Sylvia's Enchilada Kitchen new restaurant location on Eldridge Parkway

Sylvia's Energy Corridor Location: View of Entrance with Folk Art

Margarita with Sylvia's Menu 

1140 Eldridge Pkwy Ste 100 Houston, TX 77077 

This restaurant space near the Holiday Inn
was previously occupied by Sharky's Amercian Grill
and Enclave Grill before then

Sylvia's billboard on Highway 6 near Memorial Dr. 

Development and Construction on Eldridge Parkway - Spring 2014

Construction at I-10

Emergency Room being built at Crescent Circle across from Ray Miller Park

Self-Storage Facility being erected near Eclipse & Domain apartments

Undeveloped land just North of corner of Eldridge and Westheimer

1717 Eldridge Emergency Room coming

First Choice Emergency Room

New construction on Eldridge Parkway (March 2014)

Self-Storage Facility coming at Crescent Circle across from
Ray Miller Park

1775 S Eldridge Parkway Construction Site (March 2014 pic)

Construction site between Memorial and Katy Freeway (3/22/2014)

Almost completed new office building at corner of Eldridge and I-10
seen from Memorial Drive at Langham Creek Bridge

Enclave Place - New Office Development coming to Enclave Parkway in prime Energy Corridor location

A newly planted project sign by Colvill Office Properties (which will lease the space) announces the forthcoming start of construction of a 300,000 SF Office Building on Enclave Parkway on open land just North of 1430 Enclave Pkwy Building currently occupied by Technip and Nationstar Mortgage.

The land is located to the West of Enclave Parkway South of Olive Hill Drive. Rusty farming equipment sitting on the corner of the field provides an apt reminder of the area's not so distant agricultural past.

THE PAST AND THE PRESENT

Enclave Emblem

From Sharky's American Grill to Silvia's Third - New Tex-Mex Restaurant to open in Energy Corridor location on Eldridge near Enclave Parkway

According to a Houston Chronicle news item last week, Silvia' Casares of Silvia's Enchilada Kitchen fame, will open a new restaurant in the corner space with patio that was previously Sharky's American Grill (and something else not too long before that) on Eldridge Parkway near Enclave. A Merriott, a Staybridge, and a Holiday Inn are nearby. Since Silvia already has brand recognition in the greater Houston area, she should have a much better chance to succeed in a location where others have failed, in part perhaps because there are several other dining options nearby. The new restaurant will bring her total to three. Silvia opened her original enchilada kitchen only a few miles away on Westheimer near Dairy Ashford. Her first expansion, a few years back, took her to Woodway near Voss. Silvia's forthcoming Energy Corridor location will carry her name and will feature enchiladas on the menu, but not in the name.

Sharky's was short-lived - Grand Opening in 2011;
locked out by landlord early in 2014

Silvia's to open in Energy Corridor on Eldridge Parkway near Buffalo Bayou
(click on map to enlarge)

There are quire a few lunch and dining options in the immediate neighborhood, the last arrivals being a Chipotle and a Cafe Express on opposite sides of Eldridge Parkway. In addition to serving those working the in the nearby office buildings, these restaurants cater to the culinary needs of visitors staying at Holiday Inn, Staybridge Suites, and Residence Inn-Merriott, all of which are located within walking distance.

Cafe Express at Enclave and Eldridge Parkway

Jimmy John's next door to Chipotle's Burrito Shop

Petit Cafe Mediterranean /Middle Eastern Grill in same retail center
as Poblanos (below), which offers Mexican fare

Poblanos, another Mexican eatery down the street

Residence Inn -Marriott on Eldridge

Staybridge Suites on Eldridge

Eldridge Parkway signage at Katy Freeway feeder intersection

New and recently opened retail shops and restaurants in the Energy Corridor - Jan-March 2014

Floba Home Goods

European Wax Center

New Chick-fil-A location on Briar Forest at Eldridge Parkway

Droubi's Mediterranean Grill 

1635 Eldridge Parkway Ste 200. Houston, Texas 77077

New Apartments at 1715 Enclave have helpful name: "SEVENTEEN15 ENCLAVE"

SEVENTEEN15 ENCLAVE 

New Energy Corridor Apartments on Enclave Parkway

South of Briar Forest

Like elsewhere in Houston, this new residential development 

is branding itself by its street address

New Apartments Now Leasing Sign - Meeks Partners banner also up

It did not take long: 1715 Enclave Construction site in June 2013 

New Chick-Fil-A on Briar Forest at Eldridge

In anticipation of hundreds of new residents moving into the luxury apartment complexes nearing completion on Briar Forest between Eldridge Parkway and Highway 6 (Alexan and Elan), a newly constructed Chick-Fil-A restaurant opened its doors February 20 on the South side of the Kroger parking lot. It has two drive-through lanes. The new fast food restaurant joins La Madeleine just a bit farther West on Briar Forest; Tossed right on the corner, and three other restaurants on the Eldridge Parkway side that have in business at the Briar Forest/Eldridge location quite a bit longer: The Pecan Grill, the Bamboo Garden Chinese Restaurant, and a McDonald's.  

New Chick-Fil-A Restaurant on Briar Forest across new luxury apartment development
West of intersection with Eldridge Parkway

chick-fil-A's wagon at the 2014 Rodeo Parade in Downtown Houston

Alexan Enclave Apartment Development (status of construction mid-Feb 2014)

Bamboo Garden Chinese Restaurant