Hollywood Vietnamese and Chinese Cuisine will close down by the end of the month. Back in August plans came to light of a coming Farb Montrose full-block apartment complex at 2409 Montrose Blvd., a one-acre site once home to Cafe Noche but occupied since 2007 by Hollywood. A sign posted on the door last week informs the public of Hollywood’s demise by the end of the month; several staff members told Eater Houston’s Jakeisha Wilmore that Thanksgiving Eve will be its final day of service. How will Montrose late-night diners be able to cope without this vital pipeline to much-needed Lotus Delights, tofu spring rolls, and steaming bowls of ginger-laced Mama’s Hangover Chicken Soup? Turns out they won’t have to, at least not for long:
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Eater reports that Hollywood will reopen about a block away in the little strip mall at 2409 Grant St., a short block east of its current location and the site of Hollywood’s original home, a storefront more recently housing the Hollywood Super Center variety store. The restaurant’s owners hope to have the new-old Hollywood restaurant back in business by next spring.
- Hollywood Vietnamese & Chinese Cuisine to Close Thanksgiving Eve [Eater Houston]
- Apartment Block Planned for Montrose and Fairview, Replacing Hollywood Vietnamese and Parking Lots [Swamplot]
Photos: Swamplot inbox (restaurant); Chad N. (Super Center)
Alrighty then.
Why are they reopening? Wasn’t it disclosed that they had all kinds of health violations at the previous location?
Hmmmmmm….. unfriendly staff, and the meat dishes tasted like they were from cats and dogs…. maybe thats why montose has no strays running around.
@Greg There are plenty of strays throughout Montrose …. most stand on two legs.
Great news….may it and other projects like it will help eliminate the trashier side of Montrose
not likely, the montrose has gotten a lot trashier in the past decade i’ve lived here. this new income bracket requirement to live in the trose has brought a lot of undesirables with it and really brought the area down so far. don’t see how anything could turn that back at this point, even demo’ing all of the hollywoods.
Tried the food there. It’s below average.
After three bouts of food poisoning I gave up.