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Pretty much anything that Tim and Karrie League touch turns to gold, which is why we couldn't be more excited about the progress of their newest bowling alley/restaurant/dancehall/karaoke explosion, The Highball. We've been montitoring the construction over on The Highball blog, and are incredibly excited by the promise that it will be ready for lounging come next weekend, when Fantastic Fest 2009 rips through the Alamo South Lamar. Not only will The Highball offer food and merryment, but it will also offer a place to hang out before any film that you go see, which, if you've ever waited in one of those epic-opening-night lines, you know how welcome this addition to the Drafthouse family will be.
All photos courtesy of Afsheen Nomai and the Alamo Drafthouse.
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and, naturally, it'll be a great facility for all those Rolling-Roadshow-Big-Lebowski revivals
Steve - I actually wonder if they'll have a monthly Big Lebowski night. Long Live The Dude.
I'll assume you guys are both aware of the greatness that is coming to Austin in a few short weeks...
http://www.lebowskifest.com/UpcomingFests/LebowskiFestAustinOct910/tabid/197/Default.aspx
And of course, I'm hoping that The Highball will be hosting in 2010.
Wow, sounds great.
I love this town.
in before the guy who always chimes in with, "Tim and Karrie are evil multimillionaires OMGWTFBBQ"
I went, I saw, and I was conquered.
I had driven past the Highball (old Salvation Army Store in Lamar Alamo shopping ctr) at 9:02pm to see how long the line was and there was literally nobody on the sidewalk. I parked, went to door and asked staff "que pasa?" and Drafthouse employees and family were inside, before FF Badgers and GenPub, enjoying the free bowling, skeetball, and comp. food and drink. They graciously let me in early, but I had to pay for food and drink, both of which were *** out of ***** with ***** being Emeril's/Jeffery's-class.
When I informed that my first two choices weren't available (Mmm, Roasted Chicken, Red-eye Gravy on Mashed 'Taters, Seasonal Veggies, Salad, and Soda/Tea for $10) I ordered the $10 cheese plate. There were three 3-inch long cheese slices at the top and sides of the plate, one blueish with cashews, walnuts and almonds on the side, a Colby-Jack, and a White Goat Cheese. Twelve water crackers were lined below the cheese in two angled rows. In the center dried cherries and strawberry slices lay on top of a bed of mixed field greens. Below the greens and fruit a 2-inch ball of soft spread white cheese was on top of a reduced cherry glace' sauce. With the exception of the nuts, cherries and crackers, every else was local, and where possible, organic.
I ordered one of the $10 Specialty Cocktails, the Rasberry Fizz. In terms of the alcohol content, it was $10 worth. The fruit flavor of the red and black rasberry essence was so strong that not even a 8-inch spear of Rosemary run through a 1-inch blackberry could overpower it. One of the best mixed drinks I have ever had.
But alas, by the time it hit me to let other folks know, a couple dozen Hipsters and Badgers had beat me to it, and at 11:15pm staff said "Max Cap, nobody else gets in.
I went, I saw, and I was conquered.
I had driven past the Highball (old Salvation Army Store in Lamar Alamo shopping ctr) at 9:02pm to see how long the line was and there was literally nobody on the sidewalk. I parked, went to door and asked staff "que pasa?" and Drafthouse employees and family were inside, before FF Badgers and GenPub, enjoying the free bowling, skeetball, and comp. food and drink. They graciously let me in early, but I had to pay for food and drink, both of which were *** out of ***** with ***** being Emeril's/Jeffery's-class.
When I informed that my first two choices weren't available (Mmm, Roasted Chicken, Red-eye Gravy on Mashed 'Taters, Seasonal Veggies, Salad, and Soda/Tea for $10) I ordered the $10 cheese plate. There were three 3-inch long cheese slices at the top and sides of the plate, one blueish with cashews, walnuts and almonds on the side, a Colby-Jack, and a White Goat Cheese. Twelve water crackers were lined below the cheese in two angled rows. In the center dried cherries and strawberry slices lay on top of a bed of mixed field greens. Below the greens and fruit a 2-inch ball of soft spread white cheese was on top of a reduced cherry glace' sauce. With the exception of the nuts, cherries and crackers, every else was local, and where possible, organic.
I ordered one of the $10 Specialty Cocktails, the Rasberry Fizz. In terms of the alcohol content, it was $10 worth. The fruit flavor of the red and black rasberry essence was so strong that not even a 8-inch spear of Rosemary run through a 1-inch blackberry could overpower it. One of the best mixed drinks I have ever had.
But alas, by the time it hit me to let other folks know, a couple dozen Hipsters and Badgers had beat me to it, and at 11:15pm staff said "Max Cap, nobody else gets in.