j_cuevas713 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 https://www.chron.com/business/real-estate/article/Downtown-s-historic-Spaghetti-Warehouse-building-13060360.php?ipid=hpctp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I'm glad that it's going to be renovated instead of demolished, but how will this survive the next big flood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 1 hour ago, cspwal said: I'm glad that it's going to be renovated instead of demolished, but how will this survive the next big flood? Turn it into an indoor dog park and clean it up every year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
native_Houstonian Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 But, will the ghosts approve of the sale? Or did they evacuate with the flood waters too?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 i Wish the new owners much success. Hopefully they have a use in mind for the building that will be a great attraction when dry and not too challenging to restore on the few times it might flood over the next 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Supposedly, Spaghetti Warehouse will reopen elsewhere in Houston but I haven't heard anything since fall of last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 I would gut the first floor leaving it open (with fences to keep the homeless out) and build out the second floor. If the second floor can flood, the building needs to be removed from the flood plain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Apart from Sunset Coffee, is this the lowest building downtown? I like the second floor idea. Make the lower floor an open air bar/ice house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share Posted July 12, 2018 I think what I'm most happy about is the fact that this building will get some much needed TLC. It seemed like Spaghetti Warehouse didn't do much to maintain the exterior of the building. I expect something very nice to compliment the Sunset Coffee building. Now let's save the Kirby House! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 it's up on the HAHC site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jermh Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 (edited) There is an article on Swamplot with the proposed redesign. Swamplot Link: http://swamplot.com/new-spaghetti-warehouse-owner-wants-to-crack-open-its-lower-levels-for-open-air-eating-area-shove-bar-above-it/2018-07-17/ Here's a link to a .pdf with more details on HAHC: http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/Commissions/docs_pdfs/hahc/App_Materials_2018/july/901_Commerce_Alt_APP_materials.pdf Edited July 17, 2018 by jermh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I really like this idea. Kudos to the new owners for proposing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 So glad they're addressing the exterior issues! This is going to be beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adr Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 No real activity here, but they have erected temporary chain link fencing around the Commerce Street side of the building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted April 19, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2019 Demo company was doing work today. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adr Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Was really thrilled to see the demo company truck outside. Hope they start making progress. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 On 7/19/2018 at 11:05 PM, CrockpotandGravel said: Elevation renders of the bar proposal for the Desel-Boettcher Building at 901 Commerce in Houston (the former Spaghetti Warehouse). The renderings are from HAHC documents linked above. South elevation North elevation West elevation East elevation This actually looks kinda cool with the open air concept (if I'm seeing that correctly). As long as they can keep the skeeters out, might be a good place to while away an afternoon. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 I’m just happy this is getting a new life and not simply being torn down. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CaptainJilliams Posted April 27, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 27, 2019 From Reddit, looks like more exterior work is taking place. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 On 4/27/2019 at 8:33 AM, CaptainJilliams said: From Reddit, looks like more exterior work is taking place. End of an era. Maybe the only full-time family restaurant downtown in the 80's-90's. Love the buildings in this photo. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefmonkey Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Huh. I took my daughter here two-three (maybe four?) years ago, for old times' sake for me, and because I thought she'd like the ghost stories. Interior was just as cool as I remembered it, food was a lot worse than I remember, I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did, especially since the late 90s revitalization of downtown and all the much better dining options. My nostalgia aside, it's probably for the best that building is going to be put to a better use. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 17 hours ago, CrockpotandGravel said: A photo of the Desel-Boettcher Building at 901 Commerce in Houston (the former Spaghetti Warehouse). Posted by HAIF's @adr last week: This is cool! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 New Spaghetti Warehouse concept in Houston sets opening date By Laura Gillespie – Reporter, Houston Business Journal 6 hours ago After months of anticipation and pushed back dates, Warehouse 72, a new iteration of the iconic Spaghetti Warehouse brand, appears to have an opening date. The restaurant originally planned to open in fall 2018, then the first quarter of 2019. Now, the date is set for July 22, according to Warehouse 72's website. The Houston location of Dallas-based Spaghetti Warehouse closed in 2017 after the location at 901 Commerce St. was severely damaged due to floods from Hurricane Harvey. The new concept, first announced in August 2018, will open in the Marq*E Entertainment Center at 7620 Katy Freeway, suite 305, near Dave & Buster’s and between the Soccer Hub training center and Class 502 Rolling Ice Cream shop. The name Warehouse 72 is a nod to the year 1972, when Spaghetti Warehouse first opened in Dallas, per a press release. The chain expects to open three more stores in Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio in two years, Spaghetti Warehouse CEO Mike Kim said in 2018. “Because of what happened — the unfortunate tragedy of what happened with regard to our location here in Houston — we figured why not have Houston as the first location for our new concept," Kim told the Houston Business Journal at the time. "It's the first of many to come.” The new location will be in an 8,650-square-foot space that formerly housed a sushi restaurant. It will include a 740-square-foot patio, a private dining room for events and a retail component selling grab-and-go food and other items, such as spaghetti sauce. The company expected to hire about 150 employees for the new location, Kim said last year. As of August, the chain employed about 1,000 people across its eight Spaghetti Warehouse locations in Texas, Ohio and New York. The total build-out cost for the new restaurant were expected to be between $2.5 million and $2 million, Kim said in 2018. Spaghetti Warehouse is owned by California-based BLD Brands LLC, a private restaurant investment and operations company that also owns several franchises of Papa Johns and Hardee's, per its website. Spaghetti Warehouse and BLD Brands did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 It's fine in this thread, since anyone wanting to know the fate of Spaghetti Warehouse would look here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJilliams Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 I agree with Crock on this one. Sure, it's the former site of the Spaghetti Warehouse, but it's transforming into a completely new concept. The actual Spaghetti Warehouse (Warehouse 72), is outside the 610 loop. It's good info to know, but it doesn't make much sense to include that information on a thread for a restoration. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 3 hours ago, CrockpotandGravel said: Except this IS NOT the Spaghetti Warehouse. That closed in Houston at this location that's being discussed here on the building. What that article is about is a DIFFERENT RESTAURANT ALTOGETHER that's a DIFFERENT CONCEPT. They are NOT one in the same. This is made clear as day in articles from CultureMap and Chronicle. It's why the post about that different concept was posted in the THREAD IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO: the Marque thread. The thread needs to stick to 901 Commerce, the Desel-Boettcher building and how it's being renovated. Quit shouting. Subdude was a conscientious objector. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 The article is in the Marq*e topic as well, so all may be happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cspwal Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Opening it up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jermh Posted July 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2019 (edited) Edited July 2, 2019 by jermh Added another photo. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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