Mother Egan's is leaving...

[Lithos]

Mother Egan’s Irish Pub is leaving its West Sixth Street home, making room for a new business by veteran nightclub owners.

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/06/29/daily7.html?ana=from_rss

Lease had ended

[sonias]

1. Maybe not until 2010

Mean Rachel's blog 6/29
Brad Womack Didn't Buy Mother Eagan's

West Sixth Street is seeing more changes lately than funeral homes are seeing celebrities (what, too soon?). This weekend marked the end of the Star Bar, much to the chagrin of political consultants and lobbyists across Texas, as the bar undergoes a much-needed renovation for approximately five months (read: one year), at which point it will reopen under new management. A sendoff at Star Bar on Friday night found the bar so packed, noisy and hot that no one will want to go there for a year or more anyway. Side note: I always thought SB smelled like my grandmother's house which, apparently, always smelled like a gin and tonic.

Today, Michael Barnes at the Statesman's Out and About reported that Brad, Chad and Wes Womack 'bought' Mother Eagan's. However, according to an email from Brad Womack, they have not bought Mother Eagan's - they've acquired the lease, which is up in May 2010. ME will continue to operate until then as it does now, so trivia fans can breathe a sigh of relief for now.

Sonia

[Lithos]

2. That's a relief

Only been there a few times, but it certainly beats most anything the Womacks might put in.

L-

[GOPisEvil]

3. So, it's going to be another bar/restaurant for yuppie douchebags.

Just what W. 6th needs. :eyes:

I hope Mother Egan's finds a new home.

[Lithos]

4. Agreed

The shadow of the downtown hi-rise condos is starting to be felt. People want to move there because of places like Mother Egans without realizing that their presence will drive off the very cool they are seeking.

L-

[NoPasaran]

5. Mother Egan's is dead to me

Ever since they wouldn't turn the sound on for Obama's acceptance speech last summer I haven't spent one red cent in that place. They're welcome to their yuppie douchebags.

[sonias]

6. Wow, I didn't know about that

I thought the owner/manager was a friendly D. Was he out that day?

Sonia