Houston Historic Retail Site Archives
History A-Z Archives:
A
ABC Stores
About/Updates
Albertsons
Almeda Mall
AppleTree Markets
Ashtrays and Matchbooks
B
Badges, Buttons, Name Tags & Pins
Bambolino’s Drive-Thru Pizzeria
Bottom Dollar Stores
Bud’s Discount City
Burger House
C
Circuit City
CompUSA
Cox’s Foodarama
Craig’s (HEB) Video Central
D
Davis Food City
Deauville Fashion Malls
Del Taco
Der Wienerschnitzel
Drugs For Less
E
Eagle Discount Center Supermarket
F
Fame City/Funplex
Fiesta Mart
Food Lion
Food Town
Fry’s Electronics
G
Gerland’s Food Fair
Globe Discount City
Glossary of Terms
H
Handy Andy
H-E-B Pantry Foods
Henke & Pillot
Herfy’s Hamburgers
Holiday Foods
Home Town Foods
I
Incredible Universe
Interesting Useless Maps
J
Jewel-T/Texas-T
JMH Supermarkets
Jubilee City
Jumbo Markets
K
King Olaf’s Roast Beef
Kip’s Big Boy
Kmart
Korner Pantry
Krispy Kreme
L
Lettuce Souprise You
Lewis & Coker
Luther’s Bar-B-Q
M
McDuff Electronics
Minimax
Montclair Shopping Center
N
North Oaks Mall
Northwest Mall
O
On the Border Café
Original House of Pies
P
Pace Membership Warehouse
Piccadilly Cafeteria
R
Randalls 1946-1966
Randall’s Food Markets
Rice Food Markets
S
Safeway
Souper Salad
Steak N Shake
STØR
Strawberry Mall
Suniland Furniture
Sweet Mesquite
T
V
W
Weingarten’s
West Oaks Mall
Whataburger California
Whataburger Colorado
Whataburger Nevada
Williamsburg Mall/Houston Premium Outlets/The Grand
Blog Archives:
2026 • 2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016
2026- June 12th | Weingarten’s years in Tennesee
- June 3rd | Has Aldi Petered Out in Houston?
- May 20th | HHR’s Blog-a-versary, and upcoming changes
- May 13th | Who really killed Randalls?
- May 1st | Are Houston’s Best Buys always at IKEA?
- April 10th | When Walgreens tried on Boots throughout Houston
- April 3rd | Random Retail: 7-Eleven to DK to OXXO
- March 27th | Retail News: Final Days approach Uptown Randalls
- March 25th | Bases and Babes AKA Hamburger Chain Confusion
- March 18th | Retail News: Taco Cabana closes Heights location
- March 13th | This Handy Andy brought Whole Foods to San Antonio
- March 11th | The final days of Kroger at Kuykendahl and FM 2920
- March 6th | Retail News: Vevor’s grand opening is Monday
- February 27th | Retail News: Walmart Drone delivery arrives in Houston
- February 25th | RIP Bellaire Weingarten’s Building
- February 20th | Reflecting on the Heights Krogarten’s
- February 18th | Retail News: Randalls to close Uptown location in April
- February 13th | Remember the Alamo Drafthouse?
- February 6th | Retail News: Becks Prime leaves Westchase this weekend
- February 4th | Goodbye Hanna! Visiting a long dead Randalls in Austin
- January 30th | Retail News: The Grid loses Torchy’s Tacos
- January 28th | Retail News: Barnes & Noble opens in Katy today
- January 23rd | Retail News: Joe V’s is coming to Humble!
- January 21st | Retail News: Houston-based Francesca’s begins liquidation
- January 14th | Sam’s Club’s experiment in Dallas
- January 9th | What’s up with Wienerschnitzel in Houston?
- January 7th | Retail News: FYE has left Houston, again
- January 2nd | Reviewing 2025 on HHR
- December 31st | Retail News: Round1 helps to re-anchor Willowbrook Mall
- December 19th | Retail News: Trader Joe’s Cypress opens today
- December 17th | Retail News: Trader Joe’s planned for former Bellaire Randalls
- December 12th | Random Retail: The United Gibsons in Quanah
- December 3rd | Retail News: Trader Joe’s opens Kingwood store Friday
- November 21st | Retail News: Books A Million opens in Cypress this weekend
- November 19th | Retail News: Primark opens tomorrow at Katy Mills
- November 14th | The New Mexico Files: El Dorado Supermart
- November 7th | Random Retail: Stepping back in time to Luther’s
- November 5th | Retail News: Dutch Bros opens first location inside the loop
- October 29th | Retail News: HEB opens in Jordan Ranch today
- October 24th | Retail News: Food Town departs Decker Drive this weekend
- October 17th | Is something from Dick’s coming to Katy Mills Mall?
- October 15th | Retail News: Target opens in Stafford this weekend
- October 10th | What happened to Carl’s Jr in Houston?
- October 8th | Retail News: Kroger closing Veterans Memorial location
- October 3rd | Houston’s Walgreens Conundrum
- September 26th | Retail News: West Houston Krogers close earlier than expected
- September 24th | Retail News: 7 Jack in the Box locations closed last month
- September 19th | Retail News: Target joins The Grid in Stafford next month
- September 17th | Retail News: Salad and Go to close in Houston by Friday
- September 12th | Retail News: Books-A-Million headed to Cypress
- September 10th | Retail News: Food Town to close Sugar Land location
- September 5th | Retail News: Target files permits for Garden Oaks store
- September 3rd | Retail News: Work starts on first Dutch Bros inside the loop
- August 22nd | Retail News: Food Town to close one Baytown location
- August 13th | Retail News: Final days in sight for Meyerland Randalls
- July 30th | Retail News: Food Town opens in Santa Fe today
- July 25th | Is Scooter’s Coffee running out of steam?
- June 13th | Retail News: Arlan’s closes Santa Fe store
- April 23rd | Retail News: Sysco To Go will open May 7th
- April 18th | The other final branch of Luby’s Inc.
- March 26th | Retail News: Sysco To Go will have two locations
- March 21st | Archie’s Food Basket & Taxidermy Hall of Fame
- March 14th | How Pearland’s Bass Pro ended up by itself
- March 5th | Retail News: Big Lots has left Houston
- February 28th | Retail News: Joann Fabric will now close all stores
- February 21st | Mi Tienda was Pasadena Plaza
- February 12th | Retail News: Two new Trader Joe’s headed to Houston’s North side
- February 7th | Salvaging Whatever Deals I Can In New Caney
- January 31st | Food Town Albertsons New Caney
- January 22nd | Retail News: Bojangles Returns to Houston 40 Years Later
- January 15th | Retail News: Sears sign on Shepherd in danger of demolition
- January 8th | Retail News: Value World name debuts in Houston
- January 3rd | The last flight of PDQ in Houston
- December 27th | Brookshire Brothers is still quietly operating in New Caney
- December 20th | The final “old” Fiesta from 2015
- December 13th | The failed Wal-Mart experiment on the Northside
- December 11th | Retail News: Six Houston area Advance Auto Parts to soon close
- December 6th | Trying to shop at DG Market
- November 28th | Here Everything’s Tiny – Austin’s smallest HEB
- November 22nd | Lowe’s Outlet 1-year Houston anniversary
- November 20th | Retail News: Houston Big Lots location saved from liquidation
- November 15th | A first and last look at Harvest Market Katy
- November 8th | Kroger’s not so Grand Re-Opening in the Heights
- November 6th | Retail News: Trill Burger heads for the suburbs
- October 30th | Costume Conversions for Halloween 2024
- October 25th | The Deerbrook store that Fiesta and Randalls couldn’t handle
- October 23rd | Retail News: Trader Joe’s to open in Sugar Land on Thursday
- October 11th | 50 Years of Brookshire Brothers in Harris County
- October 9th | Retail News: Fry’s being demolished for new Joe V’s
- October 4th | Retail News: Burlington opens new Galleria area location
- September 27th | The Dead Deauville Fashion Mall in Spring
- September 25th | Retail News: Bojangles slowly makes progress all across Houston
- September 18th | Retail News: DG Market stakes its claim in Houston with new store
- September 11th | Retail News: Trader Joe’s in Sugar Land may soon open
- September 6th | Pasadena Town Square hangs on by a thread in 2024
- August 23rd | Looking at Conn’s Liquidation
- August 16th | 99 Cents Last Dance
- August 9th | The Value Village in the Finger Furniture on Jensen
- August 1st | The Grocery Heart of Kings Crossing
- July 26th | No More Time to Dine at the 59
- June 28th | The History of Houston’s Bakery Thrift Stores
- June 21st | This Universe used to be Incredible
- May 17th | The History of HHR for its 10th Anniversary!
- April 24th | The future of Dollar Stores at a former Gerland’s
- April 17th | The time that Rax came to Texas
- April 3rd | Retail News: Another Fudds bites the dust!
- March 22nd | Taco Bueno Houston; lights are on but nobody home!
- March 20th | Spring Antique Mall
- March 13th | Más Club, Sam’s abandoned concept
- March 1st | Checking out Swig and their plans for Houston
- February 21st | The history of Kroger in Rosenberg
- February 16th | Retail News: Joe V’s eyeing former Fry’s for new location
- February 14th | EPO a true Houston Hidden Gem
- January 24th | Luby’s in Cypress has Closed, but this doesn’t mean much
- January 19th | Giving Layne’s Chicken Fingers the benefit of the doubt
- January 5th | We need to talk about La Michoacana
- January 3rd | CVS goes on an AARP Approved Diet in Northwest Houston
- December 27th | 2023 The Year of Kroger, and so much more on HHR!
- December 22nd | Retail News: Houston nets two new Asian grocers on the West Side
- December 20th | Retail News: Arlan’s Markets purchased by owner of La Michoacana
- December 15th | Pasadena Town Square Mall 2023 Update
- December 13th | Retail News: Joe V’s holds Katy Grand Opening
- December 8th | Retail News: Big Lots closing Willowbrook store
- November 29th | A look at NewQuest’s plan to “WoW” Houston
- November 24th | Retail News: The first Timewise removal appears to be underway
- November 22nd | The Randalls that helped rewrite two corporate histories
- November 10th | Another life long dead mall the Southwest Deauville Fashion Mall
- November 8th | Burger House Episode 2: The one in Spring
- November 3rd | Double Checking our ‘newest’ Kroger’s Gas Station
- October 18th | Has Farm Stores “bought the farm” in Houston?
- October 13th | The future of the vacant Wilcrest Foodarama
- October 6th | Retail News: Whole Foods to close Midtown location
- October 4th | Kroger Goes Upscale With The KTRKroger in West U
- September 29th | The local skinny on Boston Market’s downfall
- September 22nd | Why Bungee Jumping is Illegal in Houston
- September 20th | Retail News: IKEA planning new small-format location for Cinco Ranch
- September 15th | HHR Celebrates 20 Years of Houston Freeways
- September 13th | Bed Bath & Long Gone: The Story of The Fountains Shopping Center
- September 6th | Pearland’s Kroger Has an Unexpected History of Innovation
- August 30th | A Foodarama Going out of Business Sale: Part 2
- August 25th | Random Retail: Scraps from Otto’s and other stories
- August 23rd | A Foodarama Going out of Business Sale: Part 1
- August 18th | Church’s Chicken and restoring the Hill Country
- August 16th | Oh Fudd, What in the world happened to Fuddruckers?
- August 4th | What happened to Dirt Cheap?
- August 2nd | Krogertsons – It’s My Store!
- July 14th | The homegrown history and future of Timewise
- July 5th | Krogering is a Vacation in Galveston
- June 14th | Houston’s own Joe V’s prepares to head to Dallas
- May 19th | Grocery Update: GFS Braeswood Square Opens
- May 17th | HEB Clear Lake, sitting closed and empty!
- May 10th | Why Fuddruckers days may be numbered
- May 5th | Slim Pickens at this former Carl’s Jr.
- April 28th | Whatever happened to Sweet Tomatoes?
- April 14th | Houston’s rogue Denny’s the tale of Steve’s Kitchen
- April 7th | Fuddrucker’s Houston outlook is mostly grim
- April 5th | The Texas City Kroger’s Golden Anniversary
- March 29th | Analyzing Houston’s Three Closing Sprouts
- March 24th | A quick check-in on the Speedway Cafe in Texas City
- March 17th | GFS has opened, so what’s shopping at one like?
- March 10th | A History of AMC Theaters in Houston: Part 2
- March 8th | Fiesta #18 The Last of the Neon Kings
- February 24th | Tuesday Morning closures include a significant Houston store
- February 22nd | Harvest Market Sienna another look at Houston’s own Grocerant
- February 17th | Walmart’s latest round of closures hits Katy
- February 15th | Big Chief lives on as Arlan’s in Santa Fe!
- February 10th | Faith in Ollie’s Bargain Outlet restored!
- February 8th | Sprouts ‘R Us ten years with Houston’s newest natural grocer
- January 27th | Antique Pavilion in 1960s Randall’s to soon come down
- January 25th | A tour of Weingarten’s in 1969 at Rummel Creek
- January 20th | Walgreens carved a tiny store out of this old Eckerd
- January 18th | Gordon Food Stores Houston arrival is imminent
- January 11th | Bed Bath & Bankruptcy 2019 vs 2023
- December 30th | HHR a Year in Review
- December 28th | Foodarama’s Weingarten redemption at Maplewood Mall
- December 23rd | Christmas Memories Unlocked, Toys R Us in 2022
- December 21st | Here comes GFS Houston’s newest Supermarket Chain
- December 19th | Retail News: Krispy Kreme Closes Katy Location
- December 16th | The Journey from Fed-Mart to Fiesta!
- December 14th | Return to Almeda Mall to see Toys R Us
- December 5th | Retail News: Home Goods come to HEB in Houston
- December 2nd | This failed Hartz’s Concept Restaurant has worn many hats
- November 30th | Return to Food King, one of the last Weingarten’s out there
- November 11th | Redevelopment of the Mall of the Mainland continues in 2022
- November 9th | The Kaleidoscope Center a Video Tour
- November 4th | Retail News: Spec’s Rice Epicurean Experiment Opens Today!
- October 28th | Part 3: A final look at the afterlife of Auchan
- October 26th | Return to Krogerstons Express, aka Kwik Stop’s lost cousin!
- October 14th | Layne’s in Cinco Ranch gets a new neighbor, Halal Guys!
- October 12th | Part 1: Auchan comes to Texas and brings a Mall
- October 10th | Retail News: Half Price Books Kirkwood sets moving date
- October 7th | Katy Mills Walmart goes on an fulfillment diet!
- October 5th | South Shore Harbour Randalls Gets A Colorful Remodel
- September 30th | Rice looks good in Red, how Spec’s is coming along
- September 28th | CVS to close this former Westheimer Eckerd, tomorrow
- September 26th | Retail News: Krispy Kreme Closes two Houston locations
- September 23rd | Randall’s continues to thrive in this former Austin Safeway
- September 19th | Retail News: GFS makes progress on former Belden’s
- September 14th | A postmortem in-Spec’s-tion of Rice Epicurean
- September 12th | Retail News: Sears at Willowbrook Mall’s last gasp!
- September 9th | The History of Twistee Treat’s Freeze and Thaw Cycle in Houston
- September 7th | Former Venture/Kmart preserved as Viet Hoa for over 20 years!
- September 5th | Retail News: Ollie’s Friendswood to open Wednesday
- August 31st | Weingarten’s lives on through Kroger in the Heights!
- August 24th | El Rancho-Randall’s, a match made in Boise
- August 17th | Scarsdale Safeway The final location to open in Houston
- August 10th | North Houston’s Remarkable Handy Randalls in Champions
- August 8th | Sears Willowbrook Mall Experiment is Closing
- August 3rd | A dead mall video, visiting West Oaks Mall in 2022
- March 30th | A Tour of Tomball Retail in 1998
- February 16th | Deauville Mall Spring, One of Houston’s first Dead Malls
- February 9th | Randallsarama still the nicest grocery store in Inwood
- February 4th | Wienerschnitzel’s tiny Houston return
- January 28th | Raceway to 7-Eleven the saga continues
- January 19th | Love thy HEB Neighborhood Market
- January 5th | This former TJ Maxx was once Jumbo!
- December 31st | Speckerd’s Part Two, Fun Size Bottles
- December 29th | HEBway a Rare Example in 2021
- December 17th | Retail News: Remarkable! Randalls Returns to Card Free Savings
- December 15th | A “Sketchy” former Walgreens, where you can only get shoes!
- December 10th | Taco Casa: Fast Food the way your parents remember it!
- December 3rd | Deseret Industries Houston: When the Osmonds met Goodwill
- December 1st | SpEckerd either way you’ve gotta show ID to buy stuff!
- November 26th | HEB’s Failed Concept store in Northwest Houston
- November 5th | Sears Marcoplaza Mall location, reopens as a Hometown Store!
- November 3rd | Houston’s oldest TJ Maxx is in a former Weingartens
- October 31st | This Week in Demolition: New House, Meet Old House
- October 27th | Costco’s new Stafford store means (small) Business!
- October 22nd | Kids’ Kounty: Goodness Grace-ious, What a Toy Store!
- October 20th | What’s going on at Fuddruckers in 2021?
- October 10th | This Week in Demolition: That 70’s Home!
- October 6th | So long ThinkGeek, it was nice while it lasted!
- October 1st | Steak N Shake, Biglari Style
- September 29th | MacroPlaza Polo or whatever happened to Pasadena Town Square Mall?
- September 24th | A former Hartz Chicken in a former Burger King
- September 20th | Retail News: Ollie’s holds grand opening, despite hurricane
- September 19th | This Week in Demolition: 2 Homes and a Pool, right on Memorial Park
- September 15th | Happy Birthday First Colony Mall, sorry we sorta forgot!
- September 12th | This Week in Demolition: Barn Only
- September 10th | A Brief History of Wolfe Nursery
- September 8th | The best Foodarama I’ve ever been to: Randallasarama!
- September 3rd | The Mission Bend Fiesta, where neon still reigns king!
- September 1st | Happy 40th Anniversary, Willowbrook Mall!
- August 16th | Permit Roundup: New chains, meet old locations
- August 13th | What makes a Krogerstons special?
- August 4th | My Summer Vacation: A CVS on the Riverwalk
- August 1st | This Week in Demolition: Lots of pretty pictures!
- July 2nd | A former Safeway with a split personality
- June 30th | A journey through Buc-ee’s turbulent youth
- June 23rd | 7-Eleven has finally hit the end of the Raceway!
- June 16th | The not so great, Foodarama Shrinkorama!
- June 9th | The Randall’s 1987 Food Fest
- June 2nd | One last birthday dinner at Luby’s
- May 26th | Exploring Vintage Ads: AIMing For The Best
- May 19th | What was Ashcraft European Bakery?
- April 28th | CVS abandons an Eckerd’s concept
- April 18th | This Week in Demolition: Disappearing Properties
- April 7th | All quiet at the Taco Cabana
- March 31st | Taking a trip to Grocery Stores of the Past (Part 1)
- March 17th | Sunoco’s attempt at earning their Stripes
- March 12th | Whos been painting Eckerd?
- March 3rd | Goodbye Fry’s!
- February 21st | When Kid’s Meals came with records
- February 10th | When Fiesta failed to “Re-brand” Bravo Ranch
- January 31st | Que mas is CVS y más? | What more is CVS y mas?
- January 27th | 7-Eleven is starting to get in the swing of things
- January 24th | This Week In Demolition: A Housing Identity Crisis
- January 13th | What Happens when a Valero doesn’t become a Circle K?
- January 2nd | This Week in Demolition: Sticking out like a sore thumb
- December 19th | This Week in Demolition: What’s Pappa’s Plan?
- December 11th | This Week in Demolition: The Heights loses a Theater
- October 13th | Checking in on Meyerland Plaza
- August 6th | Random Retail: Sight-Seeing down 90-A
- March 20th | Spring Break Demolition Report: Threading the Needle
- March 8th | Half Price Books has left The Village
- March 2nd | Welcome back Taco Bueno!
- February 28th | Mercado Cerrado
- February 24th | 7-Eleven’s less than triumphant Houston return
- February 19th | Grocery Options may have left the Target on Eldridge
- February 16th | What’s left of West Oaks Mall
- February 10th | So long Super Target in Missouri City
- February 2nd | Retail News: Closures and Openings
- January 19th | A 35MM Walk down memory lane
- December 22nd | A Return to Mercado 6
- October 27th | Looking at some Costume Conversions
- October 12th | Portofino Shopping Center
- June 19th | Target Galleria Remodel
- May 17th | At the Old Ball Game
- April 20th | Memories of Highway 6
- February 2nd | Resolving to have a Resolution
- January 11th | The Unusual History of the Brazos River Bridges
- December 31st | My take on a “Broken Chain”
- December 20th | HHR December Update
- November 28th | Welcome to Houston Historic Retail!
- November 13th | Former Big Kmart, Mercado 6
- November 4th | What’s Going on at the former Fuddrucker’s on Kirkwood
- October 30th | A Haunted H-E-B
- September 29th | Houston’s vegetarian friendly restaurants from 1995
- August 29th | Random Retail Photos
- August 20th | The Incredible Shrinking A&P
- August 5th | Adiós to Casa Olé in Stafford
- August 4th | Two Closures in Galleria IV
- July 26th | Visiting Almeda Mall for the first time
- July 23rd | Northwest Mall July 2018 Update
- July 18th | Laredo Taco Company Greensburg, PA
- July 4th | The last of Houston’s Toys “R” Us
- June 26th | Katy Mills Renovation
- June 9th | The Pig Stand
- March 27th | Exploring the Abandoned KFC in River Oaks
- January 9th | Exploring an Abandoned Dairy Queen
- December 11th | Northwest Mall December 2017 Update
- December 8th | Katy Mills Opening Day
- June 26th | Northwest Mall June 2017 Update
- June 6th | Micro Center Map
- January 6th | Rice Epicurean, taking the term chain to the extremes
- December 19th | A look at one of Houston’s Former Food Lion Locations
