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Despite Rainy Start, 7th Annual East End Street Fest Smashes Attendance Records

Despite Rainy Start, 7th Annual East End Street Fest Smashes Attendance Records

The 7th Annual East End Street Fest returned to the heart of East End Houston this past Saturday, October 20. Over 13,000 registered attendees were treated to an all-new Craft Beer Garden, amazing kids zone, more than 60 artisan and food vendors, and over 20 performers across two stages and the Heritage Dance Zone. Highlights included a visit from Mayor Sylvester Turner who joined the Zydeco Dots on washboard, Houston’s own The GLASS, and the first ever GRAMMY-Award Winners to step on to the East End Street Fest stage – Flaco Jimenez, Augie Meyers and their original TEX-MEX Band.

Photography by Dan Joyce and Jorge Luna.

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El Corazon de la Communidad – Navigation Boulevard

El Corazon de la Communidad – Navigation Boulevard

Navigation Boulevard has become the East End's new Main Street, El Corazon de la Communidad, with a wider esplanade and walkable, shaded sidewalks. The $5 million ARRA stimulus grant that brought improvements to Sampson and York is also funding the exciting, community-driven changes on Navigation. Residents and visitors will enjoy safe crosswalks, pedestrian level solar lighting, an active…

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Cheap & Good Eats: Top 5 Budget Lunch Spots in EaDo

Our friends at the Houston Press offer their take on the best budget-friendly (under $10) lunch spots in EaDo (published October 13, 2013 by Brooke Viggiano): Note: For the purposes of this post, 'EaDo' is defined as the triangle bounded by Highway 59 to the northwest, Interstate 45 to the southwest and the lines of…

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