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Before the free-tailed bats head south for the winter, I wrote to thank them for staying free in a city that now sells tickets to the sky. Please do not tell the rooftop bars where you're going.
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The Hideout Theatre lost its 26-year Congress Avenue home to a planned bar and now plays a roughly 40-seat North Lamar annex. Downtown took a suggestion from the audience, and the audience was a liquor license.
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The south bat-viewing area at Congress Avenue Bridge got new signage, QR content and short films today. I went at dusk to see if the bats noticed. They did not.
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Back when Las Manitas on Congress served $6.75 migas with political gossip on the side, Booth 4 was where deals got done over chorizo; today the hotel restaurant charges $21 for a 'heritage breakfast bowl' to guests who debate oat milk instead of legislation.
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They closed in 2008. Congress Avenue has never fully recovered. Neither have we.
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