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Mongoose versus Cobra Celebrates Past and Present

by Jacquari Harris
| September 8, 2016 2:08 pm CDT

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Andy Making the Brand New Daiquiri

When stepping into a venue where the art of invention and handcrafted experiences are the cornerstone to everything that’s served, you’ll appreciate the detail, technique and quality that’s maintained with every item on the menu.

For the past four years, Mongoose versus Cobra has been a Midtown bar that’s positioned itself as a go-to destination for city revelers on a mission for specialty draught beers, high-end distilled spirits and an ambiance that says modern, but not too frou frou. The airy environment that Mongoose versus Cobra boasts was designed with the modern customer’s experience in mind, yet with an abiding appreciation of its past. It carries a past rich with history, and one that reached a pinnacle in 2016.

The Auditorium Grocery Company was the original occupant at 1011 McGowen, where Mongoose versus Cobra currently resides. The building was constructed between 1915 and 1917, marking 2016 as the 100-year anniversary for this historic superstructure. As a grocery store that was off the Houston Electric Company’s streetcar line, The Auditorium Grocery Company provided goods for Houston’s South End neighborhood until the early 1940s.

 

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At Left: Gin & Tonic

Mongoose versus Cobra is a living journey of what The Auditorium Grocery Company once started, by providing inventive essentials to the neighborhood. Today, those essentials include a hand-built draught system and a specialized menu that local brew connoisseurs, after-fivers and regulars have come to respect.

Mongoose versus Cobra is celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the building all year long. So stop by and see for yourself why age is just a number.

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Mongoose versus Cobra | 1011 McGowen St, Houston, TX 77002 | 713.650.6872 | Mongooseversuscobra.com

 

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