Mt. Rushmore: Austin Drinks

happy minutes at Showdown. sigh…

But, Manhattans at the Belmont,
Rita’s at Baby A’s,
Martini’s at the Cedar Door,
Shiner anywhere (not my favorite beer, but to keep it “Austin”).

Pitchers ‘n darts at Crown & Anchor
Pitchers at Showdown (sigh)
Ice cold cheap beer outside DKR
Rooftop bars downtown
The Tavern, especially back in the day

1. Shiner pitchers at Deep Eddy Cabaret
2. Any pitcher at Crown & Anchor at about 5 p.pm.
3. 64 oz Mugs of Dos XX at Logan’s
4. Michelada at El Chile on Manor Road

The KSK gang has their own cocktail commenter draft going on as well.

My personal favorite? Everclear and Lemon Lime Gatorade. Yowza.

I only drink my Lone Star Longnecks at

Dry Creek Cafe

And don’t piss Sarah off, whatever you do. (she knows people!)

1. Draught House – Best pure beer drinking joint in Austin en mi opinion
2. Happy Minutes at Showdown – RIP
3. Any of the bars on Sixth St. that used to make flaming drinks, particularly Flaming Dr. Peppers
4. Schultz Beer Garten

The “New Mexican Martini” at Chuy’s
Pitchers at Crown and Anchor
Drinks on the roof at Mohawk, with or without a great band playing
The backyards and front porches of friends’ houses, while grilling

1) Draught House- Drinking good beer makes you better at darts. Great beer joint
2) Pitcher at Posse East- Especially a free birthday pitcher.
3) Cedar Door/Street Martini’s
4) Any of the drink specials at El Arroyo after a long day.

Gone but not Forgotten:

Showdown Happy Minutes
The Lounge on 4th (now something else) – Maker of the “LBJ” Martini. One part Beefeater gin, one part J&B scotch and a twist of lemon. A real eye opener.

1. 99 cent margaritas at Martin Bros. The wait staff would usually be so stoned that you’d get a couple for free.
2. Pint night at Crown.
3. Guinness night at Dog and Duck.
4. Happiest hour at Billy’s on Burnet.

Honorable mention: When the prof was buying at Scholz’s Bier Garten while getting hammered with a bunch of the state politicians.

Birthday mention: Hitting the grand slam at the four Trudy’s on my birthday. I was told I had a good time.

Trudy’s blows. The drinks are expensive and weak, the service is terrible, and the sitting is abysmal for groups larger than 6.

The hype around their Mexican Martinis is a product of three things:
1.) Giving them out free on peoples’ 21st
2.) Their 2 martini limit (omg powerful!)
3.) Girls getting wasted off their Martinis when in fact one Michelob Ultra would accomplish the same goal.

Give me a $6.50 pitcher of Shiner at Crown and I am happy.

Those bigass beers at Logan’s are always a good way to punctuate a night of overindulgence on sixth.

I’ve had margaritas at Baby A’s, Z Tejas, et al, and while I’m a man who enjoys me a well made margarita, for me it’s really the where at and who with that makes or breaks any sort of Austin drinking engagement.

I’ll honestly keep it simple: I’ll take a pitcher of Fireman’s #4 or Fat Tire at The Tavern (which I’ll put at 5/2 odds of yours truly being at each and every Sunday this fall assuming KEYE continues to operate as the third world broadcasting station that they are and continue to, oh I don’t know, NOT broadcast a Texas based professional team they once claimed to the official station of) or the Drafthouse taking in a flick.

Red Rocket – The Back 40 (Closed)
Long Island Iced Tea – Buffalo Club/Colorado Room (Closed)
Gameday Beam & Coke – warm Jim Beam from a floppy flask mixed with a coke in a DKR souvenir cup with melted ice on a lovely 100+ degree Saturday afternoon.
Natural Light/Keystone Light - Frat house beer trough

maybe a more specific drinkin category is needed. ie best place for beers, best selection of beers, best pitchers, strongest drinks, best tasting etc.

coldest beers HAVE to be at deep eddy cabaret and one of the best atmospheres to really drink. great jukebox. i don’t see this place being there in 5 years. enjoy it.

i gotta throw in showdown. i was there sunday and saw the spot on the ceiling where me and a group of friends signed it one night. there aren’t many places you can do that anymore.

i love getting ptichers at crown and anchor and the possee before baseball games. you can get just about any beer there. a buddy of mine came out with a pitcher of duffs one time.

caine and ables gets honorable mention from me because of CHEAP drinks. dollar beer tuesdays and sunday 2 dollar you holler make it easy to get lit for cheap.

strongest drinks i ever had in austin was at egos. the place still stinks of pall mall smoke but i had a lot of liquor in that bar that i know was more than a standard poor. it is now “soco’s” only karioke bar. thank goodness for that.

and the buffalo club and colorado room? seriously? thats a blast from the past.

1. Hole in the Wall
2. Dollar beer night at Cain and Abels
3. Cheers Shot Bar – for the Flaming Dr Peppers
4. The Gingerman

/not really in any particular order

How bout:

Fado
Mulligans(Lakeway, Lake Travis area)
Carlos n Charlies
The Driskill Hotel Bar

OTHERS?