[AGL] Eddie Wilson closes north Austin Threadgill's

[Frances Morey]

Fletcher and Lopez named their enterprise The Raw Deal. The slogan was.
"It'll be better next time."
Ann Richards was another regular.
Best,
Frances

On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 6:26 AM Michael Eisenstadt <
mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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/
>
>
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