THE GAS STATION COFFEE PATIO COMING SOON TO MIDTOWN 
The Houston Chronicle reports a few more matter-of-fact details about Retrospect Coffee, the cafe that Tacos-A-Go-Go owners are planning to open in — but primarily around, it appears — that oft-painted former gas station at the corner of W. Alabama and La Branch near HCC and the Station Museum in Midtown: “It will serve beer and wine in addition to coffee. . . . The building will hold espresso machines and perhaps a counter for patrons. . . . Most of the seating will be outdoors. Furniture will be bright orange to represent the old Gulf logo that once hung on the gas station.” [Houston Chronicle ($)] Photo: Allyn West
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This should be really cool. San Antonio has something similar in the King Williams district.
We already have a coffee bar turned craft beer bar that started as a service station with a similar name… “The Petrol Station”. https://www.facebook.com/PetrolStation
Petrol is out in douche central!! too far for us city peeps!! sorry dudes.. I like this idea!!
The Petrol Station is too far out?
Lol… 3/4 of a mile North of I610 in Oak Forest / Garden Oaks is “to far”? I wasn’t commenting on the location, it was the similarities (including the name) to a existing place that’s been around for a long time.
There’s plenty of room in this city for more than one.
Its called “Retrospect Coffee” not “The Gas Station Coffee Patio”.
Read the article.
That comment was for Steve ^
This sounds awesome. I’m not sure what Steve is talking about. This doesn’t sound similar to the petrol station. It sounds like beer and wine will take a backseat to the coffee…you know, since it’s a coffee place, not a craft beer bar…