A reader caught sight of some recent stirrings at the southwest corner of W. 20th St. and Rutland, where food truck The Rice Box looks to be setting up a second non-mobile operation in the former home of Chirps Chicken and Rice. Braun Enterprises snapped up the 1,584-sq.-ft. building in mid-2015, when Chirps flew the coop; a TABC permit for the dry zone address was issued to Black Dragon Private Club — an entity listing The Rice Box as a trade name — in early May. Braun also owns the retail strip across Rutland, which replaced those Baptist Temple buildings that were demolished in 2013; the photo above was taken from the Zoe’s Kitchen at the corner.
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Photos: Jason B. Cockerell (top), Chirps Chicken and Rice (bottom)
This is old news. It’s been confirmed for months through records from various sources that the old Chirps will be The Rice Box
http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/33049-former-chirps-chicken-300-w-20th-st/
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