Austin Texas RFI

Make sure to hit a taco truck while you're here. And don't forget what I said abt. Chicken Fried Steak! Texas cuisine is wonderfully diverse, except in terms of deadly cholesterol.

i've had chicken-fried steak in the east village, lol

Ruby's is a personal fave but I always feel impartial when I recommend it

Ok, is chicken bingo @Ginny's what I think it is?

http://www.austin360.com/food_drink/content/food_drink/stories/xl/2008/10/1009xlbars.html

Yes, it is called chickenshit bingo for a reason. Ginny's is great, but tiny.

fun? Yes.

I guess the dive bar I'll be closest to is Ego's.

Do any joints stay open past 2 a.m.? Damn, uncivilized.

That's when they've got to stop serving, so no, not really.

As for uncivilized? Yeah. We know.

I never really thought of Ego's as a dive, and it used to be one of my favorite places. One of my "moves" was to take a girl there when Bobby Doyle was playing piano, request something romantic, and canoodle in a dark booth. Now I hear there's karaoke and shit? Sounds awful.

Got Criterion Slacker out of the library to bone up on locations.

Scholz Garten, c/d?

Got Criterion Slacker out of the library to bone up on locations.

Sadly most of them are gone now.

Scholz - great if you're a lege/politician-type or an old German guy who will be allowed to bowl in the back.

My fave divey place is G & S Lounge. (Kenan, you're in Austin??)

love G&S. When I used to go there regularly all bottles were $2 and there was popcorn. Horseshow anyone?

Kenan left us a few years ago for the wintery climes of chi-town.

Horseshoe rather. Although I'm curious about any dive named "Horseshow".

What's the place on 5th where the old timers play Ronnie Milsap and stuff like that?

Tiniest Bar in Texas?

No something like Don's.

Ah! Donn's Depot. Lots of fun but soooooooooo NOT the place to be the evening Obama won. Atmosphere was gloomy and "Hotel California" was played twice.....

hahah

well, I figured Slacker-era places had been mostly... 'developed'?

yes but some spots are still recognizable

It's been a while since I've seen it, but the only location I can think of that's still pretty much like the movie is the old Daniel Johnston graffiti where Sound Exchange used to be.

it=the movie, not the location.

Yeah iirc it's a Vietnamese restaurant or a burrito place now or something?

First burritos then later (and still, I think) pho.

I miss the Kozik mural at that corner, too. Don't think it made the movie, though.

Crave, an over-priced sushi place is where Sound Exchange was. Apparently that is a historical monument now so can't be covered.

Old Austin I miss: Quack's on the drag, Mad Dog and Beans, Electric Lounge and *sigh* Les Amis. Too many food places there. . .hmm.

austin was officially dead to me when i heard les amis closed

losing les amis really accelerated the transformation of that part of campus into a total personality-free zone. it's like a street you see walking around town with a COLLEGE t-shirt on these days.

where on SoCongress shd I get my breakfast tacos?

If I eat breakfast tacos, it's near downtown. Sorry.

Hmm, SoCo. Your options are Guero's and Sol de Luna (are they still there? I thought someone said they moved.)

I'm not sure about Guero's breakfast although the rest of the menu is decent and I think they have the best margaritas in town. Is there a taco truck nearby? SoCo's gotten so chi-chi. . .

Is Borrego de Oro down at 71 good? I've always loved the name.

congress and 71, I mean

Old Austin I miss: Quack's on the drag, Mad Dog and Beans, Electric Lounge and *sigh* Les Amis. Too many food places there. . .hmm.

I've been in full-on nostalgia mode lately, after getting in touch again with a couple of old friends from, like, more than a dozen years ago. We all worked at Quack's (on the drag) together. We hung out at Les Amis and ate those big, cheap bowls of black beans and rice while smoking fancy foreign cigarettes from Pipes Plus next door. We bummed car rides off anyone who would take us to Barton Creek and Sculpture Falls. We smoked pot every single day, many times a day, without exception, for years. At some point every person in that social circle had either been roommates with another person, or at the very least slept with them. Those were some alright times, man, for true.

It sounds crazy, but I used to have a tan.

i'll be near Gueros, yeah

We hung out at Les Amis and ate those big, cheap bowls of black beans and rice while smoking fancy foreign cigarettes from Pipes Plus next door.

Are you sure we weren't friends in college? I liked Dunhills.

And you must've made me a peanut butter espresso shake at some point.

everyone seems to be down on the Guadalupe drag compared to 10-20 years ago.

Anyone seen this @Arthouse yet?

http://www.arthousetexas.org/index.php?_page=load_page&_id=Stokes

Maybe I will head there Friday before I go to Emo's.

also I guess I will make a special trip for Bookpeople & Waterloo Recs

jeez, in honor of my visit the Johnson Library is showing Forbidden Planet Saturday morning!

http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/press.hom/press_releases_details.cfm?ID=144

http://www.yelp.com/biz/izzoz-tacos-austin-2

A coworker swears by this spot on South 1st for tacos. Lunch, not breakfast, though.

note. don't know if I'll be in the area for lunch, and I do wanna get to Guero's.

Might do weekend pilgrimage to Cathedral of Junk:

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/7816

just had barbecue in Lockhart!

on way to Beerland, maybe i can catch bats flying from the bridge...

Hey, looks like there is an article about The Austin Chronic in the New York Times today.

Thanx you Dr. Morbius for giving me the opportunity to become a tourist in the town I've lived in off and on for the last 5 years. And hereby apologize one last time for hating parks and live music.

The highlight of the weekend for me was definitely The Cathedral of Junk. It was alternately depressing and exhilarating. I will definitely revisit. Do NOT miss it!

P.s If you drive in Austin, pretty please with sugar on top USE YOUR !@#$%^&*(@#$%^&*()@#$%^&*)*&^%$#$% TURN SIGNAL!!! Thank you.

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/7816

http://tacojournalism.blogspot.com/

omg New Oriental Market (NOM) in-store diner!

my friend thank you for this

lamar and airport! $5 spicy octopus and vegetable noodle bowl!

GO!

NOW!