Tower Theatre
1201 Westheimer Road,
Houston,
TX
77006
1201 Westheimer Road,
Houston,
TX
77006
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I dont know much about this other than its former name and that it became a Hollywood Video, and by 2011 a Tex-Mex restaurant.
In the 1980’s it also served as a nightclub, Decadance at The Tower Theatre.
If anyone knows anymore please post it.
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A 1948 view of the Tower Theatre in Houston.
“Photo Courtesy of the Public Domain”
1983 Photo
1984 Photo
The Tower opened at 7:30 p.m. on February 14, 1936. The premier feature was “Barbary Coast†with Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robinson, and Joel McCrea. Opening night festivities included a 30-piece symphony orchestra and Blackstone the Magician. The correct zip code for this theater is 77006.
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The owners of Midtown’s Reef restaurant, along with former Houston Press food critic Robb Walsh, plan to open a Tex-Mex spot in the Tower Theater (formerly Hollywood Video) at 1201 Westheimer.
The deal was reported here this morning.
We had a chat with Bill Floyd today at Reef, and he confirmed that he and chef Bryan Caswell are partnering with former Houston Press restaurant critic Robb Walsh on a new Tex-Mex spot that will go into the Tower Theatre location on Westheimer near Montrose. Permitting has already begun, and the handsome Art Deco design will be kept intact. The great old balcony is also being rebuilt. Floyd says the new as-yet-unnamed spot will seat 300 and be open for lunch and dinner seven days a week. Look for it to open right after January 1.
It looks like the Tex-Mex restaurant is now open. They have also spruced up the marquee and facade of building.
Here’s a photo from April: http://www.agilitynut.com/11/4/texmex.jpg
And the restaurant’s website has a nice nighttime photo of the marquee: http://elrealtexmex.com/
Does anyone know how much of the theater remained intact during the Hollywood Video days. The video store was not that big. I always wondered what was behind those walls
The interior photo is not of the Tower. It is actually the Delman Theatre. Same architect. Here is the correct photo of the Tower http://www.cah.utexas.edu/db/dmr/image_lg.php?variable=e_bb_2358
The Tower was renovated in 1978 for live performances. Remember seeing The Manhattan Transfer there. The Broadway Musical ‘Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’ started a run of more than a year in 1979, in an independent production separate from the National company. Saw it several times at the Tower. Other touring Broadway and off-Broadway shows played there, notably ‘Agnes of God’ with Elizabeth Ashley and Mercedes McCambridge, and ‘Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You’
Visited El Real Tex Mex in November 2011. The marquee looks very nice, and overall things look about as good as you can expect for a theater converted to a restaurant.