Crosstimbers Road and West Crosstimbers Road in Houston (Houston, Texas)

This was originally part of the West 43rd Street, West Crosstimbers Street, and Crosstimbers Street page. It doesn't cover the former (now demolished) Kroger / Family Bingo Center as that was previously covered on The Houston Files. It makes some small updates including removing Aquarius Awning Corporation (demolished, will soon come back in a future post) and Barbecue Inn (again, covered on The Houston Files).

Mister Car Wash / 640 W. Crosstimbers Street
Mister Car Wash dates back to 1973 (one of the earliest locations), though has obviously upgraded its appearance several times since.

508-512 West Crosstimbers Street
There's a few warehouses that are back here accessible by a driveway, and prior to COVID, there was a small brewery called Brash Brewery, but as of fall 2022 appears to be closed up. Just west of here (actually accessible from Westcross) are some townhomes built in the mid-2010s. Immediately west of 500 was 514 West Crosstimbers Road, a Whataburger (#89; one of the drive-up variety, appears to be) opening in 1976 but closed sometime in the latter half of the 1990s. It was later redeveloped into townhomes. Immediately west of the driveway was 514 West Crosstimbers Road, a Whataburger (#89; one of the drive-up variety, appears to be) opening in 1976 but closed sometime in the latter half of the 1990s. It was later redeveloped into townhomes.

Residence at Garden Oaks / 500 West Crosstimbers Street
Unremarkable 98-unit apartment complex unit built in 1972. It has gone under a few names, including "West Crosstimbers Apartments" to just "Crosstimbers Apartments" by 2011. In 2014/2015, it was repainted and rebadged as "Residence at Garden Oaks Apartments". Originally the parking lot spilled out onto Truman Street and Fenn Street; however, these were later fenced off and is now controlled by an electronic gate.

HTX Autoplex / 440 West Crosstimbers Street
ABC Automatic Transmission was here for years, since at least 1990, probably further back. Around 2021 it closed and was replaced by Heights Upholstery (auto upholstery) and repainted the building with some ugly murals on the garage doors, but it seems like as of September 2022 it already closed ("For Lease" signs up, et cetera). HTX Autoplex filled it in within a few years (car sales).

Flying Saucer Pie Company / 436 West Crosstimbers Street
Flying Saucer Pie Company has been here since at least 1975. 1967 is the first year in business, it's very likely the building is the same.

The Wealth / 422 West Crosstimbers Street
From 1999 to 2016 this was the home of Direct Air Compressor Rebuilds, also known as Direct A/C. After it closed, the sign stayed up for a few years before it was renovated in 2018 into "The Wealth" (events space, open 2019). It appears that "The Wealth" was always just an events space, despite tax records indicating it was supposed to be "The Wealth Bar & Lounge". Records prior to 1980 can't be found.

Gatlin's Fins & Feathers / 302 West Crosstimbers Street
For years, from about 1957 to 1997, this restaurant, Mexicatessen (also known as Mexicatessen Herreras, operated at this small building off of West Crosstimbers. It finally closed around 2007, and remained vacant for about 7 years before becoming Texas Enchilada House in 2014, but less than a year later became Landa Café (which also appears as Landa Cafe', or even "Landa Caf'" in many sources). It closed in fall 2018 but the signage remained up. Around June 2019, it reopened as Arturo's Mexican Cafe (even making it in a local piece about new restaurants) but by September 2019 it was already closed (per Yelp).

After sitting vacant for a few years, it was announced to be the location of Gatlin's Fins & Feathers, a soul food restaurant with other ethnic influences. It opened in July 2022.

MP Instrument Company / 125 W. Crosstimbers Street
Electronic and engineering repair for large companies, as well as a distribution center for those parts. The company website says it was founded in 1962 at the "request of" Southwestern Bell and officially incorporated in 1964. It's hard to say if it was ever officially part of Southwestern Bell/old AT&T but it certainly isn't today. (Southwestern Bell spun off as an independent company in the mid-1980s, and eventually bought AT&T, taking its name).

Independence Heights Apartments / 302 Crosstimbers Street
These apartment buildings were constructed in 2018-2019 (at least partially subsidized), and physically where Kennedy Elementary School was before it moved out around the early 2010s.

Church's Texas Chicken / 425 Crosstimbers Street
In the late 1960s this was home to the "TexGas Service Station" and became Ron's Krispy Fried Chicken around 1982. It didn't last too long before the entire chain sold out to Church's less than five years later. It's still a Church's Chicken to this day (excepting the name change, of course).

1331 Crosstimbers Street
This started out as Monterey House and converted to Monterey's Tex-Mex Cafe, before becoming Monterey's Little Mexico. It was closed up sometime around 2018 (maybe 2017). It is used as a nursery for palm trees but is not open to the public.

1332 Crosstimbers Street
This was originally Wendy's, opened in 1985 and closed in 2013, becoming Loanstar Title Loans afterward. This was closed between November 2016 and May 2017, and boarded up soon after. Sadly, around 2020 the solarium (hidden behind plywood) was later completely removed.