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Leon's Lounge

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Leon's Lounge

1006 McGowen

(Metro McGowen Station)
Houston, TX

713-659-3052

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Whether you're looking to make eyes with a cutie at the end of the bar, shoot pool with friends in a hunter's lodge or listen to a piano man in a room of gorgeous wood paneling and fancy mirrors, Leon's Lounge is your place. Just off the McGowen stop on the METRORail, it's the bar you've always wondered about, thanks to the red London-style phone booth just outside the door. Once inside, you'll be greeted by bartenders as happy as they are honest. (One friend was told he didn't want a whiskey sour and that they don't take Sacagaweas.) The details give Leon's the character and charm that keep customers coming back to sit at the long wooden bar that stretches across the first room. A second bar is surrounded by comfy leather seating, and the pool room is complete with dead heads — no, not Jerry's — we're talking deer and goats, people. Completing the appeal is a well-stocked jukebox of new and old hipster favorites. Oh, and they have a shuffleboard table, too.

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  • Best Fried Chicken (1)
    2009-01-03 19:46:24
    can't get enough of that place. good thing it's just 3 minutes from my house.
  • Best Blues Club (2)
    2008-12-25 05:55:54
    I went to Mr Gino's with my friend Howard and had a wonderful time jamming with the house band...
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    2008-12-15 19:55:55
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  • Best Hip, Fun or Nostalgic Gifts (1)
    2008-11-29 15:13:05
    We'll be back.
  • Best Tattoo Artist (3)
    2008-11-29 00:28:33
    Thanks for the tat Antone, my fellow Libra! kick ass work

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