It also offers a stunning view of downtown Houston and the Westheimer strip from its upper level. Skank is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose, but it's worth noting that the owner maintains a koi pond and aviary on the patio. I take exception with describing EJ's as a 'skank' bar. The townhome's occupant (Ted Lenze) was never charged, as he was dying from a brain tumor in a hospital at the time of the discovery. A workman discovered the body of a young man (presumably a hustler) in a coffin on an upper floor. While it's true that many eye-popping, eyebrow-raising events occured (and I should know - I was there), the death to which you refer sounds like the infamous "chicken-in-a-casket" scandal, which was in a townhome on Pacific Street, near JR's. This site was occupied (in the 80s) by The Locker, the Different Drum and lastly by Chutes. I think the urban legend has become a bit fuzzy. The 'mummification' death did not occur at the Empire Cafe location.
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