If you aren't following John Nova Lomax on Facebook, why the hell not? John is one of the most interesting posters to FB. Lots of original content, music notes, and humor. Recently he did a post called "If Houston streets were given truthful names we would have:"
And he, his friends, and I chipped in with some suggestions. Enjoy!
Fire Ant Lane
Tree Roach Circle
Grackle Place
Raging Bayou Boulevard
Pit Bull Mix Street
Boulevard of Trash Trees
Pothole Speedway
Lol "Hundred-Year" Floodplain "Heights" Drive
8-Liner Highway
La Avenida de las Cantinas
Strip Club Row
Lazy Couch Terrace
West Mount Mattress
Your Neighbors Suck Blvd.
Dumped Tire Mountain Lane
Mosquito Drive
Stray Dog Chase
MS 13 Turf Blvd.
Stickiest Land
Hotteststickiest Lane
Opossum Place
(A whole suburb of streets with names like): Zika, Chikingunya, Dengue, West Nile and Malaria
"Head north on Sludge Street, take a right onto Rancid Avenue, go over Toilet Paper Bayou, and then a left and you can't miss it"
Raccoon Row
Artcar Avenue
Sofa Street
Pothole Place
Brookvalleygreenglengulley Road
Inexplicable Chow Dog Avenue
Flaming Vehicle Row
Ghost Bike Parkway
Roadrage Road
Lomax Lane
Developer Daughter's Lane (or wife or relatives)
Orange Cone Row
Suggestions for Telephone Road:
Clip Joint Row
Happy Endings Blvd
Icehouse Alley
Oaks of Orgasm Gentlemen's District
Camino Chupa Cabra
Kush Korner
Purple Drank Drive
Flor de Jose Campos Torres
Avenida de los Colchones
Hobo Haven
El Camino de Caca
(and a possible winner here): You're Totally Not Going To Save Any Time Cutting Through This Neighborhood Instead Of Staying On That Main Road No Matter How Backed Up It Is Drive
Commuter, Don't Let The Sun Set On You Here Blvd.
Dante's Inferno Way
Heap-O-Humid-Hades
Skeeter Street
Trans Fat Alley (John notes: "already in the vernacular of locals for that strip of Ella just north of 610 that includes a Taco Bell, Raisin' Canes, McD, and Carl's. All are next door to one another and it's tricky making sure you are in the correct drive-thru because they all use the same red/yellow color scheme)
Lardass Alley
Carbo Corner
(Elgin: a a possible second place winner) Eastheimer
(Fairview) Mantrose
(San Felipe) We're Smug Natives So We Know How To Say It Street
(San Felipe) White Privilege Way
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December 1, 2018
Canaviburg - East of Downtown Houston (AKA "Eado")
Canal Street, Navigation, and Harrisburg. And the surrounding area. Now known as Eado as in "east of downtown". But my preference, dating back many years is to call this area Canaviburg. Historically, a Hispanic area of town, centered around several Catholic churches including one of the oldest and most known, Our Lady of Guadalupe, on Navigation, close to Ninfa's original Mexican restaurant.
Over the years, I have explored this area, and tried various restaurants.
Harrisburg has several tortillerias, including Super Lopez. When you eat your chips at Pappasito's and many other places around town, know that they probably came from Super Lopez. Super Lopez also makes the special masa blend for Fiesta Loma Linda on Telephone Road that results in their famous puffy and crispy tacos, the tacos I love more than any others in Houston, and a restaurant that I champion any chance I get.
Here follow photos from trips to the Canaviburg area. On one trip, they were stripping away the side wall of a building for new construction, revealing a Bright and Early Coffee mural. Bright and Early, along with Maryland Club, were two local coffees made here in Houston in the 30's and 40's. The wall is now gone. And I am glad that I was able to capture a photo before it got destroyed.
Harrisburg is also the street for many of the bus terminals that go to Mexico and other places. Now, of course, there are terminals located around town for the various bus companies. But at one time, Harrisburg was the default.
Off of Wayside near Harrisburg is a wonderful Fiesta grocery store that went through a complete remodel a couple of years ago. It is a delight to shop there. Highly recommended.
And Harrisburg is also home to Maximus Coffee, a giant international company responsible for roasting coffee for many national brands and also for making the instant coffee for Starbucks.
And on Navigation is the other big coffee company, Farmer Brothers Coffee.
Navigation faces the Ship Channel. If you curve around East Navigation, you will blend into Broadway, leading to Hobby Airport by way of the Park Place and Glenbrook Valley and Gulfgate area where I grew up.
Here begin the photos:
The fabulous puffy and crispy tacos at Fiesta Loma Linda on Telephone Road:
And here is another historically significant Mexican restaurant on 76th Street, one that has been here for decades. Classic Tex-Mex and one of the ten, along with Loma Linda and others, that I have chosen for my article on Retro Tex-Mex.
On a recent return trip/explore, I discovered another eatery, just down the street on 76th from Don Carlos. Morales is a clean, inviting Mexican restaurant staffed by some delightful ladies who prepare more traditional Mexican food of, say, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas. It is a menu like one might find in a little restaurant in Monterrey, for example. We sampled the house mole and the milanesa on this visit. Recommended. They open at 6:00 a.m. and close at 3 p.m., focusing on a breakfast and lunch clientele.
Canaviburg (CLICK on the individual photos to enlarge them on your computer):
Over the years, I have explored this area, and tried various restaurants.
Harrisburg has several tortillerias, including Super Lopez. When you eat your chips at Pappasito's and many other places around town, know that they probably came from Super Lopez. Super Lopez also makes the special masa blend for Fiesta Loma Linda on Telephone Road that results in their famous puffy and crispy tacos, the tacos I love more than any others in Houston, and a restaurant that I champion any chance I get.
Here follow photos from trips to the Canaviburg area. On one trip, they were stripping away the side wall of a building for new construction, revealing a Bright and Early Coffee mural. Bright and Early, along with Maryland Club, were two local coffees made here in Houston in the 30's and 40's. The wall is now gone. And I am glad that I was able to capture a photo before it got destroyed.
Harrisburg is also the street for many of the bus terminals that go to Mexico and other places. Now, of course, there are terminals located around town for the various bus companies. But at one time, Harrisburg was the default.
Off of Wayside near Harrisburg is a wonderful Fiesta grocery store that went through a complete remodel a couple of years ago. It is a delight to shop there. Highly recommended.
And Harrisburg is also home to Maximus Coffee, a giant international company responsible for roasting coffee for many national brands and also for making the instant coffee for Starbucks.
And on Navigation is the other big coffee company, Farmer Brothers Coffee.
Navigation faces the Ship Channel. If you curve around East Navigation, you will blend into Broadway, leading to Hobby Airport by way of the Park Place and Glenbrook Valley and Gulfgate area where I grew up.
Here begin the photos:
The fabulous puffy and crispy tacos at Fiesta Loma Linda on Telephone Road:
On a recent return trip/explore, I discovered another eatery, just down the street on 76th from Don Carlos. Morales is a clean, inviting Mexican restaurant staffed by some delightful ladies who prepare more traditional Mexican food of, say, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas. It is a menu like one might find in a little restaurant in Monterrey, for example. We sampled the house mole and the milanesa on this visit. Recommended. They open at 6:00 a.m. and close at 3 p.m., focusing on a breakfast and lunch clientele.
Canaviburg (CLICK on the individual photos to enlarge them on your computer):
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