Fresh off its work transforming the former Monarch Cleaners/Fox Diner/Cafe Serranos Cantina/Crome/Pravada building on Shepherd into Triniti Restaurant (with the help of some colorful perforated metal), Houston’s MC2 Architects is now designing its second restaurant — this time from scratch. It’s a “contemporary building with a rustic farmhouse feel” that’ll take the place of the shuttered and soon-to-be-dismantled Ruggles Grill at 903 Westheimer, just east of Montrose. Inside will be a new (yes) rustic American restaurant for the same owners — called Brande, Triniti chef Ryan Hildebrand announced yesterday. All that rusticity will take time, of course: The scheduled opening season is a far-off fall 2013.
- Brande Strategy: Triniti Partners To Open New Restaurant at Ruggles Grill Spot on Westheimer [29-95]
- Brande Restaurant [Facebook]
Photo: Candace Garcia
Wow, Douchebag Ave is moving to westheimer….
Love it! But you forgot Vallone’s Los Tonyos.
You forgot Los Tonyos in that list, after Fox Diner and before Serrano’s.
Faux-stic!
Ah, Marene! You beat me by mere minutes. Glad to know someone else remembers that place!