Thread of local businesses that don't survive the coronavirus

[pacman 7362]

We had friends open a wonderful cafe, very popular. After initial lease was up, the company tripled the lease and wouldn't budge on negotiations.

They closed up shop and the place is still vacant 9 months later.

[Anastasis 23479]

38 minutes ago, Deej said:

You're on deck, Draught House,

fuck everything. 

[Deej 76855]

1 minute ago, Anastasis said:

fuck everything. 

Bartenders there who are close friends have told me they are looking at their employment options. Not feeling good about it surviving.

[Brisketexan 105165]

8 minutes ago, Deej said:

Bartenders there who are close friends have told me they are looking at their employment options. Not feeling good about it surviving.

I don't know how the service industry comes back.  So many of these folks aren't going to have jobs when the economy starts to "come back."

[pacman 7362]

Threadgills is done

[HenryJames 66134]

10 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

I don't know how the service industry comes back.

Yeah, we’re all going to come out of this growing our own food and sewing our own clothes. No exceptions.

[Brisketexan 105165]

5 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

Yeah, we’re all going to come out of this growing our own food and sewing our own clothes. No exceptions.

I said so many of them won't have jobs -- not all of them.  But we're going to lose a LOT of local bars and restaurants.  Enough to put a real dent in the economy, and in service industry jobs.

[Armybrat 40854]

52 minutes ago, pacman said:

We had friends open a wonderful cafe, very popular. After initial lease was up, the company tripled the lease and wouldn't budge on negotiations.

They closed up shop and the place is still vacant 9 months later.

Some landlords are just plain stoopid.

[Gardner Barnes 1562]

I can understand being bummed about EyM closing.  It was not my favorite but it was ok. 

Thredgills and Mag were just shitty and/or gross in recent years. The success of both harken back to days when this city was a restaurant wasteland.  Both were terribly overrated.  Sucks for the employees, but the CV was hardly the was the final straw for these two. 

I'm not sure if the Trudy's is going to emerge from bankruptcy, but losing it would be no great loss either.

[South Austin 52523]

On ‎4‎/‎19‎/‎2020 at 1:41 PM, Deej said:

It was shit like having dirty flatware and glasses, bringing me the bottom of a pot of coffee ("we have more brewing" um, I would have waited), and shit like that which turned me off. It was like they were rehearsing for an episode of Kitchen Nightmares. When the front of house is nasty, I don't even want to know what's going on in the kitchen.

This is exactly why I never shed a tear when Las Manitas shut down.  There's only so many times you can tolerate dirty silverware and lipstick stained glasses for the sake of average Tex Mex and nostalgia. 

[YChang 3455]

I'm gonna miss the history of the place and those fried green tomatoes... or at least my memories of 'em. 

Edited April 20, 2020 by YChang

[Brisketexan 105165]

30 minutes ago, YChang said:

I'm gonna miss the history of the place and those fried green tomatoes... or at least my memories of 'em. 

It had gone down in quality considerably in recent years, but still....it was a decent spot for a fix of home cooking (I almost always got a mixed veggie plate).  And, we ate there my daughter's last night in the country before she left for college, for a last taste of "home," so a little nostalgia there.  It was also one of the first "nice" restaurants (as in, not GM steakhouse or taco bell) that I ate at when I got to UT in the late 80s -- buddy's parents took us out to eat there.  Sigh.

[tbone_ 14133]

I get hungry every time someone mentions GM Steakhouse.

[Brisketexan 105165]

5 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

I get hungry every time someone mentions GM Steakhouse.

God I miss that cheeseburger.  Some of the best vitamin G of my life.

[tbone_ 14133]

Best cheeseburger ever.

 

And fries for the thighs.

 

[Anastasis 23479]

Can we get a well check update on Dan's?

[Bevo 13589]

On 4/19/2020 at 3:56 PM, Anastasis said:

Eva and Carmen are the heroes we need. 

What is their last name? I wonder how much they are expected to pay.

[Shaggy3.0 1695]

Can we get a well check update on Dan's?

If Katie Congdon is still in charge, they’ll make it.

[Paco 1934]

If Katie Congdon is still in charge, they’ll make it.

I read that as Katie Congdong but that's not what it was so nevermind.

[Armybrat 40854]

1 hour ago, tbone_ said:

I get hungry every time someone mentions GM Steakhouse.

It opened when I was at UT.

we called it the Grey Meat Steakhouse.

[HenryJames 66134]

25 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

It opened when I was at UT.

we called it the Grey Meat Steakhouse.

Because it was opened by Confederate veterans?

[Armybrat 40854]

At that time (1962) the old Confederate Soldiers’ home just off Lake Austin Blvd.was still full of Civil War widows.

[pacman 7362]

3 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

I said so many of them won't have jobs -- not all of them.  But we're going to lose a LOT of local bars and restaurants.  Enough to put a real dent in the economy, and in service industry jobs.

That's a lot of defaulted loans for the banks to handle too.

[Sleep off ugly 279]

Plug-

Deep Eddy Cabaret is open tomorrow and for the rest of the week. Drinks to go and food (simple stuff- beans and rice, sandwiches). Hours are limited, 3 to 8. 

[Guest Lobo]

13 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

At that time (1962) the old Confederate Soldiers’ home just off Lake Austin Blvd.was still full of Civil War widows.

And it rained pussy every weekend for you, amirite?  

[jinx 2635]

5 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

Threadgill's is done.

 

Shit is fucked!!  Fuck you covid!!!

[Larry T. Spider 1746]

I can live with everything so far but damn I love draught house on a nice day. 

[tbone_ 14133]

Is dry creek still around?

[Ignatius 4017]

6 hours ago, Gardner Barnes said:

I can understand being bummed about EyM closing.  It was not my favorite but it was ok. 

Thredgills and Mag were just shitty and/or gross in recent years. The success of both harken back to days when this city was a restaurant wasteland.  Both were terribly overrated.  Sucks for the employees, but the CV was hardly the was the final straw for these two. 

I'm not sure if the Trudy's is going to emerge from bankruptcy, but losing it would be no great loss either.

Trudys was our go-to after games for 27 years, up until 2-3 years ago, Place has completely gone to shit...

[pacman 7362]

Agree, I drink there but haven't eaten Trudy's food in well over a decade.

Edited April 21, 2020 by pacman

[4th&Five 41569]

Damn. 

 

[Anastasis 23479]

We're gonna be left with nothing but fucking subways, applebees and chilis.  JFC. 

[Bevo 13589]

6 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

We're gonna be left with nothing but fucking subways, applebees and chilis.  JFC. 

And Ascension, Castle Dental, Coventry Homes, and ...

[South Austin 52523]

43 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

We're gonna be left with nothing but fucking subways, applebees and chilis.  JFC. 

When it's all over, Taco Bell will be the only one left standing.

[4th&Five 41569]

All these places will be taken over by mattress stores. 

[Brisketexan 105165]

52 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

We're gonna be left with nothing but fucking subways, applebees and chilis.  JFC. 

 

1 minute ago, 4th&Five said:

All these places will be taken over by mattress stores. 

Either one of these, probably both.

This may well be the death of locally owned restaurants, and the expansion of nothing but national chains to fill the spaces.  Furk.

[blacklab 11941]

1 hour ago, 4th&Five said:

Damn. 

 

Just came here to post that. Sucks. Probably my favorite sandwich place in town. 

When our office was down the street I'd go there at least once a week and sometimes more. 

[Pato del Muerto 52532]

Why is a sandwich shop important?

[Brisketexan 105165]

3 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Why is a sandwich shop important?

cuz they're really good?  And local?

[Cajun 11722]

On 4/20/2020 at 3:10 PM, Deej said:

This shit will take out what was left of old Austin. Mayor Adler excited about that.

You're on deck, Draught House, Ginny's, Buddy's and C. Hunt's.

Adler's real "Vision Zero" right on schedule.

[Cajun 11722]

4 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Why is a sandwich shop important?

I'll bet the people who feed their kids by working there can answer this question better than anyone here.

[Cajun 11722]

On 4/20/2020 at 5:23 PM, Brisketexan said:

God I miss that cheeseburger.  Some of the best vitamin G of my life.

This!  

Added bonus watching GM workers making Betty Sorority Bowheads who didn't understand the schtick cry the makeup off their faces.

[Cajun 11722]

On 4/20/2020 at 4:02 PM, Brisketexan said:

I don't know how the service industry comes back.  So many of these folks aren't going to have jobs when the economy starts to "come back."

Most will leave Austin.

They'll have to.

[pacman 7362]

28 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

 

Either one of these, probably both.

This may well be the death of locally owned restaurants, and the expansion of nothing but national chains to fill the spaces.  Furk.

That's the design...just like 90% of the foods in grocery stores come from four companies...

[LebongJames 1813]

I hope my favorite sub place, Tucci’s makes it. 

[LebongJames 1813]

1 minute ago, Cajun said:

Most will leave Austin.

They'll have to.

Where will they go?

[Stunns38 3536]

Trudys was our go-to after games for 27 years, up until 2-3 years ago, Place has completely gone to shit...

Last time I went in 2009, the food was awful. Of course it was the place to be in the 90s-very early 00s.

[Pato del Muerto 52532]

7 minutes ago, LebongJames said:

I hope my favorite sub place, Tucci’s makes it. 

Would you say it’s an important sub place?

[Pato del Muerto 52532]

13 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

cuz they're really good?  And local?

 

11 minutes ago, Cajun said:

I'll bet the people who feed their kids by working there can answer this question better than anyone here.

So which ones are unimportant, thus the need for the qualifier in the tweet?  The ones that aren’t as good, aren’t local, and don’t employ a few people?

[BrazilHorn 6621]

Someone up above had put a plug in for Fixe but I will second it. Just had bacon/egg/cheese biscuit sandwiches and then a dozen plain delivered to the casa. So, so tasty.