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Upcoming closing of Doyle’s evokes restaurant full of memories

By Adam Zuvanich azuvanich@theleadernews.com

Randy Dobson fell in love with Doyle’s Restaurant in the 1970s, around the same time he fell in love with a girl who worked there. He adores the place so much that at one point he developed a habit upon entering the cozy dining room at 2136 W. 34th St. “I always walked in and said, ‘This is what I want to smell before I die,’ ” Dobson said.

“And I almost did.”

It was May 13, 2001, the Friday before Mother’s Day, when Dobson went to Doyle’s for dinner along with his wife, Rose, their two children and his mother. He suffered a diabetic

seizure and collapsed on the floor – next to an emergency medical technician who happened to be sitting at a nearby table and saved Dobson’s life.

Doyle’s co-founder Leo Doyle bought dinner that night for all the customers who witnessed the near-tragic event.

Dobson later found out and, upon returning to the restaurant, apologized to Doyle for causing the ruckus. He also told the owner about his saying and the irony of it nearly playing out.

“He goes, ‘Don’t ever say that again, son,’ ” Dobson said.

Dobson stopping saying it, but he and Rose – who had to Photo by Adam Zuvanich wait six months before returning and still refuses to sit at Randy Dobson nearly died at Doyle’s Restaurant in 2001.

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Bonding with food. A bakery and cafe in the Heights serves up a variety of tasty dishes.

the same table – continue to visit their favorite Italian eatery even though they have moved away from the Oak Forest area.

Their last visit was Christmas Eve, when they stopped in for lunch and shared their harrowing tale with Doyle’s son, Peter, who assumed ownership when his father died more than a decade ago.

Lots of longtime customers are making similar pilgrimages to Doyle’s, and reminiscing about it, because its lengthy run as a neighborhood institution is coming to an end. Peter Doyle said the beloved family restaurant – which opened in 1954 and has been at its 34th

The community saw plenty of progress in 2019, from new developments popping up and being filled with business to changes in road designs for the safety of residents and visitors. And with progress comes change, which inevitably means loss, such as the closing of a few beloved mom-and-pop shops.

Our top stories of the year, compiled and outlined below, highlight the highs and some of the lows the community faced last year.

From the opening of a new H-E-B to the redesign of Memorial Park Golf Course to the closing of Hickory Hollow to the curious case of a wandering coyote, here are the stories that got everyone talking: Tragedies on roads make way for change On March 30, two pedestrians were tragically killed while crossing North Shepherd Drive near 10th Street.

Jesse Perez had been attempting to cross the street in his wheelchair at night, and Good Samaritan Lesha Ad-

Photo by Adam Zuvanich The North Shepherd Drive site where two pedestrians were killed on March 30.

In Your View We published roughly 1,100 news stories in 2019, both in our print edition and on our website, theleadernews.com. Below is a list of the 10 most-viewed stories on our website, along with their date of publication.

Photo by Betsy Denson Tropical Storm Imelda inundated the area with rain on Sept. 19.

ams stopped to help him. While crossing, they were struck and killed by a passing car. The driver of the car, Jada Mimms, was subsequently arrested and charged with two felony counts of failing to stop and render aid.

The deaths sparked a response from Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, who announced that there would be a “Safer Streets Initiative” that would improve pedestrian safety at intersections across the city.

In June, a hybrid pedestrian beacon and other improvements to the intersection of North Shepherd and 10th were unveiled. In December, a mini mural of Adams and Perez was painted on the utility box at the intersection.

The Heights community also

Photo by Zarah Parker Mayor Sylvester Turner, right, and Jessica Padilla look at Padilla’s mini mural.

mourned the death of David Loya, who was killed in a collision with a school bus in March while riding his bicycle.

Loya was riding north in the bike lane on Heights Boulevard when he slid under a school bus while trying to avoid a collision. The Houston ISD bus was

1. Plans announced for Lower Heights District - July 24 2. Carter & Cooley deli to close this weekend - Aug. 28 3. Woman robbed outside area Kroger - June 28 4. New tenant in place at old H-E-B site - Feb. 4 5. Housing developer plans to buy Doyle’s restaurant - Feb. 12 6. Man charged with intoxication manslaughter in fatal crash July 1 7. Brawl breaks out at Waltrip April 26 8. Swayze to be subject of upcoming documentary - July 22 9. La Vista 101 closes - July 8 10. New proposal would overhaul HISD magnet program - March 6 traveling east on 8th Street.

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lot of people read newspapers. I spend most of my time reading about newspapers, our business, and our prognosis of a gloomy future. It’s a fun way to start each morning.

People like me who care about local news spend odd amounts of time looking for a panacea for our industry. We all believe there’s still a way to remain relevant to our readers. Instead, what we usually find are headlines telling us that the latest partnership with Google or Apple News or Facebook didn’t pan out as expected, and local newspapers should just throw in the towel.

Digital is king, and there’s nothing we can do about it.

Over the past week, though, I’ve realized people who run newspapers aren’t any worse off than most other businesses that line our streets and matter to our communities. And what better time to realize it than during the now-passed holiday shopping season.

Each year, tech companies like Amazon surpass last year’s revenue by billions of dollars. That means local storefronts that once made their entire-year profits in the month of December have lost that much money. And we’re not just talking about retail businesses.

Local banks are losing to digital with the introduction of online-only banking. Doctors are having to reinvent as more people just log on to a website, enter their symptoms

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and get a prescription called in to their next-door pharmacy. Except we don’t need the pharmacy anymore, because we can get our pills delivered tomorrow through an online portal.

Grocery stores now offer curbside and home delivery, because it’s easier for people to stay in the car than actually push a cart. Restaurants sign up for delivery services because people would rather watch Netflix and stuff their faces in the privacy of their homes.

If you think about it, there are few businesses (including newspapers) that haven’t been impacted by technology.

Then, earlier this week, a specific interaction I had with a company called Meriplex made me realize why technology is winning out over local businesses.

Ironically, Meriplex is a company our business uses to connect to our technology. They are a communications company that bundles our phone lines, internet connections

and data storage, and our relationship with them was forced when we acquired our sister company, The Greensheet.

The background is important: When our company purchased The Greensheet in 2018, we knew we were buying a publication that didn’t have much time left without some serious changes in our expenses.

We made those changes, and part of that meant reducing costs in places where we didn’t need to spend the money. These are the sorts of things every small business owner across the world does on a regular basis.

Like most communication companies, we were locked in a contract with Meriplex, and we discovered – through a Meriplex sales person – that our company was paying more than double what we actually needed in phone lines, connectivity and data storage. While the numbers don’t really matter, we learned – again, from the people at Meriplex – that our bill was almost $5,000 more each month than what we really needed to operate.

In the grand scheme of things, it means we’re throwing away almost two salaries a month because our company was under a contract that doesn’t expire for another four years.

As a responsible business owner, and someone who wants to save as many jobs in our company as possible, I did some research into Meriplex to see how we might lower our monthly service to what we

actually needed, and not what they put in a contract when this company was twice its current size. And here’s what I found that Meriplex said about its business: “Meriplex relies on a consultative approach… to develop a custom solution suitable for your business requirements, budget, and timeline.

Our experts seek to understand your business first… Meriplex develops lasting relationships with people, serving as a trusted advisor, to earn your business as a service provider of choice.”

That was excellent news, and we began meeting with Meriplex, telling them that we really needed to cut back some of our service, and that doing so would allow us to keep a couple of people employed while only using the technology we need.

If they did what their mission statement said, cared about our requirements and budget, and really sought to develop lasting relationships, this would be a no-brainer, right?

Wrong.

Here’s what I got back when we asked if we could get our services in line with our need.

“A thorough evaluation of (your) request was conducted. In doing so, we concluded that supporting it would set a precedence (sic) that could expose us to significant risk. Due to such, we are unable to modify current contractual obligations.”

If you want to know why people

The year 2019 - a few more of less What a year 2019 was, and last week we ticked off those who ticked us off that year. It was so much fun, let’s do it again, starting with our instant residents, those pols who parachute in and declare themselves our leader. Pierce Bush, the grandson of former president George H.W. Bush, is running as a Republican for the 22nd Congressional District. Bush, CEO of a nonprofit organization, seeks the nomination to an open seat. Earlier this year, Bush considered a run for the 7th Congressional District, but reconsider and filed for the 22nd district just ahead of the deadline. Bush said he and his wife plan to move into the district. Soon after Bush’s announcement, Greg Hill, a Republican candidate for the district, called Bush “an unproven candidate who has never even spent a night” in the district.

Pete Sessions was defeated in his attempt to be reelected as a Congressman from Dallas, so he moved down I-35 to Waco seeking an open seat there. It isn’t going over too well, some local Republicans said he was a carpetbagger trying to muscle his way back into power. Sessions’ problems are growing. He has been ensnared in the Ukrainian scandal. Two Soviet-born American citizens allegedly gave him campaign donations, using a concealed front, beyond the legal amount. In an indictment, Sessions is identified only as “Congressman-1” and is not charged with any crime, but was pushing to remove or recall the then-US ambassador to Ukraine. Not exactly a priority in Waco.

Floyd McLendon, a Republican House candidate, spoke to an audience at his campaign kickoff event wearing a Navy uniform adorned with numerous medals, including what appeared to be the SEAL Trident. He’s retired, but the Navy prohibits wearing uniforms at political events.

The inaugural rally in Dallas was held in the 30th Congressional District, while McLendon is running in the 32nd District. Speaking of the Bushes, as we were a moment ago, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush has been at the helm of a $450 million planned makeover of the Alamo Plaza. As such, he has been falsely accused of wanting a memorial honoring the Mexican Army including a statue of Santa Anna. A group called Save the Alamo, headed by Rick Range of Plano, on the group’s Facebook page argued that Bush is trying to “desecrate the Alamo.” Range unsuccessfully challenged Bush in the 2018 Republican primary election. Justin Lecea, Dem-

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ocratic challenger for Joaquin Castro’s congressional seat, wrote this to Obama: “I just want you to think about all the people who have and will die because Obamacare is pointless and your entire presidency was a waste. If god was just, you would get the most malignant cancer imaginable.”

The West Loop, that parking lot from Interstate 10 to the Southwest Freeway (now Interstate 69) is the mostcongested highway segment in the state, according to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. That’s the fourth year in a row the West Loop has held that, well, honor.

Actually, Houston claims 12 of the top 20 worst freeways.

A North Texas sheriff called immigrants living in the country illegally “drunks” who will “run over your children,” citing repeat offenders in the jail he oversees, during a White House media briefing with the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “If we have to turn them loose or they get released, they’re coming back to your neighborhood and my neighborhood,” said Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn.

“These drunks will run over your children, and they will run over my children.” One day later, Waybourn’s son, Sergei, was arrested in Arlington. He was charged with public intoxication and indecent exposure. Fortunately, Sergei was not an illegal immigrant. Near the town of Turkey, northwest of Dallas, a crop-duster dumped 350 gallons of pink water during a couple’s gender reveal celebration. Then the plane stalled out and crashed. One passenger suffered minor injuries.

Bringing Cole to New York: Astros ace pitcher Garrit Cole signed a nineyear contract with the Yankees for $324 million, the most ever for a pitcher.

Meanwhile, Major League Baseball is investigating allegations the Astros used video equipment to steal signs from opposing teams.

Also in sports, college football fans in Houston had a sad season. UT went 7-5.

Texas A&M also 7-5, UH, 4-8 and Rice, 3-9. Not much to show for all those millions spent on coaches’ salaries.

To the dump, again: Tropical Storm Imelda dumped more than 40 inches of rain in some parts of the Lone Star State. It caused more

than 10,000 flooded vehicle insurance claims, while vehicle and home damages will likely cost billions of dollars. The Houston Fire Department performed over 100 high water rescues and put out five fires. Imelda has been compared to the devastation of Hurricane Harvey in 2017 killed more than 100 people and left catastrophic flooding from southeast Texas into Central Texas. It caused more than $125 billion in damage. Congress, the state and FEMA are still wrestling with funds for aid, but President Trump told an audience in Arlington, “You made a fortune on the hurricane!” Mr. President, Hurricane Harvey was not the art of the deal, and that’s not fake news.

A fire at the Intercontinental Terminals Co. at the Houston Ship Channel

burned for three days, sending a black plume of smoke visible for miles, temporarily shutting down the Channel, causing $1 billion in losses and leading to several shelter-in-place orders in the area due to air quality concerns. It was the second of what would become five fires in the Houston area since the spring. One of those fires, at a TPC installation in Port Neches, which makes chemicals used in synthetic rubber and gasoline, burned for six days, injured three workers and caused the evacuation of about 60,000 residents. Firefighting efforts were hampered when an automobile drove through a barricade and cut lines supplying water to firefighters.

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are opting to get away from standard companies and move to interactions with computers and chats instead, this is the exact reason.

I have a goal for my business in 2020, and if you’re someone who owns or works at a small business in our area, I’d encourage you to set the same goal.

The way small businesses are successful is by always – and I mean always – putting customers first. If you work at a grocery store, the customers must have a perfect experience any time they walk in the door. If you work at a local bank, customers must love walking into your branch, and they must feel like they are the most important person in the room.

If you’re a local retail store or a body shop or a doctor’s office, your customers and patients must know they’ll be treated fairly and, even if it means doing things a different way or getting off script, the people our businesses serve are the only ones who matter.

Ultimately, our issue with Meriplex could have easily been solved.

Instead, they opted for the good of their company over the good of the customer. No matter if it’s a newspaper business or a boutique shop, the panacea to survival comes down to one thing: Doing what’s best for the customers we serve.

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THE READER. Tips for deterring visits from feral cats

Dear Editor: I have unwanted cats sitting in my herb garden, where every single thing listed here are growing in abundance.

Furthermore, if you don’t want unwelcome cats on your private property, TNR doesn’t help with that.

Regina Ferrara Shelley Dear Editor: We hate your cats, they are a horrible pest and an invasive species. TNR is just a con to hoard cats in the open and to keep as many alive as possible at the expense of everyone around and the environment. Cats wipe out beneficial native animals while all the cat food grows huge populations of other pests, rats, mice cockroaches, rabies reservoir racoons and skunks. Cats are predisposed to collecting microbes and when hoarded at feeding sites close together feeding from common bowls the disease and parasite loads grow getting cats sicker ever sooner and spreading more diseases and parasites in our communities. TNR cat

Email us your letters: news@theleadernews.com feces is a biohazard loaded with parasites. I’ve lived around TNR cat hoards and have read all the testimonials from feral cat hobbyists and pseudoscience studies promoting feeding cats and all the other pests. TNR never neuters enough cats fast enough or at all in a city wide program so there is always more cats dumped thus sustaining hoard forever in our communities. TNR is a terribly destructive practice and a con.

Mark Woodward

After 46 years, HHA just getting started

Dear Editor: One of the reasons I bought my heights house was it’s close proximity to a neighborhood grocery.

It turned out to be a wise choice.

The staff were personable and it was great getting to know them.

If you needed a certain product, all you had to was ask and the manager would get it for you. The Claytons brought neighbor into the neighborhood. Miss the store every time I have to get in my car to go shop.

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Wildlife, a wildlife removal humans, partly because they likely means death. and relocation company with are unprotected by law in 42 “Contrary to public opinion, offices in Houston, said the states. relocated animals don’t have a There are no definitive wonderful new life out in the good-riddance attitude regarding coyotes is typical in neigh- population counts for coyotes country where they belong,� either. borhoods throughout the U.S. Bradshaw said. “Multiple peer-

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Art Valet: Let’s start 2020 by looking back on the future Mitch Cohen Art Columnist

The end of the year did not sneak up on us. There were many warnings, such as fall in Houston, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas, for example. Yet, here I am still shocked that another year has come and gone.

Being the eternal optimist, I love resolutions, new beginnings and all that. I’m all in.

Bring it on! Asking me to review and reflect, though, is not my strong point. But I do like to do that with my column.

This is the time of year lists for the previous year pop up everywhere. Best of lists, the most lists, whodunnit and who died. Even if I am the first one to write up my list of resolutions, I still find it odd that people like to reminisce with lists. Still, I have a few observations about 2019.

I noticed the incredible shrinking parking space coincided with the ever-expanding homes and retail shops in the area. New businesses opened while older ones closed. The “mom and pop” shops are disappearing and I’m not sure anyone is noticing. To me that’s a big problem. Those shops and businesses define what made this area popular.

The Heights and surrounding areas are getting taller.

A Houston cityscape by an alumnus of the First Saturday Arts Market. Dan Westfall Photography.

Much taller. The sight of multiple-story cranes erecting new highrises is surreal if not downright scary to me. First on 19th and 20th streets and then over off Sawyer Street, the cranes went up, followed by the multiple-story apartments.

Friends left us, always too soon, reminding us that life is fragile, fleeting and underappreciated. Is there a lesson to learn from loss? A challenge to take up? Always, in my opinion. First and foremost to cherish your family and friendships. Honor, thank and respect them now. Never count on tomorrow or second chances.

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ways going to be opportunity.

Find it, make it work for you or change your scenery. One thing that Houston is really good at is change, whether we are ready for it or not.

Change is probably what I find most attractive about outdoor art markets and festivals.

That ability to pack up and be done with it at the end of the day has a bit of freedom that is exhilarating. Even though it’s easy to get accustomed to surroundings and neighbors, a market changes constantly with the art and products reflecting what is popular in their communities.

Artists may be as readily adaptable. They move to areas that are unpopular for

cheap land and rent and start creating. Before too long, their friends follow them, then friends of friends. Suddenly the cheap area is the new arts area. Land values go up, rent goes up and the artists begin moving to the next area to start over.

Am I saying the transitory lifestyle of artists is the cause of all these lists you like to read this time of year? I don’t know. I’m busy working on my resolutions for 2020. Happy New Year!

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Common Bond Café & Bakery is known for its pastries and croissants, but the dishes served for lunch are just as worthy of praise.

In the Heights space, the line begins in front of various croissants, then moves to a selection of macarons and onto specialty cakes. When I finally made it to the cashier, I was half convinced I only wanted to eat sweets.

While I did end up with a pistachio croissant, which is one of the most popular options, I also ordered the ancient grains with chickpea croquettes salad, the tomato basil soup and the parmesan fries.

For my drink option I went with the hibiscus lemonade.

Even though it was only a few minutes past 11 a.m., the café was beginning to fill with a lunch crowd. This might be the reason that once I sat down to wait for my food, it took a while for it to be set on my table.

The hibiscus in my drink was cranberry-like and tart, and lemonade surprisingly didn’t make it more tart, but acted like an added sweetener.

The salad came with farro, kamut, baby spinach, romaine, cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, roasted sunflower seeds and sun-dried tomato ranch.

The star of this salad was the sun-dried tomato ranch. It was drizzled over every ingredient and, while the dressing still tastes like ranch, the tomatoes add an extra layer to it.

The chickpea croquettes were breaded with feta and had the consistency of a hushpuppy.

The tomato basil soup came with garlic herb croutons, which were softened by the soup. Though I always think of soup as a fall or winter dish, tomato soup is a lot like summer in a bowl.

The added basil elevated the simple dish and the soft croutons added garlic to the mix.

Sprinkled with parmesan, the fries were sliced into strips.

The outside of them were lightly crunchy. I didn’t expect a café to have such good fries, but the seasoning and that

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The croissant was striped with green lines and breaking it open, green pistachio paste filled the breading. The outside was flaky and the pistachio paste was thick. To me it didn’t taste too much like pistachios, just nutty with a dash of sweetness.

By the time I was done with my meal, I had forgotten all about how long it took to come out. It was all worth the wait.

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Doyles from P. 1A

Photo by Adam Zuvanich Spencer Doyle, left photo, has fond memories of growing up at Doyle’s Restaurant. In center photo, Mark and Karen Goodwin enjoy a pizza. Miguel Tamayo, right photo, is the longtime general manager at Doyle’s.

Street location since 1957 – is closing Feb. 21 as he prepares to sell the property to Avenue CDC, a Houstonbased nonprofit that develops affordable housing.

Doyle said he had listed an adjacent vacant property for sale and was approached by Avenue CDC about selling the restaurant property as well. Doyle said he agreed, partly because the family business had become increasingly difficult to maintain and properly operate.

The plan for the property was initially announced last February by Avenue CDC. Doyle said a month later that he was planning to close the restaurant before the end of 2019, so the delay has given the community more time to say goodbye.

“It’s really sad,” he said, “because it’s been here so long.”

Karen Goodwin, who enjoyed a pizza with her husband, Mark, on Dec. 24, said the upcoming closing “breaks our hearts.” The lifelong area residents were introduced to Doyle’s by their parents, and their children and grandchildren have eaten there as well.

“They make you feel like family from the time you walk in the door,”

Karen Goodwin said. “That’s something you don’t get everywhere.”

Peter Doyle said the restaurants’ 22 employees feel like they’re part of his family, so he’s sad for them and said he hopes they’ll be able to find fulfilling employment elsewhere. A few of them could end up working for another incarnation of the restaurant.

Doyle said he plans to invest in a scaled-down, carryout-focused restaurant that would be run by Miguel Tamayo, the Doyle’s general manager for the last 11 years. Tamayo plans to keep the recipes and the restaurant’s Chicago-made pizza oven – installed in the kitchen in 1959 – and possibly the name.

“I want to make the same food, the same menu, the same everything,” Tamayo said. “I don’t want to lose the customers. People over here have been coming for too many years, and I don’t want to lose those people.”

Serving the community Doyle’s has long had a reputation for taking care of its people – customers, employees and community members. Peter Doyle said at some point in the 1970s, his father hired a man who had been living under a nearby

bridge and helped him get on his feet.

The day after the 1969 death of Lee Burge, then the publisher of The Leader, Leo Doyle had a platter of food delivered to the Burge home.

“I don’t know how he found out where I lived,” said Terry Burge, who succeeded his father as publisher.

“He was that kind of guy.”

Ernestine Hernandez, who has worked at the Doyle’s pickup counter for 21 years and plans to retire when the restaurant closes, said it’s been a “wonderful family for work for.” She said her favorite part about the job has been the interaction she has with customers.

On Christmas Eve, for example, Hernandez joked with a man who works nearby and picks up sandwiches from Doyle’s multiple times per week. The longtime customer, who asked to remain anonymous, said it’s rare to find an eatery with so much personality.

He also said Doyle’s is unique because of its consistent quality.

“I’ll order what I want to order today. I’ll come back in a month and it’ll be the same thing again,” he said. “It won’t be up or down.”

The same goes for the cleanliness

at Doyle’s, which according to Rose Dobson has been a longtime staple.

She recalls Leo Doyle, who opened the restaurant along with his sister, Chloe Doyle, being almost obsessive about making sure the dining room and kitchen were spotless.

The entryway to the restaurant features 12 “Blue Ribbon Award” plaques that were presented by the late Marvin Zindler, the former TV newscaster who was known for reporting about health and safety violations at Houston restaurants. Peter Doyle said his dad initially had a rocky relationship with Zindler, who dropped in during the middle of the lunch rush and was promptly shooed away by the proud owner.

“But they became good friends,” Doyle said.

Doyle said the upcoming closing, and all the old stories he’s hearing from longtime customers, have allowed him to relive memories of his father. The experience is similar for Spencer Doyle, Peter’s 24-year-old son who once bussed tables at the family business.

Before that, when he was still a young boy, Spencer Doyle used to play hide-and-seek with his grandfa-

ther during visits to the restaurant.

“And he’d always lure me out with garlic bread,” Spencer said. “I mean, you can’t beat garlic bread here. Let’s be honest.”

The Dobsons love everything on the menu – from the pizzas to the sandwiches to the pasta dishes to the salads. Rose even joked that they want to buy 100 premade pizzas, frozen, so they can still enjoy Doyle’s after it closes.

Because he likes the food so much, not even his near-death experience in the dining room could keep Randy Dobson away. He returned as soon as he could, at first ordering to-go meals because his wife was reluctant to join him.

Now the Dobsons plan to visit as often as they can before Feb. 21. After that point, they’ll anxiously await a new but familiar venture started by Tamayo at a yet-to-be-determined location.

“It’s going to be exactly the same, which is great, because it doesn’t matter where you’re at,” Rose Dobson said. “As long as the food’s the same, I’ll come.”

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2019 from P. 1A city’s Planning & Development Department and Houston Public Works held a community meeting in the Heights to discuss a safety improvement plan for a stretch of 11th Street. The proposal, which is part of the Houston Bike Plan, calls for changing the street’s traffic configuration from four lanes to three lanes with a center turn lane and bike lanes on the outside.

The road diet plan faces opposition from some area residents but was on the verge of being approved by city officials at year’s end.

Imelda floods streets Tropical Storm Imelda dumped rain all over the region in September and flooded streets across the city, including in Northwest Houston.

Imelda caused flooding in local neighborhoods such as Garden Oaks, Mangum Manor, Oak Forest and even the Heights, which has the highest elevation in Houston.

The hardest-hit part of the area was immediately west of Alba Road on Judiway Street and Wakefield Drive, where several homes and businesses flooded. That happened less than a year after the City of Houston completed the first phase of the Garden Oaks and Shepherd Park Drainage and Paving project, a $23 million infrastructure update designed

Photo by Adam Zuvanich Carter & Cooley Company Delicatessen owner Neil Sackheim, left, embraces a customer on the deli’s final day in the Heights.

special accreditation investigation that found HISD trustees violated the Texas Open Meetings Act and contract procurement rules, acted individually on the behalf of the board and exceeded the scope of their authority.

HISD sued the state in an attempt to prevent the takeover, but the lawsuit was dismissed by a federal judge in December.

H-E-B stands out on North Shepherd After many years of planning and delays, the H-E-B at 2300 N. Shepherd Dr. finally slid its doors open in the Heights in January 2019. The store features a second-story market above ground-level parking.

The H-E-B saga began in 2016 when it was announced that the grocery giant would have a presence in the Heights.

The store had a victorious outcome in a campaign that changed alcohol laws in part of the Heights to allow grocery stores to sell beer and wine.

But the vacant lot at the corner of 23rd Street and North Shepherd Drive sat untouched until Photo by Adam Zuvanich the groundbreakH-E-B’s Scott McClelland, right, jokes with ing in 2017. The Heights location Hana Lee of Tokyo Garden Catering. was delayed after to improve drainage and miti- a variance approval forced regate structural flooding in the permitting of the space. That process pushed the project area. back several months.

During the much-anticipatHISD board is on its way ed opening Jan. 31, commuout It was announced in No- nity members crowded the vember that the nine trustees aisles to see what the new loon the Houston ISD Board of cation had to offer.

Education will be replaced by a state-appointed board of Beloved Heights restaumanagers, which will make rants shutter A long-standing go-to for HISD the largest school district in Texas to undergo a comfort food, Hickory Hollow, closed its doors at the beginstate takeover.

The reasons cited by Tex- ning of the year.

Hickory Hollow had long as Education Commissioner Mike Morath were the contin- maintained a presence in the ued unacceptable academic area as one of Houston’s lone performance at Wheatley sites that hosted both live High School, which failed to musical acts and food service meet state academic stan- with no cover charge or minidards for the seventh consecu- mum ordering standards.

Braun Enterprises had tive year; and the results of the Texas Education Agency’s bought the space at 101

Heights Ave. in 2018 and had it up for lease soon after. Ronnie Killen, a Houston-area chef who has been nominated for a James Beard Award and is best known for Killen’s Barbecue in Pearland, then leased the space for a new restaurant called Killen’s.

The new restaurant has yet to open.

Carter & Cooley Company Delicatessen, which opened in 1989, also closed its doors on 19th Street.

The building that housed the eatery was owned by Neil Sackheim, who opened and operated the deli, before he sold it to Heights-based developer Radom Capital, LLC, late in 2018. In early 2019, Sackheim said he had a long-term lease for Carter & Cooley and had no plans to close.

Then in late August, Sackheim said he was retiring and granting ownership rights to two of the deli’s longtime managers, who would not have been able to operate at the same location.

The space now is home to Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, an Ohio-based scoop shop.

Another popular spot, Mels’ Seafood Shack at 2521 N. Durham Dr., closed in January.

Woes at Waltrip The end of the 2018-19 school year was tumultous at Waltrip High School, the Houston ISD campus on West 34th Street.

In mid-April, three Waltrip students and two parents voiced criticism of school and district administrators at an HISD board meeting. Among their concerns were fighting, an overcrowded cafeteria and a lack of support for the school’s band.

Later that month, a brawl between students broke out in the gym and was captured on video, prompting outrage in the community.

An HISD administrator and Michael Niggli, then in his first year as Waltrip’s principal, held subsequent community meetings and vowed to improve security and morale on campus.

Remembering Harrison’s legacy Carl David Harrison, pastor of First Church Heights, died May 24. The infectious church and community leader was

known as much for his smile and servitude as his sermons.

Harrison’s legacy is forever etched in the church at the corner of 9th Street and Harvard Street.

Publisher Jonathan McElvy wrote that the legacy Harrison left on the people in the community must not be lost. He was a good man who fought back a lot of bad days.

He didn’t care about race or creed; he cared about his neighbors and the least among them.

Revamping Memorial Park Golf Course The Memorial Park Golf Course, long considered Houston’s favorite public course, closed at the start of the year for a multi-million renovation project funded by the Astros Golf Foundation and engineered by world-renowned golf course architect Tom Doak. It was part of the city’s plan to bring the PGA Tour’s Houston Open back into the city limits.

For nearly 40 years, the event has been held in either Missouri City, The Woodlands or Humble. But the Astros Golf Foundation, which took over the Houston Open in 2017, plans to move the tournament to Memorial Park this year.

The revamped course and driving range, which now includes two levels, reopened in November.

Tug of war over Prop B After Proposition B, a referendum to grant Houston firefighters equal pay to police officers, was passed in November 2018, it prompted a months-long legal dispute between the city and local

unions for firefighters and police officers, who argued about the legality of implementing Prop B. The city and police officers claimed the referendum was unconstitutional and preempted by state collective bargaining laws, while the firefighters wanted a state district court to uphold the will of the voters

animal in particular seemed to have made its home in Candlelight Estates and Oak Forest.

Neighborhood residents said they had been surprised by this particular coyote’s lack of skittishness around humans and the number of daylight sightings of the animal as well as by the fact it was traveling alone.

Photo by Betsy Denson Candlelight Place resident Charles Gibbs found a dead coyote near his neighborhood in November.

who supported the measure.

In April, Judge Tanya Garrison of the 157th Civil District Court issued an order of mediation in the case. But even a court-appointed mediator could not help the city and its firefighters agree on a phasedin implementation plan for Prop B. A month later, Garrison ruled that Prop B was unconstitutional under Texas law.

Despite facing public backlash over his handling of the issue, Sylvester Turner was re-elected as Houston mayor in December.

Roaming coyote meets demise Coyote sightings in the area have become normal. One

A coyote, possibly the same one, was found dead in the area in November. Candlelight Place resident Charles Gibbs was on a walk with his wife along the bayou that runs parallel to Bethlehem Street when he saw its body.

The Houston Police Department said a woman reported hearing a gunshot, along with seeing a running coyote and a man with a gun, near the same location at the same time.

That prompted community members to wonder whether the animal had been shot, which sparked a debate about whether coyotes should be removed from the neighborhood or left alone.

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