Landmark Eateries
25-49 years in business
By Virginia B. Wood, Fri., Sept. 12, 2008
In order to set some parameters for our local landmarks story, we established the totally arbitrary rule of restaurants/hotels that had been in almost continuous operation more than 50 years. In the course of his exhaustive research, however, Food writer Mick Vann generated an impressive list of local eateries with life spans in the 25- to 49-year range – a considerable feat in the restaurant business. If there are inadvertent, glaring omissions from this list, we're confident the readers will let us know.
1959
Tamale House (Downtown)
Mike's Pub
1963
Joe's Bakery & Coffee Shop
El Azteca
1964
Broken Spoke
1967
Smokey Denmark Sausage Co.
La Reyna
1968
Draught House Pub
1969
Salt Lick BBQ
1970
Bert's Bar B-Q (on MLK)
Dart Bowl Cafe (on Burnet Road)
1971
Top Notch
Schlotzsky's Deli (on South Congress)
Posse East Bar & Grill
The Pit
1972
The Old Pecan St. Cafe
Antonio's Mexican Restaurant
1973
Catfish Parlour
Burger Tex (on Airport)
Dan's/Fran's Hamburgers
Hill-Bert's Burgers (on Lamar)
1974
Cain & Abel's (as Abel Moses)
The Hole in the Wall
1975
The County Line
Tres Amigos Restaurant & Cantina
Sweetish Hill Bakery
Fonda San Miguel
ThunderCloud Subs
Jeffrey's Restaurant and Bar
El Arroyo
The Kitchen Door (on Far West)
Good Flow Juice and Honey Co.
1976
Conans Pizza (on 29th Street)
Bamboo Garden
Terry's Seafood & Chicken
Texas Chili Parlor
Waterloo Ice House (on Congress)
Wheatsville Co-op
1977
Tom's Tabooley
Milto's
Trudy's (on 30th Street)
Ben's Long Branch BBQ
1978
Mother's Cafe & Garden
Iron Works BBQ
Sam's BBQ (Mayes family ownership)
The Omelettry
Mandarin House
1979
Magnolia Cafe (on Lake Austin Boulevard)
Amaya's Taco Village
Katz's
Pok-e-Jo's
Star Seeds Cafe (as Stars Inn Coffee Shop)
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China Palace ("since the 1970s")
1980
Kerbey Lane Cafe (on Kerbey Lane)
Texas French Bread (on Red River)
Whole Foods Market (10th & Lamar)
Shanghai Restaurant
Delaware Subs
Lone Star Cafe
Dynasty Chinese
1981
Threadgill's No. 1
Paradise Cafe
Baby Acapulco (on Lakeshore)
Players
Reale's Pizza and Cafe
Texadelphia
1982
Chez Nous
Nuevo León
Chuy's (on Barton Springs Road)
Chinatown
Brick Oven
Hyde Park Bar & Grill
Hunan
Niki's Pizza
The Oasis
1983
Las Palomas
The Bakehouse
Sea Dragon
Quack's (as Captain Quackenbush's Intergalactic Expresso & Dessert Co., on the Drag)
