It's been a few months since my Katy Freeway page was updated, but one of the things that used to be on it was the Blalock and Katy Freeway Fiesta Mart at 1005 Blalock Road. (This version is greatly expanded, of course, with some rare pictures). Built as Fiesta Mart #19 and one of several large modern stores Fiesta built in suburban areas around this time1, this store closed in December 2007, with the official reason being that a substantial part of the parking lot was cut off for the Katy Freeway widening (this moving the westbound frontage to Old Katy Road, and the absorption of the original westbound frontage road and the railroad right of way).
In November 2009, it reopened as California-based 99 Ranch Market, which remodeled the store and added an Asian supermarket-style food court, as well as making some exterior updates.2 With Fiesta's opening there was another strip mall built adjacent to the store (more on that another name, there's always room for updates).
FOOTNOTES
1. It took me a surprisingly long time to find confirmation of the store's number though I had a lot of other clues.
2. Wikipedia also has a picture of the store at a slightly different perspective; you can see there were some exterior renovations as well.




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