One of the low-slung spots fringing Portsmouth Square (the gravelly picket-fenced space between Portsmouth St. and Richmond Ave. which a reader refers to as “arguably Houston’s worst parking lot”) has been getting worked over for an identity swapout planned to take effect later this month. The former Blue Fish House sushi restaurant, just north of vegetarian- and Lord-of-the-Rings-geek-friendly Hobbit Cafe and facing off with Capone’s Oven and Bar, is now decked out in signage for Rim Tanon, billed by its Richmond-facing banner as a Thai street food joint.
Some of the Blue Fish’s old signage was still visible on the back side of the building as of earlier this week (as seen above), though the space’s hanging placard sign has already been replaced. And the building’s trees-in-the-holes front patio area has been getting a little bit of retooling:
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- Coming Soon [Rim Tanon]
Photos: Swamplot inbox
They know what “rim” means here, right?
Am I dreaming, or was there once a somewhat short-lived Thai street food restaurant in that same location? I believe that it had the same dine-in / takeout approach, with emphasis on the takeout aspect. If it’s what I’m thinking, it looked sufficiently offbeat to be worth a visit, but the place closed before I made the effort.
1) Blue Fish / Rim Tanon is north of Hobbit, not south.
2) Darn it, Memebag beat me to it.
3) @oldfart, you’re not dreaming. I remember eating there;it was one of the Thai Spice joints. The cclerk’s database says it was Thai Spice Vegetarian.
4) I know someone who will be unhappy with this changeroo.
(Argh! Thanks once again for the dyslexia catch, GoogleMaster!)