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
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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!