4916 Main St. – Houston TX (built 1949; architect: MacKie & Kamrath)
Category Archives: Restaurant/Bar
El Torito Lounge
6208 Harrisburg Blvd. – Houston TX (built 1936, demolished October 2009; also Prize Grill & Cafe, Prize Club Billiards, Prize Lounge, Rockaway Cafe)
Allbritton’s Restaurant
4120 McKinney St. – Houston TX (built 1945; currently La Reynera Panaderia; also Nuevo Leon Mexican Restaurant, Allbritton’s Cafeteria) Also on Houston Deco: http://www.houstondeco.org/1940s/albrittons.html 1978:
Kaphan’s Restaurant – Houston
7900 S. Main – Houston TX Thanks to Linda A. Brown for the following images of Kaphan’s – more Kaphan’s information can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/Kaphans Chef John Tomac in the chef’s kitchen:
Sit ‘N Bull – Freeport
100 N Gulf Blvd. – Freeport TX (built 1979) The Sit ‘N Bull bar is home to the Osage Tribe #4 of the Improved Order of Red Men (more information on the IORM here: http://redmen.org)
Los Jaliscienses Restaurant – Austin
6201 E Highway 290 – Austin TX (built 1963; located in front of the Lonestar Inn)
Pig Stand No. 7 – Houston
2412 Washington Ave. (built 1961; currently Sawyer Park Sports Bar) c. 2004: c. 2009 construction of second floor:
Alamotel Courts Houston
8700 S. Main St. – Houston TX (original built pre-1942, demolished/rebuilt between 1966-1973 and demolished 2005/2006; also known as Ramada Inn – Domed Stadium, Domed Stadium Inn, Hospitality Inn)
Burger Mart
1062 Edgebrook St. – Houston TX (built 1962; demolished 09/2009) Demolished in 2009, there’s only a sign: The only picture found of the building from an old Google street view image:
Alvarado’s Taqueria – Hitchcock
8507 Highway 6 – Hitchcock TX (1960s)
