The Alcove Lounge is a lounge and bar that highly remembered by many longtime Corpus Christi residents. This news article will explain what happened to the Alcove Lounge.
The Alcove Lounge aka Alcove Bar first opened at 4213 Timon Boulevard around 1947 during the 1947-1948 fiscal year. Alcove Lounge was actually a lounge before becoming a bar. The lounge was still in operation during the 1960s. (Ref: https://newspaperarchive.com/corpus-christi-times-jul-21-1969-p-27/)
According to Corpus Christi Caller Times, the Alcove Lounge had reopened under same management of Curtis "Red" McGee aka Red McRae as before. Donald Sablatura had been leasing the business. Alcove Lounge had been through several ownerships by different people over the years. (Ref: https://newspaperarchive.com/corpus-christi-caller-times-may-04-1969-p-29/)
Alcove Lounge still existed during the 1990's. By that point Alcove Lounge was a pool hall and beer joint. So Alcove Lounge was actually a bar at that point. The building had been painted red. Alcove Lounge closed sometime around 1999. The exact date as to exactly when Alcove Lounge had closed down and dissolved is unknown.
The property was put for sale at a price of $25,000 dollars in the Corpus Christi Times Caller back in the year 2000. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/760038341/)
The Alcove Lounge was home to Birds Nest Ice Cream & Parlor which operated at this location from 2000 to 2002. Their phone number was 361-883-5559. (Ref: https://www.directionus.com/tx/corpus-christi/birds-nest-ice-cream-parlor-shop.html)
The Alcove Lounge building had been abandoned around 2003. Alcove Lounge has been sitting vacant for several years now since then. The Alcove Lounge property had been sold several times during the mid-2000s to several owners.
The Alcove Lounge property was sold to Andres Bribiesca on a general warranty deed for a price of $58,500 by AGB TIMON LLC on the date April 27, 2015. Andres Bribiesca is the current owner of the Alcove Lounge property. (Nueces County Public Records, Document Number #2015016639)
Andres Bribiesca is the current owner of the Alcove Lounge property. He has renovated the property several times. (Ref: https://propaccess.trueautomation.com/clientdb/Property.aspx?cid=75&prop_id=202123)
The owners that have bought and sold the property several times over the years. Alcove Lounge is now a blighted eyesore and a shell of its former self. The building has major issues with plumbing and the owners have not been able to repair the plumbing to be up to current code standards. The building is home to transients.
Alcove Lounge was located at 4213 Timon Boulevard, Corpus Christi, Texas, US 78402.
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