The Best Honky Tonk North of Abilene

The Lone Star Cafe at 61 Fifth Avenue was a great bar. It was only open from 1976-1989 but it made a lot of noise when it was here; especially with that iguana on the roof that its neighbors hated.

I was there more than a few times while working in the city. On the day of a concert, my friend and I would get there extra early and sit at the bar. We’d order burgers (they had great burgers) and a few beers and be ready for the show. Besides their regular guy Kinky Friedman, I remember seeing Pure Prarie League, Asleep at the Wheel and one of my favorite’s, Roy Orbison. Orbison was great, especially since I was only about 10 feet away still on my bar stool.

Oh, and the iguana on the roof is now on the roof of the reptile house at the Fort Worth Zoo