Meteor (bar)

{{Short description|Defunct gay bar and nightclub in Houston, Texas, U.S.}}

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| address = 2306 Genessee Street

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Meteor, also known as Meteor Houston, Meteor Nightclub, or Meteor Urban Video Lounge,{{cite web |url=http://www.houstonpress.com/location/meteor-urban-video-lounge-6791874 |title=Meteor Urban Video Lounge | Montrose | Dance Clubs | Music |publisher=Houston Press |date= |access-date=2016-06-26 |archive-date=2016-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813142914/http://www.houstonpress.com/location/meteor-urban-video-lounge-6791874 |url-status=live }} was a gay bar and nightclub in Neartown,{{cite web|url=https://www.houstontx.gov/planning/Demographics/2019%20Council%20District%20Profiles/Neartown_Montrose_Final.pdf|title=No. 24 Super Neighborhood Neartown/Montrose|publisher=City of Houston|accessdate=2022-10-02|page=2/2|archive-date=2022-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002134044/https://www.houstontx.gov/planning/Demographics/2019%20Council%20District%20Profiles/Neartown_Montrose_Final.pdf|url-status=live}} - [https://web.archive.org/web/20060104041322/http://www.meteorhouston.com/location.html Compare to the address]: "2306 Genessee Street" Houston, Texas, in the United States.{{cite web |last=Leicht |first=Angelica |url=http://www.houstonpress.com/music/houstons-top-10-gay-bars-clubs-and-icehouses-6768778/ |title=Houston's Top 10 Gay Bars, Clubs & Icehouses |publisher=Houston Press |date=2013-08-23 |access-date=2016-06-26 |archive-date=2016-06-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620235939/http://www.houstonpress.com/music/houstons-top-10-gay-bars-clubs-and-icehouses-6768778 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Rozycki |first=David |url=http://www.houstonpress.com/music/houstons-10-best-gay-bars-7511923 |title=Houston's 10 Best Gay Bars |publisher=Houston Press |date=2015-06-15 |access-date=2016-06-26 |archive-date=2016-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813154250/http://www.houstonpress.com/music/houstons-10-best-gay-bars-7511923 |url-status=live }} The bar hosted an annual Mr. Gay Pride Houston competition.{{cite web |url=http://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2015/06/hello-pride-month-outsmarts-full-calendar-of-pride-events/ |title=Hello, Pride Month: OutSmart's Full Calendar of Pride Events |website=Outsmartmagazine.com |date=June 2015 |access-date=2016-06-26 |archive-date=2016-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816020606/http://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2015/06/hello-pride-month-outsmarts-full-calendar-of-pride-events/ |url-status=live }}

Charles Armstrong acquired Meteor in 2004.{{cite web|last=Oaklander|first=Mandy|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/2011-05-19/news/the-mayor-of-montrose/|title=Mayor of Montrose|newspaper=Houston Press|date=2011-05-19|accessdate=2022-10-01|page=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110718090820/http://www.houstonpress.com/2011-05-19/news/the-mayor-of-montrose/2/ 2]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521082239/http://www.houstonpress.com/2011-05-19/news/the-mayor-of-montrose/ |archive-date=2011-05-21 }}

Meteor was connected to other bars owned by the same group via a shuttle: JR's Bar and Grill, Montrose Mining Company, and South Beach Houston. Initially the shuttle was free, but during competition with F Bar the shuttle was given a $3 charge which would be compensated by the sister bars; this was to encourage people taking the shuttle to go to the JR's family of bars instead of to F Bar, as some patrons of the shuttle had done. F Bar later began compensating the $3 charges.{{cite web|last=Oaklander|first=Mandy|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/2011-05-19/news/the-mayor-of-montrose/|title=Mayor of Montrose|newspaper=Houston Press|date=2011-05-19|accessdate=2022-10-01|page=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110718090836/http://www.houstonpress.com/2011-05-19/news/the-mayor-of-montrose/5/ 5]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521082239/http://www.houstonpress.com/2011-05-19/news/the-mayor-of-montrose/ |archive-date=2011-05-21 }}

Meteor closed in 2016.{{Cite web|last=Guerra|first=Joey|url=https://www.chron.com/entertainment/restaurants-bars/article/Meteor-Lounge-in-Montrose-turns-off-the-showers-8348431.php|title=Meteor Lounge in Montrose turns off the showers|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=July 8, 2016|accessdate=2022-10-02|archive-date=2022-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004015657/https://www.chron.com/entertainment/restaurants-bars/article/Meteor-Lounge-in-Montrose-turns-off-the-showers-8348431.php|url-status=live}}