Yelp/Fox E Then: EJ's BarĮJ's Bar was around for 40 years, from 1974 to 2014, first on Richmond Avenue and then on Ralph Street just off Westheimer. The exterior of Georgia James, now also closed. The land has been sold to a Dallas-based company, but there's no word yet on a new leasee.
Now: Chances became a series of restaurants by Chris Shepherd-Underbelly, Hay Merchant and Georgia James-which are now all closed. When Chances closed in 2010, the Houston Press reported that it would become 'a high-end restaurant, with a superstar chef that are keeping under wraps for now.' Flyers collected by Houston LGBT History show that there was always live music at Chances, which had separate rooms throughout the venue, including The Barn and The G-Spot. Owner Marlene Beago hosted regular fundraisers at the bar. Molly Glentzer / Houston Chronicle Then: ChancesĬhances opened in 1994 at 1100 Westheimer as a bar that catered to lesbians in particular, and others in the LGBTQ community. During the AIDS crisis, patrons affixed photographs of friends to the surface of the bar. Naturally from a 2021 exhibit at the Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston. We take a look a handful of queer icons and what stands in their place today.Ī detail of one of the fragments reclaimed from Mary's.
