In approximately one month, the patio will open, breakfast service will begin and the grill will be open 7 days weekly. Sara and Rob want the grill to be a neighborhood place where you can come in casual, with the kids or for a romantic impromptu dinner-therefore they do not make reservations. Chef Rick Polendo and Pastry Chef Corey Lenon team up to offer an exciting menu formulated by Rob Cromie. A Children's menu is also offered. The most exciting news is that the Cromie's have plans to lease the remainder of the center.
Current plans are for a pastry and coffee shop.
Similar to last year, HPD officers will facilitate the arrival of concert-goers and the enforcement of parking and traffic regulations on streets surrounding the campus. University clean-up crews will be sent into the neighborhoods on Sunday morning to clean up any litter left by concert goers who may legally park on the public streets surrounding the campus. Through the efforts of Rice University Police, the FAA has agreed to declare the air space over Rice stadium as a restricted zone on the day of the concert. While there are no guarantees, we hope this will discourage the nuisance of aircraft advertising over the neighborhood. Otherwise, we will have no other recourse than to register our complaints as we did last year through the FAA and individual advertisers.