Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A blue-plate special A garde manger chaud froid dish, used as a display piece A table d'hôte menu from the New York City Lotos Club, 1893. 86 – a term used when the restaurant has run out of, or is unable to prepare a particular menu item. The term is also generally used to mean getting rid of someone or something, including the situation ...
Addicks is an area of Houston that was formerly its own community. Addicks, a railroad stop for the Bear Creek community, was named after its original postmaster, Henry Addicks, in 1884. [1] The original town site was located just south of the intersection of Patterson Road and Highway 6. The Addicks Bear Creek Cemetery contains the graves of ...
Memorial Drive runs through the park, heading east to downtown Houston and west to the 610 Loop. A small portion of land west of the 610 Loop bordered by Woodway Drive and Buffalo Bayou is also part of the park. I-10/U.S. 90 borders the park to the north. The park was originally designed by landscape architects Hare & Hare of Kansas City, Missouri.
Bear Creek Pioneers Park is a 2,154-acre (8.72 km 2) park located in the U.S. city of Houston, Texas, at 3535 War Memorial Drive. [1] It is sometimes called "Harris County Bear Creek Park", or simply "Bear Creek Park."
Missouri City Recreation & Tennis Center, located on Cypress Point Drive in Quail Valley, opened in July 2012. The recreation center includes a weight and cardio fitness room, tennis courts, batting cages, a full-size gymnasium, and three multi-purpose rooms, with recreation and fitness programs to offer residents and the public.
Memorial City is a commercial district in the Memorial area of Houston, Texas, United States.Located along Interstate 10 (Katy Freeway) between Beltway 8 and Bunker Hill Road, the district is anchored by Memorial City Mall, the nation's 38th-largest shopping mall; [2] Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center; CityCentre, a high-density mixed-use development; and Town & Country Village, a ...
Houston was founded in 1857 [6] and was named after Sam Houston. [7] [8]During the Civil War, Houston was sometimes defended by units of the 5th Missouri State Militia. [9]The Arthur W. and Chloe B. Cole House, Houston High School, and Houston Ranger Station Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
A retail center in Chinatown in southwest Houston, where restaurants serving authentic Chinese food are located. The Southwest Management District (formerly Greater Sharpstown Management District) defines it as being roughly bounded by Redding Rd and Gessner Rd to the East, Westpark Dr to the North, Beltway 8 to the West, and Beechnut St to the South. [1]