trymahjong Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Read in the chronicle that Cafe Bello ( Taft & Westheimer) Closedmaybe this is an unlucky location Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Someone said that they got an offer they couldn't refuse. Whatever that means. I wouldn't call it an unlucky location. LaStrada was there for years. Other than fire and the keeping of bad tax records, they lasted for quite some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Don Julio supposedly paid Cafe Bello to vacate so they could move in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Don Julio supposedly paid Cafe Bello to vacate so they could move in.Is this another "Jefe" type establishments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Some Tex Mex place from the suburbs. I don't know if it's any good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Some Tex Mex place from the suburbs. I don't know if it's any good.Not sure if I can stomach another tex mex place... especially after El Real Tex Mex... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 Don Julio supposedly paid Cafe Bello to vacate so they could move in.This Don Julio's?http://www.donjulios.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 hrm... i yelped them... they need to get their act together in a hurry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 not sure if opening what seems to be a pretty standard tex-mex joint in that location is a bright idea... i mean, how many tex-mex joints can that area really handle? what that area really needs is a legit chinese spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Ruby Tequilia's & El Patio in Midtown, El Real, Cafe Adobe, two places on Fairview, several on Richmond and the one on Montrose between Gray & Dallas. They'll probably put the taco truck, that parks in the lot next to Mango's, out of business.Well, at least Felix is becoming sushi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 not sure if opening what seems to be a pretty standard tex-mex joint in that location is a bright idea... i mean, how many tex-mex joints can that area really handle? what that area really needs is a legit chinese spot.A sit down Chinese would be great! But a great BBQ place might be better. . . . . . . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTX Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 I have eaten at the one in Seabrook a few times. Good, not anything special and I bet they don't last long. The building itself IMO was half the reason La Strada and Cafe Bello failed. It's just not a good layout/design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 La Strada didn't fail for lack of business. They were making plenty of money, so apparently something else was going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 i mean, how many tex-mex joints can that area really handle? Isnt there one right across the street ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 No, Mango's is mostly a vegetarian restaurant...and really more of a concert venue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 No, Mango's is mostly a vegetarian restaurant...and really more of a concert venue.Ah - didnt know that -- last time I went it was an off-shoot of El Pueblito -- and it was terrible (which is why I didnt go back)...but that was several years ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Ah - didnt know that -- last time I went it was an off-shoot of El Pueblito -- and it was terrible (which is why I didnt go back)...but that was several years ago...Don Julios is now open....haven't been yet though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I'm going to give them a few weeks to work out the kinks before I'll try it.I did go to El Real recently and was NOT impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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