The latest ad for the in-the-works Houston franchise of restaurant and periodic drag venue Hamburger Mary’s includes a collection of cartoonified downtown landmarks (among them Pennzoil Place and Bank of America Center), with an Astrodome tacked onto one side of the abbreviated skyline for good measure. As to where exactly the restaurant and bar is settling in — what with the old Mary’s spot already taken, and all — permits have been issued for the Converse St. end of the strip center at 2409 Grant St., a block east of Montrose Blvd. That’s where not-safe-for-work clothing and accessories shop Hollywood Super Center previously operated, before moving next door into the former Hollywood Investments & Realty space):

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The same end suite was previously slated for remodeling to take in Hollywood Vietnamese & Chinese after the restaurant’s apartment ouster.

Job applications for Hamburger Mary’s can be filled out and brought to nearby Eagle Houston, which has been back in its Hyde St. haunt since the fire repairs wrapped up last year.

Images: Hamburger Mary’s (ad); Chad N. (former Hollywood Super Center)

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