The Broken Spoke - The Best Dance Hall in Austin

The beer is terrible. It's really run down and looks like its going to collapse. When you are in the dance hall it looks like the hull of a ship that is collapsing into the ocean. You ignore all that and dance your butt off or just drink a lot of cerveza. Its an awesome place to hug your sweetheart tight and move around. Asking for a dance in a polite way is still happening there. Seriously feels like the old Texas. Notice the condos behind it and they surround this beauty of Texas country music  and dance hall culture. I think the developers made a deal to keep it there. Probably good for business for everybody. If it disappeared I wouldnt even notice but a lot of folks would. So many great musicians have played there over the years. A bunch of pics of the owner James White (no relation other than a mutual love of country music) and pop stars fill an inside room with memorabilia. But a lot of lesser known and incredibly talented folks played there and locals like me love them. If you can dance to it then itl work.