Notsuoh

Notsuoh The one and only Chess / Conversation / Art / Drinks / Live Music / Eccentricity Downtown Houston 314 Main Street ��
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a houston original ...looks like a dive but very real intelligent qand tolerant people

06/11/2025

This new 36x36" acrylic painting, along with other works of mine, will be showcased at the Mezzanine Bar in Notsuoh for the entire month of June! ❤️
Ps I love painting .claire.wallace and her performances so much!
Holymomentphotography
Photo by .rara

06/06/2025

Art Openings & Burlesque tonight at Notsuoh!

An art show featuring photography & painting by Kylie Sivley in Notsuoh’s Mezzanine bar
Official Opening Friday, June 6, alongside an opening for Christopher Malice’s new show
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER


Friday, June 6 | 5 - 11 PM
with champagne & performance by burlesque performer Cara Cherie

This event will include a slideshow of Kylie’s photos in .dome.at.notsuoh throughout the night, featuring a large collection of Kylie’s photos — while her paintings & photos will be displayed in the mezzanine for the rest of June.

Kylie Arianna Sivley is a Houston-based artist working in photography, painting, and illustration. For the past seven years, she has been quietly and consistently documenting performances and artists at Notsuoh, capturing intimate, often fleeting moments of live art in one of Houston’s most enduring creative spaces.

Her show, 7 Year Anthology, will be installed in the mezzanine of Notsuoh, offering a rare look back at the people, performances, and energy that have shaped the building’s creative legacy. The preview party offers a first glimpse, with a slideshow of selected images playing inside the dome before and after the performance.

21+ | One drink minimum to enter upstairs | Free with drink purchase

Tonight we have a very special show with two very talented musicians upstairs.Free with drink purchase.Don't miss this o...
06/04/2025

Tonight we have a very special show with two very talented musicians upstairs.
Free with drink purchase.

Don't miss this one!
10pm
21+

06/03/2025

No Tsu Oh, downtown Houston’s late-night coffee and game joint (1990s)

Dim lights, mismatched furniture, and shelves of vintage board games define the vibe inside No Tsu Oh, a quirky downtown coffeehouse where artists, musicians, and night owls gathered long past midnight. The name “Houston” spelled backward reflected its offbeat, introspective charm. In the 1990s, the space became a haven for spoken-word poetry, chess tournaments, and espresso-fueled conversation. It stood in contrast to polished bars and fast-food chains nearby. The place wasn’t trendy it was timeless to those who knew it. It offered Houston a rare corner of quiet rebellion, where creativity and caffeine fueled shared experience.

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05/12/2025

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04/30/2025

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Monday 7pm - 2am
Tuesday 7pm - 2am
Wednesday 7pm - 2am
Thursday 7pm - 2am
Friday 7pm - 2am
Saturday 7pm - 2am
Sunday 7pm - 2am

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Notsuoh

A Houston original.

Chess / Conversation / Art /Drinks / Live Music / Eccentricity

“Artist Jim Pirtle renovated a nineteenth-century storefront building on Main Street in downtown Houston into a coffee bar/chess club/gallery/performance space that he dubbed notsuoH — Houston spelled backwards and the name of an early twentieth-century civic celebration. Notsuoh became one of the most notorious, complicated, experimental, social sculpture environments in Houston. On any given night, one could converse with physicists while playing chess with a homeless alcoholic against the background noise of a Japanese speed punk band.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Alternative_Art