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By Cynthia Lescalleet For The Leader Converting a former Gerland’s grocery store in GOOF into a restaurant seems a fitting transformation for a property keeping its uses on the food chain. Carl Eaves, one of the partners in FEED TX’s new Liberty Kitchen that opened earlier this month on Alba Street, says the challenge of the renovation project was to maintain the old building’s vibe while making it into a functional restaurant and neighborhood hangout. He has done this sort of thing before, many times, and says, “You have to weave your way without destroying the structure.” Guests will find the remains of an original walk-in fridge have been repurposed as the chilled wine cellar. Within it, vintage ship lathe and stenciled panels indicate the former air compressor’s route. Wainscot of beadboard salvaged from Heights-area porch ceilings add timeworn shades of beachy blues, greens, grays and tans. Above it are sections of the company’s signature damask-style wallpaper. At first, it looks like traditional pub décor, but the pattern cleverly compresses a number of Texas icons into the pattern -- dubbed “Yee-Haw” by the company (in New Jersey, go figure) that produces and sells it. The interior finishes left the trusses exposed to boost the airiness, Eaves says. Original plans had called for the finished ceiling. As completed, the space reads a bit like a Cape Cod coastal roost, though one with Texas-grade air conditioning and spiffed up décor. Eaves, a transplant from England, says the design also draws a bit from the
He took on the project of replacing our roof, painting the interior, painting and power washing the exterior of our home, replacing a wooden interior wall with a sheet rock repair, power washed the exterior of the home and all the sidewalks, replaced the wood on our deck and stained it plus replaced the light fixtures on the interior of our home and did some work on our plumbing. I would not hesitate to highly recommend Mr. Mancuso for any of your remodeling needs. I can be reached for any additional questions upon request. Donna Thomas Since 1980
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Contributed photo In the background, a frieze by The Art Guys is comprised of yardsticks with prose and poetry. Carl Eaves with FEED TX says the design of the new Liberty Kitchen has many influences.
“Sunday best” front rooms found in English homes of any class, and always decorated nicely. The one in his childhood home, for example, held “a mishmash” of furnishings and collections. A similar eclectic approach reveals itself at the restaurant. The lighting, for example, includes chandeliers, industrial-style hanging pendant lights and glass globes. Unique to this project is a frieze by The Art Guys that’s comprised of yardsticks bearing printed prose, poetry and witticisms. Among them is a Jonathan Swift’s quote, “He was a bold man that
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first ate an oyster;” and a joke reading, “Two guys walked into a hardware store…The second one should have seen it coming.” The quirky messages are interesting to discover as you sit and see what’s around you, Eaves explains. About 80 percent of the building is original, Eaves estimates. As previously reported in The Leader, the landlord, Garden Oaks native and builder Miguel Facundo, had started to renovate the property for his own purpose and changed
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