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(512) 524-2519
1808 E 12th St
(Chicon Street)
Austin,
TX
78702
30.2738
-97.7206
Neighborhood: Rosewood
Hours:
Mon-Fri 4pm-1am
Sat 2pm-1am
Sun 2pm-1am
Last updated 11.15.09
Category:
Bars & Clubs, Nightclubs, Billiards Bars
Payment Methods:
Visa, MasterCard
Restaurant Special Features:
People Watching, Celeb Hangout
General Info:
Open 7 Days
What People Are Saying About Club 1808
Featured Review
Alexandra Richmond
Contributor
While many of East Austin's dive bars have in fact been lovingly restored to only seem run-down and old, this one is actually a vintage, rickety place, complete with ancient bathrooms and cracked vinyl chairs. Those people who care about long-playing albums. 8-tracks and the original singer for Iron Maiden will love it here. A linoleum-topped bar, mirrored walls framed with blinky lights in clear plastic tubes, and no indoor stage (the bands play on the same floor as bar patrons) remind folks to drink. The honkin' back yard is a little rocky, but still very hospitable.
Editor's Tips
- Fun Fact:
- During SXSW, this spot is considered a key if off the beaten track place to see new bands, and in spite of being an official venue for the fest, not the place to strut around wearing a laminate like a VIP. Kurt Vile and the Strange Boys played here last year, making it a spot to see up-and-comers and old-school Austin favorites.
- What to Drink:
- A full bar - liquor and beer - is here, but canned beer is the cheapest and easiest way to blend in. Asking for anything that ends in -tini might earn an eye-roll, unless James Bond asks.
06/14/10
WORST BAR IN AUSTIN
by baristeve at Citysearch
So I just played battle of the bands here... and my band won... and the winners were supposed to win 500 dollars... needless to say that that did not happen.... This bar is run by a very unprofessional person who doesn't know how to spell and I can't wait to take him to court.
You can't walk out of this, bar without having 3 crack heads asking you for money.
If you like crack heads, ghetto people, piss on the floor and a ghetto slumlord piece of crap running the bar, then this bar is for you.
DO NOT GO TO THIS BAR.
- Cons: EVERYTHING IMAGINABLE
