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GAME ON!
Ubering just a few miles further than the norm for this month's bar review
- we’re dropped on Telephone Road south east of the city in front of a
low profile brick building mostly covered in brightly colored, quite eccentric,
murals. On one end of the building, a bit of a pioneer to the area, the East
End Barber has been doling out classic and stylish cuts since 2015. The
other half of the building is something totally new, and totally applicable for
the family issue.
It’s Houston’s newest craft coffee, gamer of all types hangout located at 1318
Telephone Road. Coral Sword (of Final Fantasy fame) is a collaboration of
friends including former Astro Hunter Pence and his wife Alexis, Ming Chen
of Comic Book Men and the duo behind local favorites Greenway Coffee.
Kudos to these guys for branching out (location and concept wise).
Donned in 8-bit font all over its front door, and more murals and graffiti inside,
the low profile building was remodeled resulting in low ceilings, and a serv-
ing bar right (the tavern) in the center of the layout. Tables made for gaming
are scattered throughout combining with raw brick walls and exposed HVAC.
Full disclosure, we don’t know a lot about gaming these days (ok, in middle
school we did play and still have quite the collection of Magic: The Gather-
ing) but we do know Coral Sword has walls and walls of games and comic
books ready to be enjoyed. Just be sure to spend a few Rupees on a drink
at the tavern we mentioned because you know all these games are not free!!
Jenga, Candy Land, Scrabble, Rhino Hero, games for families, games for
parties, games for co-op-ing, and even a killer section of t-shirt (worth the trip
alone honestly), Coral Sword has some game for everyone. And we also
don't exactly know what Twitch TV is, they’re on it (from that podcast booth).
Check the schedule online.
Or, they have good coffee drinks and food. For now Coral Sword is serving
up a solid variety of coffee options and teas, including Matcha Lattes, Tur-
meric Chai, and Nitro Thai (from Rice Box) and very soon they’ll have beer
(8 on tap, expect quality craft options) and wine too. Because gaming, both
electronic and board, give you the munchies, Morningstar donuts, breakfast
tacos, pizza, chicken strips and cheese sticks are on the menu. Our recent
saturday night trip was empty in the podcast booth, but just about every table
was full, and the groups, ranging in size and demographics seemed like a
bunch of people us non gamer types would like.
CORAL SWORD
03.22.2018
2:05pm
1318 Telephone Rd. | Houston, TX 77023 | 832.303.9891info@cor-
[email protected] | www.twitch.tv/coralsword
www.facebook.com/coralsword | www.instagram.com/coralsword
M-Sa: 7am-12am | Sun: 10am-10Pm
By Mike Cook | Photography by James Medford
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