Author: Mike

Houston may soon have two new Trader Joe’s locations along its Northern side. While neither store is set in stone, the more concrete of the two looks to be headed for 600 Kingwood Dr, Kingwood, TX 77339, taking a small portion of a former Randalls in the Kingwood Commons shopping center. Building permits have been filed for this location, and word on the street is that the lease is working on being secured. The other …

Howdy, folks, and welcome back to HHR. Today, we’re still in New Caney, taking a visit to what may be the cheapest place to get groceries in town. This is Grocery Warehouse, located at 17844 US-59, New Caney, TX 77357. Grocery Warehouse is what is commonly referred to as a salvage grocer. They sell items acquired from non-traditional sources at a discount, and yes, sometimes the items are close to or past their expiration/best-by date. …

Japanese-based Round One Corporation has been on an arcade-building spree in American Malls lately, and soon, Humble will join Arlington and Grapevine as the third Texas city to host one of their arcades. The new Round1 locations will be at Deerbrook Mall in Humble and Willowbrook Mall in Houston. The Deerbrook location will be the smaller of the two, taking up the space formerly occupied by Palais Royal in that mall. The Willowbrook location will …

Howdy folks, and welcome back to Houston Historic Retail. Today, we’re checking out a Food Town at 20851 FM 1485, New Caney, TX 77357, way up on the Northeast side of town. This store, like a few other Food Town locations featured on HHR, originally started out as an Albertson’s. In general, I tend to hold a Food Town conversion of an Albertsons in pretty high regard, and this location is no different! First, though, …

The past few months have been a wild ride for anyone following along as Big Lots’ bankruptcy has dragged on. The first signs of major trouble came in 2023 when Big Lots began shutting down locations around Houston. By September of 2024, the company announced they were filing for Bankruptcy with plans to sell to Nexus Capital. While this was not a best-case scenario for the ailing discount retailer, it did seem like it would …