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The following restaurants and restaurant chains are located in Houston, Texas This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
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Westheimer Road and Westheimer Parkway are named after Mitchell (Michael) Louis Westheimer, [13] a prosperous German Jewish immigrant and flour salesman who had settled in Houston in 1859. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] He purchased a 640-acre (260 ha) farm west of Houston's city limits at the time, where Lamar High School and St. John's School are currently ...
In 1899, there were about 48 restaurants in Houston, with over 33% serving a cuisine other than Anglo-American. [1]Houstonians began to dine out for pleasure more commonly in the 1950s.
Lower Westheimer is an area in Houston, Texas, United States. It is centered on Westheimer Road , and is considered to be East of Shepherd, and West of Midtown. Several historic neighborhoods are partially or completely located within the area including Montrose and Hyde Park.
The first Houston's restaurant was launched by current owner and CEO George Biel, Joe Ledbetter and Vic Branstetter in 1977 in Nashville, Tennessee. [2] [3] Bransetter sold his shares in 2006, and Ledbetter in 2011, leaving George Biel sole owner of the company.
Frenchy's received recognition as a successful black-operated business. At that time the original restaurant alone had annual sales of $1.6 million. [8] By 1985 there were 12 Frenchy's restaurants in Greater Houston. At that time there was one restaurant in Southwest Houston geared to younger, trendier adults and there was one near River Oaks. [5]
The French verb "foutre" (which is infinitive in this form) translates in this manner: "Je me fous complètement de ce que tu penses." = "I don't give a fuck what you think." In any case, I think it's a pretty safe bet that the phrase "pardon my French" first appeared somewhere in the United Kingdom. Fuzzform 00:25, 16 April 2008 (UTC)