Antoine Drive in Houston (Houston, Texas)

Once again we're looking at a legacy Carbon-izer section transformed and updated for Numbered Exits. This concerns Antoine Drive, which goes from Spears Road (it becomes Spears Road afterward) south toward Memorial Drive (just past Katy Freeway). This page takes those entries on Carbon-izer (mostly from this page) and adds a few ones. It does not include H-E-B Pantry Foods #309 at 5815 Antoine Drive.

AutoZone / 5121 Antoine Drive
Former Long John Silver's 1976-1999 and later home to Little Casita Mexican Restaurant (2003-2006). The building was demolished for an AutoZone around 2007. (Little Casita moved to 5137).

5151-5153 Antoine Drive
This was a Kroger ("Superstore" model, store 160) from 1975 to around the mid-2000s (Fallas Paredes leased part of the store in February 2007, so it was closed by then). By April 2008 this was divided between Fallas Paredes and 99 Cent Only Stores (with a "Watermill Express" water kiosk in the parking lot). By 2015, this was now a vacancy on the south end of the store, YouFit Health Clubs, and King Dollar on the north end. This arrangement would be kept until 2020, and by 2022 the entire building was vacant again before Value Village opened a store in the former King Dollar later that year. March 2023 brought the opening of a Gordon Food Service Store (from their distribution center down the street, see further down this page).

It should be noted that Fallas Paredes and YouFit used the 5151 Antoine name, while 99 Cent/King Dollar/Value Village, despite having the smaller store space, used the numbering from Kroger.

House of Fries / 5322 Antoine Drive
This started out as Kentucky Fried Chicken (1973-1998) and was mostly abandoned (except for a few one-offs that may or may not have existed). Around 2009-2010 was La Seafood and Wings and in 2011 assumed its current tenant.

Island Dental / 6206 Antoine Drive
Grandy's (#2061) was here from 1984 to 1997; sometime in the following decade after that it became this dental office.

Foodarama / 7320 Antoine Drive
While it faces Victory Drive, Foodarama #22 has been here since it moved from 8007 Antoine. It used to be Randalls #34 from 1985 to 2005. Houston Historic Retail has this covered in more detail.

dd's Discounts / 8007 Antoine Drive
This started out as an Eagle Discount Supermarket (owned by Lucky Stores) before pulling out in the mid-1980s and later served as Foodarama before it moved in 2006 to the former Randalls at 7320 Antoine.

Flounder / 8831 Antoine Drive
Built ~2008 as Hartz Chicken Buffet, became Fish Place by 2014 (co-branded with Eskimo Hut?) and by 2015, Louisiana Famous Fried Chicken & Seafood. Sometime during 2018 it became MVP Seafood, which soon gave way by October 2019 to Smoken J's BBQ. In 2023 or 2024 it became Flounder, a fried seafood restaurant.

Gordon Food Service - Houston Distribution Center / 11303 Antoine Drive
This was built as the new consolidated home of local company Glazier Food Company in 2005, but in 2014, national company Gordon Food Service acquired the company and rebranded it. In 2023, they opened up their own grocery stores in the Houston area.

Scottish Inns & Suites / 11233 Antoine Drive
Scottish Inns & Suites Houston Willowbrook opened in 2020.

That's all we have right now. Future entries may likely be added as stand-alone entries...

UPDATE 09-01-2025: AzkoNobel - Houston Plant has been spun off as its own article.
UPDATE 09-18-2025: Country Harvest (Ranchero King Buffet) has been spun off as its own article.