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Whiskey River North
Honky-tonk and dance venue · Houston
Whiskey River North is a honky-tonk and dance venue in Houston, Texas, with live-music and country-dance information when programmed. Find official links, directions, and current listings.
About this room
Whiskey River opened on FM 1960 in the Willowbrook area with a grand opening on Saturday, February 13, 2010, in a building that had been a Sam's Boat restaurant weeks earlier. Co-owners Mario Anzaldua and Larkin Stallings - who had worked together in the Houston nightclub business since the early 1980s and already ran several clubs across the metro - turned it around fast. Their explanation for the speed was simply that they had all worked together so long. It opened as a country and western room with rustic decor, antique signs, a mechanical bull in the corner, and a chandelier hung above the dance floor. It runs Thursday through Sunday nights, 21 and over, and has since become the flagship of a multi-location company.
History sources checked August 29, 2026.
Things you may not know
- The chandelier over the dance floor is made of longneck beer bottles. Source
- The building was a Sam's Boat seafood restaurant the month before it opened - the owners started work in January 2010 and held the grand opening on February 13. Source
- The owners had been in business together since the early 1980s, running Drink Houston, The Roxy, El Rodeo and other Houston clubs before this one. Source
- It has been voted Best Honky Tonk in Houston by Houston Press readers. Source
- Closed Monday through Wednesday - four nights a week. Source
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