Michelle C Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 There used to be a Weingarten's located at 1500 Richmond Ave. (see photo above). The Menil Collection purchased the property and kept the outer shell of the original Weingarten's store (which had a lot of nice decorative motifs along the top of the building), and remodeled the property into the Dan Flavin Installation at Richmond Hall. Here's a short history of the building: http://www.hamiltonshirts.com/blog/2010/06/28/dan-flavin You can see interior shots of the Flavin artworks (made of colored lights) here: http://menil.org/visit/flavin.php I was in that building many times when it was the Stampeed Ball Room. I met my husband there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle C Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 The old Weingarden stores located at Washington Ave. and Shepherd and at 11th and Yale in the Heights are still standing. Yale and 11th. Shepherd and Washington Ave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRichardson Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 I don't know about Handy Andy, but there is another Randalls store at 5219 FM 1960 West that (used to have) the exact same architecture as 1407 S Voss. They remodeled the FM 1960 store so extensively that you can only tell it was almost the same as the Voss store by going inside and looking at the ceiling. The Voss store has not been remodeled since the 90's. Knowing Safeway they will just shut it down (like every other unremodeled store in the past few years) when the lease is up and claim the landlord wanted an extra $1 per month and there's too many other stores nearby and oh by the way our executives have no balls My prediction came true. http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2013/05/randalls-flagship-to-close-after-lease-impasse/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEM Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Any pictures of the 600 Lockwood location.Main offices,bakery,mailroom etc.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabasushi Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Speaking of old supermarkets....what did the building at Kirby and Alabama that currently houses Bed, Bath and Beyond use to be? The building definitely looked very "supermarket-y" :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 It was a Rice Epicurean Market. I think it may have been a "regular" Rice Food Market prior to that, back when those still existed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucesw Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 In the 70s and up until 1985, that was an Eagle. That may have been the original occupant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Note Weingarten's topics merged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 As mentioned in the AppleTree thread, I am absolutely sure some of the old, small Weingarten's became the AppleTree "Budget Stores" which would've been their last use as grocery stores before being razed or becoming non-grocery uses. Don't know where they are, or how long they lasted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I was curious about the Weingarten's Home Centers mentioned in the first page, so I looked it up and it appears to be a discount/department store addition. This is neat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 I'm presenting to you the version of Weingarten's logo it had under Grand Union, which is pretty rare: It uses a similar typeface and the "red dot" of Grand Union that it used during that time, and was a rather tumultumous time for the company--Grand Union bought the 150 Weingarten stores but sold them after 4 years after closing about 30. This particular logo is from an ad for the College Station store, which lasted 2 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 I can't remember if I posted this somewhere here or not, but I have an old picture (early 1980s) with a Weingarten's grocery bag in it (if I can find the original scan I'll repost something larger): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 One thing I don't get, at the Target at Wayside/610 (later Auchan), there was a Weingarten there after the original "Target Foods" name expired (Lewis & Coker/Kmart Foods had a similar contract). That would put it about 2 miles away from the Weingarten at Gulfgate. The Target near Memorial City presumably had the same set-up (built at around the same time), and also co-existed with the Weingarten at the mall. Now, I know AppleTree and Kroger both had these "two stores within a mile or two" set-up, but did Weingarten really operate in close proximity? Meanwhile, none of the four Weingartens mentioned survived until Safeway, unless Safeway closed them prior to '88. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 One more Weingarten question (man, I never knew this was such an interesting topic): did the Weingarten stores sold to Safeway close and reopen as Safeway, or was it a signage change? When Safeway became AppleTree, it seemed to (from newspaper articles) mostly involved new brands on the shelves and a new name, but when AppleTree became other stores like Fiesta, it seemed to (from newspaper articles) involve shutting down the store for a day or two to install new décor and change all the price tags, as well as re-training employees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucesw Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 (edited) The initials of Howard E. Butt, the son of the company founder:http://www.heb.com/s...history/3000002Pasternak's. I miss that place, it was still open when I first moved into the area in the early 80s. Can't remember the business that moved in after they closed, but eventually they went out of business too and the original building was razed. I had forgotten all about Pasternak's. It was there when I lived in Montrose in the 70s but I never went. I don't know why since there was a shortage of grocery options in Montrose. As I recall, a used furniture store later occupied the space, not a junk or antique store, just used. I think the name was Alabama Furniture and it later moved up on Yale. Edited August 1, 2014 by brucesw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 There was a Lucky 7 store in Pasadena in the 50s and 60s, one block from Pasadena HS, owned and managed by a really nice guy named Ted Pasternak. He lived in Pasadena too, cause his daughter Robin went to Pasadena High - class of 1960. I wonder if Ted was any relation to the owner of the Pasternak store you're writing about ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucesw Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 I have no idea but obviously there are lots of family ties in the restaurant business in Houston, so why not grocery stores? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Well, there is a Pasadena connection with the Pasternaks, but it's Pasadena, California as opposed to Pasadena, Texas: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pasadenastarnews/obituary.aspx?n=cary-pasternak&pid=115936749 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyb1964 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 http://www.houstondeco.org/1930s/weingarten.html That Weingarten pictured above is the 1102 location, not the Washington ave location. http://www.houstondeco.org/1930s/weingarten/detail2.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEM Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Any photos of the 600 Lockwood Location? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 When Safeway bought the Weingarten stores did they close at all, or have the employees immediately rehired? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 One of the Kroger signs has (temporarily, I assume) been taken down at the Kroger at Yale and 20th, revealing its history as a former Weingarten's location. Someone grabbed a pic and tweeted it earlier today: https://twitter.com/ChrisBarnesInfo/status/836573060664799232/photo/1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 I'm not too familiar with that variant of the logo, the only ones I know of is the script one and the "Red Dot" logo. Besides, between Weingarten and Kroger it served as two other names (Safeway and AppleTree) if I'm not mistaken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Not sure that it was a logo per se, as much as just a generic sign installed at some point for expediency's sake. It's gone now, they covered it up again less than a day after it appeared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Rhodes Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 (edited) I'm interested in photos of Oak Forest from the 1950's-1970's (when I grew up there) of the streets, houses, and shopping centers. I recall as a kid getting high enough up in a tree in my yard or on the roof of my house & being able to see the illuminated Weingarten's grocery stylized 'W" at the top of their tower sign on 43rd at night about 3/8 mile away. That was iconic to me (anyone have that photo?). Links to sites rich in these photos would be a good start. Thanks Edited October 9, 2017 by Greg Rhodes spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanker61 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 On 2/28/2017 at 3:55 PM, mkultra25 said: One of the Kroger signs has (temporarily, I assume) been taken down at the Kroger at Yale and 20th, revealing its history as a former Weingarten's location. Someone grabbed a pic and tweeted it earlier today: https://twitter.com/ChrisBarnesInfo/status/836573060664799232/photo/1 Was wondering where that Weingarten went to. My ex always said her house used to sit on the spot where the store was to be built and was moved a little south to its present location in the Heights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanker61 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 On 5/27/2013 at 4:32 PM, MikeRichardson said: My prediction came true. http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2013/05/randalls-flagship-to-close-after-lease-impasse/ Randalls on Voss and 1960 were both built as Handy Andys. I worked at a couple of Handy Andys and the interiors were identical. When I worked at the 1960 Flagship, I kept looking around thinking something looks familiar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinister1 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 On 2/26/2012 at 6:43 PM, Snigley said: While I realize this is an old thread, hopefully someone can help me. Prior to my parents meeting, my father worked at Weingarten's #7. He's in the enclosed photo that promoted some type of sale. The photo was taken in 1945, but I believe the store was older than that. My question is does anyone know where Weingarten's No. 7 was located. I'd be very happy to find out where he actually worked. That building looks like the one on Harrisburg in Eastwood next to the Park. If this is the same building it is still there and I want to say it was built in the 1920's. 2 minutes ago, sinister1 said: That building looks like the one on Harrisburg in Eastwood next to the Park. If this is the same building it is still there and I want to say it was built in the 1920's. https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7423592,-95.3240863,3a,41.5y,193.15h,97.81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_sPnptMmse7QbShJGOhQFw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 From the 1942 city directory And, a list of Weingarten stores at the time: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 #15 on University Blvd was in business until the very end of Weingartens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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