LAST YEAR, A landmark gift from the Kinder Foundation fastracked plans to expand Buffalo Bayou Park east of Downtown. It’s yet another indicator that Houston’s East End neighborhood is one worth visiting. Of late, it seems to be an especially popular choice among restaurateurs.
Watering hole Eight Row Flint, known for its ranch water and stellar tacos, recently opened a second location on Harrisburg near popular wine bar How to Survive on Land and Sea. A custom rick house anchors the expansive main dining room, and eclectic art decorates the walls. The stairway leads to an open-air rooftop patio with seating for 80.
Meanwhile, the Gatsby Hospitality Group, which made waves last year with Gatsby’s Prime Seafood and, before that, Gatsby’s Prime Steakhouse in Montrose, quietly opened its latest concept on Navigation. With an aim of being an area go-to, the “craft-casual” Gatsby’s Grill homages the El Segundo neighborhood with Latin-tinged offerings and chic comfort food.
And on the other side of the bayou, the nine-hole public course East River 9 has bowed, with a driving range, putting green and pickleball courts — and a full-service restaurant that boasts a mean burger.
Riverhouse Houston's Gulf Coast Shrimp Street Tacos and Classic Cheeseburger
Eight Row Flint
Calle Viejo at Eight Row Flint
Gatsby's Grill
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A HOME OWNED by Houston’s most famous hostess-extraordinaire is hitting the auction block next month.
Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty announced that it will offer up the 20,000-square-foot Memorial-area manse owned by Becca Cason Thrash and her husband, John Thrash, via its online auction marketplace, Concierge Auctions, May 18-23.
Many Houstonians and revelers around the world are familiar with the Longwoods Lane home, built in 1965 and situated on nearly four acres, thanks to the epic parties the Thrashes have hosted over the years. Guests of philanthropic fetes, intimate dinners and glam galas have included the likes of George Clooney, Anna Wintour and even former presidents.
Obviously, the estate is made for entertaining, from its atrium-esque dining room and catering kitchen to an indoor gathering space home to a 44-foot-long pool (or, in some instances, a pool covered with a black-and-white tiled dancefloor, elevated runway or performance. stage!). The three-bedroom property was originally a modest midcentury brick home, transformed over the decades into a sprawling, 18,000-square-foot masterpiece of East-meets-West architecture with swaths of oak, slate and glass at nearly every turn.
Becca Cason Thrash by her famous pool
Photo courtesy of Joe Bryant / Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo courtesy of Joe Bryant / Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo courtesy of Joe Bryant / Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo courtesy of Joe Bryant / Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo courtesy of Joe Bryant / Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo courtesy of Joe Bryant / Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo courtesy of Joe Bryant / Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo courtesy of Joe Bryant / Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo courtesy of Joe Bryant / Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo courtesy of Joe Bryant / Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo courtesy of Joe Bryant / Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo courtesy of Joe Bryant / Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo courtesy of Joe Bryant / Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo courtesy of Joe Bryant / Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo courtesy of Joe Bryant / Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo courtesy of Joe Bryant / Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo courtesy of Joe Bryant / Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo courtesy of Joe Bryant / Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo courtesy of Joe Bryant / Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo courtesy of Joe Bryant / Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo courtesy of Joe Bryant / Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
Photo courtesy of Joe Bryant / Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
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