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Long gone but not forgotten:

 

Mad Dog & Beans, 24th St

Casita Jorge's, Pleasant Valley

Abbey Inn, Riverside

Filling Station, Barton Springs, (Yeah yeah, but I ate a last meal there during freshman orientation with a pack of new friends. I still think about that every time I drive by.)

JMMC, (But I only invested in 1 beef rib at the time!) 😉

 

Whatcha got?

 

 

Dog & Duck

Jorge's on Hancock (the Arrendondo version not the more recent version)

AusTexMex

GetSumDimSum

Nueva Onda

John Mueller's Manor Road location

Tamaleo Oaxaca? or whatever the tamale place on Anderson was called

 

 

2 hours ago, WithoutAClue said:

Jaime's Spanish Village, OK food but great ambiance.

You could say that about a lot of places.  We miss them for the nostalgia and the memories that came with them. 

I'll say:

Alligator Grill

Curra's on Burnet (used to live closer to the one on Oltorf, but we went to the Burnet location when we move from South Austin)

47 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

 

Tamaleo Oaxaca? or whatever the tamale place on Anderson was called

 

 

The place attached to the gas station, East of Woodrow (if I recall correctly)?   That place was fucking great.  

2 hours ago, South Austin said:

You could say that about a lot of places.  We miss them for the nostalgia and the memories that came with them. 

I'll say:

Alligator Grill

Curra's on Burnet (used to live closer to the one on Oltorf, but we went to the Burnet location when we move from South Austin)

The Gator had a fantastic happy hour! 10 cent peel&eat shrimp, 25 cent oysters and the Cajun kisses were like half off... I think they had dollar long necks too maybe?

You could say that about a lot of places.  We miss them for the nostalgia and the memories that came with them. 
I'll say:
Alligator Grill
Curra's on Burnet (used to live closer to the one on Oltorf, but we went to the Burnet location when we move from South Austin)


Alligator grill on S. Lamar had killer HHs.


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hickory street bar and grill

elevation burger

17 hours ago, Jack Straw said:

The place attached to the gas station, East of Woodrow (if I recall correctly)?   That place was fucking great.  

That's it.  It moved out to Bastrop Highway and disappeared shortly thereafter. You could buy her mole sauce and tamales at the farmers market for a while but that disappeared also.  To date, the best tamales and mole I've ever had in Texas.

 

Mikes Pub

2Js

Casa de Castillo

The original Vivo

Babe’s (I don’t remember if the food was good, but the place was awesome as a kid.)

Time Out in Westlake

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On 5/9/2018 at 12:34 PM, WithoutAClue said:

Jaime's Spanish Village, OK food but great ambiance.

If you get seated in the front, the ambiance is pretty similar at Pelons.  The food is better than Jaimes too.

I miss Musashino's below China town on Mopac.  I know they've reopened, but the new location isn't the same. 

there used to be a pho place on spicewood springs (west of mopac) and hart ln.  i forget the name of it.  jungle something?  they had the best fried rice.  i've never found anything close to it.  they shut down probably 6 or 7 years ago.  a restaurant named hai ky's there right now but i've never been and haven't really heard anything about it.  

Dario’s E 6th
Sea Island seafood house- Parmer and Mopac
Happy Buddha Chinese(Parmer and Mopac HEB parking lot) clutch Chinese and no one to this day compares to their Garlic Chicken.


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Pizza Nizza 

Their pizza by the slice, Greek salad and pasta dishes were all fantastic 

I loved they built the dinning room around the 48-inch oak tree

On 5/11/2018 at 10:30 AM, gsoda3 said:

there used to be a pho place on spicewood springs (west of mopac) and hart ln.  i forget the name of it.  jungle something?  they had the best fried rice.  i've never found anything close to it.  they shut down probably 6 or 7 years ago.  a restaurant named hai ky's there right now but i've never been and haven't really heard anything about it.  

Pretty sure it was Victory Triumph Cafe

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For me to poop on

Not that the food was any good, but Player's.  I miss that spot.

On 5/11/2018 at 3:10 PM, thrillhammer said:

gm steakhouse

hoffbrau steakhouse

mad dog and beans

hillberts on lamar

las manitas

Hoffbrau is gone?  Da fuq.  Website's still up. 

 

I hated las manitas so much.  Probably had something to do with the hangovers I had when I went there.

Don’t think the Hofbrau is gone, unless it shuttered like last week.  

I’ve lived here since 1991 and considering the changes to Austin it would seem like I would have a long list. Alligator grill is the probably highest on my very short list.

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15 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

I hated las manitas so much.  Probably had something to do with the hangovers I had when I went there.

It was shitty food in a dirty restaurant. You were lucky if you got silverware that had been washed.

On 5/12/2018 at 10:34 PM, Jack Straw said:

Don’t think the Hofbrau is gone, unless it shuttered like last week.  

the place the two old brothers used to run?  I had no idea it was still there.  i may be thinking of a different place.  

On 5/11/2018 at 10:00 AM, EvilCaseMcCoy said:

I miss Musashino's below China town on Mopac.  I know they've reopened, but the new location isn't the same. 

Didn't even know it was closed, haven't been in forever.  That was the site of my first date with the wife, circa 2001.

 

I liked Waterstreet that was in the building that's now been Sam's Boat for a decade plus.  That part of town had no options like it then.  You could do a decent piece of fresh fish and a wedge salad for like 8 bucks, and it was close to my office.

Still is actually but different office/company.

 

Not so much a restaurant, but I miss when the various Texas French Breads would all bake their own bread. The one on Red River sustained me.

On 5/14/2018 at 8:28 AM, thrillhammer said:

the place the two old brothers used to run?  I had no idea it was still there.  i may be thinking of a different place.  

i dunno about the brothers part, but i had lunch at Walton's (right next door) today, and Hoffbrau was up and going, and its been ion that spot as long as i can remember.  they turned the side/back parking lot into an outdoor bar area with a bunch of tv's, washer pits, and a small stage - i guess for game day set up - although i think that's been there for a year or more

GM Steakhouse
Mad Dog & Beans
Beans


Bananas .... just to get potted.

Giovanni's Pizza By The Slice in Highland Mall

High Cotton BBQ on 5th across from El Arroyo

Suzi's on South Lamar

Mike's Pub

13 hours ago, ftf82 said:

Suzi's on South Lamar

When Mrs. South Austin and I were newlyweds and actually lived in South Austin, we would often walk to Suzi's.  There's been better Asian food in town since then, but at the time it was about as good as you could get in the area.

On 5/18/2018 at 8:17 AM, South Austin said:

When Mrs. South Austin and I were newlyweds and actually lived in South Austin, we would often walk to Suzi's.  There's been better Asian food in town since then, but at the time it was about as good as you could get in the area.

Same Suzi's as Anderson/Shoal Creek?

 

1 minute ago, VolenteHawk said:

Same Suzi's as Anderson/Shoal Creek?

 

I think so, though that one closed for a while during the property's redevelopment.  It now shares the building with a couple other tenants, including a Filipino place I've been wanting to check out.  We haven't been to that Suzi's since it re-opened.

The Suzi's off South Lamar relocated to Rollingwood, but closed a few years ago I believe.

I think my affection for Suzi's is mostly nostalgia, since I think there are better Asian places in town, but I'd be willing to go back to confirm.

I haven't been back since it reopened either, but I share your opinion on there being "better" options.

 

Add Bonhomie to the list.  Just one more piece of Old Austin dying off.  

59 minutes ago, utee94 said:

Add Bonhomie to the list.  Just one more piece of Old Austin dying off.  

No shit. They opened way back in 2017 but it seems like yesterday.

Ray’s steakhouse on Guadalupe was fucking awesome and the owners was nice as hell.

It was a little before it’s time. Had he opened in 2009 rather than 1999 the steakhouse would be thriving today.

(Yes I know the owner died in 2010)

Carmen's La Tapatia on E. 6th.

I went to junior high  a couple blocks away, and dinner there was my reward after every awards banquet, band concert, etc.  

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