Rice U. Apparel Store Preparing To Nest Next to Coming Rice Village Shake Shack

Now on its way to a portion of the Village Arcade building on Amherst that La Madeleine restaurant abandoned last March: Shop Rice Owls, a clothing and merchandise store selling exclusively Rice University gear. The 1,071-sq.-ft. off-white-walled space beneath the rooftop Rice Village parking garage was once the east end of La Madeleine’s space on the corner of Amherst and Kirby. A partly-built Shack Shake has since taken over the French bakery’s former home — but not all of it, leaving room for the off-campus store to squeeze in between the back side of the fast-food spot and the staircase leading up to the garage.

A view looking east down Amherst shows more renovated storefronts lining the street to the right of the stairs, in place of the black-awninged brick building that stood on the block before 2016:  

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The garage’s Kelvin St. staircase — just around the corner on the left — is the location where a flock of metal owls perched last February.

Photos: Swamplot inbox

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  • Wont be easier just to write the address of the place instead of writing all these hints to locate the place??

    “portion of the Village Arcade building on Amherst that La Madeleine restaurant abandoned last March: Shop Rice Owls, The 1,071-sq.-ft. off-white-walled space beneath the rooftop Rice Village parking garage was once the east end of La Madeleine’s space on the corner of Amherst and Kirby.”