GAY BARS IN AUSTIN TEXAS PATCH
There is no better option for a unique stay in this little patch of paradise (and as you can imagine, they are often booked months in advance…). The perfect introduction to the Austin LGBT community.
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Run by a knowledgable local lesbian couple, Shakti and Devkrin, for over 20 years, the Park Lane Guest House offers spacious rooms, a refreshing natural pool, and a delicious organic breakfast served right to your door. Enjoy the best of local life in this urban eco-oasis hidden in South Congress while being only a short walk or bike to the happening Austin downtown.
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We were interviewing activist and journalist Randy Wicker, who was a radical student leader at the University of Texas during the late 1950s. READ MORE: A winner in the 1950 Austin cafe mystery.Ī few weeks later, we stumbled on another astounding coincidence. READ MORE: Do you know this Austin cafe from the 1950s?Īustin Nelson, whose family design firm operates out of 905 Congress Ave., persuasively argued that their building had been the pictured Manhattan restaurant and deli. Even more, they loved guessing the name and location of the Austin cafe.
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Some background: Readers loved this photo from the 1950s. A living witness puts a 1950s Austin gay bar, perhaps the city’s first, in a backroom on Congress Avenue.