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Update - 10:30pm October 16, 2010 From the OP Webmaster:
Update - 5:45pm February 3, 2010
Several updates from the OP Webmaster 1) This website has been
reformatted (new menu navigation bar) and now has a new web address: The OutPost Is Closed Unfortunately, the owners of the land parcel upon which the OutPost Tavern sits have accelerated the “closing date” by changing the door locks on January 14, 2010. This was completely unexpected and I am sorry for our friends who had planned parties throughout the month. We will release another statement soon to all of our OP Friends….” - Stephanie Foster From Friends of The OP Webmaster: The Houston Chronicle Blog has more details
As always, if you are bringing a large group to the OP for lunch, we would greatly appreciate it if you gave us a heads up at least 1 day in advance: info@optavern.com We are experiencing a huge demand for lunch (yea!), therefore the OP is now open for lunch everyday:
As always, if you are bringing a large group to the OP for lunch, we would greatly appreciate it if you gave us a heads up at least 1 day in advance: info@optavern.com Two bands will be playing the OP on Jan 16 and Jan 29: Jan 16, 2010 OP in the Media weblinks added:
Hello everyone! Update from Stephanie, proprietor of the OutPost Tavern: 1)
When is the big farewell party? 2)
When is the last day the OP will be open? 3)
What’s happening at the OP in the meantime? Dec
31, 2009 – New Year’s Eve Party Jan
7, 2010 Jan
9, 2010 Wednesdays in January – we will be bringing back “Crawfish Wednesdays” Just heard from Stephanie on the farewell party dates (yes, plural):
Jan
More details will be announced within the next week (at least those of you who are traveling from afar can start making travel arrangements) New OP Hours for December [ Jan 12 update to this update: Sunday hours adjusted ]
Email for booking parties: info@optavern.com We will open for lunch parties too! “Please come on by the OP and post notes/comments on the walls (we’ll have paper and tape and pens) and feel free to tape photos on the walls – we’ll collect them for future reunions!” Q: When is the
farewell party?
OP Is Closing In January 2010 The Outpost is Closing. . . . . . And this time, it is for good. Together, Gene Ross, my mother, Sharon, and myself, have kept the Outpost Tavern going for the last thirty years, it has stayed open. My Mom and Gene being the bulk of it, I was meant to be the “Closer” of this deal! J Good or bad, whatever anyone thinks of how we did it, we kept it open for you! However, like many good things in life, sometimes “we” are not in charge. In this case, the property that the OP sits on has been going through many changes ownership-wise, since Pete Wright died, and there has always been a certain air of uncertainty about what may happen in the future. Well, the future is here. I have been informed that the property has been sold to another party. Rather than wait, wondering when or if someone would come in and say “get out by Friday,” I would like to give everyone notice that in January, we close. Finished. The End. This way, we can enjoy the place a while longer, and make plans on how to save what we can. I would rather have the Outpost close my way, instead of having someone shut us down one day without so much as a “fare-well.” All-in-all, you must admit that it has been an interesting and fun run for this little bar. I hope that in the next several weeks, as we wind down the Outpost Tavern, we can see old faces once again. I was about eleven-years old when the OP first opened as “The Outpost,” and now I have two kids and just celebrated my something-ith-birthday. Some who have been coming in have been there for longer, since it was Fort Terry’s. You know who you are! This is not a time to get mad, but instead to remember all the fun that everyone has had here. Most everyone who has been around here for any length of time has known for years that eventually, this day would come. I hate it. You hate it. But, here we are. In 2010, it will be thirty years (yes!) since Gene bought the place from Terry. So, to end the Outpost Tavern, we will have one hell of a blow-out thirtieth Anniversary party. Hope everyone can attend! Love to everyone, Stephanie
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