Historic Austin Restaurants: Capital Cuisine Through the Generations by Haupt Melanie

Author:Haupt, Melanie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Published: 2013-10-08T00:00:00+00:00

COSMIC COWBOYS AND CHICKEN FRIED STEAK

In 1933, Kenneth Threadgill bought a Gulf filling station on North Lamar Boulevard, the city’s main thoroughfare, and was the proud possessor of the first beer license in Travis County, post-prohibition. For forty years, save for a few years during World War II when it was closed, Threadgill’s Tavern was a gathering place for folks looking to throw some dice, jam with fellow musicians or just hang out and have a few drinks. Threadgill’s served as an important proving ground for the ascendant counterculture in the 1960s, attracting hippies and old-school rednecks alike to Wednesday night hootenannies. The assembled weekly crowds also bore witness to Janis Joplin cultivating her musical persona, evolving from a shy hippie strumming an autoharp and coughing out Joan Baez songs to a full-blown blues icon. It was at Threadgill’s that Austin’s reputation as an incubator for innovative and exciting bands took root.

Music and Food

You don’t have to look too far if you want some live music with your dinner. Here are some popular places to groove and grub:

Stubb’s BBQ

Threadgill’s

Broken Spoke

East Side King at Hole in the Wall

Lambert’s Barbecue

Guero’s Taco Bar

Shady Grove

Hill’s Café

Nutty Brown Café

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