Nam was at the SE/C of Fondren and Westheimer. It’s been closed at least twenty years but the sign is still up on the marquee.
Mata Hari was an Indonesian restaurant in the Carillon on the far west side of the center. I loved it but it was a very exotic cuisine at the time.
Billy Blues was a bbq/music venue on the Richmond Strip. You might recall the big blue saxophone sculpture incorporating a VW bug in its design. I saw Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown play there in the mid90s.
Atchafalaya was on Westheimer just east of Fondren. Good Creole/Cajun back in the day. Apartments there now.
Lambsy had already told you about Harlows and yes, Fertitta bought the name and opened it in the Greenway complex. Don’t think I ever went to that one though.
Gugenheim’s. We ALL remember Gugenheim’s, right? Before Katz’, before Kenny and Ziggy’s, there was Guggenheim’s.
I have fond, (if in some cases, somewhat hazy), memories of all six of those places.
Houston has always been a fun place to eat.
