Pour House to Close by End of Year
by Kevin Buchanan
If you’re a fan of the Pour House in downtown, better enjoy it while you can - the Star-Telegram is reporting that the long-running bar will be closing December 31st.
The 13-year-old Pour House, a well-worn second-story space that Eric Tschetter transformed into a downtown institution some called Fort Worth’s own Cheers, will close Dec. 31 after fighting lawsuits over nearly four years with two successive landlords.
Tschetter said Wednesday that he and the latest owner, XTO Energy, agreed to withdraw their respective suits this summer.
XTO bought the building a while ago, and the primary ground-floor tenant - Mikado Sushi - has been shuttered for some time. I’m not sure what XTO intends to do with the building in the immediate future. I know from various sources that the energy company has a plan drawn up to demolish the Pour House building and the (ghastly) 600 Houston Mall (aka parking garage) and build a new office building that wraps around the historic Petroleum Building occupying the southwest corner of the block, but I don’t expect to be seeing that happening any time soon.
Tags: bar, downtown, Pour House, XTO
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fwtacoma
Boo
Some of my favorite nights have been sitting on the patio, looking over downtown and listening to the music of my high school days. Sad to see.
Hopefully XTO does something nice.
Sep 26th, 2008
Steph
The Pour House has been dead to me ever since they stopped serving fried mac ‘n cheese.
Sep 26th, 2008
Recyclican
Long live Eric’s Mess and the Pecan-Crusted Chicken; two of my favorites. I sure hope they are able to relocate in to a successful location.
If they are true to their word, XTO will be keeping that parking garage around for another 5 to 10-years. The ‘improvements’ you have seen been made over the past year were largely to 1) stabilize the structure from further deterioration; and 2) provide more office space in the mall area. I would imagine their willingness to tear it down in closer to 5-years will depend on their need of office space and parking for their employees.
Sep 26th, 2008
John MacFarlane
Oh well, there goes bikini jello wrestling. I’m pissed I never got over there to see it!
Sep 26th, 2008
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