I frequently drive by an old funeral home on the east side of town. They opened a new location and moved. The old location/building sat empty for a few years. Today I saw that the old building is now being used as a commercial kitchen for Tejano Salsa and tamale company!

I went to the salsa website and, sure enough, they reference their kitchen on Broadway! WTH?! Is this not revolting??

I don't think I'll eat another tamale in Houston again...

Someone link a starry bra for me- TIA

those guys used to be in a strip center at Westbury Square.

Heard they finally gave up on that spot after getting broken into a half dozen times.

Maybe they think a funeral home is a less likely target?

CyAg86 said:

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Soylent Green! ... an old futuristic movie for you youngsters starring Charlton Heston about making food out of dead people.

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impeccable timing!

Maybe they want to offer pan dulce and needed a bigger oven.

Missed opportunity to crank out some super hot pizzas.

Chipotle on 610 East of Ella is sitting where a funeral home used to be. It was a Smart Financial branch in between and we used to have smoke brakes in the hearse carport/loading slot when a buddy worked there. The bank moved to a new building on the other side of 610.

wessimo said:

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I can't bring myself to eat at the Velvet Taco in the Galleria for similar (yet different) reasons.

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I see what you did there.

Just think, before that, it was Lukes.

I called a friend of mine the second I saw what was going in there because i thought it was a hilarious transition.

he did not share my humor

Diggity said:

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those guys used to be in a strip center at Westbury Square.

Heard they finally gave up on that spot after getting broken into a half dozen times.

Maybe they think a funeral home is a less likely target?

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Damn it. That place moved?

Linger is great. Was a regular for me when I was commuting there weekly for work. Ubered to LoHi most nights to hit up all those places because it wasnt a homeless wasteland like downtown.

Wasnt there an old funeral home on kirby that turned into a bougey then ghetto club? Then they tore it down for those high rises by Kirby and Richmond.

Roak

TX04Aggie said:

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Wasnt there an old funeral home on kirby that turned into a bougey then ghetto club? Then they tore it down for those high rises by Kirby and Richmond.

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Settegast-Kopf. I delivered many a dead body to that place.

Sea Speed said:

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There is a pretty cool restaurant in Denver called Linger that is in an old funeral home that was called olingers. They have an awesome roof top bar.

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Was going to bring this place up, excellent restaurant

Although that was a mortuary, which would be more unnerving than just a funeral home to OP I bet

terradactylexpress said:

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Although that was a mortuary, which would be more unnerving than just a funeral home to OP I bet

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I'm unnerved just reading this thread. Big regerts for starting it...

I mean it shares a parking lot with a funeral home. So not exactly nondescript. Especially when they have refrigerated 18 wheelers as well.

Unless they've built another I'm not aware of.

They don't have the 18-wheelers anymore. They did have to expand the cold cooler a few years back, though. The cold cooler was the best on hot days.

TX04Aggie said:

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Wasnt there an old funeral home on kirby that turned into a bougey then ghetto club? Then they tore it down for those high rises by Kirby and Richmond.

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http://swamplot.com/behold-the-rubble-of-the-kirby-dr-funeral-bars/2014-12-11/

Ryan the Temp said:

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TX04Aggie said:

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Wasnt there an old funeral home on kirby that turned into a bougey then ghetto club? Then they tore it down for those high rises by Kirby and Richmond.

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Settegast-Kopf. I delivered many a dead body to that place.

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And Radio Music Theater was across the street. Used to park there and go to their shows!

~egon

Of what?

Microwave Onions said:

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Exactly.

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Right?

Ryan the Temp said:

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Fun fact: Most people who die in Houston pass through the doors of a non-descript, unmarked building on W 34th Street.

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Next to the YMCA?

There's an old Pizza Hut on Texas in Bryan that is now a funeral home.