Gone But Not Forgotten in San Antonio! - Part I (Austin: outdoor, street)

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Weiners and Winns and once in a while Shoppers world and Gibsons!

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Then you probably remember that Club on Fredericksburg called DADDIES and further down the road was MICKEY FINNS?! I used to have to have to drag my mom and her drunken friends ot of those places..then when those closed down they hit club SCRATCh where Kinko's stands now.

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I always remember never getting on JAMMIng with Sonny Melendez.
Listing to KITY FM and waiting for the day i could get into Club Shara South on Military. OH YEAH! Getting kicked out of the Gopher hole(spare time) on Kelly airforce base!

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I always remember never getting on JAMMIng with Sonny Melendez.
Listing to KITY FM and waiting for the day i could get into Club Shara South on Military. OH YEAH! Getting kicked out of the Gopher hole(spare time) on Kelly airforce base!

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dont forget, You say "BRACENBRIDGE" instead of Brackenridge(I grew up n the westside)
At the carnival you see men hitting on women who are pushing a stroller, and all your ashtrays at home say PIZZA Hut on them. SAN ANTO HOLMES!!

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I remeber all that! Also when Z-rock moved in on the radio action! The Doppelganer show on public access(i worked with dave and used to play Street fighter with Kimmy at the Diversions on Fred road). LA SEMANA! I hate to admit this but we started ariot there in 88 cause the bass player from Britney Fox spit on us, they shut the whole thing down!! MEMORIES!

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Originally Posted by Primo

Speaking of that area...what was the original name of the bar that is across from the Columbia bolwing ball factory?...it is now called the Martini Ranch.?

No far down West Ave is another bar, called the Texan....that place has not changed in the past 30 years(maybe more?). Anyone know how long that has been around? That always looked like the type of bar that you could get your throat cut ear to ear for saying the wrong thing.

Well.. I'm 41 and I remember going to the Texan with my grandfather when I was a young kid. I would sit at the bar with him while he had a beer.

[*mud*]

Originally Posted by Primo

Speaking of that area...
what was the original name of the bar that is across from the Columbia bolwing ball factory?...
it is now called the Martini Ranch.?

No far down West Ave is another bar, called the Texan....
that place has not changed in the past 30 years(maybe more?).
Anyone know how long that has been around?
That always looked like the type of bar that you
could get your throat cut ear to ear for saying the wrong thing.

Primo are you talking about the Outdoorsman?
Across from Columbia.

The Texan changes attitude with owner changes.
Been there as long as I can remember the area,
which would be back to about 1963.

mud

[johnrex62]

Originally Posted by Blanco Joe

Captain Jim's on Loop 13, the original El Rancho restaurant

The Trail,& Mission were neat nightime family adventures.

Science Fiction Theater was a favorite for me, and especially Tales of The Texas Rangers on saturday morning.

Had to highlight a few of your recollections Blanco Joe.

I took my wife to Captain Jim's on our first date. It was about 15 years past it's prime by then though.

That El Rancho was my first taste of restaurant cooking and I still remember their salsa and chips with fondness.

I am too young to have listened to Science Fiction Theater, but I have found the podcasts of them on Itunes and Tales of the Texas Rangers and Boston Blackie are two of my favorite radio shows.

[Primo]

Originally Posted by mudpuddle

Primo are you talking about the Outdoorsman?
Across from Columbia.

The Texan changes attitude with owner changes.
Been there as long as I can remember the area,
which would be back to about 1963.

mud

Yes that was the name. If I remember correctly , I believe they had a big blue marlin on a sign or painted on the place?

I wonder how many bars have continuously operated for 30 years + and are still open? The Esquire is obvious. Mid-night Rodeo has been around almost that long. Casbeers? Hills and Dales?