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FOOD | ARTS | COMMUNITY | STYLE+LEISURE
CLUB
HOUSE PARTY
| BAR | LOUNGE
YOU’RE INVITED TO WICKLOW HEIGHTS
How come no one told us there was a new house party in town? Come on,
you guys. We tell you just about every secret we know. Yet no one told us
about that bungalow on 19th Street, sitting right there next to Cedar Creek,
ready for a good old circa senior college year “under the sea"-themed house
party complete with SRO beautiful people, shower curtain for picture back-
ground (how’d you like this prop, Broadacres?), mp3 playlist rolling all night,
shot block, cheap decor and endless drinks. Hello? Well, New Year, new
scene, we found it out ourselves ... Wicklow Heights is open for business.
Maybe it’s our fault. Our specifications for a killer house party have changed
over the years and surely you wouldn’t know that. We’re not living in College
Station anymore either; it’s Heights life now. Meaning, any old run-down
house in a pasture (joking) just won't do these days. We need a crisp white
bungalow with an HGTV-worthy reno including such highlights as a bright
colored front door (blue at Wicklow), pristine hardwoods, fancy lighting,
designer looking wallpaper, proper seating areas, full bar with service inside
and out, killer wrap-around porch joining up with a backyard strewn with
cafe lights PRIME for partying and making the neighborhood jealous as heck,
cabana styled and picnic table seating, artificial turf mixed with planters
donning the finest in real plants, mounted speakers blasting hot beats, a
huge outdoor TV for the big games, service with a smile and good-looking
people of all ages, endlessly streaming in and out. Basically, we just run-on-
sentenced a Wicklow Heights rundown and we liked it. And, we (and you)
need some Wicklow Heights. We’ll also need a babysitter if you have any
good candidates, you know, since Wicklow Heights isn’t exactly our house.
Ok, so these drinks you’ll have to buy, but since they’re good, you’ll be
happy to pass on the old house party Natty Light keg, jungle juice five-gallon
Gatorade jug and the Cook’s sparkling for some JuiceLand-teamed cocktails,
along with cocktails for each month and day of the week (and of course the
classics, too), 24 draft beers with rotating Houston brewery specialty beers,
plenty of bottles and cans, wine and some freaking stellar spirits including
Pappy 10 and 12 (at least at press time, only Old Rip knows if they’re still
around). We’re especially prone to this bourbon, so while we can’t say we
tried much else, everyone else at Wicklow was happily drinking at least
one of the many other options, though no shot block, but those were bad for
business anyway. And while there is no kitchen, keep an eye on the Insta for
weekly food trucks, and for weekly events. Wicklow always seems to have
something going on, often partying well into the night. Like any good house
party would.
WICKLOW HEIGHTS
1027 W 19th St.| Houston, TX 77008 | 713.239.0149
[email protected] | www.wicklowheights.com
Monday-Friday 4pm-12am | Saturday 2pm-2am | Sunday 2-11pm
By Mike Cook | Photography by Emily Jaschke
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