The Washington corridor is one of Houston's newest hot spots.
"It's a lot of fun," said resident Monica Fiasconaro. "There's a lot of new bars that consistently just keep opening up."
The fun is often dimmed by a big problem.
"It's horrible," said Adam Taylor, who works in the area as a delivery man. "You have all the cars parked on both sides of Washington."
Restricted parking hampers Taylor from doing his job, especially at night.
He said, "If you park on a side street, you're going to get towed. It's been like that and it's getting worse day by day."
It's even worse for people like Stephonne Smith who live in this area and don't want bar patrons seizing their spots.
"If you can't get something in the street or back here (in a parking lot), it's pretty difficult," Smith said.
Blocks away, Texadelphia shut its doors. They told customers in an email the closure was due to a lack of sufficient parking.
Houston councilman Ed Gonzalez says he wants to see this slice of Houston thrive and is in weekly talks to come up with solutions.
"Perhaps metered parking to increase certain areas where patrons can maybe park," Gonzalez said.
Other ideas like a parking garage, he says, are too tough to fund. With even more bars going up on Washington, Taylor wants relief soon.
"If not, you're going to be walking for a while just trying to get to your destination," he said.
Some of the neighborhood streets are already residential-only parking, which leads to a towing problem.
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