Rise and Shine, Park Cities (1-27-11)
1. Remember Legacy Hillcrest’s withdrawn motion to rezone? University Park spokesman Robbie Corder tells me the company is back in the picture, and slated for a public hearing Feb. 8 with the city’s planning and zoning commission.
2. Prescriptions have left the building, but Highland Park Pharmacy remains Highland Park Pharmacy, at least in name. When I dropped by yesterday for a pimento cheese sandwich, Palm Beach style (pickle-laden/toasted to a crisp), manager Mary Duncan told me remodeling and renaming plans are still gelling for the business, which now just sells over-the-counter goods, toiletries, and the like alongside its (addictive, addictive) diner fare. Pharmacist Leroy Treadway moved last month to Preston Road Pharmacy — as did the whole client list.
Reworking a neighborhood fixture can’t be easy, of course. Next year marks Highland Park Pharmacy’s hundredth anniversary.
So what would you call the place, were it yours to brand?
3. Nine Highland Park Village merchants will host wine-‘n’-food-heavy shopping parties Tuesday to celebrate the Super Bowl and raise cash for Genesis Women’s Shelter. At the helm are Pilar Sanders (wife of Deion), Angie Barrett, and a handful of other women with ties to football and philanthropy. Visit Chanel, Diane Von Furstenberg, Scoop, Harry Winston, Tory Burch, Ralph Lauren, Vince, Ann Fontaine, and Patrizio with your designated “player’s card,” and you’ll be entered to win a swanky little something from Chanel.
Click here for tickets.
Want to keep things simple? Bring gently used shoes, accessories, and handbags to Highland Park Village’s main valet station on Tuesday. All donations will go straight to Genesis Benefit Thrift Store.
Why can’t they continue to call it HP Pharmacy? Is there some rule against calling a business a “pharmacy” if they don’t actually dispense medication? If not, I say just stick with the name.
Highland Park Soda Fountain & Sundries.
Everyone should take their gently used furniture, clothing & accessories to the Genesis Thrift Store on a regular basis. It should be a habit after each closet purge to stop by and drop off your stuff. It’s just a few minutes from HP: 3419 Knight Street, 75219 (Knight and Lemmon Avenue).
100 years old?
It should be preserved as a historical landmark (sign included).
They haven’t been the same HP Pharmacy since the new owner’s bought, rename accordingly. The sandwiches, drinks, and service have all gone down hill.
My entire family is grateful that it is still open and serving food. The new owners were very gracious to open it at night to host my grandmother’s 90th birthday party there. She ate there growing up as a child and throughout her entire life, teaching us how to order the chocolate, chocolate soda. It was such a special night for our entire extended family and meant the world to her as she celebrated her last birthday. My 5 kids would rather eat there than any where else in the world! Side note: One of my favorite things to do with my kids when we are in there is anonymously pay for the meal of some older patrons (usually find at least one table of them) in honor of my grandmother.
Curious about the retention of the name. Maybe Texas laws have changed, but the Stoneleigh P decided to remove the “harmacy” from their name because by law it was illegal to have “Pharmacy” in your business name without a licensed pharmacist on staff. It was stated on the bar website, but they seem to have not renewed their domain. Not sure if laws have changed or if a pharmacist still happens to be working there in another capacity.
Sec. 560.002 of the Texas Occupations Code:
USE OF “PHARMACY”; PROVIDING PHARMACY SERVICES WITHOUT LICENSE.
(a) A person may not display in or on a place of business the word “pharmacy” or “apothecary” in any language, any word or combination of words of the same or similar meaning, or a graphic representation that would lead or tend to lead the public to believe that the business is a pharmacy unless the facility is a pharmacy licensed under this chapter.
(b) A person may not advertise a place of business as a pharmacy or provide pharmacy services unless the facility is a pharmacy licensed under this chapter.