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Biggio's is a sports bar and restaurant in Houston, Texas. [1] It has been described as the largest sports bar in Texas. [2] Created in partnership with Craig Biggio and the Houston Astros, as well as Marriott Marquis Houston, [3] [4] the bar has been described as MLB-owned by the Houston Press.
The Houston Defender and the African-American News and Issues are other well established black-owned papers. The Texas Freeman was founded in 1893 and later merged to become The Houston Informer and Texas Freeman. [56] KCOH 1430 AM was a black-owned radio stationed started in 1953. [70]
Despite Houston ranking as one of the top cities for Black entrepreneurs, only 3.3% of Houston area registered businesses are Black-owned. [95] According to LendingTree, there are 3,586 Black-owned businesses out of 108,772 total businesses in Houston which makes up 3.3% of all businesses while Black Americans make up 22.4% of Houston's population.
As The Charlotte Observer looks back on the stories of the city’s first Black club, Excelsior, we gathered a list of Black-owned hot spots of today.
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Eldorado Ballroom is a former nightclub in the Third Ward, Houston, on the other side of the road from Emancipation Park. [1] The white brick and stucco Art Moderne building has 10,000 square feet (930 m 2) of space. [2] Caroline Love of Houston Public Media described it as "A pillar of Houston’s historic music scene". [3]
With more than 217,000 Facebook followers, Smith, who runs The Hungry Black Man, a platform dedicated to reviewing Black-owned eateries, shared a Free Press story on the $20 million economic ...
Neon Boots Dancehall & Saloon is a Country and Western bar/honky tonk that was founded as the Esquire Ballroom in 1955 by Raymond Proske in Houston, Texas, at 11410 Hempstead northwest of downtown Houston.