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The Burger Wars’ first casualty…Fuddruckers

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Steve

Since they’re owned by the same people who threw in the towel on Luby’s and this chain has fewer than 200 restaurants, we shouldn’t be shocked to see Fuddrucker’s (or it’s future names in Idiocracy) go down. Before the 2020 Pandemic, … Continue reading →

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Beloved institutional cafeteria chain Luby’s is done

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Steve

Here’s another place whose demise I’m sure will be blamed on Millenials…Luby’s! For those of you who don’t live in Texas, it’s the equivalent MCL or Old Country Buffet. As you can guess, the food was made for the elderly’s … Continue reading →

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Threadgill’s is closing for good, more of Austin dies

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Steve

An element which made Austin…Austin and not another cookie-cutter, ‘burb-filled shithole filled with just Volvo-driving soccer moms (see Indiacrapolis and Raleigh-Durham), is shuttering for good. Threadgill’s has been at its location on Lamar since the days the city proper ended … Continue reading →

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So much for a modest plate of sushi

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Steve

The menu tricked me! The way it was presented this option, I thought I would be getting a plate of a dozen pieces. Instead they delivered the WWII battleship Yamato to my spot. I think it was around 30 pieces. I had … Continue reading →

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Katz’s is closing on January 2, 2011

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Steve

Another little part of Austin I fell in love with when I moved here in 1994 bites the dust as the city continues to transform into Dallas II; I could live with San Antonio, Jr. but I think it’s becoming … Continue reading →

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Katz’s, it never closes

Posted on April 6, 2006 by Steve

Marc Katz founded this restaurant in 1979 back when Austin was still a sleepy college-state government town (probably when the population was around 250,000). I’m sure his relatives in New York thought he was a putz, schmoe and ferklempt to … Continue reading →

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