Meteor (bar)
  Meteor Location within Texas | |
| Address | 2306 Genessee Street |
|---|---|
| Location | Houston, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29°44′55″N 95°23′03″W / 29.748596°N 95.384236°W |
| Type | Bar |
| Genre(s) | Gay bar |
| Website | |
| meteorhouston | |
Meteor, also known as Meteor Houston, Meteor Nightclub, or Meteor Urban Video Lounge,[1] was a gay bar and nightclub in Neartown,[2] Houston, Texas, in the United States.[3][4] The bar hosted an annual Mr. Gay Pride Houston competition.[5]
Charles Armstrong acquired Meteor in 2004.[6]
Meteor was connected to other bars owned by the same group via a shuttle: JR's Bar and Grill, Montrose Mining Company, and South Beach Houston. Initially the shuttle was free, but during competition with F Bar the shuttle was given a $3 charge which would be compensated by the sister bars; this was to encourage people taking the shuttle to go to the JR's family of bars instead of to F Bar, as some patrons of the shuttle had done. F Bar later began compensating the $3 charges.[7]
Meteor closed in 2016.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Meteor Urban Video Lounge | Montrose | Dance Clubs | Music". Houston Press. Archived from the original on 2016-08-13. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
- ^ "No. 24 Super Neighborhood Neartown/Montrose" (PDF). City of Houston. p. 2/2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-02. Retrieved 2022-10-02. - Compare to the address: "2306 Genessee Street"
- ^ Leicht, Angelica (2013-08-23). "Houston's Top 10 Gay Bars, Clubs & Icehouses". Houston Press. Archived from the original on 2016-06-20. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
- ^ Rozycki, David (2015-06-15). "Houston's 10 Best Gay Bars". Houston Press. Archived from the original on 2016-08-13. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
- ^ "Hello, Pride Month: OutSmart's Full Calendar of Pride Events". Outsmartmagazine.com. June 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
- ^ Oaklander, Mandy (2011-05-19). "Mayor of Montrose". Houston Press. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ^ Oaklander, Mandy (2011-05-19). "Mayor of Montrose". Houston Press. p. 5. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ^ Guerra, Joey (July 8, 2016). "Meteor Lounge in Montrose turns off the showers". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
External links
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- Meteor Houston at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
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