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Broken Spoke?

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milner79
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I've not been to the Spoke in years... decades really. How is it these days? Still a good entertainment environment? Still a good chicken fried steak?
Thanks.
The Fall Guy
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Considering there are towering condos around it it is still the same on the inside. The patrons are all mixed now. More urban Cowboys now or as Hank Williams Jr sang

I have not eaten there in a while though. Just have stopped in at lunch on a weekend for a beer.


ATXAdvisor
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CFS and cheeseburgers still first rate
OregonAggie
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Don't take the dance lessons even if you're tempted…the lady that teaches them spends more time saying crappy jokes than teaching.

I go there once a year for whatever reason and we just watch and laugh at how terrible she is
milner79
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It was a good night. Alvin Crow is a Texas treasure.

KT 90
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milner79 said:

It was a good night. Alvin Crow is a Texas treasure.



That's awesome. The Spoke sticks out like a sore thumb now with all of the new development around there, but good to see they are sticking to their roots. I need to stop by and help support the cause. It's been a while since we've been there.
milner79
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They are sticking to their roots. It's a run-down honkytonk in the middle of high-rise hoity toity.

That being said, Austin is a hell of a lot more weird than it was in my relative youth. Boys dancing with boys on the Broken Spoke dance floor? Some dude in flashing glasses and a sparkly jacket doing a floor show dance to Secret Agent Man? ... I need another beer ...
Tobias Funke
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KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD (but only the kind of weird I like)
SteveBott
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Spoke is getting a historical marker

https://www.thc.texas.gov/news-events/events/austin-historical-marker-dedication-5?fbclid=IwAR3xFWTSRgoDVnQXqzC-hb_JR7r0csRq9xjlqdldSoXvrU-7uu3a6rI4khI
ski-man
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Always thought it was funny back in the late 80's and early 90's when I would call over to see who was playing the old guy would answer the phone "Broke Spoke"
Let's go ski-man!
water turkey
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Mr. James White (RIP)
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