Bar Remembrance: Burlap Barrel
Many of the taverns in my dive bar book have closed. Here is another.
Burlap Barrel
909 Town and Country Blvd.
This is sort of the gateway dive to Spring Branch / West Houston. Although it's in a strip mall, it's neither dingy nor sinister. It's old -- this is its third location over the last thirty years. It's a little too big to be a total dive -- it's probably over 2000 square feet in the bar's t…
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