Houston 420 (formerly Talk of the Town) @ Richmond

1201 Richmond Ave

713-528-1363

Is This Your Business?

This is the oldest, continuously operated gay adult bookstore/video/arcade in Houston (first visited it in 1975, although was in a different building; had 8mm movies in the booths then). No s, but no place else in town has them either. Fairly clean, but with hideous yellow paint on walls and very lit up. 11/19/04 A cruiser reports: The original gay bookstore. Alas, no more s. Hit & Miss. Go to the back, leave doors open so monitor camera cant see traffic in/out. Had a hot session with a TV cross dresser here. Racially diverse, young crowd in late afternoon.
Crowd: Lots of blacks, few Hispanic, Asian and white.

Who's Coming

Lots of blacks, few Hispanic, Asian and white.

Deep in the heart of Montrose, a few blocks west of Montrose Blvd, near the phone company building.
Cross street: Mandell (or close to it)

Crowd:Lots of blacks, few Hispanic, Asian and white.
Directions:Deep in the heart of Montrose, a few blocks west of Montrose Blvd, near the phone company building.
Cross street: Mandell (or close to it)
Hours:24 hrs.
Best times: Evenings
Dates open: 24 hrs.
Wheelchair Accessible:No
Warnings:Entire place, inside and out, covered by video cameras, which staff monitors. Staff (what you can see of them) is rude.