A brand new upscale tequila bar opening on September 14 within the floor ground of a 55-story downtown constructing guarantees to turn into a chief completely satisfied hour spot for weary downtown employees looking for a stiff drink after an extended day of labor. Designed by the Houston workplace of worldwide structure agency Gensler at 1100 Louisiana (within the former digs of a financial institution department), Actual Agave is the most recent undertaking from seasoned Houston hospitality veteran Invoice Floyd, whose spectacular rolodex of initiatives contains buzzy spots like El Actual, Potente, and Porta’Vino. 

The two,296 sq. foot area has been decked out in glossy customized finishes, together with hand-painted Dia de Los Muertos murals in cool shades of Casa Dragones blue. There’s area for as much as 96 visitors and the spot may be reserved for personal capabilities—a mandatory characteristic for any downtown-located hospitality area. Company of Actual Agave can count on a sublime expertise that includes high-end tequilas and different spirits complimented by Mexican-inspired delicacies that will probably be delivered to Actual Agave by a dumbwaiter from the kitchen of Floyd’s El Actual Tex-Mex restaurant, which was lately reborn within the downtown tunnel system after first changing into a fixture in Montrose.

“The traditional Tex Mex menu of El Actual has been elevated by Chef Derek Cooper to deliver mouthwatering bar bites to the Gensler-designed area of Actual Agave,” mentioned Floyd in a press release. “The bar, that includes full wine and spirits picks together with the tequilas and mezcals, is staffed by a few of Houston’s most achieved mixologists.” 

El Actual will probably be open Monday by Friday from 3:30 p.m.–8 p.m. for drinks and lightweight bites. Later in October, the bar will begin providing lunch from 11 a.m.–2 p.m.