What Happened to Ringers?

What happened to Ringers Sports Lounge? I heard from the grapevine that it has been such down because they didn’t pay their alcohol tax. This is one of my favorite hot spots in downtown Austin. I go there to play poker on Wendsdays and Fridays. I’ve met a lot of cool people there. It’s a friendly, laid back crowd, beautiful waitresses (I had a really bad crush on 2 of them), and a well run tournament run by Lone Star Free Poker. Now, it’s gone. :( The poker has moved to One-2-One, but that place is not nearly as nice as Ringers. I may have to start going to Third Base more often, but that’s on the west side of downtown.

Ringers is one of the more popular sports bars in downtown Austin. There was always a large crowd there whenever there was a big game of any kind going on. But many nights were pretty slow especially if there wasn't poker going on. Oh well, I hope they get to reopen. I'll be bummed if they are really gone for good.