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CLUB•ICE HOUSE•LOUNGE

By Mike Cook
Photography by Daniel Ortiz

LOVE BUZZ

NINETEEN NINETY!
Stop me if you heard this one before. It’s Friday night, you walk into a
Montrose bar and Marge Simpson, Ronald McDonald and a velociraptor
are already there. It’s not Halloween, at least you don’t think it is
(confirms date on iPhone®) and it’s still 2016. Grunge is playing from the jukebox, “he’s heating up” just got yelled from an
NBA JAM, and now you’re wondering just how many
pregame drinks you had. But you’re here, and this is real
life. It’s just Love Buzz.
Maybe you picked up on the theme here. And just like the
90’s, there’s a lot to like about Love Buzz. The Westheimerfronting patio with plenty of seating is solid. Inside, there is
plenty of other seating, including tables, booths and barstools if
you like sitting right at the bar. The decor is appropriately a solid mix of
90’s pop culture. That’s where those characters we mentioned earlier come
into play … those raptors out front. Missing some skeeball in your life? Love
Buzz has two. And anyone who had both NBA JAM and Street Fighter II
in the same place would have easily been the coolest person we knew in

LOVE BUZZ | 408 Westheimer
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middle school. There’s also foosball and air hockey if those were more your
jam. Just like Pop Up Video, you’re gonna learn or remember a lot by taking a few minutes to look around the interior. The shadowbox with
the autographed Nirvana guitar really sealed the deal for us.
These guys are all in on the theme. And they’ve got the food
and drinks to back that azz up.
While it’s not quite pizza on a bagel...ah sh*t, this is
waaaay better. Outpost #001 of Nice Slice Pizza Co. is
posted up inside Love Buzz, and would you believe they are
giving you a free slice of cheese pizza with each and every
adult beverage you purchase between 9pm–2am. Whoop
whoop whoop. Order a whole pie, or drop a buck for the free
cheese upgraded with pepperoni. Certainly nothing wrong with going just
cheeze. Beers served on draft, in bottles and a few cans too. Think wellrounded with the selection. Nothing crazy. A nice selection of spirits are
poured or try a martini or a bloody, both are served right or get them wild
instead. Take a look at the menu. Enjoy the flashback. Try to beat our 290
at skeeball. 2 legit 2 quit.