Austin Avenue on FIRE!! July 4, 2011 @ 10:30

Coming home from watching the plano fireworks we took the back route to get less traffic. As we got to Parker and Alma, we noticed a lot of smoke. Turned out that Austin Avenue (favorite bar to several TI employees at TI Spring Creek) was on FIRE!! I saw at least 2 trucks there at the time and we heard another on the way!!

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[miketperry]

@BigJthaMechanic That's fucking funny man

[tatorsal]

How, sad, drove by the ruins of AA today, It was my fav sports bar and I filled out an application weeks ago, now it's toast.

[AndrewMcCamentMusic]

I got there at 11:30 and by then the front part of the roof had burned away and the front of the building was burned as well... really crazy. Never ate there but it's right next to Sugar Mountain! D: I live like 7 miles from there and it smelled like smoke and burning restaurant at my house...

[AndrewMcCamentMusic]

@plainotxen agreed. Totally the best place in towj

[eliter14]

@amberfoxfire O KOOL

[amberfoxfire]

@eliter14 I got there early-ish and called 911. I left after the emergency crews showed up, though, somewhere after the roof started to fall in. I figured by then I was just in the way.

[amberfoxfire]

@royazida Not quite. It's gutted, though, pretty much just partial walls, no roof.

[TheMadhatter32]

Place was gettin on the dirty side anyway! Think the owner wanted a new bar and some insurance money haha....wouldn't put it past em

[BigJthaMechanic]

What kind of theory is that - "somebody broke in drunk and started a fire" at the source of their alcohol that makes plenty of sense - maybe it was a conspiracy and some little elves were pissed so they wanted to get back at Obama and torched AA to gain media attention to meet the pres and throw water balloons at him - Plano is so full of douchebags.

[Rags180]

Sad news to hear. I worked there when it was called Sawbucks and they expanded the back area to include pool and darts. Played many dart tournaments in there over the years after.