Bar Memoriam, Volume 3: Shady Tavern
Many of the taverns from my dive bar book have closed. Here is one of them.
Shady Tavern
1206 W. 20th
Though the sign outside appears to promise “dog-friendly pool tables,” you won’t find any collies rackin’ up nine-ball games here in this most sylvan of Houston’s icehouses. You will find a pool table, a big for-hire party room, lots of TVs and an adjoining wooded lot on which to give Rover a good run. After a recent remodel, the…
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