Costa and Andreas said:

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Just for clarity on the food in northgate issue, there is an ordinance against being open to serve food/be open after 2am in NG-1. The authorities want everyone out of there asap at closing. Before anyone asks, yes this includes food trucks, restaurants etc that don't serve alcohol.

The clear beneficiaries are Taco Bell, McDonald's, Fuego, Burger Mojo etc.

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I wonder if this is one of the reasons Antonio's left. I thought I remember them being open until 3

Why not? If the restaurant serves the market, is reasonably priced, and has good food and service, anytime is a good time to open. Dined in Roadhouse in CS for the first time in years (usually we take out) this week and it was beyond packed. Beyond packed. Good service, clean, fast, felt like I got my money's worth.

reineraggie09 said:

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Costa and Andreas said:

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Just for clarity on the food in northgate issue, there is an ordinance against being open to serve food/be open after 2am in NG-1. The authorities want everyone out of there asap at closing. Before anyone asks, yes this includes food trucks, restaurants etc that don't serve alcohol.

The clear beneficiaries are Taco Bell, McDonald's, Fuego, Burger Mojo etc.

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I wonder if this is one of the reasons Antonio's left. I thought I remember them being open until 3

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Absolutely it was one of the reasons. Steve Reves, a fellow Greek and friend from Providence, RI, is the founder of Antonio's. When they opened here they never hit the numbers that the New England stores hit, but they did ok. He was willing to live with that. Mostly, his NE stores had way more pedestrian traffic than here.

Once the 2am thing hit, they dropped in sales significantly. With what was an already mediocre performance situation that he was already living with that then got further degraded in sales, he looked for an exit. His NE stores always were doing double the sales of this one. I can only imagine that after the 2am thing that the CS store went down to 1/3. He was very happy to be done last time we spoke.

Costa and Andreas said:

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Just for clarity on the food in northgate issue, there is an ordinance against being open to serve food/be open after 2am in NG-1. The authorities want everyone out of there asap at closing. Before anyone asks, yes this includes food trucks, restaurants etc that don't serve alcohol.

The clear beneficiaries are Taco Bell, McDonald's, Fuego, Burger Mojo etc.

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Having to close at 2AM makes sense for not not having a Waffle House there as that would kill 90% of their business, was not aware that was a rule. Just put one close to to NG, but far enough that it can be open late. It would be stupid not to.

Was the IHOP that was near McDonald's open 24 hours?

The one by Harry's? Yes

Costa and Andreas said:

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reineraggie09 said:

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Costa and Andreas said:

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Just for clarity on the food in northgate issue, there is an ordinance against being open to serve food/be open after 2am in NG-1. The authorities want everyone out of there asap at closing. Before anyone asks, yes this includes food trucks, restaurants etc that don't serve alcohol.

The clear beneficiaries are Taco Bell, McDonald's, Fuego, Burger Mojo etc.

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I wonder if this is one of the reasons Antonio's left. I thought I remember them being open until 3

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Absolutely it was one of the reasons. Steve Reves, a fellow Greek and friend from Providence, RI, is the founder of Antonio's. When they opened here they never hit the numbers that the New England stores hit, but they did ok. He was willing to live with that. Mostly, his NE stores had way more pedestrian traffic than here.

Once the 2am thing hit, they dropped in sales significantly. With what was an already mediocre performance situation that he was already living with that then got further degraded in sales, he looked for an exit. His NE stores always were doing double the sales of this one. I can only imagine that after the 2am thing that the CS store went down to 1/3. He was very happy to be done last time we spoke.

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Thought of you guys tonight. Made as close to a "hortopita" as I could using chard, dandelion and chicory from the garden, and the usual eggs and Greek cheese blend. Now if A&M pulls off this game it will taste even better!

Well, I hope it came out great as the game outcome!

Texas Archery (currently with a Spring location) opening 10000 block State Hwy 30. Uncertain timeline. Also - heard that Live Oak Archery in Bryan may have closed. No confirmation on that but no recent social media post.

EBrazosAg said:

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Texas Archery (currently with a Spring location) opening 10000 block State Hwy 30. Uncertain timeline. Also - heard that Live Oak Archery in Bryan may have closed. No confirmation on that but no recent social media post.

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More details:

https://texags.com/forums/34/topics/3576010

Texas Archery is closing its Spring location and moving all activities to B/CS. And yes the other archery shop closed up.

Costa and Andreas said:

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Well, I hope it came out great as the game outcome!

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It was. Trying "Chicago style Greek roast potatoes" to go with the rest of the phyllo greens pie.

None of which I'd have to do if you guys would just open a Greek restaurant here already!

FlyRod said:

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Costa and Andreas said:

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Well, I hope it came out great as the game outcome!

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It was. Trying "Chicago style Greek roast potatoes" to go with the rest of the phyllo greens pie.

None of which I'd have to do if you guys would just open a Greek restaurant here already!

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I know, I know. I'm very reticent due to the risk level for several reasons. Without listing them all here and stirring up a hornet's nest of debate, I will say only what the main one is.

I believe that such a place should be owner operated, with the owner on site all of the time gladhanding and making special dishes for regulars. I did that at cafe eccell for 25 years and now I'm more focused on quality of life with family.

With the way we are scaling and designing our concepts, we won't be able to be on site at one unit to the degree that something like that would require. Right now we're nimble and can have face time in multiple locations daily, and we like that better.

Lastly, never say never lol. If the stars align on a location and the proper model crafted, you never know. If the whole of Houston has say, 5 or 6 Greek restaurants, that says something to me. We would proceed with cautious discernment.

I know I was only half serious. I know y'all could pull it off but I also get the reticence part too.

We get the request a lot. Some folks are in utter disbelief that we haven't opened one.