Here we have the exchange with Harvey Mitchell Parkway via frontage roads. The restaurant is made out of a converted house. It still has cachet, but from a time when the city could only support ONE nice restaurant (previously this was held by the Texan, with the Texan closing within a year of Christopher's opening). This high-end restaurant opened in 1999 as one of the fanciest restaurants in town. It features a Laredo Taco Company inside.īy spring 2021 the convenience store had been rebranded as 7-Eleven.Ĭhristopher's World Grille / 5001 Boonville Road This gas station was the area's third Stripes store, but the first Stripes in town to actually be built as a Stripes, and the first to use the Sunoco branding. In January 2021 it was sold to Mobil and after a brief period of being a generic food mart (during this time, the taqueria RaceWay operated was ripped out and not replaced) and was later officially converted to a full 7-Eleven. This was opened as a RaceWay gas station and convenience store in 2014.

This road is known as Boonville Road east of Earl Rudder Freeway, and East William Joel Bryan Parkway west of it. (This faces Kent Street, but is part of the Villa Maria Road corridor).ĮAST WILLIAM JOEL BRYAN PARKWAY / BOONVILLE ROAD This covers the section after the 'split' at Briarcrest that heads north.Īlso known as 'Reconnaissance Market Research', this call center (market research/surveys) started out as Lester's, a smal locally-based junior department store. This Valero/Circle K gas station and convenience store started out as 'Ol' J.W.'s Country Store' with a Philips 66. Today this holds two suites, one being Brazos Valley Council of Governments and one being Workforce Solutions (also having other government assistance offices like WIC or Child Care Management Services). 29th Streetįrom 1985 to 2002, this building (addressed as 4001 E. It was opened in 1983 as an Arby's, then became 'D'Lite Bites' around 1989, then became an Arby's for a few years again (1993-1996) before becoming a Taco Bell.Ĭenter for Regional Services / 3991 E. This has been vacant since December 2011 since Ken Martin's Safari Grille (formerly Ken Martin's Steakhouse) closed after about 25 years at this location. It has a different logo but kept the pharmacy (instead of selling off the records) and sells natural foods in lieu of the more typical drug store mix. 29th StreetĪnchoring 29th Street Medical Plaza as suite 100, this drug store opened in February 2016, a week before the original Village Foods closed.

29th) and a complete story can be seen here. The Burger King, despite being attached to the station, has a different address (2401 E. The convenience store here used to be a Rattlers', but the sale of the stores to 7-Eleven meant that the Rattlers' stores eventually disappeared (the convenience store is now 'Rustlers' Den'). Currently it is not integrated with that page.Įxxon/Burger King / 2411 East 29th Street The addresses here run east from Texas Avenue. There's also a minor update to Don Chente Mexican & Seafood Restaurant and Motel 6 (formerly titled as 'Brazos Inn'). College Avenue (former The Texan/Tobacco & More), and Chicken Oil Company. It trades out Citgo (Smetana Grocery) and El Dorado Chemical to the Caldwell page for a total of 14 new entries: Exxon/Burger King, Village Foods & Pharmacy, 3231 East 29th Street (former Ken Martin's), Taco Bell, Center for Regional Services (former Winn-Dixie), Valero (near Carter Creek), ReconMR, Mobil, Sunoco (Boonville and Copperfield), Christopher's World Grille, Sodolak's, Zip'N, 3204 S.

Originally focusing just on Highway 21 in Brazos County (and only until Highway 6), this page covers other spots in Bryan that is not otherwise covered in these pages (FM 2818, Texas Avenue, FM 1179, Highway 6).

Stripes store on fm 2818