NORTH EARL RUDDER FREEWAY to SAN JACINTO LANE (TEXAS STATE HIGHWAY 21)

Lampo's Grocery / 4311 N. Texas Avenue
Lampo's Grocery has been here in some form since 1970. It is essentially a small old-school Exxon with just two self-service pumps but despite losing the Exxon name by the early 2010s, it still pumps gas.

Dollar General / 3706 N. Texas Avenue
The Dollar General opened in fall 2014. There really isn't much to say about it, other than adding it for completion purposes.

Handi Stop / 2805 N. Texas Avenue
This was built as a UtoteM store back in 1966, when this part of Texas Avenue was very much the main highway. Around 1982, it was rebuilt with a new fuel canopy, and as a result became one of the few modern Circle K stores to stick around into the late 1990s after UtoteM was bought and converted in 1984 and the subsequent closures. Their history probably mirrored the Longmire Drive Circle K closely but at some point, it became an Exxon before a point between 2016 and 2021 (possibly as early as the 2000s when other stations switched to Diamond Shamrock), when it dropped the Exxon brand and just became a fuel center (with Handi Stop sticking around, of course).

Producers Cooperative Association / 1800 North Texas Avenue
This grain mill is a major agricultural supply center and sells other products too (check their website). Across the street is a dusty lot with equipment that was once the home of Cattlemen's Inn and its adjacent 24-hour restaurant.

AutoZone / 1610 North Texas Avenue
AutoZone #3966 opened in summer 2007 as a stand-alone store with a back entrance onto North Sims Avenue. A few years later, DSI Bryan Dialysis (converted to U.S. Renal Care between 2016 and 2017) was built adjacent to it at 1612 North Texas Avenue.

H-E-B / 1609 N. Texas Avenue
For a period of over 7 years, this H-E-B (store #644, about 80,000 square feet, though feels much smaller) was the "newest" store in town (opened mid-2011) but also smaller and downscale. It replaced an H-E-B Pantry store that operated since 1991 just right next to it (the H-E-B gas station is on the spot), which had the address of 1905 Old Hearne Road. The store features the "Flaming Bird" (flame-broiled chicken H-E-B concept and the only area H-E-B to do so) and a pharmacy.

To the south of the store but directly adjacent to it are smaller shops with the address of 1601 North Texas Avenue. In 2011, the stores here included Safari Dental (still there) and a Papa John's Pizza. The Papa John's did not have the traditional logo of the chain and ended up closing after two robberies in a single day (the employees all quit), closing in early 2014. A few years later, it reopened but never gained any traction and closed for good.

SAN JACINTO LANE (TEXAS STATE HIGHWAY 21) to EAST 26TH STREET

Poco Loco Supermercado / 1520 N. Texas Avenue
Houston-based clothing store Weiner's was here from 1972 to 2001 when the chain closed. Best Pawn opened here in 2002 and operated until September 1, 2021. Surprisingly, Google Maps once listed Weiner's as being here in the early 2010s, despite Weiner's gone for over a decade.

Poco Loco Supermercado opened in July 2023, though it doesn't have a fuel station component.

Town & Country Food Mart / 1401 N. Texas Avenue
This has not had a gas station brand in years (not at least since 2007). Its only clue is a smashed-out Conoco sign and references it was Circle K (then later Everyday/Conoco), similar to other Circle K transfers when they left town for good around 1999 (the non-Corner Store conversions anyway). Prior to 1988 it was "Billups Service Station", neither a new-build nor a UtoteM transfer.

Exxon / 801 N. Texas Avenue
This was a Conoco gas station since around 1999 (also known as Petro Barn, or its tobacco sublease Tobacco Barn), by 2021 it converted to Brookshire Brothers Fuel (apparently like all the other Conoco stations in Brookshire Brothers parking lots) but by 2022 it was an Exxon. The closest Brookshire Brothers pharmacy is in downtown Bryan with a store even farther away (Hearne, College Station).

My notes indicate the whole station was branded as Petro Barn at one point but I can't find when that ever happened as Street View shows it as a Conoco from 2007 to 2018.

720 North Texas Avenue
This was, according to my records, John's Katfish Kitchen (1988-1989), then Gath's Chicken-N-More (1989-1993, see article here), then Gath's Wholesale Electric Company (1993 to 2006, but sat vacant into the early 2010s), then Fargo's BBQ (2013 to early 2017), then Mariscos Perla del Mar (lit. "Pearl of the Sea Seafood", opened 2017 but reported closed in August 2023).

600 North Texas Avenue
This was "Butcher Block" in the 1980s and then eventually closed and reopened Ed's Butcher Block around 1991. In 2020 this closed and changed hands again to become Texas Meat Market, which operated here from July 2020 to August 2022 when a devastating fire shut them down.

Church's Chicken / 507 N. Texas Avenue
This Church's Chicken was established as a Tinsley's Chicken 'n Rolls back in 1977. When the chain sold to Church's in 1985, this was the only of the three local stores that continued to be a Church's past 1989.

Cash America Pawn / 501 North Texas Avenue
Originally known as Big State Pawn & Bargain Center back in 1989 and later becoming Lone Star Pawn & Bargain Center (1991 to the late 2000s, vacant in 2011) before being replaced with Big Tex Pawn World in 2012. It appears it was purchased by Cash America Pawn in 2013. If there was something else prior to the late 1980s we don't have information on it.

Hot Dogs & Wings Etc. / 310 N. Texas Avenue
E.C. "Archie" Archambault (a Taco Bell franchisee, see bottom of the page) opened the first Archie's Hamburger Place here in the year 1985 and it eventually expanded (changing formats) to other cities, like Waco.

In 1990, it became Hot Dogs Etc. (later and also known as Hot Dogs & Wings Etc.), which it is today.

Castrol Premium Rapid Lube / 301 N. Texas Avenue
At least as far back as the mid-2000s and until 2022 this was a Shell lube center, complementing the Shell gas station catty-corner but with its conversion to Sunoco this is no longer the case (Google Maps Street View reveals that as of August 2022, the lube had converted but the Shell was still Shell).

This was a Texaco (Alford's Texaco) in the 1980s and from approximate 1989 to 1999, Lube King, a local quick-lube chain. That's not the picture of the Lube King that was there, that's just what Lube Kings looked like in general.

Sunoco / 208 N. Texas Avenue
This Sunoco gas station (Shell prior to spring 2023) features a Zip'N and a taqueria, the latter of which was originally a Krispy Krunchy. Additional photos are at Brazos Buildings & Businesses.

Dairy Queen / 205 N. Texas Avenue

This Dairy Queen has been here since c. 1976 and still branded as a Dairy Queen.

Brazos County Health Department / 201 N. Texas Avenue
This building was built in the mid-1960s as a Safeway (replacing a smaller Safeway at the corner), but it closed in 1986 in favor of a new store at Highway 21. It has been the County Health Department for a number of years now.

Truist / 201 S. Texas Avenue
This was Bogard Motors as of 1968 and from sometime around 1971 to 1989 it was Barnett Motors. By 1992 it was operating as First American Bank, which was acquired by Citibank in 2005, then sold to BB&T in 2014. It was rebranded to Truist in 2022 following BB&T's merger with SunTrust Bank.

Chicken Express / 401 S. Texas Avenue

This used to be the Greyhound bus station, which had a 29th Street address. When it was demolished and replaced with a Burger King, the new restaurant had a Texas Avenue address, but ironically, no access from Texas Avenue. The Burger King only existed for a few years before it closed and Chicken Express opened. See the blog post for more.

Wienerschnitzel / 501 S. Texas Avenue
This Wienerschnitzel restaurant (originally "Der Wienerschnitzel") opened around 1969 and rebuilt in the early 1990s after a fire (though still to the classic A-frame design). It does not have any interior seating. See the blog post.

Caliber Collision / 601 S. Texas Avenue
Caliber Collision opened at this former car dealership in 2011 (and repaved the parking lot). Formerly, it was Palmer Kia (2006-2009), Cooters Cars (2003-2006), Sterling Pontiac Buick GMC (2000-2003), Lawrence Marshall Pontiac Buick GMC (1997-2000), and Quality Pontiac Buick GMC (1975-1997).

McDonald's / 700 S. Texas Avenue
This McDonald's opened in 1996 with a Playplace, and received an exterior renovation in 2011-2012.

Whataburger / 902 South Texas Avenue
Whataburger #43 was not originally here--it was at 1101 S. Texas Avenue until the late 1980s when it built a new building and moved here.

Sonic Drive-In / 914 S. Texas Avenue
The first Sonic restaurant in Bryan opened in 1987, the restaurant was rebuilt in 2006.

Nita's Flowers / 919 S. Texas Avenue
Nita's Flowers has been here since 1982. The building appears to have been converted into commercial use in 1975 but was originally a house.

Taco Bell / 920 S. Texas Ave.
Taco Bell was built in the late 1980s but rebuilt around in the mid-2000s.

Brazos Feed & Supply / 1200 S. Texas Avenue
Located at the "Bend", Brazos Feed & Supply (here since the early 1980s) used to be a "Purina Feed Center" affiliate, and despite some Purina logos still prominent around the building, today BF&S is affiliated with Bluebonnet Feeds. It also mentions (on signage) the Purina "Chow" brand. As I might've mentioned in my other stuff, the Purina brand separated back in the mid-1980s, with BP taking Purina Mills and essentially licensing the name.

These days, Purina Mills is owned by Land O'Lakes and the rest of the Purina company (pet food, including "Chow") is owned by Nestlé. Both of these transactions happened in 2001.

La Michoacana Meat Market / 1322 S. Texas Avenue
This Houston-based specialty store opened around December 2003 according to existing records in a new building.

Kesco Food Service Equipment / 1411 S. Texas Avenue
Also known as Kesco Supply, this relocated here in 2001 from 1418 N. Texas Avenue. Many years ago, it was the home to Halsell Motor Co. Incorporated.

Fargo's Pit BBQ / 1701 S. Texas Avenue
Home to Western Sizzlin' Steak House (from 1976 to 1996), this was later Barnhill's Buffet from 1998 to 2007. Like Western Sizzlin', Barnhill's Buffet was a chain restaurant but the last store closed in 2020. After Barnhill's closed in 2007 (the chain was rapidly shrinking during this time), it reopened as "New Barnhill's Restaurant" by 2010. New Barnhill's didn't last; the restaurant was closed and sold and the building was repainted red and gold, with "Ocean Buffet" operating between 2013 and 2016. Fargo's Pit BBQ moved here (from a location north of downtown Bryan) by 2018.

Dollar General / 1709 S. Texas Avenue
Dollar General opened here around December 2009 as a new-build structure. It connects to O'Reilly's parking lot (see below)

O'Reilly Auto Parts / 1711 S. Texas Ave.
O'Reilly Auto Parts #456 opened here in 2007. The rest of the lot was developed as Dollar General within a year or two (see above).

Holiday Plaza Motel / 1720 South Texas Avenue
Co-existing with the Holiday Inn at one time (see below, under 2300), the Holiday Plaza Motel is another aging motel (built in the mid-1950s) with its best days behind it. Below the sign, it reads "VACANCY", which naturally if you knew anything about motels, given the space before "VACANCY", it probably read "NO VACANCY" at one time (old motels would light up the "NO" if they got filled up). It used to read "COFFEE SHOP" though I don't think the coffee shop had operated for many years by that point. Here's a great picture from Flickr.

Fat Burger / 1801 S. Texas Avenue
Fat Burger has been here since 1988 as a spin-off of the now-defunct Northgate location. Given that both Mi Cocina and Logan's on Campus have gotten in trouble regarding their names, it's only a matter of time if California-based Fatburger (which now has locations in Texas) starts sending in lawyers.

Sometime around 2019 the building's exterior received a minor update (roof painted black from faded green) and more regrettably, replacing the neon Fat Burger signage with a simple backlit sign.

EAST COULTER DRIVE to EAST VILLA MARIA ROAD

1901 S. Texas Avenue
This vacant grocery store anchors Townshire, a 1950s-era shopping center that is discussed at Brazos Buildings & Businesses here. It was an Albertsons (#2796) from 2002 to 2006 and then a Walmart Neighborhood Market from 2013 to January 2016. It has been vacant since.

The Albertsons was part of a major redevelopment of the center where a long-vacant Sears building was demolished, having most recently served as Blinn College's Bryan campus. Additionally, the center has a stoplight into it, doubling as the East Carson Street stoplight.

Casa Loma Motel / 2000 S. Texas Avenue
This motel has been here since 1950. It isn't known if the Casa Loma name is original or not, but the name has been there since the late 1970s.

Harmony Science Academy / 2031 S. Texas Avenue

This opened in fall 2007 in a former H-E-B Pantry store, which operated from 1991 to 2004.

2300 S. Texas Avenue
Bryan's first Holiday Inn was built here in the mid-1960s (one of their classic motel layouts) and became "The Bryan Inn" in the late 1980s. During the 1990s and early 2000s, it became an apartment building known as "The Forum" and in the late 2000s reopened as a hotel again (under the Travelodge name). A few years after that it assumed the University Inn name after it changed hands again. (See the blog post).

In 2022, the motel closed. It appears it will be renovating into apartments again, but the extent of which is unknown.

World Nail Spa / 2500 S. Texas Avenue
This was "Ku-Ku Burger" (aka Ku-Ku Drive-In) as of 1966, an original restaurant that accounts for its strange building shape. Baskin Robbins by late 1960s to sometime in the 1980s. From the late 1980s to 2005 this was Subway and has been World Nail Spa since at least around 2007.

2600 South Texas Avenue
This former Goodwill store closed in 2021 and 2022. The entrance to the store was off of Lawrence Street. I believe it moved here sometime in the very early 1990s (here by 1993), it was The Fuller Corporation Distinctive Print & Design from 1982 to 1991.

Renegade Bakery & Culinary Studio / 2606 S. Texas Avenue
Taylor Made Gluten Free Bakery moved in here in the early 2010s following the closure of the previous tenant, a Salvation Army thrift store, and during the 2010s, TMGF were found in grocery stores in the area. In November 2019, it became Renegade Muffinery (still GF) but not the same line-up it had. This appears to be connected with the fact that the space itself expanded into a full "ghost kitchen" facilty with a number of other tenants.

Treviño-Smith Funeral Home / 2610 S. Texas Avenue
This opened in 1977 as a Pizza Hut and closed sometime around 1998. Later, it was converted into a funeral home, but the building still retains its distinctive Pizza Hut architecture.

2700 South Texas Avenue
This was built in 1969 as an early franchise of Alfie's Fish & Chips out of Texas City but it imploded a few years later with the chain (the Texas City location hung on for years and closed in 2019, but a California franchisee lives on). By the late 1970s it was Farmer's Market Bakery & Delicatessen" featuring an expanded menu of soups, salad bar, sandwiches, spaghetti, lasagna, beer wine, fresh bread, pastries" as opposed to the Farmers Market Sandwich Shop on Northgate. Toward the late 1990s this closed, and Sloppy Joe's opened here c. 1998 to replace a restaurant at 1720 East 29th Street but closed around the mid-2000s. Later on, it reappeared at 3629 Tabor Road but the signage still remained here for several years afterward, finally disappearing around 2021-2022. During this time, Roadrunner Auto Sales operated for most of the 2010s, but by 2021 it was gone as well. It is unknown what the original purpose of the large warehouse-like building behind Alfie's was.

Readfield Meats & Deli / 2701 S. Texas Ave.
A long-time meat market with some uncommon proteins and a few gourmet food items and has been here since 1960 (the building has been here since 1961). The signage with a large cow on it is a classic.

Extraco Bank / 2706 South Texas Avenue
Extraco was built in the late 1990s as what appears to be "Guaranty Bank" but it became Extraco by the early 2010s. This was built and served as Roy Rogers in the 1960s but was a pharmacy later on, being Ellison Health Mart Pharmacy from the mid-1980s to around 1997.

Kettle / 2712 Texas Avenue South
A remnant of what was once a chain of diners, this restaurant is all that remains in Bryan-College Station (at peak, there were five stores in BCS alone). After COVID, they painted over the "Open 24 Hours" on the signage (it closes nightly). This change also came around the time mercury vapor light fixtures were removed from the front of the store. It was a Denny's originally but changed to a Kettle franchise after a brief time as an independent diner ("Carl's", I'm told).

First Financial Bank / 2900 S. Texas Avenue
This has a bank in some form or another since the late 1970s but was built in the late 1950s as Clayton's Restaurant. Another restaurant, Captain's Table, operated from 1973 to 1977 before it closed. In 1979 it became a bank and has been banks since. See the blog page for more information.

Jack in the Box / 2906 S. Texas Avenue
Jack in the Box restaurant (#675) built in 1977 originally but has since had a substantial rebuild.

EAST VILLA MARIA ROAD to NORTH ROSEMARY DRIVE

CVS/pharmacy / 3000 S. Texas Avenue
This CVS was built as an Eckerd in the late 1990s on the site of an Exxon station that dated back to the 1960s (as an Enco).

Drew's Car Wash / 3030 Texas Avenue
This was Allied Rent-All back in the mid-1980s, later known as We Rent It, and eventually WRI Outdoors. It built a new location off at 740 N. Harvey Mitchell before closing this smaller facility in the late 2010s after both had been running for a while. Following the closure, Drew's Car Wash built an entirely new facility here in August 2021, though it recycled the main building structure.

Despite the Texas Avenue address, WRI did not have direct access to Texas Avenue, and neither does Drew's.

Whataburger / 3109 S. Texas Avenue
This stand-alone Whataburger opened in December 2007 in the former Wal-Mart parking lot area of the Tejas Center.

Loanstar Title Loans / 3216 Texas Avenue South
This former Wendy's restaurant closed sometime around 2008 after being open since 1977. Since at least summer 2009, the restaurant has been repainted red, yellow, and white with "CASH LOANS ON CAR TITLES" in the front.

Verizon / 3210 South Texas Avenue
Cellular Sales d/b/a Verizon has been here since 2010. It previously was the home Kirby Sales & Service (2002-2010), which serviced and sold Kirby vacuum cleaners, which was owned by JK and Associates (3212 Texas Avenue South) next door. Before that, it was a Midas muffler shop that was here from the late 1970s to the late 1990s. (The building may be even older, but that's for another update).

Planet K / 3218 Texas Avenue
Austin-based Planet K opened in February 2019 (September 2018 if you count their parking lot-only soft opening) here after a months-long legal battle with it operating in the parking lot with dozens of city permit violations. In the end, the City of Bryan and Planet K came to an agreement, that they'd waive all the violations if they replaced the sign with one with a lower height, and to not sell adult novelty items. This was Wiggles & Wags in the early 2010s and from 2004 to 2008 this was Abigail's Attic, a consignment shop focused on children and babies (clothing, toys, highchairs, strollers, etc.).

Long John Silver's / 3224 S. Texas Avenue
This Long John Silver's restaurant has operated since 1977 and is still open, especially after so many others have closed down. It is the only remaining LJS in the area (but one of two ever opened).

OMG Seafood / 3227 S. Texas Avenue
This was originally Church's Chicken for many years (1971 to spring 2012, originally with the address of 3207 S. Texas Avenue) but it closed in spring 2012. Austin-based El Pollo Rico opened a little less than a year later, swapping out the fried chicken the building once served for charcoal-grilled chicken. It was closed by January 2015 with Pollo Tote opening in June of that year, but by late 2016 it too was closed. OMG Seafood, a Cajun seafood restaurant, opened January 2018.

KFC / 3321 S. Texas Ave.
A Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant has been here since at least 1971, though the current building dates back to around 1994 (with renovations made). I seem to recall that this had a large "bucket" display even into the early 2000s, but it's been gone prior to the first Google Maps Street View image in 2007.

NorthPark Plaza / 3700 S. Texas Avenue
This plaza was built around 2007, and I've attached an out of date PDF (it's what I could find—archived from here. Around spring 2023 it was also repainted to white with the ends black.

From north to south, we have Suite 100. This is Babylon Cafe and has been since 2014 (Mediterranean restuarant). Previous restaurants here include Habanero Mexican Grill & Bar (2010-2011, about six months), and Pyro (2008-2009), a "Mongolian fusion grill" restaurant. It closed not too long after the general manager stole thousands of dollars from the restaurant.

Moving on to suite 300 (no 200), La Riviera Restaurant & Bakery operated here from 2007 to 2017, an upscale New American cuisine restaurant. "Tap That Axe Bar & Grill", an axe-throwing facility/restaurant opened here in early 2020 but closed in 2021. Suite 400 was originally ACE Cash Express and later Vapor Pursuit (as of 2018) but has been vacant for the last few years.

Bryan's Red Wing Shoes has been here since 2007 (relocating from 3810 Texas Avenue) and is located at suite 500. Suite 550, however, has been more complicated. It was a franchise of Lenny's Sub Shop from 2008 to 2012 and closed after several changes of management. Around 2016 (if ther was anything in between, I missed it) it became Time for Thai, a spin-off of a fast food Thai restaurant in Houston, and that closed in 2020. In fall 2021, H&J's Tea House opened, the gimmick that they were the area's first and only cat café. A year in, however, the business was struggling financially and in early 2023 the restaurant closed. The next tenant is scheduled to be "Koala Bakery & Cafe".

Tejas Cuts was at suite 600 but only operated from 2007 to 2016. As of 2022, it still had the sign up, but with the repaint as mentioned above it disappeared. Covington Credit was at 650 as of 2022 (unknown when it opened), Sam Nails at 700 as of 2022 (formerly Creative Nails), a vacancy at 750 (briefly Wild Side Smoke Shop c. 2015), Cindie's at suite 800 (adult entertainment store out of Houston), and at suite 900 Chubby's Public House. This opened in 2022, replacing Master Yakiniku (2016-2021?), Lanna Thai (2012-2015), and Teriyaki Park (2007-2011).

Additionally, there's a smaller building, 3600 Texas Avenue, at Dunn Street, has four smaller tenants. As of August 2022, these include Vape City (suite 100, All Phone Toys from 2006 to sometime in 2021), a vacancy at suite 200 (formerly Fred Loya Insurance, still here in April 2021 despite the reopening of the former RadioShack building at 614 East Villa Maria Road not far away), Easy Phone Repairs at suite 300, this was Jackson Hewitt from before 2007 to around 2015-2016, and Audible Hearing Centers in suite 400, opened in the mid-2010s.

Smoken Joe's / 3701 Texas Avenue South
This building was built in the mid-1980s but has been the home of Smoken Joe's head shop since 1997, at least from what current records indicate...though they might have been in Manor East Mall prior to this or in the late 1990s.

3706 S. Texas Avenue
This long-vacant pad site opened as Bush's Chicken in August 2016 but closed by October 2017. The folow-up operation, Huntsville-based Mr. Hamburger, opened August 2018. Shortly after opening a pizza restaurant-within-a-restaurant ("Doh! Pizza Rolls"), Mr. Hamburger #2 closed on or around December 1, 2022 "temporarily" and was made permanent before the end of the month.

Midtown Center / 3800-3816 S. Texas Avenue
This little shopping center (dates back to 1969) has a name and a lease plan (seen here, archived from here. The stores here currently include Morgan Fitzgerald's (3800), which includes a Merle Norman Cosmetics inside. 3806 was previously Good Life Wellness Center (the nearby "Jacque's" sign uncovered is from the 1990s). 3808 is The Petal Patch (moved here in 2011, from what I can determine, it is the florists' fourth location since the mid-1970s) but the current owner closed the storefront due to family issues in December 2022, and later (per TexAgs) ended up shutting down entirely by the following spring, ending a legacy of over 45 years of business.

3808B is Park Avenue Hair Salon, 3810 and 3812 have been vacant for at least ten years, and Sherwin-Williams Paints (3814) has been here since day one, apparently (definitely since the 1970s).

Jose's / 3824 South Texas Avenue
Previously covered by Brazos Buildings & Businesses, Jose's has been here since 1993 when its old location at 4004 Harvey Road burned down. From 1964 to 1991, Randy Sims Bar-B-Cue was located here, closing in December 1991 when Sims retired.

The Vintage Circle / 3828 South Texas Avenue
This 1939 building was updated in 1981 to allow the move-in of Half Price Books, which it was from 1982 to 2000. A few years later, MacResource Computers & Service, one of the area's authorized Mac repair centers, moved from the southeast corner of Dodge and College Avenue and moved out around 2018-2019 to 501 Graham (now 12th Man Technology). The Vintage Circle, an antiques store, has been here since 2021.

Brazos Valley Dental Arts / 3832 South Texas Avenue
This building was built c. 1961 as the "Oakwood Professional Building" and in the mid-1970s, suite A and B were listed as Calculator Service Systems, which sold and repaired calculators. It appears it was renovated into dental offices in the late 1980s (I believe the BVDA name was adopted later) and the website as of this writing indicates that Dr. Tamie Erratt was one of the original dentists at this practice (working at this facility as of 1998). Dr. Erratt is semi-retired at this point and it would be a fools errand to update this for the various dentists that have come and gone here (in the late 1990s, a dentist by the name of Williams also shared the building, for instance).

Frittella Italian Cafe / 3901 S. Texas Ave.
This was originally a Taco Bell (#1261) from September 1976 to 1996, colloquially known as Archie's Taco Bell. For whatever reason (allegedly due to traffic flow), the drive-through window was on the passenger side. The 1996 closure date lines up with the opening of the Taco Bell at 3501 East 29th Street, so it might have moved at that point. In 2003, the building was expanded and heavily modified to be Frittella Italian Cafe. It closed at the end of March 2022, but reopened in June 2023.

4101 S. Texas Avenue
This office building (two suites), currently hosting temp staffing company Spherion and About Town Realty, has been here since 1975. Suite A formerly held Kling Engineering & Surveying (an associated group still holds control on the building) and suite B (where Spherion is now) used to be a Remax office.

4103 S. Texas Avenue
This building has "Twin City Properties.com" prominently on the outside of the building and on the signage. Twin City Properties Management takes up suite 1000 of the 1975 office building, but there are over a dozen smaller offices that occupy the plaza.

4301 S. Texas Avenue
Piggly Wiggly built here in 1963 (originally addressed as 4300 Texas Avenue for some reason, which the shopping center would keep for many years). The current tenants as of this writing includes Aggieland Preschool Academy and BCS Fitness on the left. Notable former tenants include Lone Star Quiltworks (closed Feb. 2023), Jacque's Toys & Books (closed 2016), and Jewel T (in the early 1980s).

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