  MeteorLocation within Texas | |
| Address | 2306 Genessee Street |
|---|---|
| Location | Houston, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29°44′55″N 95°23′03″W / 29.748596°N 95.384236°W / 29.748596; -95.384236 |
| Type | Bar |
| Genre(s) | Gay bar |
| Website | |
| meteorhouston | |
Meteor, also known as Meteor Houston, Meteor Nightclub, or Meteor Urban Video Lounge, was a gay bar and nightclub in Neartown, Houston, Texas, in the United States. The bar hosted an annual Mr. Gay Pride Houston competition.
Charles Armstrong acquired Meteor in 2004.
Meteor was connected to other bars owned by the same group via a shuttle: JR's Bar and Grill, Montrose Mining Company, and South Beach Houston. Initially the shuttle was free, but during competition with F Bar the shuttle was given a $3 charge which would be compensated by the sister bars; this was to encourage people taking the shuttle to go to the JR's family of bars instead of to F Bar, as some patrons of the shuttle had done. F Bar later began compensating the $3 charges.
Meteor closed in 2016.
References
- "Meteor Urban Video Lounge | Montrose | Dance Clubs | Music". Houston Press. Archived from the original on 2016-08-13. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
- "No. 24 Super Neighborhood Neartown/Montrose" (PDF). City of Houston. p. 2/2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-02. Retrieved 2022-10-02. - Compare to the address: "2306 Genessee Street"
- Leicht, Angelica (2013-08-23). "Houston's Top 10 Gay Bars, Clubs & Icehouses". Houston Press. Archived from the original on 2016-06-20. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
- Rozycki, David (2015-06-15). "Houston's 10 Best Gay Bars". Houston Press. Archived from the original on 2016-08-13. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
- "Hello, Pride Month: OutSmart's Full Calendar of Pride Events". Outsmartmagazine.com. June 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
- Oaklander, Mandy (2011-05-19). "Mayor of Montrose". Houston Press. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- Oaklander, Mandy (2011-05-19). "Mayor of Montrose". Houston Press. p. 5. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- Guerra, Joey (July 8, 2016). "Meteor Lounge in Montrose turns off the showers". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
External links
- Meteor Houston at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
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| This list is incomplete. High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) was in the Neartown area from 1982 to 2019. Neartown is within the Houston Community College (HCC) service area, though no campuses are operated there. Within a section of the Neartown Association boundaries previously shown on its website are: the Houston Contemporary Arts Museum, the Administration/Glassel School buildings of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH), First Presbyterian Church, and Presbyterian School. The current (as of 2019) map does not indicate any territory south of I-69/US-59 as being in Neartown. Gulf Coast Archive and Museum was previously in Neartown. | |||
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