What if Willy Wonka suddenly decided candy was no longer the end game? Two longtime friends, Ben Mowbray and Robert Mungle, are combining the former’s experience as a bartender and professional comedian, and the latter’s as a cook, to create Saint Julian’s Social Club, a fun, circus-themed bar located at 1617 Richmond. They’re creating candy-infused […]
If you’re like me, the last time you played a game of darts was at a nondescript dive bar, where one lone board stood in a dark corner and the two darts you managed to scrounge up were rusty and could be used as deadly weapons. Flight Club has taken the game of darts to […]
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar, the longtime neighborhood dive and live music venue located at 1031 East 24th in Sunset Heights, quietly reopened this month. New owners Will Thomas, Devid Denenberg and Alex Jackson purchased the bar and formed the Dan Electro’s LLC last summer and have performed major renovations inside and out, with great care […]
The second location of Eight Row Flint, originally announced by Agricole Hospitality in August of last year, is now open as of Monday, February 20. It’s located at 3501 Harrisburg in Houston’s East End — conveniently next to the METRORail Green line — in the space formerly occupied by Night Shift. The original Eight Row […]
Betelgeuse Betelgeuse, Chris Cusack’s eclectic bar at 2101 Washington Avenue, is about to replicate. A second location of the casual hangout with an “everyday is Halloween” vibe is opening in Montrose at 4500 Montrose in the former Bamboo (and before that, Kam’s Wok & Dine) space. Betelgeuse, named for a red supergiant star in the […]
