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Jake's on 5th

Submitted by clex on Mon, 02/27/2006 - 11:19pm. Bars | Restaurants

Remember Jake's? They had a typical "beer joint" style menu but the fried oysters were the best... you just didn't want to watch them being dipped out of the bucket in which they were stored.

You could count on a celebrity sighting on any given night at Jake's. For some reason, Tom Kite and Ben Crenshaw seemed to frequent the place. Darrell Royal was also a regular.

When they announced the closing, I made it a point to visit one last time. I sat at the bar near the door, ordered up a fishbowl, drank it, and proceeded to the door, empty fishbowl in hand. I still have that massive piece of glass.

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God Bless Jakes

Submitted by realoldaustinite on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 2:26pm.

I spent many a night in Jakes as a kid and later as na Adult. Pee Wee and Marie had the best Nachos and you can find any in any city (or at least I havent forund any) that come close the PeeWee's nachos. My step Dad dominated that old warped shuffle board and when it closed and the table moved, his name was on the plaque on the side called the "board of directors". The fish bowls were cold and I always saw someone well known at Jakes. On the good days I had eaten at Jakes for breakfast, lunch and dinner and revelled in that smell all day long. The ladies at the cleaners knew well and good what Jakes smelled like because many a shirt was asked about when they had that that Jakes smell on them. Ohhh the good ol days....here's to PeeWee and Marie...RIP

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Club foot/kiddie city/ kiddie carnival/holiday house/chicken sha

Submitted by jeff kallman on Tue, 05/23/2006 - 10:29pm.

Need I say more. Hacky Sack on the dance floor, joe king carasco, greg kihn band, the skunks, thunderbirds, x and fun times!!!!!!

Kiddie City in Delwood shopping center- awesome!!!!! Kiddie carnival on corner of s.lamar and barton springs- Awesome!!!!! Holiday house charlie the alligator and hamburgers-awesome!!!!!! Chicken shack - which is now Austin Vaccum- Awesome!!!!!!!

My Grandparents and good time- Awesome!!!! It was Austin.

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