monument Inn starts with a basket of boiled shrimp and a plate of oysters on the half shell, then continues with a basket of fried seafood. The basket is deceptive -- it's a lot deeper than it looks. There were around three dozen fried oy ... More >>

The Rockets, Joining The Pantheon Of Those Who Gave Up Surprising Momentum

Hey, how'd those Rockets do last night?!Oh.In case you missed it, Our Rockets (and by "Our," we mean "team we started cheering for a week ago"), got shellacked by the Lakers 118-78. Everyone had expected the injury-riddled Houston team to lose like that -- in Sunday's game, which they had won.That ... More >>

Guadalajara Del Centro

The San Jacinto Day Festival

Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! And remember your sunscreen

Hill/Finger Lecture: Vince’s Bridge

Web exclusive!

SXSW: American Apparel Factory Flea Market

This afternoon off Fourth and San Jacinto, venerable hipster outfitter American Apparel hosted an outdoor flea market. All manner of humanity came out to rummage through the inventory, most of which were factory seconds, with ripped and stained items scattered throughout. There were a few gems, in ... More >>

Community Bar

A new Midtown bar caters to — gasp! — mature adults

St. Nicholas Eve Holiday Gathering

Web exclusive!

Houston Pavilions Almost Ready For its Close-Up

Where To Get Supplies From FEMA

Creole Heritage Zydeco & Crawfish Festival

Great music and all the mudbugs you can eat — who could ask for more?

Une Soirée Pelouse

The GLBT Community Center uses French-style fund-raising

Baby Loves Disco

Hip moms find a way to keep the party going

City of Spin

Dirty Money

All-Star Jam

Hotter than Hasselhoff?

Maybe not yet, but Koufax is on the way

Swallow Your Pride

A big dose of dance parties and concerts is coming your way

Johnny Demonic

Kill the holiday crap with some caustic rock at the Proletariat

Tie One On

You're bound to have a blast at Dare Ware's Sinful X-mas Party

Queen of Clubs

Dance royalty is in the cards for remix diva Amber

Playbill

Midtown Getdown

Rich's goes straight, and the wait for a first-class, midsize Houston venue could be over

Always Darkest Before the Dawn

Trotting out the clichés for a year-ender piece

Going off the Rails

A proposed line into the Bayport Industrial District has residents from Clear Lake to the East End vowing to stop the "toxic train" in its tracks

Tippling from Tap to Tap

Down and out (and drunk) in NoDo

Bargain Basement

Are open courts and basic defendant rights the latest flood victims?