Old Austin remembered - Mad Dog & Beans

[NorthAustin 3]

Had to share cuz I was thrilled to get a great Father's Day gift (though I had to wait for it to arrive).

A Mad Dog & Beans tee shirt and mug. I have such great memories of that place and my daughter found it (and a bunch of other old Austin eateries) on a site called Yestercool. Anyway, looks gret and I'm having a great time telling everyone about Austin in the 80s.... Anyone else remember Mad Dog & Beans? What I wold give for one of their milkshakes..actually, ANYBODY's milk shake.

[Shaddie 1644]

Nice. May order a Liberty Lunch and a Threadgills tees. 
 

Definitely need a Hoffbrau tee also. 

Edited July 8, 2020 by Shaddie

[ftf82 485]

I've posted this before. One of my favorite parts of Mad Dogs and Beans was the small parking lot. You'd pull up and toss your keys to some random homeless looking guy who would tandem park cars and hold your keys until you were done eating lunch, while moving cars around so those that had been there the longest weren't blocked in.

[hornbri 1379]

Only got to eat there a couple of times before it closed but I remember it being really good. 

[jimmyjazz 45624]

I ate there a ton.  One of my best friends and bandmates worked there, but we never made the connection until we formally met years later.

I spent a shit ton of time and money consuming burgers and milkshakes at Mad Dogs, then hanging out next door at Les Amis hoping Denia (singer for Bad Mutha Goose) would take my espresso order.

[Armybrat 40759]

Pardon me, I thought this was the Old Austin thread.

[Deej 76637]

Shopping at Inner Sanctum and Pipes Plus, then grabbing food at Mad Dog's. 

[utee94 15748]

On 7/10/2020 at 7:17 AM, Armybrat said:

Pardon me, I thought this was the Old Austin thread.

Just replace "Maddog and Bean's" with "The Stallion" in your mind.

 

[Armybrat 40759]

And Louie’s Lounge.

[thrillhammer 683]

On 7/9/2020 at 9:54 PM, jimmyjazz said:

I ate there a ton.  One of my best friends and bandmates worked there, but we never made the connection until we formally met years later.

I spent a shit ton of time and money consuming burgers and milkshakes at Mad Dogs, then hanging out next door at Les Amis hoping Denia (singer for Bad Mutha Goose) would take my espresso order.

never went to les amis.  was always too intimidating (and smoky) for me. quackenbush's seemed a little more lowbrow and accessible.  

mad dogs had a burger with guac and sprouts.  holy moley that was a tasty burger.  a little char on the patty.  that was a great place.  blue bell shakes.  

[TxTower 650]

“Austin’s Favorite” was one of TxTowers favorites as well.

[Tonesky 922]

15 hours ago, thrillhammer said:

mad dogs had a burger with guac and sprouts.  holy moley that was a tasty burger.  

No. 7 - “Austin’s Favorite”

[justhookit 4186]

I’m gonna forever blame Wheeler for this.

[Deej 76637]

On 7/10/2020 at 8:27 PM, Deej said:

Shopping at Inner Sanctum and Pipes Plus, then grabbing food at Mad Dog's. 

 

[Deej 76637]

 

[orangecat92 306]

Holiday House, 2J's restaurant, GM Steakhouse, Mama's Pizza on Guadalupe.  

[TPCJ007 48]

Hey @deej that was a good find, and I remember that lifestyle around Austin in the 70's and 80's. The film mentioned that David was an actor in Austin and he looks like the liquor store clerk in Dazed and confused.

In my years at McCallum in the late 70's some of our lunch place rotations would include Knight a Burger, Stallion, 2J's, Dart Bowl, Ol' Hickory BBQ, Holiday House, Top Notch, Pancho's, and of course the Taco Bell and Long john Silvers on Burnet Rd. were very popular.

In the early 80's the popular drinking hangouts were the Side Pocket, 183 Cue Club, Silver Dollar and the Lumber yard. Sixth Street was just beginning to become popular.

 

[jimmyjazz 45624]

1 hour ago, TPCJ007 said:

Hey @deej that was a good find, and I remember that lifestyle around Austin in the 70's and 80's. The film mentioned that David was an actor in Austin and he looks like the liquor store clerk in Dazed and confused.

Yep, that's him.

[Guest Lobo]

He told my expectant wife to eat something green every day.  He is a wise man.  Still working today, I see...from IMDB.  

Edited July 27, 2020 by Lobo

[CooterBrown 17949]

On 7/25/2020 at 9:23 PM, TPCJ007 said:

Hey @deej that was a good find, and I remember that lifestyle around Austin in the 70's and 80's. The film mentioned that David was an actor in Austin and he looks like the liquor store clerk in Dazed and confused.

David lives in my neighborhood and is always out for a walk.

[Guest Lobo]

Please tell him he kinda looks like Bob Odenkirk to me, and has since way before either of them were famous.  

[Austinvines 309]

A 2:30 am frito pie from the Dog House in the Castillian lot always hit the spot.

[jimmyjazz 45624]

As long as we're waxing nostalgic, I very much miss Tuesday 2-for-1 chicken fried steak nights at Beans (not Mad Dog & Beans).

[utee94 15748]

And I miss Eggs Benedict served by cute coeds at the Lakeview Cafe'.

 

 

[jimmyjazz 45624]

57 minutes ago, utee94 said:

And I miss Eggs Benedict served by cute coeds at the Lakeview Cafe'.

I barely remember that place -- was it where Hula Hut is now or down the road from there?

[utee94 15748]

Just now, jimmyjazz said:

I barely remember that place -- was it where Hula Hut is now or down the road from there?

It was across Lake Austin Blvd on the hillside, rather than  directly on the water at Oyster Landing.   In the early 90s they moved across to the water-side, and renamed/rethemed as "The Lodge at Lakeview" which wasn't nearly as good, aside from $1 Celis night on Thursdays.  The Lodge at Lakeview only lasted a couple of years and that building is the one right next to Hula Hut that's been Jake's and a dozen other things over the past two decades.  I honestly have no idea what it is now.

[ftf82 485]

6 hours ago, utee94 said:

It was across Lake Austin Blvd on the hillside, rather than  directly on the water at Oyster Landing.   In the early 90s they moved across to the water-side, and renamed/rethemed as "The Lodge at Lakeview" which wasn't nearly as good, aside from $1 Celis night on Thursdays.  The Lodge at Lakeview only lasted a couple of years and that building is the one right next to Hula Hut that's been Jake's and a dozen other things over the past two decades.  I honestly have no idea what it is now.

Abel's on the Lake. And totally forgettable.

[utee94 15748]

7 minutes ago, ftf82 said:

Abel's on the Lake. And totally forgettable.

Oh yeah I actually knew that.  And forgot.  Proving you 100% correct.

 

[Jody1988 0]

I went to UT 85-89. I’m back for the first time. Where was mad dog?

I can’t find the location. And I can’t find anything but Continental club, the Driskel.  Is there anything else I can look for?

I wish I had a tour guide to remind me where everything was. 

[blacklab 11885]

Mad dog was just west of the drag on 24th

[Ignatius Reilly 48]

They had good beans

[jimmyjazz 45624]

20 hours ago, blacklab said:

Mad dog was just west of the drag on 24th

Next to Les Amis.

[CooterBrown 17949]

I can’t imagine visiting Austin for the first time since ‘89. Talk about sensory overload.

[Black Scholes 0]

I still miss The Bandido at Mad Dog's. With onion rings, although the fries were solid. Walked by that place every day on the way to class.

[DalTxHornFan 3089]

There are definitely some Old Austin food places in the range of these pics!  Jake's immediately comes to mind, and Beans on 6th street.

https://austin.towers.net/flash-back-to-austin-1984-with-these-vintage-views-of-downtowns-gold-bank/?pro=caitlyn@towers.net

Edited March 18, 2022 by DalTxHornFan

[Biff Tannen 45557]

On 3/13/2022 at 9:57 AM, CooterBrown said:

I can’t imagine visiting Austin for the first time since ‘89. Talk about sensory overload.

That's almost as long as I've lived here.  Moved here in '86 when I was 4 years old.  Might as well be a different planet now.

[jimmyjazz 45624]

On 3/18/2022 at 4:56 PM, DalTxHornFan said:

There are definitely some Old Austin food places in the range of these pics!  Jake's immediately comes to mind, and Beans on 6th street.

Beans was my broke-ass college crowd's regular rotation on Tuesday nights for 2-1 chicken fried steaks.  We typically rolled in with about 5-6 people.  We all ate one CFS, except the biggest dude, who could always down two by himself.

[TxTower 650]

No. 7 - “Austin’s Favorite”

My go to order. Great burger. Never seen it’s equal anywhere else.


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[dcbc 14443]

My older sister introduced me to Mad Dog & Beans when she was at UT in the early 80s.  I got two meals in me from there my freshman year in 92 before it closed for good.

 

My go-to was Porky's Demise, Fries, Cookies & Cream Milkshake.

[ShaggyBevo RIP 3868]

Mad dog was just west of the drag on 24th

Mad Dog’s food was so good for the money because they were money laundering and never had to pay attention to food cost and actually needed to bump up food cost to justify the money going through there.

[DalTxHornFan 3089]

6 minutes ago, ShaggyBevo RIP said:

Mad Dog’s food was so good for the money because they were money laundering and never had to pay attention to food cost.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

[cactusflinthead 27596]

Money laundering?

[ShaggyBevo RIP 3868]

Money laundering?

Austin coke money.

If you had connections there you could get coke with your meal.

[Blotto 23460]

No idea what year, but those prices...

Edited March 27, 2022 by Blotto

[utee94 15748]

Wow, had to be mid 80s or earlier?

In the early 90s, my standard Crown and Anchor lunchtime order of a jalapeno cheeseburger + FF and a coke, was $3.45.  And pitchers of Shiner Bock were maybe $4.50.  Pitchers at The Posse were $3.75.

[jimmyjazz 45624]

I pitched the idea of sober ride vans to SXSW in year 2 (1988), and they responded by putting me in charge and gave me one van.  I picked up and drove a ton of out-of-town folks that weekend, and I'd make small talk with many of them.  A common theme was their surprise at how cheap food was in Austin.

If I think backwards, it seems our prices started to catch up some 15 years ago.  I might be off a bit, but I do recall going with my wife to Threadgill's when our youngest was a toddler (~ 2006) and thinking "huh, looks like every entree went up $1-$2".  It continued from there.

[Deej 76637]

Once breakfast tacos stopped being 99 cents or less, it went downhill fast. 

[HiggyBaby 2523]

Nothing like crusing tower records for a new cd or two and then walking over to mad dog and beans for a burger. The good old days .

[Deej 76637]

3 minutes ago, HiggyBaby said:

Nothing like crusing Inner Sanctum for a new lp or two and then walking over to mad dog and beans for a burger. The good old days .

Fify.

[DoobieWah 1421]

Circa 1978

Spoiler

 

Edited May 17, 2022 by DoobieWah