Photos by Stacie Joy
Last month, we had the scoop about the new owner of 6 Avenue B, the long empty/abandoned building on the NW corner of Houston. The owner is an LLC linked to Penn Capital South, whose portfolio includes multiple EV properties.
A gut renovation is in the works — as is asbestos abatement.
There has been some mystery and intrigue about the whole building, especially the storefront that housed the liquor store — aka Mom's.
The retail space has been closed since the owner passed away in the fall of 2009 at age 89. (Chico created the tribute to her on the gate in February 2010.)
How have nearly 14 years of vacancy treated the space? What does the interior event look like these days?
EVG contributor Stacie Joy found out the other day... with a look inside Mom's, a frozen-in-time space where bottles of Riunite still go for $5.25. The bullet-proof register area remains intact as well.
Come, let's look inside...
Also discovered... this EVG post about the store's owner from 2010:
I enjoy watching her reaction to some fancypants asking her if they have any, say, really buttery California chardonnays whose grapes were harvested on hillsides composed of Kimmeridgian marl, limestone and chalk. Her reaction is usually either, "WHAT?" or "WHY WOULD WE HAVE THAT."
