The Taco Cabana on Texas in College Station was a Two Pesos for a bit.Stat Monitor Repairman said:
Two Pesos another one.
Got sued and later absorbed by taco cabana.
Pipe organ pizza preceded Showbiz pizza.
Use to be the only place there was chickfila was in a mall. People went nuts over the first freestanding chickfila's.
Not sure if they're related by the country was in a few recessions in the 70s & early 80s so lots of ****ty living space was built around then.cavjock88 said:
Spent plenty of time in Sharpstown, then Westwood Malls back in the 70s and 80s. They were the places to be then. What killed them (along with what killed many malls in general) in a big part is the death of Bob Smith, who owned a sizable chunk of West Harris County as the Harris Ranch. When he died, the kids sold off the ranch and apartments cropped up all over the Bissonnett to Bellaire corridor from Gessner to Hwy 6. It began the crawl downhill for Alief and Sharpstown from two of the best neighborhoods in Houston to two of the worst.
Monterey House didn't go fully out of business, there are still a few around and most turned into Tortugas.Stat Monitor Repairman said:
Monterey house had its own chip and tortilla factory. Used real cheese. Hot sauce solid. Had those pralines.
Somehow goes out of business in the late 80s.
Los Tios with their cheese puff lives on but Monterey house might have been better.
That placed was packed after hours when I was there so I was surprised when I saw it closed. I guess Fuegos put them to pasture.HtownAg92 said:The Taco Cabana on Texas in College Station was a Two Pesos for a bit.Stat Monitor Repairman said:
Two Pesos another one.
Got sued and later absorbed by taco cabana.
Pipe organ pizza preceded Showbiz pizza.
Use to be the only place there was chickfila was in a mall. People went nuts over the first freestanding chickfila's.
Other mall-only staples were Corn Dog 7 and Orange Julius. Both strong.
Yep. A lot of "first month free" apartment complexes in Alief at the time of the oil bust, so people moved frequently to cash in.drumboy said:Not sure if they're related by the country was in a few recessions in the 70s & early 80s so lots of ****ty living space was built around then.cavjock88 said:
Spent plenty of time in Sharpstown, then Westwood Malls back in the 70s and 80s. They were the places to be then. What killed them (along with what killed many malls in general) in a big part is the death of Bob Smith, who owned a sizable chunk of West Harris County as the Harris Ranch. When he died, the kids sold off the ranch and apartments cropped up all over the Bissonnett to Bellaire corridor from Gessner to Hwy 6. It began the crawl downhill for Alief and Sharpstown from two of the best neighborhoods in Houston to two of the worst.
The fed interest rate was well above 10% for much of that time.
I was at First Colony Mall around Christmas time a few years ago. It was clear mall management and many of the stores were trying their best to ignore the holiday.Booma94 said:
A few mentions of First Colony- this week I went there for the first time in serveral years and was surprised how much the store selection has declined.
HtownAg92 said:
I'm talking about a short time during the late '80s / early '90s. I worked down the block at Bombay Bicycle Club. We had kind of an arrangement with Two Pesos for free margaritas and tacos after work, in exchange for free beers at our bar.
Two Pesos on University was awesome. They were basically a Taco Cabana with pool tables and a jukebox upstairs. Used to do $0.99 margaritas and 2 tacos for $0.99 on weeknights. We could go over there after tutoring geology 101 students on Tuesday and Thursday nights and drink a couple of margaritas, eat dinner, and play pool for a couple of hours for about $5.drumboy said:That placed was packed after hours when I was there so I was surprised when I saw it closed. I guess Fuegos put them to pasture.HtownAg92 said:The Taco Cabana on Texas in College Station was a Two Pesos for a bit.Stat Monitor Repairman said:
Two Pesos another one.
Got sued and later absorbed by taco cabana.
Pipe organ pizza preceded Showbiz pizza.
Use to be the only place there was chickfila was in a mall. People went nuts over the first freestanding chickfila's.
Other mall-only staples were Corn Dog 7 and Orange Julius. Both strong.
My brother and his wife moved into a complex about a half a mile from Greenspoint Mall in 1980, first day she goes to work at EXXON some black dude runs from behind a dumpster and jerks off on her windshield, she was not able to give a facial description of the perp.digging tunnels said:
I notice nobody has any experience/ stories about Greenspoint Mall
Tasted like chicken?ChipFTAC01 said:
What about any other sort of description?
AgCPA95 said:digging tunnels said:
I notice nobody has any experience/ stories about Greenspoint Mall
They are all dead.
because your sister thinks they all look the same, right honky?Hey Doc, my psoas is sore said:My brother and his wife moved into a complex about a half a mile from Greenspoint Mall in 1980, first day she goes to work at EXXON some black dude runs from behind a dumpster and jerks off on her windshield, she was not able to give a facial description of the perp.digging tunnels said:
I notice nobody has any experience/ stories about Greenspoint Mall
It was always a Taco Cabana. It was a big deal when it opened up in 89 I think.HtownAg92 said:
The Taco Cabana on Texas in College Station was a Two Pesos for a bit.
Other mall-only staples were Corn Dog 7 and Orange Julius. Both strong.
only thing black on you are your dead teethAl Bula said:because your sister thinks they all look the same, right honky?Hey Doc, my psoas is sore said:My brother and his wife moved into a complex about a half a mile from Greenspoint Mall in 1980, first day she goes to work at EXXON some black dude runs from behind a dumpster and jerks off on her windshield, she was not able to give a facial description of the perp.digging tunnels said:
I notice nobody has any experience/ stories about Greenspoint Mall
