Restaurants I miss

Fandango's (Burnet & Anderson)--Worked there in high school. Delicious burgers & fajitas
The Stallion--Good, cheap CFS
Holiday House--Great burgers
 
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!
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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.
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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.
 
Dan McClusky's was a good steak place back in the old days.

Oh, and the Branding Iron was awesome.
 
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-dick student
 
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.
 
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!
 
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.
 
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.
 
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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All of the above + The Split Rail. Great chili cheese dog and entertainment by Blind George McLain on the piano.
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I lived in Austin from 63-65, when my dad was finishing his engineering degree; from 78-82 when I got my BS and again from 86 through 88 when I was in grad school. The two restaurants that were constant favorites of our family were the Night Hawk and El Patio. I visited Austin this summer with my Hoosier wife and my nine year old Daytona Beach born son and was thrilled to take them both to El Patio.

some of my personal favorites were the Stallion ( a waitress once chased me into the parking lot for leaving a two penny tip) and Conan's Pizza on the Drag.
 
not for the food, but Casa Bonita in Ft. Worth. There is still the original open in Denver I think.
 
The Split Rail was great, an old fashioned drive in, but with an interior sit down area as well. Blind George played honky tonk style piano, and was highly entertaining, but the biggest stars at the Split Rail were none other than Frieda and the Firedogs, and you couldn't have a better time than attending one of their shows. And yes, they had a great Coney Island hot dog.
 
"The Split Rail was great, an old fashioned drive in, but with an interior sit down area as well. the biggest stars at the Split Rail were none other than Frieda and the Firedogs,"

Showed up for the 9:00 show about 6:00 every Sunday. Chicken fried steak, lone star long necks and Marsha Ball and Bobby Earle.
 
I went to UT in the mid-1970's.

Carmen’s La Tapatia on E. 7th
Brown Bag BBQ on S. Lamar
The Commodore Perry
Shorty’s Lakeview Cafe
The Plantation on 19th and Guadalupe
Hank’s on Guadalupe
The Twin Drive-in on Cameron and 183
The Longhorn on Research at Anderson
Violet Crown on Justin Lane
Galloway’s Cafe on Congress
Airport Haven on S. 183
Lum’s Cafeteria
Becks Pharmacy Soda Fountain on Burnet at 45th
The Big Wheel in Oak Hill
52 Flavors Ice Cream Store on corner of Barton Springs and South 1st
B & K Burgers
Jorges on 6th Street
Jorge’s on Elmont
The Pig Stand
Caruso’s Italian on W. 6th
Our Place Hamburgers on Rosewood
The Maroon Mill on Rio Grande
Sam Lung’s Chinese restaurant on Burnet
Dobb’s House
A&W Rootbeer on Burnet
Chicken Shack
Lenzo’s Italian on Burnet
Youngbloods Fried Chicken
Steak Island on Riverside
Original McDonalds at Capital Plaza
Bert's BBQ on MLK
Kirschner’s Chicken
Old Bossey Milk Stores
Victor’s Italian Restaurant off Guadalupe
Ballard's Drive-Ins
Fritz Bar on Manor and East Ave
Raw Deal on 6th at Sabine
The Filling Station
The Donut Shop on Lamar and 5th; Airport at 51th
Big-Tex Sirloin House
Bull Creek Lodge circa 1967-1970
Mosley's Cafeteria on Burnet Road
Rosie's Tamale House on 1st
Granite Cafe
Red Lion
The Barn
Convict Hill Restaurant
Soap Creak Saloon
Rome Inn
Picadilly cafeteria downtown
Christie’s Seafood
Sid's
Zider Zee on Burnet
Holiday House Tarrytown
The Pit BBQ #5 downtown
Lock Stock & Barrel on Anderson
El Matamoros
The Stallion
GM Steakhouse on the Drag
2-J’s
The Rainbow Inn on S. Lamar
Terrace Restaurant
Los Tres Bobos across from Seton
Saturday's on Anderson
Vikashmo’s
Joes’ Pizza on W. 6th
Les Amis
Bevo’s
Chambers on the Drag
Salvation Sandwiches
Sit ‘n Bull
Cugini’s Truck Stop (chili and eggs)
English’s Mercantile on the Drag
Jerry Jacob’s BBQ
The One Knite
The Armadillo Beer Garden and Concert Hall
Nothing Strikes Back
Toad Hall on 6th St
L’il Abners
The Doll House (in the Sage parking lot)
Alamo Hotel bar
Lung’s Chinese Restaurant on Red River
Luby’s on North Loop
Wyatt’s Cafeteria on 38th at Guadalupe
Mike and Charlie’s on 38th, near Seton
Pelican’s Warf
Spellmans
Restaurant in the Villa Capri
Copper Skillet
The Silver Dollar
Toddle House on Lamar
Scampi’s Pizza on Lamar
 
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