Crockett
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07/05/10 04:32 PM
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I lived in Austin for about four years in early 1980s, a growing boy with a big appetite. There were some unique eating establsihmetns I dearly loved -- Conan's Pizza, Thundercloud Subs and Chelsea Street pub, where when you ordered two for one drinks they'd bring both drinks out at once. Me and a girlfriend, full, buzzed and entertained for about $20. The Stallion was good for starting out a night with the guys, but for some (good) reasons I never took a girl.
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AustinBat
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07/05/10 09:10 PM
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Holiday House. Thank God for Top Notch, or I would be desolate.
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
Thomas Jefferson
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salonghorn-70
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07/05/10 09:50 PM
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Lived on Holiday House from 1966-1970.
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pulque
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07/05/10 10:09 PM
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In reply to:
Lived on Holiday House from 1966-1970.
I hear that! I lived on them from '64 - til they all closed. Mainly, the Mac HS one on Burnet. Which one did you hang at?
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salonghorn-70
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07/05/10 10:38 PM
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In reply to:
Which one did you hang at?
The one closest to campus. Can't remember where it was. Maybe on the Drag just north of MLK?
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South Austin
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07/06/10 07:32 AM
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I miss Bert's on MLK. The Far West location is good but not the same.
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FridayNiteLites
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07/06/10 09:27 AM
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GM Steakhouse on the drag. Cheeseburger platter
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right...Henry Ford
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general35
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07/06/10 09:51 AM
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holiday house was sweet, the 2.50 chicken fried steak dinner. gm steakhouse was sweet. i miss mad dogs.
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UTEE
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07/06/10 12:42 PM
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The Stallion, G&M Steakhouse, and my all-time favorite Tex-Mex in Austin, Carmen's La Tapatia.
"Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word." -- John Steinbeck
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Lidig8r
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07/06/10 05:06 PM
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Jorge's..
Oh the margarita hazes.
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brntorng
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07/06/10 05:32 PM
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Jorge's on Hancock is still in business and seemingly doing well.
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pulque
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07/06/10 07:02 PM
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In reply to:
Jorge's on Hancock is still in business and seemingly doing well.
The food is not that good, but the Rita's will still kick you...
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LITNIN HORN
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07/06/10 08:54 PM
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The original owners/operators of Jorge's are long gone. It's present life can't hold a candle to the old days.
T.G. Jorge's...meh
Casita Jorge's...I miss you
"Young ranks somewhere between William Travis and Willie Nelson."
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IRC
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07/07/10 09:58 AM
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If we're talking about Casita Jorge's on Mt Pleasant, then yeah, that was great place. Also already mentioned are GM Steakhouse and Mad Dog & Beans. Loved that place.
I'll throw in Abbey Inn on E Riverside and Tannin Ford.
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Basketball Jones
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07/07/10 11:37 AM
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Basil's
Granite Cafe
Bitter End
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Uninformed
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07/07/10 02:16 PM
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GM Steakhouse and Mad Dog & Beans: I especially miss the ice cream shakes. What was the name of the Pizza place that had cheap fruit drinks in a pot?
Hookem
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Burnt Orangeman
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07/07/10 02:21 PM
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Mad Dog & Beans
and Jake's
and El Matamoros puffy queso topped tacos
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JohnnyYuma
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07/07/10 02:29 PM
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Going way back to the 60's. Sid's on N Lamar around 38th. Great chicken fried steak. How about Pop's on Speedway across from the old intramural fields? Complete dinners were 99 cents.
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pulque
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07/07/10 02:54 PM
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Fritz's Barn at East Ave. & Manor Rd.
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Dionysus
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07/07/10 05:29 PM
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Is Las Manitas still on Congress? I loved that place for breakfast. Haven't been to Austin in a while. Second the comment on Basil's - some good memories from there.
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TXSNOS
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07/07/10 06:12 PM
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In reply to:
If we're talking about Casita Jorge's on Mt Pleasant
I take it you mean Pleasant Valley. I lived just down the street from it and ate there many times.
TXs N Os
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brwhorn
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07/07/10 08:35 PM
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2J's chicken fried steak
Alvin Ords sandwiches, buy a med get a small free. (Alvin's just ain't the same)
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FattyMac
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07/08/10 08:44 AM
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Another vote for El Matamoras -- "home of the crispy tacos." Place was awesome.
Dinkin' Flicka.
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YoLaDu
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07/08/10 08:45 AM
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In reply to:
Is Las Manitas still on Congress?
Las Manitas closed and the building was torn down. The Marriot folks who just had to build on that lot and just couldn't build on many of the several open lots downtown have now cancelled the new hotel project. Marriot has moved on; Las Manitas died.
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YoLaDu
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07/08/10 08:54 AM
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i miss the taco bell across from the blockbuster on the drag. When did it close?
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OrngNugz
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07/08/10 09:08 AM
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I miss these from the SF bay area, I now live in Austin.
Little Sichuan (San Mateo)- what I thought was really good Sichuan style Chinese food. You could order Spicy Sichuan cold noodles (not on the actual menu) for like 6 dollars.
Amarin Thai (Mountain View) - I loved the Duck Curry and the Tom Yum was Yummy. I now wonder if the word Yummy came from Tom Yum.
Steps of Rome (San Francisco) - Nice and fairly cheap Italian food in the city. Always packed with hot ladies in the evening. The SPAGHETTI ai FRUTTI di MARE was good but I really liked the Spicy Cioppino.
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kbrown
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07/08/10 11:45 AM
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What I wouldn't give for an ol' Shakeys pepperoni pizza with a side order of Mojo's and a pitcher of dark beer
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AustinBat
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07/08/10 07:29 PM
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This isn't a restaurant, but I miss Bruce's fried pies. When I was a kid you could stop by and buy "broken pies" for about 5 cents. They usually weren't really broken, they just hadn't been put in bags yet, and were still warm. YUM!!
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TXSNOS
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07/08/10 08:00 PM
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Formosa Chinese Restaurant on Exposition
TXs N Os
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LITNIN HORN
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07/08/10 08:54 PM
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Soon to be...Jamie's Spanish Village.
"Young ranks somewhere between William Travis and Willie Nelson."
-Gary Shelton, St. Petersburg Times
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Texas Jack
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07/08/10 11:44 PM
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In reply to:
Lived on Holiday House from 1966-1970.
And you are still alive? huh...
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Steve Dallas
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07/09/10 12:05 AM
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You all did pretty well; I'm impressed. I'm convinced that if you were at UT in the late 70s through mid-80s you were there for the heyday of iconic Austin restaurants - at least the kind that interest me.
I live in San Francisco, and I'd trade all the foodie spots out here for a jalapeno cheeseburger from Mad Dog's, a cheeseburger platter from GM, a T-Man from Gary and that icebox pie his Mom used to make, an enchilada platter and a rita from the original Jorge's on Lavaca, a CFS from the Stallion, burger basket from Beans, etc etc etc.
To the above poster re the potted drink, the downstairs restaurant was the Red Tomato and I can't remember what the upstairs place was where you would get 'potted'.
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pulque
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07/09/10 01:53 AM
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In reply to:
And you are still alive? huh...
No, my ghost wrote that...
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ImissWallyPryor
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07/09/10 10:45 AM
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Mad Dog's, The Daisy, G&M, Jorge's come to mind immediately. I'll think of more. 
Beans... how did I forget that one. Sorry to hear that Jaime's is going to close. I agree with Steve Dallas about the restaurants in late 70s to mid-80s.
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Uninformed
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07/09/10 02:24 PM
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In reply to:
To the above poster re the potted drink, the downstairs restaurant was the Red Tomato and I can't remember what the upstairs place was where you would get 'potted'.
Thanks. It's been a long time.
For the poster from the Bay Area,. La Costena & Burrito Real in Mountain View.
Hookem
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GemStateJim
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07/09/10 03:46 PM
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It's been nearly eight years since I lived in Austin. Ergo, I miss them all and, by extension, I hate you all.
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TXSNOS
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07/09/10 04:23 PM
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Pelicans Wharf
TXs N Os
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IRC
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07/09/10 05:41 PM
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In reply to:
I take it you mean Pleasant Valley. I lived just down the street from it and ate there many times.
Yes of course. Thank you.
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NickDanger
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07/09/10 06:49 PM
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Wasn't it Bananas above the Red Tomato? I had a fraternity brother try to jump over a chain in the parking lot at the Goodall-Wooten while carrying one of their "pots". He severed his jugular and very nearly bled to death. Had a bunch of nerve damage.
I was briefly a bouncer at Uncle Sue Sues which was over by Valentines where you could get "massacred".
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Uninformed
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07/09/10 06:55 PM
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Thanks Nick. Yes, it was Bananas. I remember Uncle Sue Sues as well. I can't remember what I remember, though. 
Hookem
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NickDanger
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07/09/10 07:25 PM
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They served their drinks in mason jars.
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Texas___Fight
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07/09/10 09:51 PM
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Harpoon Henry's at 290 and I-35. Good memories.....The piano player behind the huge picture. That place had awesome seafood!!!
I absolutely loved Sid's and that sourdough bread they had. I have many fond memories of going there with my dad when I was about 8 and eating the olives out of his dry martini.
Nighthawk, Holiday house, and Straw Hat Pizza was the [censored]. The only other I would add would be J.Brenner and Gyro wrap that I worked at in the Food Court in Highland mall. Good Cheese steaks and Gyro's. I have not had a Gyro cooked as good since then.
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the Saint
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07/09/10 10:17 PM
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My girlfriend worked at Pelican's Wharf.
I miss 2Js 2 for 1 chicken fried steak
Also, Posse West and Nau's Pharmacy grill
"Look at Tech. We are one slip up from OU away from the Big 12 champ game, but its Texas who gets all the NC talk."
- TTech 08 (posted 11:24a, 11/28/08)
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utche
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07/10/10 01:58 AM
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TExas Fight....we must have crossed paths many times.
Sids, Night Hawk and Holiday House all bring back great memories
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TXSNOS
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07/10/10 04:03 PM
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In reply to:
My girlfriend worked at Pelican's Wharf.
Do you recall what years she was there? I worked there from late '77 through mid '81.
TXs N Os
"It's a life's work to see yourself for what you are and even then you might be wrong. And that's somethin I don't want to be wrong about." -- No Country For Old Men
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pulque
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07/10/10 07:39 PM
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Kirshner's on Burnet. The best and cheapest fried chicken, ice box pies and blue plate specials...
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the Saint
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07/10/10 08:08 PM
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yeah, it was about 85, 86 and 87
"Look at Tech. We are one slip up from OU away from the Big 12 champ game, but its Texas who gets all the NC talk."
- TTech 08 (posted 11:24a, 11/28/08)
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Steve Dallas
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07/12/10 01:52 AM
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In reply to:
Also, Posse West and Nau's Pharmacy grill
You're not telling me Nau's closed too? Maybe my favorite place for lunch, and I could catch up on my magazine reading for free.
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Steve Dallas
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07/12/10 01:54 AM
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I'm blanking on Pelican's Wharf. Where was it?
For some reason Magic Time Machine popped into my head, although I wouldn't list it as a place that I miss.
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LITNIN HORN
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07/12/10 11:29 AM
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Nau's on San Gabriel is closed. The one on West Lynn is still there. A loss, none the less.
"Young ranks somewhere between William Travis and Willie Nelson."
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bevosayshi
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07/12/10 12:28 PM
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Pinch-a-Pollo on Burnet.
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J.R.69
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07/12/10 03:00 PM
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Hank's Grill on the drag--excellent CFS w/burnt-orange gravy. The Plantation @19th St (MLK) and Guadalupe; El Toro; Casiraghi's; Polynesian (?) Steak House on Riverside.
All bring back memories.
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accuratehorn
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07/12/10 04:33 PM
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Plantation, Cassaragi's Italian food? We're going back in time now. But not as far back as...Villa Capri Steakhouse, pretty good steaks for quite a few years, Hector's Taco Flats, "over one thousand returned," Chicken Shack, Night Hawk on South Congress, Night Hawk on the Drag, how about the Canary Hut, and last but not least, the Hitchin' Post steak house on Lamar.
I liked the Holiday House on Barton Springs Boulevard, with Charlie the alligator.
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pulque
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07/12/10 04:51 PM
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Vakashmo's...
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accuratehorn
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07/12/10 05:50 PM
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Pelican's Wharf was right there on S 1st and close to Barton Springs Road, what is the road that goes right in front of the Auditorium (is that Riverside)? It was right across the street from the original RunTex location, I believe.
Is it a Hooters now?
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Burnt Orangeman
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07/13/10 12:03 PM
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You know one that I can't believe still exists is Hofbrau's steak house on 6th.
It has to be endangered, highrises abound all around it.
T-Bones and steak fries swimming in grease (or is it that garlicy salad dressing).
Better get 'em while you can.
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Steve Dallas
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07/13/10 01:19 PM
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In reply to:
Nau's on San Gabriel is closed.
This makes me angry.
Did Dry Creek close after Sarah died, or is it still there?
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TXSNOS
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07/13/10 02:46 PM
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In reply to:
Is it a Hooters now?
yes
TXs N Os
"It's a life's work to see yourself for what you are and even then you might be wrong. And that's somethin I don't want to be wrong about." -- No Country For Old Men
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salonghorn-70
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07/13/10 04:10 PM
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Anyone remember an Italian place on the Drag a couple of blocks north of campus. They had the wine bottles with candles. Can't remember the name Very '60ish.
Chicken Shack and Plantation, YES!!!!. Lived on 21st street during my freshman year. Spent lots of time at Plantation. Wasn't it open 24hrs?
Edited by salonghorn-70 (07/13/10 04:13 PM)
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pulque
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07/13/10 04:35 PM
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In reply to:
Italian place on the Drag a couple of blocks north of campus
Milto's and it's still there...
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TXSNOS
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07/13/10 06:55 PM
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There was another old Italian restaurant that I used to go to called Ferrari's. Seems like it was on either North Lamar or Burnet Road.
TXs N Os
"It's a life's work to see yourself for what you are and even then you might be wrong. And that's somethin I don't want to be wrong about." -- No Country For Old Men
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TigerPride
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07/13/10 07:15 PM
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TaMolly's
Chi Chi's
And.......Crystal's Pizza
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AustinTejasFan
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07/13/10 07:48 PM
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"Anyone remember an Italian place on the Drag a couple of blocks north of campus. They had the wine bottles with candles. Can't remember the name Very '60ish."
Victor's Italian Village
Why they can Slocum?
Prolly his bowl game chokums
office help pokums
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pulque
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07/14/10 12:56 AM
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Ferrari's was at 34th and Lamar. They had the best subs ever made in Austin...
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bierce
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07/14/10 06:46 AM
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A couple of places not mentioned:
Les Amis. Not for the food, but just hanging out.
Virginia's. A dining experience like no other. Run out of an old house on S. 1st St. Your entire plate of food would be swimming in butter. You would pretty much get what they were serving with next to no choices. People who asked for a table would wait forever, as the little old ladies running the place let you have your seat and that's it.
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general35
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07/14/10 10:04 AM
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Nau's Pharmacy grill
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i totally forgot about nau's and i ate there about 3 times a week when i lived a block away. breakfast tacos from naus the morning before you started to drink for the saturday game. 2J's for the sunday morning hangover(double whipped/cfs dinner for 2 bucks). someone mentioned granite cafe, i forgot about that place. the taco bell on guadalupe near the old blockbuster closed?
Has anyone mentioned the mexican place on congress around 1st or second street? i cant remember the name but it closed around 2002. great breakfast and food.
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mofohorn
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07/14/10 02:57 PM
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Mooreburger
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accuratehorn
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07/14/10 05:13 PM
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OK, Armadillo World Headquarters Beer Garden, and after it closed, Jalepeno Charlie's was started by one of the employees, and some of the people who worked at the Armadillo also worked at Charlie's, until he, uh, overdid it a bit much. Great nachos and enchilladas, though.
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ImissWallyPryor
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07/15/10 01:38 PM
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I mentioned this to my wife, and she brought up Barbara Ellen's in Bee Cave for their home cooking (broasted chicken, cobblers, etc.). Apparently, it closed down 6 or 7 years ago, maybe longer. We used to take my mother there when we went out to eat with her. I checked out the street view on Google Earth, and it was just a vacant when they drove down Hwy 71. I don't know if I should show my wife... she'll be crushed. Oh, well.
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JohnnyYuma
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07/15/10 03:48 PM
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Uncle Van's Pancakes.19th and Guadalupe. Used to go in there late on Sat night(early Sun AM) and try to soak up some of the beer with a big plate of pancakes.
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TXbigdog
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07/15/10 06:38 PM
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The Stallion--bartender there for a while before going to work for AISD. This was 1980. Used to go to the trailer in back and shoot craps after work, lol. Damned near got a divorce after 2 weeks of married life, and not because I was losing. Finally got that divorce 12 yrs. later.
As mentioned above, Virginia's. Those two old ladies ran a tight ship. No BS after eating. It was get up, pay up and get out. Only open MWF IIRC. Huge portions served on big platters and tea served in what looked like a gallon glass.
If you can't run with the bigdog, stay on the porch.
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Alpine
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07/15/10 10:31 PM
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Steve Dallas: Red Tomato used to share the building with Banana's at Guadalupe and 16th. Now the Claypit.
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Basketball Jones
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07/16/10 09:08 AM
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Blue Moon
Clarksville Cafe
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LITNIN HORN
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07/16/10 09:51 AM
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Dot's
The Filling Station
DOOBIES
"Young ranks somewhere between William Travis and Willie Nelson."
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ImissWallyPryor
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07/16/10 11:43 AM
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In reply to:
Steve Dallas: Red Tomato used to share the building with Banana's at Guadalupe and 16th. Now the Claypit.
Abe Lemons used to plug the Red Tomato. I only went there a couple times before they closed, but I still remember the big color ads they had with Abe and the assistant coaches sitting around the table not eating any of that delicious food piled on the table.
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ImissWallyPryor
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07/16/10 11:59 AM
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Rainbow Inn just south of Town Lake off Lamar. I don't recall anything too special about it (it must have been more popular with the Greatest Generation crowd), but it was popular nonetheless. They sold out and moved to a sterile stip mall near South Lamar and Ben White Blvd and promptly went out of business. Restaurants that do that have a death wish, but maybe they lost their lease at the original location.
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AustinTejasFan
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07/16/10 11:25 PM
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"Uncle Van's Pancakes.19th and Guadalupe."
Man I loved that place. My big bro and I had a paper route from Lamar to San Jac and from the Capitol to West Ave from '63-'65 and we'd eat breakfast there every morning. Discovered Boysenberry syrup there. Mmmmmmmmmmm.
Why they can Slocum?
Prolly his bowl game chokums
office help pokums
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Texex81
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07/18/10 06:48 PM
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Carmen's La Tapatia.
God I loved that place. Very sad that it is gone. Learned about it from a teacher who's husband went to UTLaw. I thanked her many times!
Okies steal things- Aggies just make [censored] up. (stolen from a great poster on hornfans)
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fasteddieisahorndog
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07/19/10 03:05 PM
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OK, for you San Antonians, Hot Dog Haven, right across from old Varsity Drive Inn by the Culebra/Bandera split. Best hot dogs around. This was in the late 60's.
Coney Island, next to the Texas theater on Houston Street. Foot long hot dogs were 10 cents.
The old Pig Stand on Broadway..open trout sandwich..delish!!!
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Nuge
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07/20/10 04:23 PM
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How about drinking Yards of Beer at Medieval Inn.
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overmaars
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07/22/10 04:49 PM
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In reply to:
Mad Dog & Beans: I especially miss the ice cream shakes.
I'll fifth this. Those were the best ever. Awesome burgers too.
Dont sweat the technique
Edited by overmaars (07/22/10 04:51 PM)
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pneuma
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07/24/10 07:20 PM
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Gondola House
Hansel & Gretel
Big Cat
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VYFan
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07/25/10 09:40 AM
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60's Chicken Shack, Shakey's Pizza (with live entertainment, on the drag), Holiday House, of course, and... The Barn! (with a girl on a swing)
70's Night Hawk, the Hyatt (which was the first place that people went to to get those new "fajitas,") and Mad Dogs
80s Lakeview Cafe, the Pier on Lake Austin (electronic darts)
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bierce
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07/27/10 12:02 AM
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Sebastian's, a sandwich shop open for lunch behind PCL. Later became an awful eatery called "Old House Restaurant," then I don't know.
For grins, there was Zinsky's, the home of the "Substitutsky" until Schlotzsky's sued them for infringement.
Ol' Mossback Inn. The name says it all, I think.
The guy in front of the Co-op selling the pocket breads.
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pulque
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07/27/10 12:54 AM
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Raw Deal...
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AustinBat
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07/27/10 09:23 PM
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Loved Raw Deal and the old Lakeview Cafe. Anyone old enough to remember Youngblood's for fried chicken? South of the river, on Lamar, I think.
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
Thomas Jefferson
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Burnt Orangeman
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07/28/10 08:10 AM
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Any body remember the hippie on the drag in the 70's selling "Salvation sandwiches! Spicy iced tea! Lemony lemonade!"
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Michtex
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07/28/10 09:06 AM
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La Ronda on Airport/Manor.
Hobo Joe's BBQ on Manor Rd.
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Puddle/Cruiser
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07/28/10 04:05 PM
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what was that carribbean joint on South Congress in the 90's? Had great Jamaican Jerk chicken and live reggae.
J. Black's Feel Good Lounge-710 West Sixth Street...Austin, TX
FEEL. GOOD. NOW.
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GakFoo
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07/29/10 04:22 PM
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habana?
i would pay a large sum of money to be able to get just one more week's worth of lunches from las manitas
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FattyMac
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07/30/10 11:22 AM
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Any body remember the hippie on the drag in the 70's selling "Salvation sandwiches! Spicy iced tea! Lemony lemonade!"
Oh yes. Was on campus as an undergrad from 74-77. Bought many a sandwich from that dude. I thought they were tasty and a good value.
Dinkin' Flicka.
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UT Fanatic
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07/30/10 07:49 PM
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Fandango's (Burnet & Anderson)--Worked there in high school. Delicious burgers & fajitas
The Stallion--Good, cheap CFS
Holiday House--Great burgers
Offense wins ballgames, DEFENSE wins CHAMPIONSHIPS.
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UTEE
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08/01/10 06:48 AM
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Oh yeah, Fandango's. When we were in high school, they always had cute hostesses from Anderson and McCallum. We'd go and order iced tea and eat chips and salsa for hours, chatting with the girls. Didn't even know they had food, couldn't afford it! 
"Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word." -- John Steinbeck
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stina
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08/01/10 10:37 PM
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I'd forgotten about Mad Dog and Beans. Ah memories. I know it isn't really a restaurant, but I miss Common Interest, when it was a piano bar. It moved and changed to kareoke. 
There's no place like home. There's no place like home......
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bierce
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08/02/10 07:07 PM
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About 22 years ago, I had a rooommate who had a huge dog--half Akita, half German Shepherd, and stood almost 30 inches at the shoulder. My roommate let Hank roam freely.
One day, Hank came home and there was a knock at the door a minute later. Some guy from Mad Dog & Beans had followed him home. He said they had been trying to find Hank's owner for weeks, because part of Hank's daily routine was to walk through Mad Dog's, grab a burger right off someone's table, and take off.
Primos were awesome.
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pulque
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08/02/10 07:24 PM
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The Common Interest was a cool place and one of it's owners was Jim Bertelsen...
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E Man
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08/03/10 01:58 PM
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Dan McClusky's was a good steak place back in the old days.
Oh, and the Branding Iron was awesome.
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Burnt Orangeman
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08/05/10 02:41 PM
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Remember all them cheap steak chains like Sizzler and Bonanza in the 70's?
Steak & Ale was a definite cut above, but less affordable for a broke-[censored] student
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bierce
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08/05/10 09:04 PM
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I had a friend who lived in a little apartment carved out of a big house on Whitis below Scottish Rite in the early 80s. We were there one day and decided to go get something to eat. We got in my car and starting driving and debating and thinking about where to go.
We kept debating as we passed MLK, going south on Guadalupe. We kept debating as we crossed the river on Congress Ave. Bridge. We kept debating to Oltorf and headed west. We kept debating on South Lamar, then headed west on Ben White, then 360 back across the river until we got on 2222 and decided we wanted to eat at Bonanza on Guadalupe.
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KazooMan
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08/21/10 07:41 PM
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Everyone has helped to bring back some great memories - Holiday House, Shakeys (went there on my 21st for that free gallon of beer), the Staillion, etc. I, too, lived at Holiday House for a couple of years before I got married.
For late, late night, don't forget Hill's Cafe on South Congress - open 24 hours, and a great place for coffee and anything else you wanted at 5 AM. Great steaks, pancakes, eggs, and lots of biscuits to help soak up the alcohol in your system.
What was the name of the hole-in-the wall chili and rice place on the drag, circa 1970, just up from the Varsity? "Chili 'n rice - most nice! "
And some that are still hanging on - the Hut, Dirtiy's, Jaime's, etc. will always have a place in my heart!
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l00p
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08/21/10 08:04 PM
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In reply to:
what was that carribbean joint on South Congress in the 90's? Had great Jamaican Jerk chicken and live reggae.
P/C, are you thinking about Shaggy's? They had great Key Lime Pie too!
Nebraska fans strikes me as being like the 50 year old who thinks she can rock a tanktop and thong and just struts around like everyone should be staring at her because she is so sexy and not because she is just freakishly creepy. - FW Horn
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AustinBat
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08/21/10 08:55 PM
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I miss Castle Hill Cafe. Not a fan of Corozon, so wish they'd go back to the Castle Hill menu.
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
Thomas Jefferson
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TXSNOS
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08/22/10 04:29 PM
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I miss Castle Hill Cafe. Not a fan of Corozon, so wish they'd go back to the Castle Hill menu.
Have you tried Mirabelle up on Mesa?
TXs N Os
"It's a life's work to see yourself for what you are and even then you might be wrong. And that's somethin I don't want to be wrong about." -- No Country For Old Men
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msdw24
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08/24/10 08:38 PM
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Louies 106.....I liked the escargot.
that dude would/could eat 40 boiled eggs just to do it, he crazy fresh, stupid cool, or whatever the term for a badass nowadays is. (GHOST HORN)
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AustinBat
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08/25/10 11:30 PM
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Have you tried Mirabelle up on Mesa?
I eat there a lot, but I miss the smoked poblano vinagrette dressing from Castle Hill. And Mirabelle doesn't change their menu much, at least at lunch. I always looked forward to what CH was doing with pork tenderloin,
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
Thomas Jefferson
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Burnt Orangeman
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08/28/10 04:03 AM
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I missed escargot until I saw an episode of 1000 Ways to Die where a couple ate some raw snails and Cantonese bloodworms ate holes throughout their brains. Probably BS.
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bierce
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08/29/10 11:20 PM
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Or maybe not.
The Link
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Uninformed
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08/30/10 11:28 AM
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Symptoms of eye invasion include visual impairment, pain, keratitis, and retinal edema. Worms usually appear in the anterior chamber and vitreous and can sometimes be removed surgically.
Sounds like an infection is no bueno
Hookem
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msdw24
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08/30/10 03:29 PM
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1000 Ways to Die where a couple ate some raw snails and Cantonese bloodworms ate holes throughout their brains.
That is just gross. I think though that the escargot at Louies was okay, just because of how hot the things were when they were brought to the table....not to mention the fact they were swimming in the best tasting garlic butter sauce... 
that dude would/could eat 40 boiled eggs just to do it, he crazy fresh, stupid cool, or whatever the term for a badass nowadays is. (GHOST HORN)
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accuratehorn
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09/02/10 03:54 PM
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I revisited this thread, and didn't recall seeing the Abbey Inn with the great Abbey Burger. Good beer and darts pub with a great burger, no blood worms, though.
Knowledge is good
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IRC
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09/02/10 04:27 PM
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I loved Abbey Inn.
My buddy and I were in there late one night and ordered a pitcher of beer, (circa Summer of 1980).
About two minutes later they came back and said they were closing early and we'd have to finish it or leave it.
We chose a third option which prevented us from ever returning.
I still had that pitcher until a couple of years ago. 
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