How a youth orchestra flowered in Gulfton
Ten years ago, Theodora Prunoske was looking for a change in her life. So, at 25, armed with a master’s degree in music, she left her job at a charter school in the South Bronx, [...]
Ethiopian ‘deli’ loved for its classic injera flatbread
Shy cooks Tumti Aleme & Yesui Asnakau; owner Suzani Grant, right No one comes to Horn Of Africa Deli for the ambience. There’s hardly any -- in contrast to its sister restaurant, the [...]
Al-Noor mosque aids the Gulfton community
Whether providing children a safe place to play basketball or directing residents to resources to help pay household bills, Al-Noor mosque has been a mainstay of service to the Gulfton community since 1987. Located at [...]
Momo House serves hearty food from exotic Nepal
Water buffalo jerky Drawn to Houston by its broad educational and entrepreneurial opportunities, three ambitious young people from Nepal encountered a dilemma shortly after they met here a few years ago. In a city [...]
Go for a car wash. Stay for prayer, tacos, hair styling.
Owner Kevin Jenkins at prayer wall For 44 years, Gulfton’s Dr Gleem Car Wash and Lube Center, 5803 Bellaire Blvd., has delivered cleansing waters, tropical waxes and high-tech coatings to a multitude of [...]
Muralist from Haiti brightens Gulfton and spaces afar
The works of internationally acclaimed artist Mathieu JN Baptiste have delivered messages of hope and inspiration to Gulfton residents — and also to a Boston University president and visitors to the Haitian presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, near [...]
Phone app pleases hungry customers, food sellers & society
Many Houston-area food businesses have started using a mobile device app that has won honors for making a “cultural impact” on society by enabling customers to buy food — at a discount — that otherwise [...]
Gulfton piñata enterprise swings with the trends
Crissia Tellez with daughters Angie, left, & Brianna They are wildly colorful, inherently destructible and ultimately rewarding. Piñatas have enlivened festive occasions throughout their history, which goes back to Spain’s arrival in Mexico [...]
Gulfton: The world’s best place to buy left-handed guitars
Jim Duncan Tucked away in a Gulton strip center, between Dr. Gleem Car Wash and La Concha Grocery, is Southpaw Guitars. It is said to be the largest and oldest left-handed guitar store in [...]
‘Little Amal’ is coming to Gulfton with a message about refugees
Her name is Little Amal. But she’s 12 feet high, standing tall as a symbol of the courage and hope of refugees and other migrants around the world. Amal is a puppet designed to look [...]
