# Hole in the Wall resturant

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hole-in-the-wall-resturant/770394>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 1, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hole-in-the-wall-resturant/770394 "2016-11-01T19:39:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hole-in-the-wall-resturant/770394/41 "2016-11-04T15:37:17Z")

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> [@Totenfeier](#):
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> If you’re ever in Roanoke, VA, do yourself a favor that’ll last a lifetime and go to The Texas Tavern (“Roanoke’s Millionaire’s Club”) on Church Street downtown.
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> -“We seat 1000 - ten at a time.”
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> -“We don’t Cash Checks or Play with Bumble Bees.”
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> -Home of one of the only left-handed grills in the whole world.
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> -Your best bets are “a bowl with and two hots with” (the bowl is chili, the “with” is onions, and if you don’t know what a “hot” is, I’m not the man to help you).
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> -OR, the world-famous Denver (“What’s a Denver? It’s a city in Colorado.”), which is a burger with everything and an egg.
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> -Where Roanoke has gone to sober up since Time Immemorial.
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> -(sob) AND I DON’T LIVE THERE ANYMORE!!!

Yep, it’s still here. Enough people freaked out when they tried to shut down Hotel Roanoke and the Grandin Theatre that we managed to save both; I can only imagine what would happen if the Tavern was in trouble. There’d be a million-dollar GoFundMe up by 3PM, and it’d hit its goal 30 minutes after the bars let out.

Other cities have killer pizza, or tasty BBQ, or fresh seafood. We have whatever the hell a Cheesy Western is (it’s a cheeseburger with a fried egg, onions, pickles and relish), and for better or worse we’re damned proud of it.

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**Author:** ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hole-in-the-wall-resturant/770394/42 "2016-11-04T15:48:50Z")

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> [@Roland\_Orzabal](#):
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> Yep, it’s still here. Enough people freaked out when they tried to shut down Hotel Roanoke and the Grandin Theatre that we managed to save both; I can only imagine what would happen if the Tavern was in trouble. There’d be a million-dollar GoFundMe up by 3PM, and it’d hit its goal 30 minutes after the bars let out.
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> Other cities have killer pizza, or tasty BBQ, or fresh seafood. We have whatever the hell a Cheesy Western is (it’s a cheeseburger with a fried egg, onions, pickles and relish), and for better or worse we’re damned proud of it.

Good to hear from the old hometown. Seriously, folks, Google “Texas Tavern” and have a look. I would not be the tiniest bit surprised to walk in one night and catch Tom Waits sittin’ on the third stool in (and by the way, they used to - probably still do - line up four deep behind EACH STOOL THAT WAS STILL IN USE! But very civilly; nobody ever rushed anybody. It wouldn’t be the Thing To Do).

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