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1005 W. 19th Houston, TX 77008

281-501-9560 

http://www.bigstarbar.com  

1005 W. 19th Houston TX 77008

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Big Star has settled delicately into its surroundings, offering a welcome respite from the faux-Austin digs of Cedar Creek around the corner. The décor is shabby chic, with couches and oddly-shaped loungers throughout, and every now and then you can catch a free indie or blues show inside. The bartenders are old hands at the strong pour, and the music is always on point, be it from the juke or the satellite-radio system. Big Star is a good place to hang out - or hide out - on a weeknight, and an even better spot to host a get-together on the back patio, which just expanded even farther behind the bar.








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  • 2012 | Best Smoking Patio

    It may lack a skyline view, and it might not sprawl alongside a so-called "creek" like a nearby competitor, but damned if we haven't had more fun sucking down coffin-nails in the backyard of Brad Moore's Big Star Bar than anywhere else. Amid all the picnic tables, there's a quasi-military, sorta-camouflage tent back there that looks like something under which Hawkeye Pierce and Trapper John would quaff barracks-distilled martinis, and in the cooler months, fire pits are trundled out to warm... More »

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  • tdawg07
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    | Kenner, LA | 183 Reviews

    good bar, no cover, good drink specials great peeople

  • abrahan
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    | Houston, TX | 47 Reviews

    this place used to be a mexican nightclub. every now and then you'll see a creepy-McCreeperson walk in looking for a pony. and if you don't know what a pony is...

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