The spot Braun Enterprises has been sprucing up at 1815 Washington Ave appears to have been leased out last week to the folks behind the Texas expansion of Tennessee’s Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken. Documents filed with the county show that an entity called Texas All Fry (registered to the address of the Gus’s location in Austin) signed for the space on Wednesday. Pandora and Throne Ultra Lounge are among the latest in the succession of night clubs and bars to have recently occupied the late-1940s structure, which sits across the street from B&B Butchers.
The above rendering (from the same leasing flier that accidentally leaked word of H-E-B’s negotiations for the Archstone Apartments spot at the corner of Washington and Heights Blvd.) shows the front facade with a new patio and a few more windows. A careful look at the building’s past listing photos show that some of the apparent reshaping may actually involve the un-bricking of some former doorways:Â
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- Legendary Memphis [sic] Fried Chicken Joint Lands in Houston [In The Know Houston]
- 1815 Washington [Braun Enterprises]
- Previously on Swamplot: Look Where an H-E-B Sign Is Showing Up, Amid Washington Ave Turnover
Images: Braun Enterprises (rendering); LoopNet (2012 and 2013Â listing photos)
I used to live right behind this…it was a legendary Tejano dance hall, then caught fire, then was a series of other failed clubs with annoying clientele. Glad to see something decent going in that formerly sad building.