Bliss

Address: 235 W. 19th St.
Website

• The Heights Life Blog – 11/20/09 – “Heights Holiday”

Eclectic Home

Address: 345 W. 19th St.
Website

• The Heights Life Blog – 11/20/09 – “Heights Holiday”
• Yelp.com comments

Behind the Garden Gate

Botanical boutique
Address: 355 W. 19th St.

• The Heights Life Blog – 11/20/09 – “Heights Holiday”
• Houston Chronicle – 02/16/08 – “Passions collide at Heights boutique”
• Yelp.com comments

Raia’s Italian Market

Well-received Italian restaurant on Washington Avenue
Address: 4500 Washington Ave., Suite 200
Website

• Houston Press – 11/20/09 – “$13 at Raia’s Italian Market”
• Fredeatshouston Blog – 03/23/09 – Review
• I’m Never Full Blog – 08/04/08 – Review
• Food Princess Reports Blog – 08/04/08 – “Finding Their Niche?”
• Houston Press – 07/30/08 – “Now Open”
• Houstonist – 07/24/08 – Review
• Great Food Houston Blog – 07/21/08 – Review
• Yelp.com comments
• B4-u-eat.com comments

Coda

Address: 355 W. 19th Street

• The Heights Life Blog – 11/20/09 – “Heights Holiday”

Chilosos Taco House

Steam-table taqueria in bungalow on 20th
Address: 701 E. 20th

• Houston Press – 11/19/09 – “$7 at Chiloso’s Taco House”
• Great Food Houston Blog – 06/16/09 – “Taco Tuesday”
• Feed the Heights Blog – 04/21/09 – “Chilosos Taco House”
• Houston Chronicle – 02/27/09 – “Another post on breakfast (and coffee) in the Heights”
• Houston Chronicle – 11/27/08 – “Mom-Style Tex-Mex”
• Houston Press – 06/03/08 – “$7 at Chilosos Taco House in the Heights”
• Houstonist – 05/14/07 – Review
• Food in Houston Blog – 03/05/07 – “Chilosos Taco House and the Question of Existence”
• Yelp.com comments

El Rey Taqueria

Taqueria with Cuban twist
Address: 910 Shepherd (at Washington)
Website

• FredEatsHouston Blog – 11/18/09 – “El Rey is King”
• Houston Press – 04/24/09 – “$7 at El Rey Taqueria”
• Houston Chronicle – 02/27/09 – “Another post on breakfast (and coffee) in the Heights”
• Great Food Houston Blog – 09/04/08 – “El Rey Taqueria”
• Food in Houston Blog – 07/11/08 – “King of Tacos?”
• Yelp.com comments
• B4-u-eat.com comments

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

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

• Feed the Heights Blog – 11/18/09 – “Stanton’s City Bites”
• 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

Beaver’s

Restaurant specializing in local foods and creative cocktails
Address: 2310 Decatur
Website

• Houston Press – 11/18/09 – “Bloody Good Times”
• Feed the Heights Blog – 09/30/09 – “Beaver’s: A Love Story”
• Feed Me Houston Blog – 09/25/09 – Pit Boss Chickwich
• H-Town Chow Down Blog – 09/24/09 – “A Modern Texas Ice House, and a Damned Good Burger”
• Houston Press – Best of Houston (2009) – “Best Macaroni and Cheese”
• Houston Press – 09/21/09 – “Chef Chat: Jonathan Jones of Beaver’s”
• Houston Press – 07/13/09 – “Bad-Ass Po-Boy”
• Houston Chronicle – 06/17/09 – “Wowed by the SpamWow! at Beaver’s”
• New York Times – 05/31/09 - “In Houston, a Party Corridor”
• Food in Houston Blog – 02/09/09 – “Updates: Bedford, Beaver’s”
• Food Princess Reports Blog – 02/01/09 – “Houston HouCHie Meetup”
• Houston Press – 01/22/09 – “Beaver’s Belt Strap”
• Cook’s Tour Blog – 01/05/09 – “The Year in Burgers”
• She Eats Blog – 12/29/08 – “Dam Good Food”
• Eat Me Houston Blog – 11/16/08 – Review
• Tasty Bits Blog – 11/10/08 – “Chefy Bits at Beaver’s”
• Houston Press – 11/06/08 – “Busy Beaver’s”
• Houston Press – 03/06/08 – “Pope puts new spin on BBQ joint”
• Houston Chronicle – 03/04/08 – Review
• Yelp.com comments
• B4-u-eat.com comments

Indian Summer Lodge [tacos coming?]

TABC application sign outside suggests a Tacos-A-Go-Go may be coming to the same address
Address: 605 Columbia
Website

• Swamplot – 11/16/09 – “Tacos a No-Go?”

Milroy Park (1925)

Public park featuring playground, volleyball court, and tennis court
Address: 1205 Yale

• The Heights Life Blog – 11/13/09 – “Milroy Park”

House at 2017 Union

Address: 2017 Union

• Swamplot – 11/12/09 – “Whatever Happened to…”
• Swamplot – 08/21/09 – “An Old Sixth Ward House to Take Home with You”

Queen Donut

Address: 1806 W. 18th (west of Ella)

• Houston Press – 11/12/09 – “Donut Patrol”

Alma Latina Mexican Restaurant

Address: 2203 N. Shepherd

• Houston Press – 11/12/09 – “Mexican Breakfast”

Asia Market

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

• Food in Houston Blog – 10/11/09 – “Thai curry did me in”
• 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

Dessert Shoppe?

Dessert shop planned for 19th Street strip center
Address: 512 W.19th St.

• FredEatsHouston,com – 11/10/09 – “Dessert Shoppe Opening on 19th Street”

Center Street Recycling Center

Drive-thru 24/7 drop-off location with multiple large recycling bins
Address: 3602 Center

• Houston Chronicle – 11/10/09 – “Group opposes sale of Center Street property”
• Houston Chronicle – 07/18/09 – “Is the Center Street recycling center going to survive?”
• Swamplot – 07/06/09 – “The First Ward Fights Off a Recycling Center”
• Houston Chronicle – 06/22/09 – “Residents want recycling center to stay put”
• List of materials accepted

Stella Sola

Address: 1001 Studewood
Website

• Houston Press – 11/11/09 – “Stella Hooked a Tripletail”
• Houston Press – 11/09/09 – “Bivalve Showdown”
• Houston Chronicle – 11/08/09 – “Caswell shuffles his chefs”
• 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

Buffalo Fred’s Icehouse

Ice house on Shepherd, just inside the North Loop
Address: 2708 N. Shepherd
Website

• Houston Press – 11/10/09 – “BBQ at Buffalo Fred’s”

Houston Avenue Bar?

Building permits list “Houston Ave. Bar” for flood-prone former Farmers Coffee Shop site
Address: 2520 Houston Ave. (at White Oak)

• Swamplot – 10/11/09 – “That Flood of New Establishments”
• HAIF discussion
• Sales brochure for property

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