Night out on the boat, minus the water, but not dry either

Paul's Seafood Restaurant and Bar 

You can save yourself the trip down Highway 6 to Galveston. The boat is near you with seafood, margaritas, and then some. Paul's - Safely stranded outside the dam at Barker Reservoir. You can party on deck, or inside the air-conditioned passenger cabin with bar. 

Paul's Grounded Boat Restaurant seen from top of Barker Dam looking East 

 1704 S Texas 6, Houston, TX 77077

Paul's Seafood Restaurant and Bar - Night-time view with neon signage
1704 SH-6 (State Highway 6), Houston, TX 77077 

Bourbon Street Daiquiris 12970 Westheimer Rd Houston, TX 77077

Bourbon Street Daiquiris 12970 Westheimer Rd Houston, TX 77077

Toby Keith Texas bar with dance floor and grill

Dance floor at Toby Keith I love this Bar and Grill - also concert venue

Shiner Brewery appreciation at West Oak bar

1000 W Oaks Mall #429, Houston, TX 77082 

Corner of Westheimer and Highway 6 - West Oak mall Tenants (sign)
Edwards Theater -Toby Keith's - macy's - Dillard's - SEARS - PALAIS ROYAL - FORTIS College

Sports Bar and Seafood on SH-6 - LAGNIAPPE

Big John's Ice House (Energy Corridor)

West-bound on Briar Forest Drive - Big John's Sign

12640 Briar Forest Dr, Houston, Texas 7077

Big John's West Houston Icehouse
on Briar Forest past Dairy Ashford intersection

Harvey's Icehouse on Highway 6: "The Dam Ice House"

The Dam Icehouse ... as in Icehouse on the Dam (Barker Dam) 

State Highway 6

Harvey's The Dam Icehouse seen across SH-6

View of the Icehouse from top of the gravel trail on Barker Dam looking East in the direction of the City

Pubs, Bars, Lounges, Drinkeries and Waterholes

Paul's Boar on Highway 6

Coach's Sports Bar on Katy Freeway

Watson's Ale House - Pub signage on roof
located in Grisby Restaurant Square - Highway 6 South of Katy Freeway

Watson's Pub at Highway 6 just South of Katy Freeway
14656 Grisby Road Houston, TX 77079

The Dam Ice House on Highway 6

G Bar on Memorial Drive near BP Westlake Campus

Major League Sports Bar on SH-6 a bit North of Westheimer

and now a real area waterhole, for good measure .... at sunset.

or should I have said watering hole? 

Houston-area Ice Houses [updated]

The ice house is a venerable Texas institution, although one that has been re-purposed, since folks these days make their own ice at home, and refrigerators have taken the place of ice boxes that needed to be restocked with blocks of ice on a regular delivery schedule. 

Icehouse at Barker Dam (Highway 6)
appropriately named The Dam Ice House

ENERGY CORRIDOR ICEHOUSES 

There are two  drink-serving establishments in the Energy Corridor area that call themselves ice house: One on Highway 6 South of Memorial Drive facing Barker Dam, amusingly but appropriately dubbing itself The Dam Icehouse, and another one on Briar Forest Drive just a bit West of the intersection with Dairy Ashford: Big John’s. Both of these watering holes have outdoor seating. 

Big John's Ice House (sign) on Briar Forest near Dairy Ashford

An innerloop icehouse that merits the label historic, perhaps even iconic,

 is located on West Alabama between Montrose and Shepherd

Sign at West Alabama Icehouse (est. 1928) inside the Loop
near South Shepherd Drive

Watson's House of Ales

Watson's House of Ales (signage on building)
Watson’s House of Ales 14656 Grisby Road Houston, TX 77079