Uptown Sports Club Is a Hit

 

We tried a new restaurant on East Sixth today. Uptown Sports Club. Loved it.

Here are some of their offerings. 

Froggy Goes to Sixth Street

 

Just off East Sixth these frogs looked ready to engage with the revelers.

Elvis Has Left the Building

It's the first of the month and readers know what that means: theme day. The theme is 'abandoned.' The 6th Street Cool Store on the east side has, unfortunately, been abandoned and it looks like from construction next door that it may be part of some new gentrification. In spite of the broken window and padlock on the door, the Our Lady of the Guadalupe and Elvis remain. It is interesting that Our Lady's spot was once occupied by dolphins in an earlier picture on the blog. Click here to see how others have interpreted the theme of abandoned.

Crash

This three-dimensional mural on the building facade on the IH35 frontage at East Sixth took me by surprise.

Native Mural

A building on the west frontage of IH35 between Sixth and Seventh has some interesting murals we happened to notice the other day when walking back from the east side.

And Makes You Happy

On a cold Monday the bars on East Sixth compete heavily for some happy hour business with signs luring people in with clever sayings, specials and early start times.

Old Business on the East Side

On one of few cool days we have had this fall so far we walked to a hip new restaurant east of IH35 a mile or two. Near the new restaurant was this old school business, still in operation. The name of this poultry business has nothing to do with the location however. FFP remembers when he was growing up that the owner was Alvin East.

Decoration Details...East Sixth Street Bar

It's theme day. The theme is details. This is a detail of an extensive 'decoration' around the door of a bar on East Sixth Street. Yep, they've just nailed up beer bottle caps. I'm sure they had plenty of them. It will be interesting to see what the rest of the City Daily Photo family makes of this theme.

Fast Bikes

I like this storefront on East Sixth. The shop specializes in certain kinds of bikes. I'm thinking not the ones Mellow Johnny's specializes in. Fast Folks is a cool name but the skull allusion doesn't really emphasize safety, does it?

Patriot

I snapped this during SXSW on East Sixth. "Can I take your picture?" I asked. He nodded. I didn't ask all the cool kids along the sidewalk. I was flipping through facebook last night and saw a picture of a guy with a flag snapped on Congress taken by one of my fb acquaintances. He was sitting on a planter but holding his flag high. Might be the same guy. He didn't have a sign or shout a message.

On East Sixth?

Glanced up and saw this on East Sixth during SXSW. Guess it's promoting a new TV show.

Seasonal Tattoos

In case you wanted some special imagery to honor that loved one, this tattoo parlor on East Sixth is ready to accommodate. Love the neon skull.

Welcome to Sixth Street

I don't know how many people arrive on Sixth Street from the IH35 frontage road but if you do the building on the south side has this welcome sign. We had taken on a walk to the east...otherwise we'd rarely be in this spot.

What?

This mural is on a wall facing East Sixth. I'm not sure what it means. Interpretations welcome.

Memories

This is Cisco's Restaurant. Back in the day (a few decades ago) it was known as Cisco's Bakery and, while even then it was a restaurant pioneering the Mexican breakfast treats of Huevos Rancheros and Migas, it also had a display of pan dulce just inside the door. We were walking by the other day and I snapped this picture. Haven't visited for a long time but many years ago on the morning of our wedding day, FFP and I took our parents here for breakfast. Yes, seriously. Must revisit soon for old time's sake.

Easy Tiger Bread

A new place has opened on E. Sixth by Waller Creek called Easy Tiger. The name confuses me because the place is a bakery with croissants and fresh pretzels and loaves and there is a beer garden downstairs serving sausage and giant pretzels with scores of draft beer (although none or not many German). But it is good and the place is bustling after only a few days open. It is brought to us by the same folks who do 24 Diner. This place isn't open 24 hours, though, only from 7AM for pastries and from 11AM-2AM for the beer garden.