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11530 Burdine St. Houston, TX 77035

713-723-4048

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Best Dive
Award Winner 2007

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Stepping into this dark, friendly cavern of a tatterdemalion strip mall bar near the ruins of Westbury Square is like entering a portal back to 1980, with a difference. Yes, it's got the requisite low ceiling, cheap drinks, early opening time (11 a.m.) and friendly, take-no-shit service you expect from any old-school dive worth its salty peanuts. And yep, there's not much on the jukebox to thrill the ears of trendy Vampire Weekend and Animal Collective fans. We're talking stuff like Wet Willie, Hank Sr. and .38 Special. But this isn't your average suburban strip mall dive by a long shot, as any trip to the Cozy's Friday and Saturday night karaoke extravaganzas will prove. Let's just say Westbury more than lives up to its "Little Montrose" nickname during Cozy Corner karaoke night.

2007 | Best Dive

Stepping into this dark, friendly cavern of a tatterdemalion strip mall bar near the ruins of Westbury Square is like entering a portal back to 1980, with a difference. Yes, it's got the requisite low ceiling, cheap drinks, smoky ambience, early opening time (11 a.m.) and friendly, take-no-shit service you expect from any old-school dive worth its salty peanuts. And yep, there's not much on the jukebox to thrill the ears of trendoid Hot Chip and Lightning Bolt fans -- we're talking... More »

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THE COZY CORNER'S SALTY DOG

By Glenn Livet | Thu, August 05, 2010

"I'll be with you guys shortly," the bartender at the Cozy Corner (11530 Burdine St., 713-723-4048) said for the fourth time in two minutes. The air conditioning was set on "meat locker," and some sadist had put "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" on the jukebox... More »
Liquid Lunch

By John Nova Lomax | Thu, March 01, 2007

Sometimes you've just gotta have that four-beer lunch. Maybe the weather's been bad for awhile, or maybe you've hit a boring patch at your job, or it could be that it's just time to shake things up in general. Simply put, some days require an exte... More »

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The Cozy Corner

11530 Burdine St. Houston, TX 77035

713-723-4048

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2007 | Best Dive

By Glenn Livet | Wed, January 4, 2012

By Katharine Shilcutt | Mon, December 26, 2011

By Glenn Livet | Thu, August 05, 2010

By John Nova Lomax | Thu, March 01, 2007