Has anyone gone to the new Aggieland Express car wash on Texas? Every time I drive by no one is there. Just curious how they are doing.
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Hornbeck said:trouble said:
Welp, good luck to them. I'm not over the way they treated members during shut downs. Then to move to a much more inconvenient place for many who were visiting.
Not the first person I've heard critical of the Children's Museum.
Pass this info on to any of those who are critical. Be a part of making it better.
For those wanting to get involved in planning, designing, community outreach or donating, email Board@cmbv.org.
https://www.kbtx.com/2024/10/04/childrens-museum-brazos-valley-location-shut-down-focus-event-programming/
Just ordered my last Paisano's Pizza.
Pizza joints need to be near customers who don't or cannot cook where they live and not where residental homeowners live especially in times when people's budgets are tight.EBrazosAg said:
Agreed. You got to know your customer base and their demographic. Not sure their move made that better - even though it made me a customer, i doubt I buy as much pizza as a college rental. In fact, I'm sure I don't.
The first two are owned by the owner of Blue Baker. The next four is owned by EG TEJAS LLC a real estate development company owned by Preston Atkinson of Whataburger and a couple of other WB executives. They also own the old Gumby's property. The plan was/is to have egress in to the WB from George Bush similar to what is at Blue Baker. I suspect they will be leasing the access from GB to WB?tu ag said:
Are you talking about the ones behind Whataburger? Because Whataburger purchased all those several years ago, with a plan to make a mega-Whataburger in that location.
They are buying a lot of real estate in Texas not connected to Whataburger.
Whataburger itself only owns the existing restaurant pad and the old gas station pad on S.Tx Ave.
Whataburger is scheduled to build a new restaurant where the current one is and face the front towards South Texas Avenue. The plans are to have a three lane drive-through. They are also batting around the thoughts of buidling a two story building similar to what is in Corpus.
Use them all the time and they are so much better than Drew's. All the employees are super friendly and helpful. The parking lot where you vacuum and dry off is clean and not trash filled like Drew's.UhOhNoAgTag said:
Has anyone gone to the new Aggieland Express car wash on Texas? Every time I drive by no one is there. Just curious how they are doing.
I go to the Drews on Texas Ave two to three times a week and it always appears to be well maintained and clean.cypress-ag said:Use them all the time and they are so much better than Drew's. All the employees are super friendly and helpful. The parking lot where you vacuum and dry off is clean and not trash filled like Drew's.UhOhNoAgTag said:
Has anyone gone to the new Aggieland Express car wash on Texas? Every time I drive by no one is there. Just curious how they are doing.
Good to hear. I use the Tower Point one.
When I walk through dirt and mud as I'm cleaning my car it's a hard no. Maybe I caught them on 5 bad days but I'm spoiled. If we ever got a Whitewater here it would be a game changer. He doesn't build here because he knows Drew.woodiewood said:I go to the Drews on Texas Ave two to three times a week and it always appears to be well maintained and clean.cypress-ag said:Use them all the time and they are so much better than Drew's. All the employees are super friendly and helpful. The parking lot where you vacuum and dry off is clean and not trash filled like Drew's.UhOhNoAgTag said:
Has anyone gone to the new Aggieland Express car wash on Texas? Every time I drive by no one is there. Just curious how they are doing.
cypress-ag said:When I walk through dirt and mud as I'm cleaning my car it's a hard no. Maybe I caught them on 5 bad days but I'm spoiled. If we ever got a Whitewater here it would be a game changer. He doesn't build here because he knows Drew.woodiewood said:I go to the Drews on Texas Ave two to three times a week and it always appears to be well maintained and clean.cypress-ag said:Use them all the time and they are so much better than Drew's. All the employees are super friendly and helpful. The parking lot where you vacuum and dry off is clean and not trash filled like Drew's.UhOhNoAgTag said:
Has anyone gone to the new Aggieland Express car wash on Texas? Every time I drive by no one is there. Just curious how they are doing.
I think we have plenty of car washes in town at this point …
Oh no, you can never have too many chicken tenders places, nail saloons or car washes. Come on man! 
TXAGBQ76 said:
Oh no, you can never have too many chicken tenders places, nail saloons or car washes. Come on man!
Or banks.
Tailgate88 said:TXAGBQ76 said:
Oh no, you can never have too many chicken tenders places, nail saloons or car washes. Come on man!
Or banks.
Gonna need a few more vape shops.
woodiewood said:
They are also batting around the thoughts of buidling a two story building similar to what is in Corpus.
100% will not happen.
First, that was a flagship Whataburger when it was built (no idea of the condition now but it was feeling run down in 2007), they're not going to build any flagships here.
Secondly, at least since 2020 but already going in that direction fast food restaurants treat in-store customers like lepers. At one time Whataburger was still very good in that category, now in-store customers are treated like second class citizens to the drive-through (expect to still wait), there's no parking in front of the restaurant anymore (not officially, at least...), and they don't have the dine-in area open 24 hours anymore.
Thirdly, restaurants hate having multi-level dining rooms because it's impossible to monitor it and hard to clean it. There was a big two-story McDonald's restaurant in New Orleans that closed off its upper level (before the whole thing was flattened and rebuilt) because of those reasons.
I go to the newer one on Texas in Bryan, by CVS, and it's always clean and the employees friendly.cypress-ag said:Use them all the time and they are so much better than Drew's. All the employees are super friendly and helpful. The parking lot where you vacuum and dry off is clean and not trash filled like Drew's.UhOhNoAgTag said:
Has anyone gone to the new Aggieland Express car wash on Texas? Every time I drive by no one is there. Just curious how they are doing.
Why yes, yes I really do run the best (and only) BCS ICEE Guide!
PS3D said:woodiewood said:
They are also batting around the thoughts of buidling a two story building similar to what is in Corpus.
100% will not happen.
First, that was a flagship Whataburger when it was built (no idea of the condition now but it was feeling run down in 2007), they're not going to build any flagships here.
Secondly, at least since 2020 but already going in that direction fast food restaurants treat in-store customers like lepers. At one time Whataburger was still very good in that category, now in-store customers are treated like second class citizens to the drive-through (expect to still wait), there's no parking in front of the restaurant anymore (not officially, at least...), and they don't have the dine-in area open 24 hours anymore.
Thirdly, restaurants hate having multi-level dining rooms because it's impossible to monitor it and hard to clean it. There was a big two-story McDonald's restaurant in New Orleans that closed off its upper level (before the whole thing was flattened and rebuilt) because of those reasons.
About a month ago, the WB VP of told us in the Dominik location when he visited that they were still considering the two story for the Dominik location. Next time if he vists again, I will tell him they can't.
Every WB in BCS has its dining room open 24/7 except for Christmas Day unless they have less than 3 employees present and they are required to close the dining room to guests. Maybe in smaller towns they do close?
They, like many restaurants and other businesses, are having issues hiring and keeping employees that will show up, work, and not steal from them.
Your last paragraph helps reinforce why two-story isn't going to happen.
Just passing on what we were told.maroon barchetta said:
Your last paragraph helps reinforce why two-story isn't going to happen.
As the Zen Master said......
woodiewood said:Just passing on what we were told.maroon barchetta said:
Your last paragraph helps reinforce why two-story isn't going to happen.
As the Zen Master said......
I understand.
It would be odd to put that much into a place that currently has access issues from southbound Texas.
Taking the property all the way to Bush East helps, but leaving to head south on Texas will still be a problem for people in this town that can't be inconvenienced to go around the block.
maroon barchetta said:woodiewood said:Just passing on what we were told.maroon barchetta said:
Your last paragraph helps reinforce why two-story isn't going to happen.
As the Zen Master said......
I understand.
It would be odd to put that much into a place that currently has access issues from southbound Texas.
Taking the property all the way to Bush East helps, but leaving to head south on Texas will still be a problem for people in this town that can't be inconvenienced to go around the block.
Access from Southbound Texas issues are reduced if you have access from GBE. Southbound Texas turns left onto GBE and then right into WB (BB has already done this).
BiochemAg97 said:maroon barchetta said:woodiewood said:Just passing on what we were told.maroon barchetta said:
Your last paragraph helps reinforce why two-story isn't going to happen.
As the Zen Master said......
I understand.
It would be odd to put that much into a place that currently has access issues from southbound Texas.
Taking the property all the way to Bush East helps, but leaving to head south on Texas will still be a problem for people in this town that can't be inconvenienced to go around the block.
Access from Southbound Texas issues are reduced if you have access from GBE. Southbound Texas turns left onto GBE and then right into WB (BB has already done this).
Don Chente Mexican and Seafood to open in the old Bahama Bucks space at Tower Point.
Please let the name on its sign be Don Chente 3. That would be funny, they need to keep it going.
Top Golf reopens on Friday.
The big question is Don Chente gonna serve margaritas, or just beer like one of their other locations?
Karma Kolache is opening a location on University next to Sportsclips, in the center next to McAlisters. They also have a location on Wellborn that was supposed to open in September, but I do not believe has opened yet.
CVS and Walgreens closing about 1000 stores each nationwide….any here?
Most place serve margaritas but they are wine based. They have a beer/wine license apparently.JMac03 said:
The big question is Don Chente gonna serve margaritas, or just beer like one of their other locations?
Walgreens has not announced which stores will close yet.TyHolden said:
CVS and Walgreens closing about 1000 stores each nationwide….any here?
Happy to report the new McAllister's at Rock Prairie and 6 is thriving. Always busy when I go in.
And you even have to go thru the Courtyard parking lot to get back on Southbound 6.
Thank goodness it's close to the bypass or it would be doomed.UhOhNoAgTag said:
And you even have to go thru the Courtyard parking lot to get back on Southbound 6.
Tailgate88 said:Thank goodness it's close to the bypass or it would be doomed.UhOhNoAgTag said:
And you even have to go thru the Courtyard parking lot to get back on Southbound 6.
It's almost on the bypass.
I was going to say always busy, but never overwhelming packed like I have seen on University...MsDoubleD81 said:
Happy to report the new McAllister's at Rock Prairie and 6 is thriving. Always busy when I go in.
New 649 bed, 235 foot tall complex in Northgate on the North East Corner of Church of First. Not to be confused with the high rise announced last month on Boyett and Patricia. Details on the last page of the City's October development report.
https://www.cstx.gov/common/pages/GetFile.ashx?key=Hjw5AdjC
That is 2 new high rises recently announced on smaller lots (.5 and .6 ac) . The one on Boyett and Patricia is planned for roughly the same gross sf as the Rise, on half the size of lot.
https://www.cstx.gov/common/pages/GetFile.ashx?key=Hjw5AdjC
That is 2 new high rises recently announced on smaller lots (.5 and .6 ac) . The one on Boyett and Patricia is planned for roughly the same gross sf as the Rise, on half the size of lot.