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Artisana Bread moves into neighborhood on Pinemont Wakefield Drive bar closes doors, property sold to developer for townhomes By Betsy Denson betsy@theleadernews.com
It wasn’t just the beer that was flowing Monday night at the Dutchman, located at 834 Wakefield, before the bar closed its doors after more than 60 years in business – it was the memories. “Each time I tried to start a story with my friends, I’d get all misty-eyed and have to walk away,� said Denise Quick on Facebook. “The people, the memories, the sad times of those we lost, the birthdays and celebrations, the years of just going in for a cold one and some alone time. All will be missed. Last night was amazing with the love of friends. One last memory I personally will cherish.� No one will cherish the good times as much as Kenny Kearns, aka Kenny Ray, who bought the bar in 1989 with his dad JD. “We bought it when I was 29 and I’m 55 now,� he said. “That’s almost half my life. We had a lot of good cookoffs and some really good camaraderie over the years. There were fourth and fifth generation customers who still came in here.� Kearns said that the cost of doing business, and taxes, has become more unpredictable and when Red’s sold across the street for $600,000 in May 2014, a sale started looking more and more likely. “Dad’s been wanting to sell it but I fought it,� said Kearns. Realtor Stacy Mathews helped Kearns with the sale, as he did for Jackie Roberts with Red’s Bar. “People are getting mad at me for selling all their bars,� he jokes. Mathews notes that the area is “prime property� and although he declined to name the selling price, he said that they were “pushing the envelope on price.� The property, which is 21,658 square feet, was appraised last year
Photo by Betsy Denson Kenny Kearns standing in front of The Dutchman. Kearns has owned the bar with his dad since 1989.
for $444,062. The sale was a non-MLS listing. Mathews said he brought Kearns two buyers and let he and his dad choose. The new owner, Wall Properties is going to build, you guessed it, townhomes. Kearns had hoped to do a lease back and stay open for a couple more months but that didn’t happen, so the Dutchman’s last night was a spur of the moment affair with word spreading on social media. Monday afternoon, Kearns visited with regulars and hoped he wouldn’t run out of beer too early. Ms. Jane, a four year employee at the bar and a long-time patron before that, enjoyed a Coke and chatted with Kearns, along with patrons Sammy Benefiel, Sylvia Martinez and Chuck Lockhart. They wondered aloud where all the signs and bar memorabilia would go and talked about the old-timers, including one who was always a fixture in the corner with his cigar. Kearns told them he’d get
By Betsy Denson betsy@theleadernews.com Bread lovers, rejoice - Artisana Bread is open for business in the Pinemont Pavilion, 965 Pinemont Road. Last year, Shady Acres resident Rosemarie Abbouchi told The Leader that she looked for more than a year to find a spot for her commercial bakery. She quit her job as an accountant more than three years ago to bake full time and had been rentPhoto by Betsy Denson ing commercial kitchens to Artisana Bread owner, Rosemarie Abbouchi, helps a hungry cusmake her product. Now she tomer with the new menu. has a space of her own and is really enjoying meeting peo- sourdoughs, Danishes and ule with her general contracple from the neighborhood as scones. Abbouchi also told tor and shift things around a The Leader that she has a big bit, but the wholesale work well as sharing her breads. kept her cash flow in check Noting the distressed floor, scones following. Although Abbouchi has until she could get the retail Abbouchi said she wanted Artisana “to look like it’s been in been in the Pinemont Pavil- up and running. For now, the hours are the neighborhood.� She also ion for a while fulfilling orders wants to capture the feeling for her wholesale business 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday of her stand at the Urban – she supplied bread to B&B through Saturday. Abbouchi Harvest’s Eastside Market Butchers on Washington for said her focus is on the retail with conversation and fellow- the last month during Hous- and she’ll increase the hours ship, or as her husband says ton Restaurant Weeks – the as they work out any kinks. retail portion is new. She had “I want diners to have a –“like a cocktail party.� So far, so good. “It’s just targeted to open in February positive experience,� she what I envisioned, a wonder- but permitting delays and said. There are currently five ful ambiance,� said Abbou- time spent waiting on CenterPoint to do their part slowed employees, not including chi. With a soft opening last it down for more than two Abbouchi and her husband, week and some advance no- months. Abbouchi had to reschedSee Artisana P. 3B tice on social media, a steady stream of people have been coming in to check out Artisana and sample the wares. BeLgian While every day’s offerBiStro ings are slightly different, Daily Lunch 11:00 - 2:00 there will be Italian-style croissants that she fills 1718 Houston Ave SpecialS Dinner 5:30- 10:30 Sun. Brunch @ Crockett St. with organic jam or fig butMon-Thurs 11:00- 3:00 713.222.6996 ter, along with baguettes, www.cafebrusselshouston.com
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with JD and give customers first dibs on some items. One fan who didn’t get by last night was real estate agent Pat Walker who owned Jim’s Corner – now the Catty Corner – with her sister Nancy Rust for five years in the 1990s, which was ironic because Walker didn’t care much for beer. “Kenny Ray is an icon and the kindest heart I know,� said Walker, who told of Kearns making the trip each night down from the Dutchman at 11 p.m. to Jim’s to help the See Dutchman P. 2B
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By Christina Martinez christina@theleadernews.com If you asked Mike Riojas back when he was the host at Logan’s Road House if his future industry career would have led him to meet his girlfriend and future mother of his child, he probably would have thrown a peanut at you and called you crazy. Riojas has made the industry a career, starting in his early Waltrip High School days at Logan’s Road House off of 290, as a host doing to-go orders. “I started at the bottom as a host,” Riojas said. “I eventually started to take tables for waiters when they were lazy and moved up from there.” After Logan’s, Riojas ventured to Saltgrass and eventually started mixing drinks and became a bartender for the steak house on I-10. August 2002 is where Riojas’ industry career pauses, serving the Marines from August 2002 - 2008. “August 19, was the day I finished and it was an amazing day,” Riojas said. “I wanted to grow my hair out, [and have a] big burly beard, and that’s exactly what I did.” When Riojas returned, he traveled across the states to see friends in California and eventually found himself back in Houston, serving at Saltgrass. After Saltgrass, Riojas gained experience at a downtown restaurant before coming to Benjy’s, which in turn led to Beaver’s. “This November marks six years for me at Beaver’s,” Rio-
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jas said. “Beaver’s was really ahead of its time then, with classic cocktails, great menu and my girlfriend worked here, at the time, too.” The start at Beaver’s for Riojas was waiting tables, eventually moving his way up the ladder to bartender. Riojas admits that his cocktail knowledge wasn’t really
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women lock up and walk them to their cars at midnight. It took Walker a while to realize that Kearns was doing it for their protection. He also helped them price their beer because they were novices. Walker spoke of a time when there were quite a few bars in the area – the Beehive and the 34th Street Bar in addition to Red’s, Jim’s and the Dutchman. “It was kind of like a family,” she said. “Everybody worked with everybody else.” Walker also remembers that Kearns was good about putting on benefits for people. “The thing about bar people,” Walker said. “If you’re down on your luck, bar people are going to help you.” The same generosity was true of the gentleman who gave the Dutchman its name in 1948 when he bought it, according to daughter Sharon Haidusek. “My dad was John Benjamin Haidusek but he was called Dutch from the time he was a boy,” she said. Haidusek said her dad never met a stranger. “He gave loans, and gallons of milk because we used to sell it,” she said. Haidusek said the bar had a big walk in refrigerator and her dad always let people put their freshly killed deer in it for weekend storage before they went on Monday to get them dressed. “In the 1950s we had five inches of snow and people lost power. He had them
bring their baby’s milk to put it in the fridge so it wouldn’t spoil,” she said. Haidusek went to St. Rose of Lima for school and took dance lessons from Patsy Swayze. She remembers coming to The Dutchman to play pool and shuffleboard all through elementary school. “Everybody brought their kids,” she said. “It was a family place.”
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