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Safety and Community Engagement Remain Among our Top Priorities
By Christina Autry Safety and community engagement remain among our top priorities in the East Aldine District as we navigate the COVID-19 crisis. We have seen the community rally together in a big way, from [...]
El Trompo Loco: A Hybrid Taco Truck / Taqueria Mix
A hybrid taco truck / taqueria mix, and the original of three in the Greater Houston area, El Trompo Loco #1 offers spit-roasted / grilled tacos of a type brought to Mexico by Middle Eastern [...]
Aldine History: Swedish Roots
Looking today at the bustling economies, robust social safety nets, stable governments, and overall quality of life of the Scandinavian countries, it’s hard to believe that only a little more than a century ago, northern [...]
A Rockin’ Daddy-O Buried in Aldine
As with so many fast-growing cities in the 1950s south, Greater Houston and especially Aldine saw much of its population growth coming from country folk moving in from the backwoods, seeking better job and educational [...]
El Gavilan There to Satisfy Park-Goers and More
Watching the slow expansion of a Houston-area Mexican dining establishment is one of the joys of long-term life in the metropolis. Today, La Mexicana is an institution in the Montrose area, complete with three indoor [...]
Latin Roots Food Truck
By Christina Autry Diego and his wife Clarissa Rodriguez are the friendly faces behind East Aldine’s yellow Latin Roots food truck. “Latin Roots isn’t trying to be the next super trendy truck in the city. [...]
WW Thorne / Great Aldine School Board War of ’59
Participatory democracy can be an emotional affair, and few aspects of it elicit quite as much primal passion as the education of our children. Aldine is no exception, and about 60 years ago, its tempestuous [...]
James Driver Park
Already home to two community centers, ballfields, covered and lit basketball courts, and a supercool modern playground, shaded by grape-purple and lime-green sunsails and complete with slides kids actually have fun on, James Driver [...]
Acai Brasil
If you’ve ever lived or traveled abroad for an extended period of time, one of the things you miss most keenly from back home is your comfort foods. While those items might be available in [...]
Meet Gilbert Hoffman of the East Aldine District Board
By Christina Autry Gilbert Hoffman has served on the East Aldine District Board for the past 15 years. Aldine residents may recognize him as the man behind the Northeast News, the local paper delivered to [...]
Keeping Aldine Beautiful One Paver at a Time
By Christina Autry After 19 years, the goal of the East Aldine District remains “to keep the area clean, safe, attractive, and to promote a thriving business environment, and an economically vibrant community,” says Richard [...]
Wiley Leads Economic Development Committee into 2020
Well it’s the first year of a new decade, so it’s a good time to check in on some of East Aldine’s big picture trends and the economic development of the business community. Who better [...]
S&S Exotic Animals – Where Pets Come In All Shapes and Sizes
By EAD Staff Whether you are pining for a parrot, hankering for a hedgehog, or craving a coppery-colored corn snake to call your own, East Aldine’s S&S Exotic Animals has the critter you seek, and [...]
Pan Riko: Aldine’s Sweet Bread Destination
By Christina Autry Looking at the online reviews of Pan Riko in the East Aldine District, I quickly got the message that this Mexican bakery is well-loved not only by people in the surrounding community, [...]
Hairstyles From Your Dreams
By Christina Autry Meet Sandra Moreno, entrepreneur and owner of Dreams Beauty Salon, who has been keeping East Aldine’s hair under control for almost 30 years. First motivated by her desire to break her family’s [...]
