[AGL] Eddie Wilson closes north Austin Threadgill's

[Michael Eisenstadt]

The food was truly disgusting. The blandest most tasteless aspects of 
county cooking. Think liver covered with breakfast gravy. I suspect that 
the menu was a provocation on Eddie's part. We didn't realize it back 
then but Eddie Wilson is an Austin treasure.

Eddie has always been in full blowhard mode so far as my poisonal 
experience goes. Cissi Alex used to take me to Eddie's office in the 
'Dillo from time to time back in the day. Cissi had a jewelry bench 
setup at the 'Dillo on and off. As visiting bands kinda sorta laid a bit 
of their blow on Eddie, his stash was one toke mindblow.

After Eddie bankrupted the 'Dillo - do you remember the cute radio ads 
of the new 'Dillo: "Yes, Eddie, there is life after the 'Dillo" - 
Fletcher suggested he cook for and run a small Mexican bar on Sabine 
between 6th & 7th. Fletcher was renting the joint for ~$100 a week with 
the notion of running it as a private club - everyone pay $15 a month to 
be a member - Fletcher's crowd included such as Dorothy Browne, 
Claudette, Billy Lee Bramer, Peggy Underwood, etc. - but nobody would 
pony up the money. How and why Fletcher and Lopez took over the joint I 
do not know. Wait a minute. I remember. Fletcher was married to Libby 
who was making BIG BUX schlepping real-estate. Fletcher was a salesman 
at a downtown artstore which closed down so he needed something to do.

I could go on like this all afternoon. Sounds like a Grandpa Simpson 
anecdote. "So I tied an onion to my belt . . ."

On 4/21/2020 5:27 AM, Bill Killeen wrote:
> Sad news.  Glad I visited one last time in 2017.  Perhaps the new owners will restore the old mojo.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Apr 21, 2020, at 5:22 AM, Michael Eisenstadt <eisenstadt0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/2020-04-20/threadgills-old-no-1-closes-permanently/