6th Street
Submitted by clex on Wed, 03/01/2006 - 11:47pm.
Scenes
Old Pecan St. Cafe -- Talk about your pioneers. Pecan St. was out there trying to draw a crowd well before the collective bravery was strong enough to venture down there.
The Triple J, aka JJJ, aka the treble hook -- a nice, big beer joint
Midnight Cowboy -- never been there but I suppose I could try it out tomorrow night.
Well before 6th was the established party destination, it was a somewhat decaying section of downtown with few mainstream establishments. This was before street people (non-Hippies, that is) were common in Austin so around closing time on East 6th there were some fairly rough characters around. There were lots of places to go however. Most of them had been there "for forever" and even some are still around today. Standouts include: