Lost Venues & Dive Bars
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Remembering the sticky-floored sanctuaries that defined a city.
"Gone but not forgotten. Unlike your bar tab."
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Hole in the Wall: Still Here, Still Holy
It's survived everything Austin has thrown at it, which at this point is basically a siege.
Liberty Lunch: A Ghost Story in Three Chords
They tore it down in 1999 and put up an office building. The bass notes are still in the soil.
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