Wonderwild

Children’s activity center set to open around Halloween
Address: 707 N. Shepherd, Suite 500
Blog

• The Heights Life – 11/06/09 – “Halloween Was Hopping”
• The Heights Life – 10/08/09 – “Wonder-ful”

Lola

Now open!
Address: 1102 Yale (at 11th)
Website

• Houston Chronicle – 11/02/09 – “Chicken Fried Steak”
• Great Food Houston Blog – 10/25/09 – “Chicken and Waffles”
• Houston Press - 10/22/09 – “Burgers and Hash”
• Houston Press – 10/22/09 – “Yellow Mustard Orthodoxy”
• Feed the Heights Blog – 10/21/09 – “Breakfast at Lola (preview)”
• The  Heights Life Blog – 10/19/09 – Review
• Great Food Houston Blog – 10/04/09 – “Lola in the Heights”
• Houston Press – 09/22/09 – “Lola Burger: Are We Mustard Snobs?”
• Riquitito Blog – 09/20/09 – Review
• Food in Houston Blog – 09/20/09 – “Lola at Breakfast”
• Houston Press – 09/17/09 – “Health Department Roundup”
• 29-95 – 09/12/09 – “First Taste of Lola”
• Houston Press – 09/11/09 – “Openings and Closings”
• Swamplot – 09/04/09 – “Openings and Closings”
• 29-95 – 09/03/09 – “Be the First to Eat at Lola”
• Fredeatshouston Blog – 07/28/09 – “L-O-L-A, Lola!”
• HAIF comments
• B4-u-eat.com comments
• Yelp.com comments

Canino’s/Airline Farmers Market

Large daily farmers market on Airline, with Canino’s Produce in front
Address: 2520 Airline

• Houston Press – 10/30/09 – “Got Guayaba?”
• 29-95.com – 10/16/09 – “There When You Need ‘Em”
• Great Food Houston Blog – 10/13/09 – “Pumpkins at Canino’s”
• Houston Press – Best of Houston (2009) – “Best Farmers’ Market”
• Houston Press – 07/27/09 – “Ayocote Negro”
• Houston Press – 07/15/09 – “Papolo”
• Houston Press – 07/13/09 – “Fresh Chepil”
• Houston Foodie – 11/20/08 – “Canino’s Market: Open for Business”
• Yelp.com comments

Spanish Flowers Mexican Restaurant

24-hour Tex-Mex restaurant on North Main
Address: 4701 N. Main (at Airline)
Website

• 29-95.com – 1o/29/09 – “Beat-Up Beef for Breakfast”
• Houston Press – Best of Houston (2009) – “Best Late-Night Restaurant”
• Houston Press – 09/21/09 – “Late Night Scene”
• Houstonist – 03/17/07 – “Weekend Breakfast”
• Houston Press – Best of Houston (2007) – “Best Late-Night Restaurant”
• Houston Press – Best of Houston (2005) – “Best Nachos”
• Houston Press – Best of Houston (2002) – “Best Late-Night Dining”
• Yelp.com comments

Jazzie Cafe

Cajun and Chinese food, best known for its po-boys
Address: 1221 W. 19th

• Houston Press – 10/30/09 – “Battle Po-Boy”
• Great Food Houston Blog – 04/09/09 – “Po’ Boys at Jazzie Cafe”
• Feed the Heights Blog – 04/06/09 – “Jazzie’s Cafe”
• Houston Press – 12/31/08 – “What a Catch at Jazzie Cafe”
• Chili Bob’s Houston Eats Blog – 08/19/08 – Review
• Food in Houston Blog – 08/17/06 – “Jazzie’s Cafe”
• Houston Press – 06/01/06 – “Poor Boys and Philanthropy”
• Chowhound – “Jazzie Cafe Poboys”
• Yelp.com comments
• B4-u-eat.com comments

Alice’s Tall Texan Drive Inn

Cheap beer served in schooners
Address: 4904 N. Main

• 29-95.com – 10/28/09 – “The New Guy Visits: Alice’s Tall Texan”
• Houston Press – Best of Houston (2009) – “Biggest Beer for the Buck”
• Houston Press – Best of Houston (2006) – “Best Dive”
• Houston Press – Best of Houston (2005) – “Best Dive”
• Yelp.com comments

Table Seven Bistro [planned]

To replace Rare
Address: 700 Durham
Website

• FredEatsHouston.com – 10/29/09 – “Update: Table Seven Bistro”
• FredEatsHouston.com – 10/26/09 – “Rare Closes. District 7 Grill/Table 7 Bistro to Open.”
• Yelp.com comments for Rare

Heights Kroger

Grocery store
Address: Shepherd at 11th

• Swamplot – 10/28/09 – “Expanded Heights Kroger: Now Wider than  Wide Angle”
• Swamplot – 03/11/09 – “Heights Kroger Stats: Double Plus Goods”
• Houston Press – 03/10/09 - “The Heights is Getting a Supersized Supermarket”
• Swamplot – 03/10/09 – “Stripped: Heights Kroger Knocks Its Neighbors”

Dry Creek Cafe

Onion Creek sister cafe, located in dry part of Heights
Address: 544 Yale

• Great Food Houston Blog – 10/25/09 – “Chicken and Waffles”
• The Heights Life Blog – 04/24/09 – “The Ebb and Flow of Hamburgers”
• She Eats Blog – 02/02/09 – “Triple Bypass Burger”
• Houston Press – Best of Houston (2007) – “Best Dry Restaurant”
• Houston Chronicle – 11/14/05 – “Good Vibrations”
• Yelp.com comments
• B4-u-eat.com comments

Max’s Wine Dive

Crowded wine bar with ambitious food menu
Address: 4720 Washington Ave.
Website

• Great Food Houston Blog – 10/25/09 – “Chicken and Waffles”
• Houston Chroncile – 09/16/09 – “How to make Max’s fried-egg sandwich”
• Houston Press – 07/23/09 – “Texas Haute Dog”
• Houston Press – 06/22/09 – “Late Night Scene”
• New York Times - 05/31/09 - “In Houston, a Party Corridor”
• Houston Press – 04/08/09 – “Molecular Madness”
• Food in Houston Blog – 04/03/09 – “Houston’s Top 10 Restaurants 2009″
• Houston Foodie Blog – 03/25/09 – “Max’s Goes Molecular”
• Houston Press -02/22/09 – “Spring Is Here”
• Great Food Houston Blog – 02/16/09 – “Spring Preview”
• Houston Foodie Blog – 02/13/09 – “Spring Menu Tasting”
• Cook’s Tour Blog – 01/05/09 – “The Year in Burgers”
• Great Food Houston Blog – 12/16/08 – Review
• Tasty Bits Blog – 09/01/08 – “Dinner with Max”
• Tasty Bits Blog – 03/29/08 – “Big Ass Wing Cakes”
• Eat Me Houston Blog – 03/04/08 – Review
• Houston Press – Best of Houston (2008) – “Best Wine Bar Food”
• Houston Press – 04/15/08 – “Hot Dogs at Max’s Wine Dive”
• Houston Press – Best of Houston (2007) – “Best Cheeseburger”
• Houston Press – 02/21/07 – “Haute Dogs and Hotties”
• Houstonist – 01/31/07 – Review
• Yelp.com comments
• B4-u-eat.com comments

Asia Market

Thai grocery store that also serves Thai food
Address: 1010 W. Cavalcade, Suite D
Website

• Houston Chronicle – 10/21/09 – “Little polish, lots of soul”
• Houston Press – 08/03/09 – “$13 at Asia Market”
• Food in Houston Blog – 04/10/09 – “Houston’s Top 10 Cheap Restaurants”
• Great Food Houston Blog – 03/05/09 – “Asia Market”
• Food Princess Reports Blog – 12/10/08 – “Sometimes You Need to Find the Right Things to Order”
• Food Princess Reports Blog – 10/01/08 – “Sawadee Ka (Welcome) to Asia Market”
• I’m Never Full Blog – 05/31/08 – “Asia Market”
• Food in Houston Blog – 12/29/07 – “It Feels Authentic”
• Yelp.com comments

Immanuel Lutheran Church (1932)

Application for demolition has been filed
Address: 1448 Cortlandt (at 15th Street)
Website

• Houston Chronicle – 10/22/09 – “Afternoon vote focuses on 1932 Heights church”
• Houston Chronicle – 10/22/09 – “Historic Heights church faces demolition”
• Swamplot – 10/16/09 – “Can This Lutheran Church Be Saved?”
• HAIF discussion
• Houston Chronicle – 06/06/02 – “Groups fight to save old Heights church”
• National Register of Historic Places information

Odd Fellows Lodge

Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Houston Heights Lodge 225
Address: 115 E. 14th St.
Website

• 29-95.com – 10/20/09 – “Masonic Texas Pride and the Houston Heights Oddfellows Museum”

Shipley Do-Nuts

Donuts and kolaches from Houston company founded in 1936
Address: 3932 North Main
Website

• Houston Press – 10/20/09 – “Boudin Kolaches”
• Houston Press – 10/19/09 – “Breakfast and a Floor Show”
• Great Food Houston Blog – 09/14/09 – “Boudin Kolaches: Cajun-Czech Fusion?”
• Houston Press – 11/18/08 – “Double Dip: The Chocolate Iced at Shipley’s”
• Eating in Houston Blog – 06/27/07 – Review
• Houston Press – Best of Houston (2006) – “Best Doughnuts”
• Houston Chronicle – 04/17/08 – “Raid on Shipley Headquarters”

Textile

Upscale Scott Tycer restaurant in Oriental Textile Mill building
Address: 611 W. 22nd
Website

• Houston Press – 10/19/09 – “Master P”
• Houston Press – Best of Houston (2009) – “Best Desserts”
• 29-95 – 09/01/09 – “Sweet on Houston”
• Food in Houston Blog – 04/03/09 – “Houston’s Top 10 Restaurants 2009″
• I’m Never Full Blog – 03/24/09 – “How to spoil a girl like me”
• Houston Press – 03/12/09 – “The Tastes of Textile”
• Great Food Houston Blog – 03/01/09 – “Crazylicious Dessert Tasting”
• Great Food Houston Blog – 02/27/09 – “Textile Revisited”
• Food in Houston Blog – 01/10/08 – “Halcion days: a dinner at Textile”
• Houston Chronicle – 12/31/08 – “Hot, new restaurants grace the Houston landscape”
• Tasty Bits Blog – 12/19/08 – “First taste of Textile”
• TexasMonthly.com – 12/01/08 – Review
• Eat Me Houston Blog – 11/03/08 – Review
• Houston Press – 11/04/08 – “Textile in the Heights”
• Great Food Houston Blog – 10/31/08 – “Textile”
• EGullet thread
• Pastry Chef Plinio Sandalio’s Blog
• Yelp.com comments
• B4-u-eat.com comments

Branch Water Tavern [planned]

Former pool hall to be reopened as restaurant
Address: 510 Shepherd
Facebook

• Houston Chronicle – 10/19/09 – “Branch Water Tavern to be open soon”
• Houston Press – 10/14/09 – “The Best New Restaurant Not Open Yet?”
• Press Release – 10/13/09 – “Branch Water Tavern . . . Opens Fall 2009″
• VisitHoustonTexas.com – “Washington Avenue Corridor”
• Swamplot – 09/01/09 – “More Clues About the Cue”
• Swamplot – 09′/01/09 – “What about the cushions?”
• Fredeatshouston Blog – 08/26/09 – “More Good Eats Coming on Shepherd”
• Houston Press – Best of Houston (2008) – “Best Pool Hall”
• Houston Press – 08/21/07 – “Vicky’s Lemonade”
• Yelp.com comments

Broken Spoke Café

Bicycle-themed café on lower Washington Avenue, now serving some Belgian dishes from one of the former owners of Café Montrose
Address: 1809 Washington
Website

• 29-95.com – 10/15/09 – “A bicycle built for mussels”
• Houston Press – 10/15/09 – “Battle Frites”
• Houston Chronicle – 09/04/09 – “A Belgian brunch at the Broken Spoke”
• Houston Press – 12/16/08 – “The Broken Spoke”
• Houston Press – 12/05/08 – Review
• Yelp.com comments
• B4-u-eat.com comments

West End Multi-Service Center

City building housing various governmental departments and service organizations
Address: 170 Heights Blvd.
Website

• Fox – 10/14/09 – “The Heights Residents Learn to Garden”

Stanton’s Super Market (aka Stanton’s City Bites)

Convenience store known for its cheeseburgers
Address: 1420 Edwards (at Houston Ave.)
Twitter

• Houston Press – 10/15/09 – “Checking in at Stanton’s City Bites”
• Houston Press – Best of Houston (2009) – “Best Cheeseburger”
• A Hamburger Today Blog – 01/15/09 – “One of Houston’s Best Burgers”
• Cook’s Tour Blog – 01/05/09 – “The Year in Burgers”
• Cook’s Tour Blog – 08/01/08 – “Stanton’s”
• Chili Bob’s Houston Eats Blog – 07/19/08 – “Stanton’s City Bites”
• Houston Press – 08/25/05 – “Texas Burger Binge”
• Houston Press – Best of Houston (2005) – “Best Cheeseburger”
• B4-u-eat.com comments

The Social

Indoor/outdoor bar often featuring a DJ
Address: 3730 Washington Ave.
Website

• Houston Press – 10/14/09 – “Wangsday Wings”
• Houstonist – 11/09/08 – “Flavor Tripping at the Social”
• Houston Press – Best of Houston (2003) – “Best Place for Cocktails”
• Yelp.com comments

Dragon Bowl Asian Bistro

Pan-Asian restaurant where you can build your own noodle bowl
Address: 1221 W. 11th

• Houston Press – 10/15/09 – “Dragging Bowl: Bland Food, Hip Surroundings”
• Fredeatshouston Blog – 04/15/09 – Review
• Houston Press – 07/24/08 – “Dragon Bowl Asian Bistro”
• Food in Houston Blog – 09/14/06 – “Dragon Bowl Asian Bistro”
  Yelp.com comments

Rose Garden

Beer joint hidden among townhouses
Address: 2621 Link

• Houston Press – 10/13/09 – “Dive Bars”
• Houstonist – 10/25/06 – “Elvis Spotted at Rose Garden”
• Yelp.com comments

Bakery Donut

Address: 1203 W. 11th St.

• Houston Press – 10/14/09 – “Donut Patrol: The Depths of the Heights”
• Yelp.com comments

The Spot Club

Strip-center dive bar
Address: 1732 W. 18th

• Houston Press – 10/13/09 – “Dive Bars”
• Houstonist – 11/15/06 – “Stop at the Spot Club”
• Yelp.com comments

Pie in the Sky?

Address: 600 block of W. 19th Street

• FredEatsHouston.com – 10/13/09 – “Pie in the Sky Coming to 19th Street”
• Houston Press – 03/20/09 – “A Slice of Heaven”
• HAIF discussion

Stella Sola? [new owner/name]

Address: 1001 Studewood
Website

• Swamplot – 09/11/09 – “Studewood Gets Its Spaghetti Western”
• Houston Chronicle – 09/11/09 – “Reef’s Caswell buys Bedford location”
• Houston Chronicle – 08/20/09 – “Chef Robert Gadsby out at Bedford”
• Food in Houston Blog – 04/03/09 – “Houston’s Top 10 Restaurants 2009″
• Food in Houston Blog – 03/23/09 – “Bedford Restaurant”
• Houston Press – 02/25/09 – “Bedford’s Agave Sour”
• Houston Chronicle – 02/18/09 – “Enjoying a Bedford Adventure”
• Food in Houston Blog – 02/09/09 – “Updates: Bedford, Beaver’s”
• Houston Chronicle – 12/31/08 – “Hot, new restaurants grace the Houston landscape”
• Where’s My Damn Answer? Blog – 12/15/08 – Review
• Eat Me Houston Blog – 12/12/08 – Review
• Houston Press – 12/10/08 – “Chef Robert Gadsby Is Back with Bedford”
• Food in Houston Blog – 12/10/08 – “Robert Gadsby’s New Restaurant”
• Great Food Houston Blog – 12/04/08 – “Bedford”
• Swamplot – 09/03/08 – “The Old West Side of Studewood”
• Yelp.com comments
• B4-u-eat.com comments

Kojak’s Cafe

Cafe on West 18th Street with Mediterranean touches
Address: 1912 W. 18th St.
Website

• Houston Press – 10/12/09 – $13
• Food in Houston Blog – 08/25/06 – Review
• Yelp.com comments
• B4-u-eat.com comments

Dacapo’s Pastry Cafe

Address: 1141 E 11th (at Studewood)
Website

• Feed Me Houston Blog – 10/12/09 – “DaCapo’s Pastry Cafe”
• Houston Press – Best of Houston (2009) – “Best BLT Sandwich”
• Eating in Houston Blog – 06/27/07 – Review
• Yelp.com comments
• B4-u-eat.com comments

Scultpurworx

David Adickes’ art studio
Address: 2500 Summer St.

• CNN – “Indie Houston”
• Houston Press – Best of Houston (2006) – “Best Public Arts Project (in Progress)”
• Yelp.com comments

Casa Ramirez

Shop selling Mexican craftwork, including Mexican altars for Day of the Dead
Address: 241 W. 19th
Website

• CNN – “An art shop bridging borders”
• The Heights Life Blog – 09/28/09 – “How do you say ‘quirky and cool’ in Spanish?”