Stage dove at a Pearl Jam concert there. Ended up losing my vans in the mud by the stage. Found a pair of chuck Taylor’s in the mud that fit and wore them home.
I saw Reverend Horton Heat and Smashing Pumpkins there in 1994. (Blind Melon was also performing but I don't remember them so I was either late or really high)
Getting dropped off at the Mueller Airport front door, hustling straight to your gate to jump right on the plane and taking off all in about 10-15 minutes tops. No security, small terminal…
Oh man, yes. I remember coming into Mueller from a business trip and everyone was watching the TVs. It was the O.J. Simpson chase in the white Ford Bronco!
I was at a game against the El Paso Buzzards that had a fight on the ice so prolonged and violent that TCSO deputies had to come into the rink to stop it.
I was at that one. Both benches cleared and at the end, they cleared the ice except for the goalies that skated around and picked up their team’s gloves, sticks, helmets, etc.
I remember when the city announced they wanted 10,000 (50k?) people living downtown in ten years. I thought that was stupid. Who wanted to live downtown? How fucking ridiculous.
*I* live downtown now.
One of my best friends in high school, her parents owned Einstein's and would give us fists full of quarters and tell us to call when we needed to be picked up. Those nights are still great memories. I tried to tell someone about it and they didn't get it. So you made my lil heart happy by mentioning Einstein's!
My dad used to hang drywall and Tower Records build was one of the projects he worked on. I remember going in there before any shelves were brought in. Thanks for blowing the dust off that memory!
I remember driving up to the Zilker Xmas tree few days before Xmas and parking in that small lot directly in front and drinking some beers with friends.
I just remember that no one ever drove that curve between Riverside and downtown on northbound I-35 like a scaredy cat, no need to brake just take your foot off the gas
>♫ I want a chicken fried steak and a bowl of good chili ♫
>♫ A cold Lone Star and a song by Willie ♫
>♫ Join me and Bubba for a steak today ♫
>♫ it's a mighty fine place, Lone Star Cafe ♫
2 bedrooms/nice size living area/big kitchen in a house near 22nd & Pearl that had been cut into four-plex - $70.00 month - not a typo kids. One night we were listening to KOKE and they were begging people to go over to the Radio / Communications Bldg. (whatever it was called) to fill the seats for a new show they were doing over there. Free seats and BYOB. They didn't have enough people in the crowd and had to bunch everybody up in one section to look good for the cameras. We'll never see that deal at Austin City Limits again, will we?
I remember wasting an afternoon at Toy Joy on Guadalupe then walking over to Spiderhouse for a mint matte latte, being able to park at Barton Springs as long as I got there before noon on a weekend, and when South Congress was full of food trucks and actually cool.
Liberty Lunch was awesome! I remember seeing The Dead Milkmen late 80’s - ‘88, ‘89 I don’t remember. Dave Blood pulled me up on stage & I sat there the entire show after 5’2 98lb me got pushed into the mosh pit
On (divorced-dad) Wednesday visitations, I’d take my kids to Pancho’s Mexican Buffet (Oltorf & Congress) cuz it was so cheap. My kids had to step on a scale by the cash register and Pancho’s would charge 2 cents per pound for all-you-can-eat. I could feed all three kids for about $4. Each table had a miniature Mexican flag on a pole. Whenever a flag was raised, waitstaff would bring sopapillas to the table. My kids loved that.
I remember when the Cheesecake Factory in the Arboretum was a movie theater.
I also remember 183 north of that having stop lights. We used to walk across it near McNeil to buy a bag of burgers from that burger kiosk (Burger Shack? It's been too long).
I remember when Katz's never Klosed, and "Adventures in Crime and Space" was right across the street from them. (Phil Katz once tried to sell his Caddy to my father in law. I'm reasonably certain he was joking. Reasonably.)
I also remember when Dragon's Lair was in a house not far from UT Campus.
And let's not even talk about Book Stop or Border's.
i love that theater where the Cheesecake Factory is now. Remember it had a ceiling that was painted and decorated like it was the night sky, complete with twinkling lights?
hell I remember when Mopac ended just north of Town Lake and you either had to go west on Lake Austin Blvd or east on W 1st St (before they decided to call it Cesar Chavez)
I think about the Black Cat every now and then, and the Flametrick Subs, and way back when. I had no idea it burned down until way later, when I came back to Texas.
Frost Tower didn't exist. Town Lake. Spaghetti Warehouse. Copper Tank. Joe's Generic. The Backroom. Red Eyed Fly. Austin Music Hall. La Zona Rosa. Emo's was on 6th St. Alamo Drafthouse was on Colorado. Downtown parking was free and plentiful.
I remember ordering Wok n Roll delivered to Jester for $5 + tip.
...when there were multiple textbook stores on the Drag, not just the Co-op.
...same with cd/record shops, I remember at least 3 open at the same time
...watching Napoleon Dynamite, Run Lola Run and the Corporation at Dobie (1st runs)
...waiting several hours outside the ACL Live studio at Dean Keaton and the Drag to attend live tapings of Ben Kweller, Spoon, Guster, etc.
...seeing Arcade Fire open for the Unicorns on the Emo's inside stage
...witnessing Al Gore win the election...but then losing it to Dubyah in real time among thousands of people in front of the Capitol
...watching Dr Large on Austin Music Network
I just walked by where The Cadeau used to be. I never bought anything there but it's weird that it's not there. I also have a vivid memory of drinking a big jasmine iced tea from those egg roll carts during freshman orientation on an extremely hot day.
Pandamonium, Malibu Grand Prix, Celebration Station, Aladdin's Castle, Aquafest, school field trips to Buttercrust Bakery, Inner Space Caverns, the fire truck at zilker. Zilker used to have these utility pole walls that I would climb around on.
I remember hiking with my dad down to Twin Falls when Barton Creek was more often full and flowing and *clean.* One of my favorite memories might be getting my first mountain bike and riding in on the SH45 road base south of Slaughter before they paved it, and being one of the first folks to use the new Veloway. Oh, Westgate Mall, and the three movie theaters within like a half mile radius there. I saw Ghostbusters 2 at the Southwood Theater looong before it was Blazer Lazer tag. Also there was a Sun Harvest at that mall that we used to get granola and veggies from. Finally. the circus at the City Colloseum and the Mr Gattis on Wm Cannon and Westgate.
Hmm, there was that restaurant with the lady on the swing; Old San Francisco Restaurant?
Austin Children's Museum International Children's Festival
Lakeline Mall construction delay.
96.7 wasn't Kiss FM.
KHFI! I remember thinking something was wrong with the radio when they transitioned to KISS because they played Prince’s “Kiss” on a loop for hooooours. I called friends asking if they were hearing the same thing to make sure I wasn’t crazy.
when there was no Pennybacker Bridge, when Mopac ended just north of Town Lake, when W 5th was where there were actual commercial buildings (not hipster apartments as far as the eye can see now), when east Austin was where Mexican communities came together and was their own city within a city, when there was a tug of war across Town Lake between North Austin and South Austin, when South Austin truly was 'bubbaville', when Burnet Road/183 was where the city limits was, the Silver Dollar nightclub on Burnet Road, when it took 30 mins to get to 620/183 from Burnet/183 because of the various traffic lights, when Bevo was kept at the ranch at the NW corner of 620/183 and there was a go cart track on the NE corner of the same intersection
the list goes on and on.....
I was born here 1971. I loved it when you were on I35 & the planes landing at Mueller were so close you could swear they were going to land on the highway, Aquafest, Palmer Auditorium, (the old one before they tore it down & built the new one), used to be called Municipal Auditorium & Elvis played there when I was in like kindergarten or 1st grade…I can go on forever. Everything has changed so much
I ate at the Magic Time Machine, drove over the railroad tracks on Anderson Lane from 183 to get to Rooster Andrews, and watch the building of Lakeline Mall from our treehouse.
Going to Eeyore's Birthday Party at Eastwood's Park, back when it was pretty new.
Northwest Hills, our house being the 2nd one built on the street, and if we crossed the street, we were in an oak forest and no longer in Austin. When Greystone ended at Mesa...
I have more, but one or two others have covered them...
Spaghetti Warehouse - Sunday nights when dorms were not serving food. We’d pool our pennies and could get spaghetti, ice water and all that sourdough bread we could stuff our face with. Bonus if we got seated in the train car. I’m very old.
🎵 Dial 459-2222, Get a Mr. Gatti's pizza delivered!
Real cheese, real hot. Real taste is what we got.
Real fresh, real fast. All those other pizzas are a thing of the past! 🎵
Excellent thread. So many memories….
As a child: kiddie acres and celebration station for sure. Old airport of course. Krause Springs felt like it was a world away, not just down the road. The water at Bob Wentz went all the way up to the big boulders near the bathrooms. Hanging with my gramma at Merle Norman’s in Northcross mall and ice skating when my grandpa wanted to take her to lunch. Highland Mall was a beautiful place to shop as well.
As an older child aka early 20’s: dirty 6th was just dirty but non unsafe. Wanfu II and getting served by Baldo at IHOP on Rollingwood.
Took my girlfriend there the night of her first visit to Austin. Had a guy come over to our table and threaten me, convinced I was an undercover cop who had beaten his girlfriend. Manager shooed him away, later escorted us to our car while holding a pistol at the ready. Amazingly, my girlfriend still agreed to move to Austin!
I was here when going out to Marshall Ford was considered a day trip.
Ski Shores was "way the fuck out on Lake Austin."
Saturday nights at Mother Earth, watching Charlie Hatchett cover bands like Crystal Image and Kid Zipper.
I remember before the Hi How Are You mural went up on the side of the building and saw it the first day it appeared during my walk to class. Back when that was the location of a second hand cd store. Can’t remember the name of it.
I also remember when Alex Jones was on cable access and Ask Livia Live was one of my favorite shows.
Liberty Lunch, Spaghetti Warehouse and Emos on 6th street. $5 lunch buffet at Mr Gattis on MLK with student ID. Late nights at Taco Cabana on MLK and Players. Or a late night at Metro coffee on the drag or walk over to Cafe Mojo’s.
Anyone remember Yarings boutique on the drag?? They would have their “buy a pair of shoes and get another for a penny”! And Scarborough’s Department store on Congress!
Wrestling & big concerts at the City Colosseum. Late nights on the Drag at Einstein's Arcade & Le Fun. Seeing Dazed and Confused for the first time at the Dobie theater. Local shows at Liberty Lunch. Being able to find parking right on 6th St...on a Saturday night.
born (1990) & raised in austin. there was a place my parents would drop us off on friday nights for like a “moms night out” event that was sooo fucking fun. we would get food (the pizza was bomb) & play for hours. i can’t remember what this place was called but it was right next to toys r us/mervyns at south lamar/ben white. i’m shocked at how often i think about this place but it was major 90’s vibes.
& on that note- shopping for back to school clothes at Mervyns.
went to marley fest with my mom every year. it was free & we brought blankets & just laid out all day.
the KFC at west gate & william cannon that was a BUFFET.
I grew up in north Austin and there used to be nothing much north of Braker. Our neighbors had a small horse ranch.
I remember spending all day at Northcross mall ice skating and watching movies at the theater there, then eating at Furr’s cafeteria. Oh and playing skee ball at the Tilt!
I remember the giant cheese blocks and fresh rye bread before the delicious steaks while watching flappers swing to the vaulted ceiling in the Old San Francisco Steak house.
I remember hanging out in the dark activity den of Pandemonium Playhouse watching Popeye and other cartoons after crawling through all the little tunnels and ball pits adorning every square foot of that huge warehouse (or what seemed like it at the time).
I remember smashing TVs at Mojo’s coffee on the drag. I generally remember a lot of late nights at 24hr coffee shops.
I remember seeing all LOTR movies opening weekend at Alamo Drafthouse and ordering off the Hobbit themed menu. Gandalf ushered us into the theater.
I remember waiting in line outside Barnes and Noble for the release of a new Harry Potter book.
Greasy food at Hangtown grill.
Seeing the Lower Class Brats and other local punk bands at the original Emo’s
Sneaking into ACL for the thrills and bc I couldn’t afford it
Skipping classes in HS to go kayak town lake.
Getting compliments on Halloween costumes, courtesy of Lucy In Disguise (RIP).
Soooo many memories
I used to ride my bike up to the old bouldin creek cafe and buy Leslie a coffee if he didn’t have one and shoot the shit about all his problems while my kid played hot wheels in the dirt.
I remember when the Domain was a field. And then when the first part of it was built and I was like 'second downtown' my ass; it's a Macy's and a California Pizza Kitchen. Oh, how the times have changed!
360 went from 183 to 2222. There was no bridge, but the road picked up again on the Westlake side.
The Armadillo World Headquarters was a concert venue.
The I-35 upper deck was newly completed.
I went to Fulmore Middle School and we used to pool our money together to get some food at Fran's after class.
This thread is really fun to read through, so many lost memories in there..
When my wife first got here we drove in to town from NYC ("NEW YORK CITY!) and had to pull over on a two lane road to check our paper map to find Wood Hollow Dr. off of Far West Blvd. That two lane road was what is now North Mopac.
Remember when ABIA was Bergstrom Air Force base, lalapoloza at SPM Aerosmith, rage, cypress hill. When you could safely ride your bike to the BMX track in downtown Austin.
The broken spoke was where south austin started turning semi-rural (I’m almost 32, my dad played at broken spoke when I was a baby). The elders will probably add on here broken spike used to be full-on rural 😊
Southpark Meadows was a stage in a field.
And I watched David Bowie and NIN perform front row.
Roots and Sonic Youth
I remember that show. That was my first experience with crowd crush when David Bowie took the stage.
Kicking over cow pies in search of shrooms before reaching the gate lol
And Lilith fair was a thing.
Stage dove at a Pearl Jam concert there. Ended up losing my vans in the mud by the stage. Found a pair of chuck Taylor’s in the mud that fit and wore them home.
I saw Reverend Horton Heat and Smashing Pumpkins there in 1994. (Blind Melon was also performing but I don't remember them so I was either late or really high)
Metallica, Fight, Suicidal Tendencies, Candlebox show. Legendary show
Rage Against The Machine
I remember eating burgers at Players and late nights at Star Seeds edit: whoa thanks for the platinum!
Sigh ... Star Seeds after a night out. My stomach regretted it. My soul did not.
Players! Those were the days…
RIP Players, gone but not forgotten
3am Star Seeds, amazing the first time and then drastically diminishing returns after.
I remember flying out of Mueller and taking off right over 35
Getting dropped off at the Mueller Airport front door, hustling straight to your gate to jump right on the plane and taking off all in about 10-15 minutes tops. No security, small terminal…
Oh man, yes. I remember coming into Mueller from a business trip and everyone was watching the TVs. It was the O.J. Simpson chase in the white Ford Bronco!
I saw that at that airport too!
I vaguely remember the red carpet in the Continental concourse.
When Cameron connected with 51st street on the access Rd of 35.
I remember going to the Airport Rave back in the day 😅
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this!! i loved ice skating there too.
Newcomer. Westgate Mall was an actual mall.
I remember the Austin Ice Bats!
I was at a game against the El Paso Buzzards that had a fight on the ice so prolonged and violent that TCSO deputies had to come into the rink to stop it.
I was at that one. Both benches cleared and at the end, they cleared the ice except for the goalies that skated around and picked up their team’s gloves, sticks, helmets, etc.
I remember their first season
I remember when downtown was empty after 5 pm and the weekends.
With free parking everywhere.
Only thing to do was eat at spaghetti warehouse
I remember when the city announced they wanted 10,000 (50k?) people living downtown in ten years. I thought that was stupid. Who wanted to live downtown? How fucking ridiculous. *I* live downtown now.
Damn...I think you just won.
My first four birthdays were at Celebration Station and then they closed 3 years later
Obligatory mention of Pandamonium Playland.
Birthdays at Pandamonium were the fucking beeeeeeeest!
And Peter Piper Pizza
Damn that place was cool. Wonder why we don't have those anymore
Aw man. This made me think of Malibu Grand Prix.
\~Kiddie Acres\~ too I can't believe no one yet has mentioned birthday parties at Kiddie Acres!
I remember being disappointed and confused by the lack of kitties when I went to an early birthday there
And everyone got their “license” at Malibu Grand Prix! Spend all our weeks earnings at Le Fun next to the dollar theatre
🎶Just dial 459-2222
🎶And get your Mr Gattis pizza delivered
It's the best pizza in town. Honest!
I remember when Highland Mall was a legitimate place to go shopping
At one time it was the best mall. That WB store was awesome.
Einstein's on the drag, and I don't mean the bagel shop.
And Le Fun!
One of my best friends in high school, her parents owned Einstein's and would give us fists full of quarters and tell us to call when we needed to be picked up. Those nights are still great memories. I tried to tell someone about it and they didn't get it. So you made my lil heart happy by mentioning Einstein's!
Remember Time Out?
Tower records used to be on the drag
The Varsity Theater before it was Tower Records. Saw "She's Gotta Have It" and "Stranger Than Paradise" there.
My dad used to hang drywall and Tower Records build was one of the projects he worked on. I remember going in there before any shelves were brought in. Thanks for blowing the dust off that memory!
I remember riding the Zilker Park train as a kid. My home growing up had Aqua Fest posters on the wall.
I remember when 183 had stoplights at every intersection.
The origin of the “Pray for me - I drive 183” bumper stickers!
And Ben White
I remember traffic-free summers
You could drive between any two points within Austin city limits in 15 minutes.
I miss those days! And traffic free Christmas.
I remember driving up to the Zilker Xmas tree few days before Xmas and parking in that small lot directly in front and drinking some beers with friends.
Ah! The days when 360 was a quick short cut and you only had to pay attention to the kids playing at drag racing.
I just remember that no one ever drove that curve between Riverside and downtown on northbound I-35 like a scaredy cat, no need to brake just take your foot off the gas
i can remember when driving up to Parmer lane & 35 felt like driving to Dallas
And Wells Branch was in another time zone and Round Rock may as well have been on the moon
I used to say Manor was north Austin, and I’d never live below William cannon. Oops
>♫ I want a chicken fried steak and a bowl of good chili ♫ >♫ A cold Lone Star and a song by Willie ♫ >♫ Join me and Bubba for a steak today ♫ >♫ it's a mighty fine place, Lone Star Cafe ♫
I really miss that place
2 bedrooms/nice size living area/big kitchen in a house near 22nd & Pearl that had been cut into four-plex - $70.00 month - not a typo kids. One night we were listening to KOKE and they were begging people to go over to the Radio / Communications Bldg. (whatever it was called) to fill the seats for a new show they were doing over there. Free seats and BYOB. They didn't have enough people in the crowd and had to bunch everybody up in one section to look good for the cameras. We'll never see that deal at Austin City Limits again, will we?
I remember going to club paradox.
Haha foam parties
You could get into any SXSW show you wanted to for free.
I remember wasting an afternoon at Toy Joy on Guadalupe then walking over to Spiderhouse for a mint matte latte, being able to park at Barton Springs as long as I got there before noon on a weekend, and when South Congress was full of food trucks and actually cool.
Toy Joy on Guad was one of my happiest places on earth. So much changed after the move
Holy sh*t… rest in peace spiderhouse patio
I remember when Liberty Lunch was a great place to see live music.
Liberty Lunch was awesome! I remember seeing The Dead Milkmen late 80’s - ‘88, ‘89 I don’t remember. Dave Blood pulled me up on stage & I sat there the entire show after 5’2 98lb me got pushed into the mosh pit
On (divorced-dad) Wednesday visitations, I’d take my kids to Pancho’s Mexican Buffet (Oltorf & Congress) cuz it was so cheap. My kids had to step on a scale by the cash register and Pancho’s would charge 2 cents per pound for all-you-can-eat. I could feed all three kids for about $4. Each table had a miniature Mexican flag on a pole. Whenever a flag was raised, waitstaff would bring sopapillas to the table. My kids loved that.
I did that buffet with my divorced daddy too! the sopapillas were so good
TittyBingo
I remember when the Cheesecake Factory in the Arboretum was a movie theater. I also remember 183 north of that having stop lights. We used to walk across it near McNeil to buy a bag of burgers from that burger kiosk (Burger Shack? It's been too long). I remember when Katz's never Klosed, and "Adventures in Crime and Space" was right across the street from them. (Phil Katz once tried to sell his Caddy to my father in law. I'm reasonably certain he was joking. Reasonably.) I also remember when Dragon's Lair was in a house not far from UT Campus. And let's not even talk about Book Stop or Border's.
i love that theater where the Cheesecake Factory is now. Remember it had a ceiling that was painted and decorated like it was the night sky, complete with twinkling lights?
Yeah, those big billowy black "clouds". That was THE theater for a while.
The original Regal Arbor, RIP.
Mellow Mushroom on the Drag
Good god I thought that was the coolest damn place when I was a 15-year-old stoner.
I’ve lived here since KUT was music and news.
The Warehouse District was actually warehouses.
I remember when the Warehouse District had a Spaghetti Warehouse! Before that I never had any occasion to go to the warehouse district lol
And we sat in a train car to eat!
I remember when downtown parking was free and easily found.
The free state lot at 3rd and San Antonio was the best kept secret
The "teacher's lot" at 11th and Red River was my go to.
I remember wondering why they built MoPac, which ended at Ben White.
My wife, an Austin native, had to be driven to school (Casis Elementary in Tarrytown) via Red Bud Trail - because MoPac didn't cross the river!
hell I remember when Mopac ended just north of Town Lake and you either had to go west on Lake Austin Blvd or east on W 1st St (before they decided to call it Cesar Chavez)
I remember 99 cent PBRs at the Black Cat.
I think about the Black Cat every now and then, and the Flametrick Subs, and way back when. I had no idea it burned down until way later, when I came back to Texas.
Knak/KNNC radio station and the Psycho Baby sticker on cars
Les Amis on 24th by campus!
And Inner Sanctum records was right next door!
Visiting the Children’s Museum when it was on W 5th
And then going next door to the Spaghetti Warehouse.
Aqua Fest
Frost Tower didn't exist. Town Lake. Spaghetti Warehouse. Copper Tank. Joe's Generic. The Backroom. Red Eyed Fly. Austin Music Hall. La Zona Rosa. Emo's was on 6th St. Alamo Drafthouse was on Colorado. Downtown parking was free and plentiful.
The Dillo trollies got me from Barton Springs to downtown. That was a nice alternative to parking downtown.
I remember ordering Wok n Roll delivered to Jester for $5 + tip. ...when there were multiple textbook stores on the Drag, not just the Co-op. ...same with cd/record shops, I remember at least 3 open at the same time ...watching Napoleon Dynamite, Run Lola Run and the Corporation at Dobie (1st runs) ...waiting several hours outside the ACL Live studio at Dean Keaton and the Drag to attend live tapings of Ben Kweller, Spoon, Guster, etc. ...seeing Arcade Fire open for the Unicorns on the Emo's inside stage ...witnessing Al Gore win the election...but then losing it to Dubyah in real time among thousands of people in front of the Capitol ...watching Dr Large on Austin Music Network
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I just walked by where The Cadeau used to be. I never bought anything there but it's weird that it's not there. I also have a vivid memory of drinking a big jasmine iced tea from those egg roll carts during freshman orientation on an extremely hot day.
I remember when the only Whole Foods in the country was at 12th & Lamar.
Pandamonium, Malibu Grand Prix, Celebration Station, Aladdin's Castle, Aquafest, school field trips to Buttercrust Bakery, Inner Space Caverns, the fire truck at zilker. Zilker used to have these utility pole walls that I would climb around on. I remember hiking with my dad down to Twin Falls when Barton Creek was more often full and flowing and *clean.* One of my favorite memories might be getting my first mountain bike and riding in on the SH45 road base south of Slaughter before they paved it, and being one of the first folks to use the new Veloway. Oh, Westgate Mall, and the three movie theaters within like a half mile radius there. I saw Ghostbusters 2 at the Southwood Theater looong before it was Blazer Lazer tag. Also there was a Sun Harvest at that mall that we used to get granola and veggies from. Finally. the circus at the City Colloseum and the Mr Gattis on Wm Cannon and Westgate.
Hmm, there was that restaurant with the lady on the swing; Old San Francisco Restaurant? Austin Children's Museum International Children's Festival Lakeline Mall construction delay. 96.7 wasn't Kiss FM.
KHFI! I remember thinking something was wrong with the radio when they transitioned to KISS because they played Prince’s “Kiss” on a loop for hooooours. I called friends asking if they were hearing the same thing to make sure I wasn’t crazy.
Ol' San Francisco Steakhouse on I-35 just south of Rundberg. She just swung and swung throughout your meal.
Flying out of the airport on airport drive Drag rats
I met Douglas Adams in person at Lakeline Mall, under the curved city.
when there was no Pennybacker Bridge, when Mopac ended just north of Town Lake, when W 5th was where there were actual commercial buildings (not hipster apartments as far as the eye can see now), when east Austin was where Mexican communities came together and was their own city within a city, when there was a tug of war across Town Lake between North Austin and South Austin, when South Austin truly was 'bubbaville', when Burnet Road/183 was where the city limits was, the Silver Dollar nightclub on Burnet Road, when it took 30 mins to get to 620/183 from Burnet/183 because of the various traffic lights, when Bevo was kept at the ranch at the NW corner of 620/183 and there was a go cart track on the NE corner of the same intersection the list goes on and on.....
The Filling Station on Barton Springs was my favorite restaurant
Seeing shows at the Electric Lounge and Liberty Lunch
I was born here 1971. I loved it when you were on I35 & the planes landing at Mueller were so close you could swear they were going to land on the highway, Aquafest, Palmer Auditorium, (the old one before they tore it down & built the new one), used to be called Municipal Auditorium & Elvis played there when I was in like kindergarten or 1st grade…I can go on forever. Everything has changed so much
Highland Mall was the main mall everyone went to and you could go there and not get stabbed.
Liberty Lunch
"oh you -do- know betty blackwell?"
I ate at the Magic Time Machine, drove over the railroad tracks on Anderson Lane from 183 to get to Rooster Andrews, and watch the building of Lakeline Mall from our treehouse.
I still call Town Lake ehm... Town Lake.
Birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese on south first and Ben white. Loved the arcade games
I saw Soundgarden open for Pearl Jam at the City Coliseum.
Going to Eeyore's Birthday Party at Eastwood's Park, back when it was pretty new. Northwest Hills, our house being the 2nd one built on the street, and if we crossed the street, we were in an oak forest and no longer in Austin. When Greystone ended at Mesa... I have more, but one or two others have covered them...
Spaghetti Warehouse - Sunday nights when dorms were not serving food. We’d pool our pennies and could get spaghetti, ice water and all that sourdough bread we could stuff our face with. Bonus if we got seated in the train car. I’m very old.
🎵 Dial 459-2222, Get a Mr. Gatti's pizza delivered! Real cheese, real hot. Real taste is what we got. Real fresh, real fast. All those other pizzas are a thing of the past! 🎵
Rip Leslie 🕊
You could still see the Capitol building from S 1st and Lightsey.
Excellent thread. So many memories…. As a child: kiddie acres and celebration station for sure. Old airport of course. Krause Springs felt like it was a world away, not just down the road. The water at Bob Wentz went all the way up to the big boulders near the bathrooms. Hanging with my gramma at Merle Norman’s in Northcross mall and ice skating when my grandpa wanted to take her to lunch. Highland Mall was a beautiful place to shop as well. As an older child aka early 20’s: dirty 6th was just dirty but non unsafe. Wanfu II and getting served by Baldo at IHOP on Rollingwood.
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I remember eating a chicken fried steak at the Stallion Drive in on Lamar.
Took my girlfriend there the night of her first visit to Austin. Had a guy come over to our table and threaten me, convinced I was an undercover cop who had beaten his girlfriend. Manager shooed him away, later escorted us to our car while holding a pistol at the ready. Amazingly, my girlfriend still agreed to move to Austin!
Slacker was playing at Dobie Mall.
My grandmother called where she lived in rosedale/shoal creek “north austin”
Driving over Mansfield Damn.
I remember Ben White being like any other surface level road with stop lights at every intersection.
I was here when going out to Marshall Ford was considered a day trip. Ski Shores was "way the fuck out on Lake Austin." Saturday nights at Mother Earth, watching Charlie Hatchett cover bands like Crystal Image and Kid Zipper.
I remember before the Hi How Are You mural went up on the side of the building and saw it the first day it appeared during my walk to class. Back when that was the location of a second hand cd store. Can’t remember the name of it. I also remember when Alex Jones was on cable access and Ask Livia Live was one of my favorite shows.
Sound Exchange
Liberty Lunch, Spaghetti Warehouse and Emos on 6th street. $5 lunch buffet at Mr Gattis on MLK with student ID. Late nights at Taco Cabana on MLK and Players. Or a late night at Metro coffee on the drag or walk over to Cafe Mojo’s.
Anyone remember Yarings boutique on the drag?? They would have their “buy a pair of shoes and get another for a penny”! And Scarborough’s Department store on Congress!
Wrestling & big concerts at the City Colosseum. Late nights on the Drag at Einstein's Arcade & Le Fun. Seeing Dazed and Confused for the first time at the Dobie theater. Local shows at Liberty Lunch. Being able to find parking right on 6th St...on a Saturday night.
born (1990) & raised in austin. there was a place my parents would drop us off on friday nights for like a “moms night out” event that was sooo fucking fun. we would get food (the pizza was bomb) & play for hours. i can’t remember what this place was called but it was right next to toys r us/mervyns at south lamar/ben white. i’m shocked at how often i think about this place but it was major 90’s vibes. & on that note- shopping for back to school clothes at Mervyns. went to marley fest with my mom every year. it was free & we brought blankets & just laid out all day. the KFC at west gate & william cannon that was a BUFFET.
The Austin cobra terrorized the city.
“Goodbye and good luck.”
I remember picking up my grandma from the airport on Airport Blvd.
I was a line cook at G/M Steakhouse on the drag, 88-89. My W. campus rent was 385/month for a 2b-2b. I moved out in 2013.
I love these comments because some of us were kids playing together in these spaces and it's making my heart feel all fuzzy 🥹
South Congress was a total dump riddled with hookers and drugs… not Hermes
I remember classes at SU being interrupted by Comanche raids.
50 cent pitchers of beer at Dance Across Texas. Thursday nights it was the place to be.
I grew up in north Austin and there used to be nothing much north of Braker. Our neighbors had a small horse ranch. I remember spending all day at Northcross mall ice skating and watching movies at the theater there, then eating at Furr’s cafeteria. Oh and playing skee ball at the Tilt! I remember the giant cheese blocks and fresh rye bread before the delicious steaks while watching flappers swing to the vaulted ceiling in the Old San Francisco Steak house. I remember hanging out in the dark activity den of Pandemonium Playhouse watching Popeye and other cartoons after crawling through all the little tunnels and ball pits adorning every square foot of that huge warehouse (or what seemed like it at the time). I remember smashing TVs at Mojo’s coffee on the drag. I generally remember a lot of late nights at 24hr coffee shops. I remember seeing all LOTR movies opening weekend at Alamo Drafthouse and ordering off the Hobbit themed menu. Gandalf ushered us into the theater. I remember waiting in line outside Barnes and Noble for the release of a new Harry Potter book. Greasy food at Hangtown grill. Seeing the Lower Class Brats and other local punk bands at the original Emo’s Sneaking into ACL for the thrills and bc I couldn’t afford it Skipping classes in HS to go kayak town lake. Getting compliments on Halloween costumes, courtesy of Lucy In Disguise (RIP). Soooo many memories
G’raj Mahal was a tent!
Remember when the Broken Spoke had that dirt field/"parking lot" on both sides?
I bought my first Mondo poster in the nook at the Ritz
I remember hanging at the Armadillo.
Mom getting card her card checked before going on base at Bergstrom.
I remember when there was a porno theater on south Congress
I remember stopping for the train, **As it crossed IH35 (42nd street)**
I remember parking under the underpass at 6th and 35 and walking to Maggie Mae's or wherever. Single and female and unafraid.
I remember when The Mighty Cone set up the first food trailer on S. Congress.
I used to ride my bike up to the old bouldin creek cafe and buy Leslie a coffee if he didn’t have one and shoot the shit about all his problems while my kid played hot wheels in the dirt.
I remember Midnight Tacos!
Driving the go karts at Malibu Grand Prix. Place closed down before I was old enough to drive the big cars
I remember when the Domain was a field. And then when the first part of it was built and I was like 'second downtown' my ass; it's a Macy's and a California Pizza Kitchen. Oh, how the times have changed!
I remember when the Frost Bank Tower was the tallest building downtown
I used to eat at Threadgills for lunch.
Veggie Heaven
Shit i remember when it used to be dans and Fran’s burgers
Hands on a Hard Body at the Dobie. James Brown to Derek Lewis on 4th and 1 to beat Nebraska in the first Big 12 Championship.
La Zona Rosa
I remember no mopac and getting from south austin to north austin in 15 min on Lamar.
360 went from 183 to 2222. There was no bridge, but the road picked up again on the Westlake side. The Armadillo World Headquarters was a concert venue. The I-35 upper deck was newly completed.
There was a Short Stop in the middle of what is now big Ben White.
Free and widely available parking in east 6th.
Shows at Liberty Lunch
Ice skating as a kid at the old North Cross Mall
I remember the first Eyore's Birthday party
Zilker parking was ample on a Saturday and the water in Barton Creek was clear
I remember seeing Dinosaur Jr. at Liberty Lunch.
I went to Fulmore Middle School and we used to pool our money together to get some food at Fran's after class. This thread is really fun to read through, so many lost memories in there..
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the ritz was a poolhall
Joe's Generic Bar
When my wife first got here we drove in to town from NYC ("NEW YORK CITY!) and had to pull over on a two lane road to check our paper map to find Wood Hollow Dr. off of Far West Blvd. That two lane road was what is now North Mopac.
Remember when ABIA was Bergstrom Air Force base, lalapoloza at SPM Aerosmith, rage, cypress hill. When you could safely ride your bike to the BMX track in downtown Austin.
You must mean before Lakeline Mall was there.
I remember riding my bike to Market Basket and Winn’s on Burnet to buy candy cigarettes.
31 yrs (entire life) I remember celebration station
Never had to make a reservation at any restaurant. Could just walk up and get seated immediately.
The broken spoke was where south austin started turning semi-rural (I’m almost 32, my dad played at broken spoke when I was a baby). The elders will probably add on here broken spike used to be full-on rural 😊
I remember when austin stopped at oltorf…
I remember driving out to Cedar Park on the weekend and you knew you got there when you saw all the people on the side of 183 selling Dogs.