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By Matthew Odam
| Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 11:46 AM
If you’ve got an out-of-town friend in town on a weekday and want to take them to hear some live music and get a good taste of what Austin is all about, chance are you’d take them to the Continental Club, winner, with 22 percent of the vote, of the Your A-List poll for best place to hear live music on a weekday.
When some complain about transplants ruining their town, they speechify about how they have been here for 30 or 40 years. That’s impressive and all, but the Continental has been around for over 50 years and is still going strong. The club, which was originally a private supper club which hosted such jazz/swing titans as Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey, is rumored to be the first in Travis County to leagally sell booze. The 50s gave way to burlesgue in the 60s and then a rotating cast of legendary songwriters and roots rockers in the 70s and 80s. In 1987, current owner Steve Wertheimer, one of the most familiar faces in South Austin, bought the club and restored it to its former glory.
Others receiving votes
Saxon Pub, 14 percent
Antone’s, 13 percent
Emo’s, 12 percent
The Mohawk, 12 percent
Cedar Street, 9 percent
Momo’s, 9 percent
Beerland, 5 percent
Ruta Maya, 2 percent
Flamingo Cantina, 1 percent
Room 710, < 1 percent
Ego’s, < 1 percent
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