What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?

[crash_davis 23121]

Multiple explosions. Did Pancho's finally kill Brisket, his toilet, and his house?

 

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/austin-explosions-fire-imperial-drive/269-061d423c-e1e8-49b4-863c-6cb1b943b470

AUSTIN, Texas — Fire crews and medics are on the scene of an incident involving "multiple explosions" at a home in southeast Austin.

The Austin Fire Department (AFD) said just after 10 a.m. Friday that crews were responding to a structure fire in the 4600 block of Imperial Drive. AFD said it had received reports of a disturbance inside a home associated with "multiple explosions, fire, and smoke" inside the residence.

 

edit: Meth lab?

 

Edited April 26 by crash_davis

[crash_davis 23121]

Looks meth labby.

 

[hornian 5230]

On 4/26/2024 at 11:44 AM, crash_davis said:

Looks meth labby.

 

*looked

[Brisketexan 105479]

Multiple explosions. Did Pancho's finally kill Brisket, his toilet, and his house?
 
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/austin-explosions-fire-imperial-drive/269-061d423c-e1e8-49b4-863c-6cb1b943b470
AUSTIN, Texas — Fire crews and medics are on the scene of an incident involving "multiple explosions" at a home in southeast Austin.
The Austin Fire Department (AFD) said just after 10 a.m. Friday that crews were responding to a structure fire in the 4600 block of Imperial Drive. AFD said it had received reports of a disturbance inside a home associated with "multiple explosions, fire, and smoke" inside the residence.
 
edit: Meth lab?
 

Good sir, I haven’t eaten at Pancho’s in…several weeks, I’m sure of it.

[hayden_horn 11365]

so.... what the fuck happened with a bunch of cops on bikes this weekend? did someone die? 

I35 northbound was shutdown at 10ish Saturday morning. shutdown for real. like the flyover from ben white was closed with people out of their cars waiting. 

then yesterday it looked like some kind of cop parade was shaking up downtown. horses and flags and the whole bit. 

anyone know?

[ChickenSandwich 9856]

 

WTF

At least 25 overdoses reported in downtown Austin: ATCEMS

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/overdoses-reported-in-downtown-austin?taid=66304d208f631700019b25b1&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter

[Hornius Emeritus 12495]

23 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said:

 

WTF

At least 25 overdoses reported in downtown Austin: ATCEMS

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/overdoses-reported-in-downtown-austin?taid=66304d208f631700019b25b1&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter

Four dead at least.
 

 

 

[MAUFRAIS 6669]

[gofuckyourself 8388]

On 4/26/2024 at 11:44 AM, crash_davis said:

Looks meth labby.

 

 

On 4/27/2024 at 7:51 PM, hornian said:

*looked

New listing next week:

Great investment opportunity in unique up and coming far east Austin neighborhood.

$850,000

[YGIFS 19453]

9 minutes ago, gofuckyourself said:

 

New listing next week:

Great investment opportunity in unique up and coming far east Austin neighborhood.

$850,000

With the meth lab angle, have your attorney Saul offer $400k and you got yourself a ‘breaking bad’ episode.  

[crash_davis 23121]

7 hours ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

Four dead at least.
 

 

 

All 30 prob got the shit from the same dealer. He almost lost 30 customers in one day.

[Horn Under a Bad Sign 20541]

 

 

[Deej 77003]

I'm sure our DA won't prosecute any of those involved. 

[LCHorn 2633]

24 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

 

 

Haha at the guy getting tased at 2:38. 

[Brisketexan 105479]

22 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

 

 

Wait.....someone's GOTTA have a screencap of the last scene, the arrest of the, uhh, little person.  That's fantastic.

Also, if only we had a buncha cops who were able to put on a large show of force to stop violence.  But they were all busy strapping on their riot gear and cracking skulls of students protesting down on campus.  Priorities, ya know.

 

Also, E. 6th is and has been a shithole for some time.  Hell, pre-pandemic, we went to Esthers Follies for the first time in better than a decade.  After the show, we walked up 6th back to my office on Congress.  We walked.....quickly.

[Wally Pryor 5266]

26 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

 

 

If Sarkisian is still in need of d-line depth then someone recommend 1:55 for 20 seconds. The guy dropping via tase at 2:35 is worth the price of admission. And the midget capping things off is a nice finale. So much gold.  

Good 'ol 6th. Just where you want to take visitors. I can't believe idiots still recommend.

Lollipops for everyone. 

 

[ChickenSandwich 9856]

22 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

Haha at the guy getting tased at 2:38. 

Bowl cut back in style

[chainsaw 9891]

1 hour ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

 

 

Real brave hero shit that they managed to apprehend the guy at 5:14

Edited April 30 by chainsaw

[PvilleStang 2923]

[Steel Shank 9435]

Short people.  smh

[Deej 77003]

Jimbo?

[Pimphand 6006]

These people need to get their asses beat

Edited May 1 by Pimphand

[jimmyjazz 46351]

*Cheko's

I've been there . . . once.  My meal sucked.  Strangely, it never occurred to me that I might be able to run the check and beat the owner.

[crash_davis 23121]

23 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

*Cheko's

I've been there . . . once.  My meal sucked.  Strangely, it never occurred to me that I might be able to run the check and beat the owner.

I also once ate there. Once. I'm sure the check runners only will only ever eat there once. Seems to be a theme.

[MillerEP 30501]

On 4/29/2024 at 10:13 PM, ChickenSandwich said:

 

WTF

At least 25 overdoses reported in downtown Austin: ATCEMS

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/overdoses-reported-in-downtown-austin?taid=66304d208f631700019b25b1&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter

Up to 75 total overdoses just this week:
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/crime/2024/05/02/austin-tx-fentanyl-opioid-overdose-outbreak-nine-dead-and-dozens-affected/73538792007/

Nine dead, 66 affected by drugs believed to be laced with fentanyl, Austin officials say
Bianca Moreno-Paz
Austin American-Statesman
 

[crash_davis 23121]

It's prob the same dealer and his network selling the fucked up drugs.

You see dealers dealing to the homeless. Oddly enough both times I saw it happen, the dealers were driving Dodge Chargers. Once was a dealer sitting in his car in the Freshplus parking lot in Crestview waiting for some tweaked out mofo get off a bus, walk over, buy some shit, and wander aimlessly down a sidewalk. Other time was at the Shell on 183/71 and Montopolis. Dealer pulls up in car, parks away from pumps. A few homeless people camping under the bridge walk over and buy some shit.

I'm sure the cops know who all the dealers are in the city. I don't think it was hard to track down the tainted source.

Edited May 2 by crash_davis

[ztejas 43605]

On 4/30/2024 at 1:04 PM, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

 

 

I have a great solution for Cleo:

Don't fucking go to dirty sixth.

[texasdago 7589]

On 4/30/2024 at 1:04 PM, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

 

 

...and that's why you don't go to Dirty 6th.  Duh.

[crash_davis 23121]

Just fucking trash. None of the people in the video look like they would spend a single dollar in any of the clubs/bars/restaurants on 6th.

I've said it before. Block off the whole area, charge $20 to get in, that $20 will be credited towards drinks or food. It's a win for the club, restaurant, and bar owners. That would keep most all of the trash away.

[PvilleStang 2923]

10 minutes ago, ztejas said:

I have a great solution for Cleo:

Don't fucking go to dirty sixth.

I'd bet she hasn't been to sixth street after 9pm since Covid or longer.  She's merely parroting someone else's videos to bring attention to the issues downtown.  

(Or advertising to all those Killen teens how much fun 6th street could be)

[texasdago 7589]

2 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

Just fucking trash. None of the people in the video look like they would spend a single dollar in any of the clubs/bars/restaurants on 6th.

I've said it before. Block off the whole area, charge $20 to get in, that $20 will be credited towards drinks or food. It's a win for the club, restaurant, and bar owners. That would keep most all of the trash away.

Yeah, I have to think all the people that go there are out of towners or dumbasses because everyone I know stays away from Dirty 6th and if they go, they are out early.  

[jimmyjazz 46351]

There's nothing like Dirty Sixth early on a weekend morning.  I don't know how the Pecan Street Festival "artists" do it.  The filth and stench is unreal.

[ztejas 43605]

Maybe a year ago my dad and I ate down there before a show at the Paramount at like 6:30 on a weekday and it was still a little sketchy.

[texasdago 7589]

18 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

There's nothing like Dirty Sixth early on a weekend morning.  I don't know how the Pecan Street Festival "artists" do it.  The filth and stench is unreal.

Some weekend mornings, I'll go downtown and walk up and down 2nd street, 3rd, etc. and just enjoy the city before it wakes up... that or over on the Butler trail.  Anyway, sometimes I'll make my way down 5th all the way to the Hilton and will look over towards 6th and even in the morning it is dodgy... and yet I almost always see 20ish year old women walking their dogs down 6th street... I'm like, "really?"

[Eskimohorn 5644]

Just fucking trash. None of the people in the video look like they would spend a single dollar in any of the clubs/bars/restaurants on 6th.
I've said it before. Block off the whole area, charge $20 to get in, that $20 will be credited towards drinks or food. It's a win for the club, restaurant, and bar owners. That would keep most all of the trash away.

So your policy is just to move “trash” around and kinda keep them out of an area that has been known as “Dirty Sixth” for 30 years.

[PvilleStang 2923]

23 minutes ago, Eskimohorn said:

So your policy is just to move “trash” around and kinda keep them out of an area that has been known as “Dirty Sixth” for 30 years.

Better policy than any of the City Clowncil has offered to date.

[crash_davis 23121]

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/video-shows-private-security-guards-administering-narcan-in-downtown-austin/

“We administered 23 doses of Narcan between 16 people so far this week, with Monday being the busiest,” said a representative for Nxt Lvl Security, the firm hired to work downtown. “A normal week for our downtown team is 1-5 people with 1-2 doses each.”

ATCEMS said it’s grateful groups like private security guards carry Narcan, and the agency said on several occasions – because someone else administered Narcan – patients are already starting to wake up by the time medics get there. However, ATCEMS also said many overdose cases require more than one dose of Narcan, so medics often also deliver subsequent rounds.

“With this surge, they’re not necessarily attempting to take opioids. They’re using K2, crack cocaine, Xanax, a number of other substances,” ATCEMS Captain Christa Stedman said. “Whatever is doing this is making its way into everything, and that’s why we need people to be alert.”

Private security hired last summer, in part, to deter illegal drug activity downtown

The company was hired last year to patrol the following streets amid a staffing shortage at the Austin Police Department:

The intersection of Sixth and Brazos Street

The intersection of Sixth Street and Congress Avenue

The 400-700 blocks of Sixth Street 

These private security patrols began last summer. The businesses who hired them said the primary goal was to deter illegal drug activity and unruly behavior downtown.

“Some building managers and owners have expressed needing constant security in these areas,” APD said in a statement when KXAN first asked about the security patrols last year. “APD cannot commit these resources to certain areas 24 hours a day/seven days a week, and is aware that some business owners and managers are opting to hire private security to ensure their businesses are protected.”

[crash_davis 23121]

I know there's love for Hoover's here, myself included. Looks like the building owners are filing to re-zone to mixed use residential and commercial. Supposedly Hoover's owner agrees so hopefully his restaurant stays on the bottom floor.

 

[Deej 77003]

2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

There's nothing like Dirty Sixth early on a weekend morning.  I don't know how the Pecan Street Festival "artists" do it.  The filth and stench is unreal.

That stench is the "artists"

[CooterBrown 18038]

1 hour ago, crash_davis said:

I know there's love for Hoover's here, myself included. Looks like the building owners are filing to re-zone to mixed use residential and commercial. Supposedly Hoover's owner agrees so hopefully his restaurant stays on the bottom floor.

 

Welp, enjoy it while you can.  I'd guess half of those moves never happen since you have to remain solvent and income free during a 1+ year construction project.  Most people have moved on by then to retirement or another opportunity. If they do move in, most don't survive because the average Austinite can't figure out where to park for ground level retail.

I look forward to Hoover's joining the Austin airport's graveyard of mom and pop restaurants.

Edited May 2 by CooterBrown

[PvilleStang 2923]

3 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

Welp, enjoy it while you can.  I'd guess half of those moves never happen since you have to remain solvent and income free during a 1+ year construction project.  Most people have moved on by then to retirement or another opportunity. If they do move in, most don't survive because the average Austinite can't figure out where to park for ground level retail.

I look forward to Hoover's joining the Austin airport's graveyard of mom and pop restaurants.

Where's the sad rep?

[Pimphand 6006]

On 5/1/2024 at 11:16 AM, jimmyjazz said:

*Cheko's

I've been there . . . once.  My meal sucked.  Strangely, it never occurred to me that I might be able to run the check and beat the owner.

I used to live around the corner on Jeff Davis (now William Holland).  I ate there one time....

Still death to thieves
 

 

[ztejas 43605]

2 hours ago, crash_davis said:

“With this surge, they’re not necessarily attempting to take opioids. They’re using K2, crack cocaine, Xanax, a number of other substances,” ATCEMS Captain Christa Stedman said. “Whatever is doing this is making its way into everything, and that’s why we need people to be alert.”

Who the fuck still does K2?

[YGIFS 19453]

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

Who the fuck still does K2?

Lane Meyer and Charles deMar?  Do you have any idea what the street value of the K2 mountain is, bro?  

[ztejas 43605]

4 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

Lane Meyer and Charles deMar?  Do you have any idea what the street value of the K2 mountain is, bro?  

I heard it was Johnny Hopkins and Sloan Kettering. And they're blazing that shit up every day.

[Deej 77003]

I would only eat breakfast at Cheko's. The lunch and dinner menu was meh, but breakfast tacos and migas are hard to fuck up. Plus it was a one minute walk from my house. 

[crash_davis 23121]

2 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

Welp, enjoy it while you can.  I'd guess half of those moves never happen since you have to remain solvent and income free during a 1+ year construction project.  Most people have moved on by then to retirement or another opportunity. If they do move in, most don't survive because the average Austinite can't figure out where to park for ground level retail.

I look forward to Hoover's joining the Austin airport's graveyard of mom and pop restaurants.

[HenryJames 66228]

2 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

Welp, enjoy it while you can.  I'd guess half of those moves never happen since you have to remain solvent and income free during a 1+ year construction project.  Most people have moved on by then to retirement or another opportunity. If they do move in, most don't survive because the average Austinite can't figure out where to park for ground level retail.

I look forward to Hoover's joining the Austin airport's graveyard of mom and pop restaurants.

[Deej 77003]

Sign Bar makes me angry. I don't know why. Making money of nostalgia  from people who probably have no idea about places those signs came from. 

[MissingInAction 25239]

On 4/30/2024 at 1:37 PM, Wally Pryor said:

If Sarkisian is still in need of d-line depth then someone recommend 1:55 for 20 seconds. The guy dropping via tase at 2:35 is worth the price of admission. And the midget capping things off is a nice finale. So much gold.  

Good 'ol 6th. Just where you want to take visitors. I can't believe idiots still recommend.

Lollipops for everyone. 

 

My buddy who visits from SA every couple of months always insists on going down there.