Lucille's, MytiBurger and More:
Houston Press critic Katharine Shilcutt visits MytiBurger this week; Shawn Salyers stepped in to save the Heights institution just as former owner Kathy Reynolds-Smith had decided to close the restaurant. Salyers has added some additional toppings like fried eggs and refried beans, along with wifi, to attract new customers, but Mytiburger's formula remains intact. "[It] represent the ideal of a...
MytiBurger Only Mostly Dead, Reopening Soon:
Just when it seemed Oak Forest institution MytiBurger was gone for good, Shawn Salyers, who owns a Baskin Robbins in Oak Forest, has purchased the business from former owner Kathy Reynolds-Green and plans to reopen it tomorrow. Salyers tells Heights-area newspaper The Leader that he has several changes planned for the restaurant including adding free WiFi and a shaded, outdoor seating area....
Local Institution MytiBurger Has Closed:
After trying and failing to find a buyer for her restaurant, MytiBurger owner Kathy Reynolds-Green closed the restaurant after service last Saturday July 28. The restaurant opened in 1967, and Reynolds-Green purchased it in 1988. MytiBurger's personal service had made it a neighborhood institution, but no one who wanted to preserve the restaurant could source financing. With her husband having...
So You Think You Want to Own a Burger Joint...You've Got Until February to Come up With $950K:
Mytiburger in Oak Forest is for sale and it's going to cost you $950,000 (but hey, that price includes a giant plot of land, the building and the business).
Current owner, Kathy Green, put the old fashioned hamburger/shakes/onion rings restaurant on the market after years of working 7 days a week and dealing with her husband's health problems. However, after all the sweat equity Green's...