Boosted Booze and Marvin's Angels  Highlights from the Blog at
HOUSTONPRESS.COM   Even the Lone Star Saloon Is Not Safe Crime
of the Century so far unsolved  By Paul Knight and Mike Giglio
Location Info   Lone Star Saloon  1900 Travis Houston, TX 77002
Category: Bars and Clubs  Region: Downtown/ Midtown  Here at
Hair Balls and the Houston Press, we really love the Lone Star
Saloon. Really. That's why we hope that police take swift
­action and find the dirty, dirty bastard that stole 21 bottles
of liquor from Lone Star recently.  "I hope they catch the SOB,"
Joe Lee Thomas, the Lone Star's owner, tells Hair Balls. "They
took the most expensive liquor."  He lost about $800 to $1,000
in booze.  The crime is a bit of a mystery, because the thief
didn't break into Lone Star, and the front door was found
unlocked the next morning, Thomas says. He has a couple
theories.  First, the thief could have hidden in the restroom at
closing, waited until everyone was gone, then come out and
nabbed the liquor. (A laundry ba