Saturday, February 21, 2015 • Page 1B LIST with a Leader Seafood Kitchen 6 Shrimps & 2 pcs Fish $ 6.99 2 Pcs Fish $4.99 30 Shrimps $11.95 7 Days MON-SUN 11AM-9:30 FR& SAT Open Til 10 PM 11011 Northwest FRWY 832-409-5222 Same center as Academy and Conn’s @ 34 / 290 Lunch . Dinner Visit our website: www.tyseafoodkitchen.com Also Grilled Platters, Poboys, Etouffee, Gumbo and more www.IntegrityFuneral.com ntegrity F U N E R A L C A R E 3915 Dacoma, Suite E (713) 344.0764 Funeral Packages $ 3,995 Pre-Arrangments Available Funeral Care from 11031 Northwest Frwy 290 Next to Conn’s 832-849-0947 Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner • Free Delivery Breakfast All Weekend from 10am-3pm Kids Eat for $1 - Mon & Tues from Kids Menu • Free Soft Drink Delicious Homemade Mexican Food - Family owned and operated - Happy Hour 2-7pm Daily House Margarita or any Beer $3 NOW OPEN NEW OWNERS Full Bar The Houston Rodeo and Livestock show is here Take a look at what our local businesses have planned Find it on 7B tap takeover By Betsy Denson [email protected]Ben Fullelove – owner of the Petrol Station and the soon to be open Brash Brewing at 510 W. Crosstimbers Rd. – said some- one recently called him the Godfather of Craft Beer. He eschews the title the same way his right hand brewer Vince Mandeville doesn’t like to be called a master brewer. “Chicago is an example of a city with a rich craft beer culture and Houston is at the start of one,” said Fullelove. “We just want to help push the scene along.” Come March, Fullelove and Mandeville will be doing their part with the opening of Brash Brewing Company, in a 13,000 square foot building tucked behind the concrete remains of the first Houston Whataburger. Fullelove’s wife Sacha found the building for sale online. “I almost signed a lease on Pinemont but this is a little more punk rock,” said Fullelove. The apartment complex adjacent to the site has so many Pet- rol Station regulars that Fullelove jokes he’s thinking of putting in a gate. It would surely be welcome. A “big party” is planned for April but first they need to con- centrate on the opening. Due to permitting delays, their original summer opening was pushed back. After a recent meeting with a city inspector, Fullelove and Mandeville are hard at work re- tooling their boiler room. Mandeville, who worked for 11 years in all aspects of produc- tion at St. Arnold Brewery before leaving in 2014, said he was part of the move from the original St. Arnold’s location to Lyons Avenue. “I thought I knew what all the bog down points would be,” he said. The duo is taking it all in stride though, because the rest of the facility is nearly complete. There’s an enclosed brew house where the brew is cooked and a cellar with four 60 barrel fer- menters. There’s also a small skid site which can brew small batches of beer between 5 and 10 gallons which they can serve in their brew pub. They just need to add tables and eventually a 80s-style ar- cade. Brash won’t serve food but Fullelove is hoping to host food trucks. Fullelove used to be a contract brewer with Brash Brewing Company out of Massachusetts. Now, after a change to the state beer law in 2013, he was able to get a brewpub license and also keep Petrol Station. Brash beer will now be a Houston prod- uct, available at the brewery, the Petrol Station and also through other outlets. “We have a distributor,” said Fullelove. They’ve switched up their initial Brash offerings: There will still be the hoppy Pale Ale named EZ-7 after a nearby skaters ditch, but new to the table are a Cali Green IPA and Vulgar Dis- play of Power Russian Imperial Stout. Yes, that’s actually the name. There are 10 to 12 other new beers in the pipeline. Production is dependent on sourcing the raw materials. “You can’t always find the hops you want,” said Mandeville. The distinctive skull-like Brash label is designed by Fullelove’s childhood friend Rick Bailey, who lives in Philadelphia. Fullelove said he hopes to one day have Brash beer recognized by just the image. Because there are not a slew of new breweries opening in Houston, Fullelove is aware of the anticipation for theirs. “I hope a lot of people are influenced by what we do,” he said. He sees a lot of cross pollination between The Petrol Station on Wakefield and Brash Brewery. “Hopefully people will visit both,” he said. “With Cottonwood, Shepherd Park and Karbach, this side of town is becoming a destination for craft beer.” Petrol Station owner set to open Brash Brewing in March Photos by Betsy Denson Ben Fullelove, owner of Petrol Station, left, and Vince Mandeville, master brewer, right, are scheduled to open Brash Brewing at 510 W Cross- timbers Rd. with a big party scheduled for April of this year. Brash Brewing beer will be available at Petrol Station and various other locations. “With Cottonwood, Shepherd Park and Karbach, this side of town is becoming a destination for craft beer.” Leader Nibbles Let the good times roll By Christina Martinez [email protected]I drove down to Galveston this past weekend to take part in Mardi Gras festivities. The streets of downtown were painted in green, gold, royal purple and beads. Lots of beads. I don’t know if I’ll ever understand the fascination with the bead throwing and acquiring, but there is one thing I did under- stand. The food, and more importantly – King Cake. There was a sweet old lady selling her home made King Cake at the parade Saturday night. She looked like someone’s grandmoth- er – an obvious selling point when buying any kind of pastry – but this grandma was a proud sales woman, and rightfully so. She was proud of her King Cake and it was the best King Cake I’ve ever tried. Mind you, the only King Cake I’ve had is from Kroger and a not-so-good tasting on Bourbon Street a few years back. Galveston-grandma’s King Cake got me to thinking and wondering what the history of the cake is and where can we get some near our neighborhood. So here’s how the history goes. According to the New Or- leans Mardi Gras website, a popular custom was and still is the baking of a special cake in honor of the three kings, hence the name King Cake. Each king cake has a tiny baby inside (generally plastic now, but it’s possible the baby might be made of porcelain or even gold). The tradition of King Cake has evolved over time, and the person who receives the slice By Betsy Denson [email protected]What’s in a name? For one thing, a lot of discussion about it on social media regarding the newly opened Kathy’s Myti-Express inside the Dr Gleem Car Wash at 3103 Ella Blvd. The new Express is a separate entity than MytiBurger on 43rd St., which Kathy Reynolds-Green closed in 2012 and then sold shortly thereafter to Shawn Salyers. After she closed the restau- rant she told The Leader that she was staying on part-time as a consultant. Salyers told The Leader in 2012 that he wanted her involved so “I can do it right.” After Green left MytiBurger early in 2014, she said it was hard to leave the restaurant business behind. “I never really stopped,” she said. “I can’t get it out of my blood.” Former customers gave Green encouragement to undertake another venture. “I was at MytiBurger for 42 years,” she said. “I didn’t expect the response I would get.” She also said she’d been discussing a possible collaboration with Kevin Jenkins, the owner of Dr Gleem, for many years. Green has started with a soft opening for her Myti-Express. Green said the name of her restaurant reflects the fact that “people associate me with it.” Yes, there are hamburgers on the menu, but there will also be homemade soups, deli sandwiches and a salad bar. For now, it’s just counter service but breakfast is a possibility in the future as are call in orders. “There will be more variety,” she said. As for the online recent hoopla on the Oak Forest Homeown- ers Association Facebook page about her name choice, Green said she has heard about it but not read the comments yet. “It is hurtful. I haven’t yet decided how to respond,” she said. “I worked at MytiBurger since I was 15 years old.” The Myti Name Residents weigh in on former MytiBurger owner using ‘Myti’ name Photo by Betsy Denson Former Mytiburger owner, Kathy Green, opened a new eatery ‘Myti- Express’ located inside the Mr. Gleem at 3103 Ella Blvd. See Myti, P. 2B See Nibbles, P. 2B THE
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Ben Fullelove – owner of the Petrol Station and the soon to be open Brash Brewing at 510 W. Crosstimbers Rd. – said some-one recently called him the Godfather of Craft Beer. He eschews the title the same way his right hand brewer Vince Mandeville doesn’t like to be called a master brewer.
“Chicago is an example of a city with a rich craft beer culture and Houston is at the start of one,” said Fullelove. “We just want to help push the scene along.”
Come March, Fullelove and Mandeville will be doing their part with the opening of Brash Brewing Company, in a 13,000 square foot building tucked behind the concrete remains of the first Houston Whataburger.
Fullelove’s wife Sacha found the building for sale online. “I almost signed a lease on Pinemont but this is a little more
punk rock,” said Fullelove.The apartment complex adjacent to the site has so many Pet-
rol Station regulars that Fullelove jokes he’s thinking of putting in a gate. It would surely be welcome.
A “big party” is planned for April but first they need to con-centrate on the opening. Due to permitting delays, their original summer opening was pushed back. After a recent meeting with a city inspector, Fullelove and Mandeville are hard at work re-tooling their boiler room.
Mandeville, who worked for 11 years in all aspects of produc-tion at St. Arnold Brewery before leaving in 2014, said he was part of the move from the original St. Arnold’s location to Lyons Avenue.
“I thought I knew what all the bog down points would be,” he said.
The duo is taking it all in stride though, because the rest of the facility is nearly complete. There’s an enclosed brew house where the brew is cooked and a cellar with four 60 barrel fer-menters. There’s also a small skid site which can brew small batches of beer between 5 and 10 gallons which they can serve in their brew pub.
They just need to add tables and eventually a 80s-style ar-cade. Brash won’t serve food but Fullelove is hoping to host food
trucks.Fullelove used to be a contract brewer with Brash Brewing
Company out of Massachusetts. Now, after a change to the state beer law in 2013, he was able to get a brewpub license and also keep Petrol Station. Brash beer will now be a Houston prod-uct, available at the brewery, the Petrol Station and also through other outlets.
“We have a distributor,” said Fullelove. They’ve switched up their initial Brash offerings: There will
still be the hoppy Pale Ale named EZ-7 after a nearby skaters ditch, but new to the table are a Cali Green IPA and Vulgar Dis-play of Power Russian Imperial Stout. Yes, that’s actually the name.
There are 10 to 12 other new beers in the pipeline. Production is dependent on sourcing the raw materials.
“You can’t always find the hops you want,” said Mandeville.The distinctive skull-like Brash label is designed by Fullelove’s
childhood friend Rick Bailey, who lives in Philadelphia. Fullelove said he hopes to one day have Brash beer recognized by just the image.
Because there are not a slew of new breweries opening in Houston, Fullelove is aware of the anticipation for theirs.
“I hope a lot of people are influenced by what we do,” he said.
He sees a lot of cross pollination between The Petrol Station on Wakefield and Brash Brewery.
“Hopefully people will visit both,” he said. “With Cottonwood, Shepherd Park and Karbach, this side of town is becoming a destination for craft beer.”
Petrol Station owner set to open Brash Brewing in March
Photos by Betsy DensonBen Fullelove, owner of Petrol Station, left, and Vince Mandeville, master brewer, right, are scheduled to open Brash Brewing at 510 W Cross-timbers Rd. with a big party scheduled for April of this year. Brash Brewing beer will be available at Petrol Station and various other locations.
“With Cottonwood, Shepherd Park and Karbach, this side of town is becoming a destination for craft beer.”
I drove down to Galveston this past weekend to take part in Mardi Gras festivities. The streets of downtown were painted in green, gold, royal purple and beads. Lots of beads. I don’t know if I’ll ever understand the fascination with the bead throwing and acquiring, but there is one thing I did under-stand. The food, and more importantly – King Cake. There was a sweet old lady selling her home made King Cake at the parade Saturday night. She looked like someone’s grandmoth-er – an obvious selling point when buying any kind of pastry – but this grandma was a proud sales woman, and rightfully so. She was proud of her King Cake and it was the best King Cake I’ve ever tried. Mind you, the only King Cake I’ve had is from Kroger and a not-so-good tasting on Bourbon Street a few years back. Galveston-grandma’s King Cake got me to thinking and wondering what the history of the cake is and where can we get some near our neighborhood.
So here’s how the history goes. According to the New Or-leans Mardi Gras website, a popular custom was and still is the baking of a special cake in honor of the three kings, hence the name King Cake. Each king cake has a tiny baby inside (generally plastic now, but it’s possible the baby might be made of porcelain or even gold). The tradition of King Cake has evolved over time, and the person who receives the slice
What’s in a name? For one thing, a lot of discussion about it on social media regarding the newly opened Kathy’s Myti-Express inside the Dr Gleem Car Wash at 3103 Ella Blvd.
The new Express is a separate entity than MytiBurger on 43rd St., which Kathy Reynolds-Green closed in 2012 and then sold shortly thereafter to Shawn Salyers. After she closed the restau-rant she told The Leader that she was staying on part-time as a consultant. Salyers told The Leader in 2012 that he wanted her involved so “I can do it right.”
After Green left MytiBurger early in 2014, she said it was hard to leave the restaurant business behind.
“I never really stopped,” she said. “I can’t get it out of my blood.”
Former customers gave Green encouragement to undertake another venture.
“I was at MytiBurger for 42 years,” she said. “I didn’t expect the response I would get.”
She also said she’d been discussing a possible collaboration with Kevin Jenkins, the owner of Dr Gleem, for many years. Green has started with a soft opening for her Myti-Express.
Green said the name of her restaurant reflects the fact that “people associate me with it.” Yes, there are hamburgers on the
menu, but there will also be homemade soups, deli sandwiches and a salad bar. For now, it’s just counter service but breakfast is a possibility in the future as are call in orders.
“There will be more variety,” she said. As for the online recent hoopla on the Oak Forest Homeown-
ers Association Facebook page about her name choice, Green said she has heard about it but not read the comments yet.
“It is hurtful. I haven’t yet decided how to respond,” she said. “I worked at MytiBurger since I was 15 years old.”
The Myti NameResidents weigh in on former MytiBurger owner using ‘Myti’ name
Photo by Betsy DensonFormer Mytiburger owner, Kathy Green, opened a new eatery ‘Myti-Express’ located inside the Mr. Gleem at 3103 Ella Blvd.
See Myti, P. 2BSee Nibbles, P. 2B
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Occasionally, people just pop up on my “radar,” over and over again. I first met my friend and artist Diane K. Webb in this manner, first at a group show hosted by metal sculptor Mi-chelle O’Michael at The Foundry, one of Houston’s original artist studios, and then at receptions and open studios. Webb already “knew” me; that always startles me.
What is evident from that first meet-ing and still remains true, is Webb’s paintings are as vivacious as her atti-tude toward life!
My most recent unplanned visit with Webb was at the 10th Anniversary cel-ebration of Winter Street Studios. I had no idea that she moved into a new stu-dio, which took me a minute to get over my jealousy, as it has a roll-up door and small deck, an unheard of combo in an art studio in town. Once I could focus again, Webb gave me a tour of her latest work, which is the focus of her solo show opening this Friday evening.
Born in Maine, Webb is the middle generation of three genera-tions of visual, literary, healing and performing artists. Webb is also a theater director and curates art exhibitions in thematic co-ordination with Stark Naked Theatre’s plays each season. She has exhibited her paintings, installations, and curated work in solo exhibitions and group shows in Houston and throughout the U. S. and Canada.
Surrounded by three generations of creatives, it is no surprise that Webb uses as her inspiration for her current solo exhibition, the emotional journey of the poem, “Everything” by Pulitzer Prize winner and American poet, Mary Oliver, from the 1990 collection, “House of Light.” Oliver is best known for her very descriptive visualization of nature.
“No doubt in Holland when Van Gogh was a boy…” wrote Mary Oliver in “Everything” where she focuses on the light or
the lack thereof, echoing in its depth the human journey of the psyche. From the simple physical pleasure of childhood to the adolescent drive toward meaning, the challenge and despair of identity, the lost-ness and final remembering, returning to a deep-er and richer light.
Webb is best known for her color rich paintings that capture ideas and translate them into abstract visual elements, as she states of her painting approach in this series: “Using the palate of Van Gogh, referenced by Oliver in her opening stanza and in-spired by the painter’s tireless attempts to demonstrate the light, I approached these twelve pieces working light against dark. Each piece began with selected words from the poem cut into the still wet gesso followed by layers of light, dark, light, dark, ochre, umber, ultramarine, yellow and alizarin.”
I definitely will keep Webb on my radar now, and you can too. Webb works out of Studio C6 at Winter Street Studios and can be found at the 2nd Saturday open studios. Her website, which has the big paintings that I men-tioned is diannekwebb.com.
Insensible Light, at M Archi-tects, 1206 Nance St. in Houston, 77002. The opening reception, featuring an artist’s talk at 7:00 will be held Friday, February 20, 6 to 9:30 p.m. The exhibition will extend through March 27, 2015.
Cohen is the founder and manager of First Saturday Arts Market. Con-tact him at [email protected] or visit him on the web at ArtValet.com.
Capturing colors, abstract art with Diane Webb
Mitch CohenArts Columnist
Well, a margarita a day will definitely keep something away or maybe just make you late for work. It seems like there’s a dedicated day for just about anything these days. National day for pizza was earlier this month. There was even a day dedicated to Random Acts of Kindness earlier this week. So if you missed the pizza and you didn’t pay it forward, you have another shot in celebrating. On Sunday, Feb. 22, it’s National Margarita Day! A whole day dedicated to margaritas. So drink up, just don’t be late to work.
National Margarita Day on Sunday
Spiciest Margarita6 - 9 p.m.
A few bars over on Washington are taking part in a spicy margarita challenge and they want you to be the guinnea pigs! Margaritas will be made with jalepeno infused El Jimador tequila. Spicy! The competition will be at the following places. TQLA - 4601 Washington Ave., Liberty Station: 2101 Washing-ton Ave., Benjy’s: 5922 Wash-ington Ave., and El Tiempo: 5602 Washington Ave.
Don Jose 5305 Antoine Dr. 77091 Happy Hour: Sun. ALL DAYSomeone recently spoke about this neighborhood favorite as
the place to catch up with fam-ily and friends, eat and most importantly, drink a margarita. Happy hour is all day on Sun-day!
Sylvia’s Enchilada House12637 Westheimer, 77007Sylvia’s will be taking part in the celebrating with offering $4 house margaritas from 11 a.m. to close.
El Big Bad Remember El Grand Malo? The tequila bar that use to be in the ‘hood will be closing their downtown doors on Sunday until they find a new location. If you’re up for the venture, the old neighborhood tequila bar would be happy to see you.
Have a tip for Thirsty Explorer? Email [email protected] and follow on Twitter @ThirstyExplorer
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Green explained that when she purchased the restaurant in 1988 after working there since 1973, there were five other MytiBurger restaurants and each one paid for the right to use the name. While she didn’t operate a true franchise, Green said she paid a monthly fee for the name rights.
She said she has registered Kathy’s Myti-Express with “the State of Texas” and also talked with the original owner of MytiBurger about the use of the Myti-Express name.
Current 43rd Street Myti-Burger owner Shawn Salyers is lauded by many for resurrect-ing the iconic burger joint as well as for the things he does to benefit the surrounding community.
Salyers chose to limit his comments about the new res-taurant. In online comments, he said he had an agreement regarding the use of the My-tiBurger name with the family who runs the other remaining restaurant by the same name, which is in Spring Branch at 9405 Kempwood Dr.
As for Green’s decision to use the ‘Myti’ name on her restaurant?
“I am disappointed,” Saly-ers said. “We’ve worked really hard to rebuild this business and be part of this commu-nity.”
There were those on so-cial media who said the issue should be a “private, business matter” between the two par-ties and those who thought that the “impression the busi-nesses were affiliated” created
a serious case of misrepresen-tation.
As for Green, she is prepar-ing for a March 14 grand open-ing.
“I am just trying to make a living and provide a service,” said Green.
Myti from P. 1B
of cake with the baby is asked to continue the festivities by providing the next King Cake. Originally, king cakes were a simple ring of dough with a small amount of decoration. Today’s king cakes are much more festive. After the rich Danish dough is braided and baked, the “baby” is inserted. The top of the ring or oval cake is then covered with de-licious sugar toppings in the traditional Mardi Gras colors of purple, green and gold.
Mardi Gras is here with Fat Tuesday kicking off earlier this week. When researching and talking about finding King Cake in the area, two places are the crowd favorites on Yelp and social media.
The Boil House606 E 11th St., 77008713-880-3999It’s no surprise that this
seasonal Cajun eatery is a top spot for ordering King Cake, they specialize in Louisiana crawfish after all. The Boil House crew brings over King Cake from a staple venue in NOLA, called Joe Gambino’s Bakery. The bakery bills itself as the ‘King of King Cakes’ and has been in the business since 1949. These king cakes are made by hand daily with a sweet, special recipe where Danish dough and infused with cinnamon swirls through-out. The king cakes are then iced with classic fondant icing and topped with purple, green and gold sugar. There are op-tions for ordering online with Gambino’s bakery, but The Boil House will take care of that for you. The Boil House
will open from 5 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20; 12 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21; and 12 until sold out on Sunday, Feb. 22.
Three Brother’s Bakery4606 Washington Ave.
77007713-522-2253If you’re looking for some-
thing made in house, Three Brother’s Bakery is an area fa-vorite. The bakery is going on five generations so they might know a thing or two about King Cake and tradition. On the bakery’s blog, they speak of their love for this sweet holiday and the tradition that goes along with it. But the bakery also says that they love new creations and new tradi-tions. A new addition to the Three Brothers Mardi Gras lineup: Cheesecake King Cake. This new confection is a Three Brothers Bakery original and features Cheesecake on top of their traditional King Cake at the bottom. A new-meets-old
treat that is sure to be a crowd pleaser with the family, office or maybe just for you.
Contributed photoA new addition to the Three Brothers Mardi Gras lineup: Cheesecake King Cake.
Business Spotlight
It’s easy to see why Cristobal Mexican Grill & Bar consider their restaurant a “family establishment.” Owner Junior Cris-tobal runs the restaurant with the help from nearly all of his close relatives, including his brothers, his sister-inlaw, father, wife and his mother.
Cristobal first took over the restaurant, located at 11031 Northwest Freeway, just over five months ago. His family had previously owned a restaurant in Acapulco, Mexico, and many of their dishes borrow from cuisine most familiar to them from their homeland, particularly seafood dishes.
“It’s traditional in Mexico to have a family-run business like this, but we take great pride in ours especially,” Cristobal said. “We’ve always known about the best ways to make this kind of food and even when we were kids we had a passion for work-ing in the kitchen.”
Among some of the more popular items for customers in-cludes the restaurant’s mole negro and their special margari-tas, the latter of which is available for free for those who are visiting Cristobal’s for the first time. Also as part of a current promotion, customers who eat at Cristobal’s five times will also be eligible to receive free food on their next visit.
Cristobal’s Mexican Grill & Bar is open 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and until 11 p.m. Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call 832-849-0947 or 832-849-0955.
Cristobal Mexican Bar & Grill
The Leader photoFrom the left: Son-in-law, Ricardo; Son, Salbador; Son, Orlando; Daughter-in-law, Marylu; Dad, Aurelio; Mom, Reyna; Son, Junior.
Heights residents want-ing a quick pizza fix may find all they need at the recently opened Pie Five Pizza on Yale Street.
The self-described “fast-casual” pizza chain opened several new locations in the Houston area in January, in-cluding a location in Katy and in the Heights, at 107 Yale St. The chain is not unlike other fast-casual chains like Chipo-tle, where people can custom-ize their dishes to their liking in a manner of minutes. Pie Five, however, promises a personal pizza in five minutes or less.
Thus far, the restaurant has been well-received by cus-tomers in The Leader area, and the Heights location cur-rently maintains a four-and-a-half star rating on Yelp with seven ratings. Adam Schmidt, Pie Five’s National Marketing Manager, said the chain has taken off recently with loca-tions opening up around the state and beyond. Much of the appeal comes from the chain’s emphasis on fresh ingredients.
“All of our dough is made fresh here, aside from the glu-ten free dough,” Schmidt said. “All of our pizzas are com-pletely customizable and the price is always $6.99.”
Schmidt said there are a few exceptions regarding the pric-ing, including a toddler-sized pizza at a few dollars less, and a cheese pizza that has a $1.50 discount. The chain also offers salads in pizza dough bowls and side salads along with the usual pizza offerings. A bundle deal with a personal pizza, drink, salad or dessert costs about $9.
While customers are free to customize their pizza how they choose, other creations are available, including Pes-to Chicken Alfredo, Buffalo Chicken and a Farmer’s Mar-ket pizza among other offer-ings. A variety of crusts are also offered, including artisan, classic pan, whole grain and gluten free.
Schmidt said the Pie Five concept has continued to evolve and things like online ordering are currently be-ing experimented on. Calling ahead for orders still might be tricky, however.
“Take-out, or call ahead, is complicated because it’s a 50-50 answer,” Schmidt said. “If they’re really busy here and you’re just looking for one or two pizzas they probably can’t accommodate you. But if you want to order 10 pizzas at a time well ahead of time they might be able to, but it’s at the restaurants discretion.”
For more information about Pie Five Pizza, visit www.piefivepizza.com.
Contributed PhotoThe inside of the recently opened Pie Five Pizza in the Heights is not unlike other similar, fast-casual chains like Chipotle - only at this establishment, pizza is on the menus.
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2015 Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Schedule
Weekday Performances – 6:45 p.m.
Weekend Performances – 3:45 p.m.
*Value Wednesdays include $10 upper level Rodeo tickets, plus values throughout NRG Park
March 3Eric Church
March 4Hunter Hayes
March 5Miranda Lambert
March 6John Legend
March 7Alan Jackson
March 8Fall Out Boy
March 9Justin Moore
March 10Tim McGraw
March 11Brantley Gilbert
March 12Zac Brown Band
March 13Pitbull
March 14Billy Currington
March 15La Maquinaria Nortena
March 16Dierks Bentley
March 17Ariana Grande
March 18Florida Georgia Line
March 19Blake Shelton
March 20The Band Perry
March 21Brad Paisley
March 22Luke Bryan
Super Series IRound 1, March 3, 6:45 p.m.Round 2, March 4, 6:45 p.m. Round 3/Championship, March
5, 6:45 p.m.
Super Series IIRound 1, March 6, 6:45 p.m. Round 2, March 7, 3:45 p.m.Round 3/Championship, March
8, 3:45 p.m.
Super Series IIIRound I, March 9, 6:45 p.m. Round 2, March 10, 6:45 p.m. Round 3/Championship, March
11, 6:45 p.m.
Super Series IVRound I, March 12, 6:45 p.m. Round 2, March 13, 6:45 p.m. Round 3/Championship, March
14, 3:45 p.m.
Super Series VRound 1, March 15, 3:45 p.m.Round 2, March 16, 6:45 p.m. Round 3/Championship, March
17, 6:45 p.m.
SemifinalsSemifinal 1, March 18, 6:45
p.m. Semifinal 2, March 19, 6:45
p.m.
Wild CardWild Card, March 20,
6:45 p.m.
ChampionshipRodeoHouston® BP Super Series
Championship, March 21, 3:45 p.m.
Super ShootoutRodeoHouston Super Shootout:
North America’s Championp, March 22, 3:45 p.m.
Junior Market
Junior Commercial Steers - March 8-10
Junior Market Lambs & Goats - March 11-13
Junior Market Poultry Show - March 11-12
March 11 – BroilersMarch 12 – Turkeys
Junior Market Barrow Show - March 14-19
Wave 1 – Dark BarrowsWave 2 – Light Barrows
Junior Market Steer Show - March 16-20
March 17 – Scramble SteersMarch 18 – Simmental, Chi-
March 15 – Charolais, Simbrah, Shorthorn, Santa Gertrudis, Angus, Red Brangus
Dairy CattleMarch 20-22
Open
Open Breeding CattleMarch 2-11
Open & Youth Boer GoatsMarch 3-5
Open & Youth Dairy GoatsMarch 3-5
Youth Meat Pen RabbitsMarch 6-8
Youth Breeding RabbitsMarch 6-8
Open Breeding SheepMarch 7-9
Open Breeding Rabbits & CaviesMarch 14
Open & Youth Llama & AlpacaMarch 19-22
Dairy CattleMarch 20-22
Sheep Dog TrialsMarch 21
Concert Schedule
RodeoHouston Schedule
Livestock Show Schedule
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