A comfortable enough bar and grill right in the heart of downtown Round Rock.
I was there at 6 pm on Wednesday.
There was no one there.
Later in the evening it had a nice crowd.
It is spacious, modern and nicely designed.
My alcoholic memory places it as having nice stonework inside -
But that could be the bourbon talking.
The owner is a charmer.
I would happily go back.
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The Headline Story here is downtown Round Rock as a place to drink.
Downtown Round Rock is not on most Yelpers' radar.
It should be.
They have a nice Sixth Street like collection of bars -
WITHOUT the armies of street people, without the fraternity boys and without the black cocktail dress crowd.
If you want to pick up a sorority girl (good luck with that),
You want Austin's Sixth Street.
If you want just plain dive bar drinking,
In places that are not grime-y or dive-y,
Round Rock's stock goes way up.
The town fathers (or mothers or urban planning department or concerned citizens or whoever)
Have done a fine fine job of making downtown Round Rock an attractive place to be at night.
They have put white Christmas Tree lights up and down the signature Water Tower that marks the Center of the City.
You wouldn't think that would be effective as a graphic tool.
In fact - it works spectacularly.
The tower is visible from everywhere - and it gives everywhere a carnival like feeling.
It makes the whole downtown feel magical and fun.
Add to this an absolutely jaw dropping new downtown library.
This is a brand new modern building designed to compete with the library in downtown Austin.
By daytime - it is pleasant enough.
By night, the library turns into a shimmering palace of light.
The library simply has to be seen at twilight or after dark.
It makes the downtown feel light and vibrant and exciting and spectacular.
I think the powers that be schedule various festive activities in the middle of downtown.
When I was there, I had other business so I did not check things out ...
But there was some kind of evening funfest that had live music and lots of families bringing their children.
Church or municipal I could not tell - but something was drawing a major crowd.
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What do you do in downtown Round Rock?
There is their new Peruvian restaurant, Brasas Peruanas, that is in my view is destination casual eating.
But mostly you just go to one of the many bars, and get drunk.
If you want karaoke, or trivia contests, or sports on TV, they got that too.
But the bars are decent.
Main Street Bar 101 is a fine enough place to make your date with bourbon or margaritas or Coronas or whatever.
The neighboring places are nice too.
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