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In more than two decades at the Statesman, Mike's been a copy editor, Sunday editor, Page 1 designer and, for the past 14 years, XL art director. But after more than 700 XL covers, nine XL Dining Guides, managing the hundreds of listings in our restaurant database and writing stories about doughnuts, Vietnam and the Incredible Hulk, he'll finally be able to put his nine years of fancy restaurant job experience (thank you, drive through) to good use. This means he can write about trailer tacos on South Lamar, $250 anniversary dinners at Hudson's, smoking a cigar with Michael Moriarty at Louie's 106, brewing his own Anderson's Coffee stout beer and freeloading at kids-eat-free nights all over town.
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By Mike Sutter
| Monday, June 8, 2009, 08:30 PM
From the late 1800s to the 1940s, Sengelmann Hall was the focal point of nightlife in the town of Schulenburg, 80 miles southeast of Austin off Interstate 10.
Thanks to Dana Harper, a Houston artist who bought and renovated the building, the hall reopened over the weekend as a live-music venue, biergarten and restaurant true to its Czech and German roots.
In addition to pre-Prohibition cocktails and 14 beers on tap, the restaurant offers goulash, dumplings, burgers, steaks from chef Kenny Kopecky and recipes from the owner’s wife, native Czech Hana Hillerova Harper.
The music lineup this week includes honky-tonk pianist and Austin favorite Earle Poole Ball (Thursday), red-dirt country rocker Jason Boland (Friday) and Austin troubadour James Hand (Saturday).
Sengelmann Hall (531 N. Main St., Schulenburg; 979-743-2300 www.sengelmannhall.com) is open 6 to 11 p.m. Thursdays, 6 p.m. to midnight Fridays, 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturdays and noon to 7 p.m. Sundays.
(Photo provided by Sengelmann Hall)
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