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4904 N. Main Houston, TX 77009

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Best Redneck Bar
Award Winner 2010

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An East Texas beer joint slap-bang in the middle of the inner city, the Tall Texan is as country as cornbread. Ray Price, Charley Pride and George Strait vie for space on the bar's jukebox, and the parking lot is always packed day and night. The main attraction here is the beer with Shiner and Lone Star served up ice-cold in enormous fish-bowl-shaped goblets. A night in here will convince you it's 1962 again, and so will the low prices and the vintage Patsy Cline blasting out of the box. If she doesn't make you fall to pieces, then the cheap beer will.

2010 | Best Redneck Bar

Given the generally negative connotations surrounding the word "redneck," we hesitate to hang the tag on any establishment where we enjoy raising a glass and would like to continue doing so. But if there's any bar within the Loop we imagine wouldn't mind the designation -- sorry, Blanco's -- it's got to be the Tall Texan. The sea of pickup trucks parked outside the Airline Drive institution is a pretty major tip-off, as are the abundance of Texana and Houston sports paraphernalia... More »
2009 | Biggest Beer for the Buck

Real Texans drink from goblets, it seems, or maybe the massive glassware at this homey watering hole-in-the-wall is just the only option for holding all that beer. It's $1.25 for a goblet of Lone Star and 25 cents more for one of Shiner, and two or three should see you well on your way to a hangover. You might end up thankful that the place closes down at midnight. Any other beer will come in a bottle, as will the wine (an airplane bottle, in fact), so don't waste your money. Those extra... More »
2006 | Best Dive

Call it a semantic paradox: Once a place gets labeled a dive bar, it ceases to be one. Regular drunks don't use the term "dive bar" -- only hipsters do. And once the hipsters show up, well, you know where we're going with this. But Alice's Tall Texan somehow has managed to buck the trend, keeping true to its dive-bar roots (and clientele) no matter how many of the gentry walk through its doors. In fact, this joint in the Heights is more akin to the Mexican bars dotting the surrounding area... More »
2005 | Best Dive

Quite simply, nobody does it better than Alice and her crew at the Tall Texan. Located on the northern edge of the Heights in a residential area that's anything but hip, this little out-of-the-way watering hole attracts all kinds. From elderly barflies to middle-aged professionals to young movers and shakers, the clientele here generally comes for one thing: the beer. Funny thing is, they only sell two on tap, Lone Star and Shiner. But they're served in frosty, goldfish-bowl-size schooners... More »

The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Dive Bars

By Glenn Livet | Wed, January 4, 2012

"I know it when I see it." - Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, on correctly identifying pornography. Also applies to dive bars. The dive distinction is complicated. Used to be you could stick a ... More »

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burgerguy | Houston, TX | 1 Reviews

| Tue, February 2, 2010

Older Hispanic crowd, but giving room to the new younger beer lovers.

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Alice's Tall Texan Drive Inn

4904 N. Main Houston, TX 77009

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2010 | Best Redneck Bar

2009 | Biggest Beer for the Buck

2006 | Best Dive

2005 | Best Dive

The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Dive Bars

By Glenn Livet | Wed, January 4, 2012

burgerguy | Houston, TX | 1 Reviews

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