The Parlor - Austin

There’s a great scene here weekend afternoons: older punkish (Everyone is welcome). Lots of good music. Decent pizza. Reasonably priced beer.Food: 3/5

So much hype about the other places from outta town styles I feel like people sleep on how amazing this place really is. Great food supporting a great community from great people. Love this place

Staff are assholes, was leaving a show with some friends, stopped outside in the parking lot to smoke near the coffins, rifled through my pockets to find a lighter and was pulling things out which included a unopened mini bottle of vodka that was in my coat pocket. Next thing I know some dude in a dirty grey shirt and beard walks up to me and shouts what 's that! I literally thought he was a drunk stranger trying to cause a scene so I try to put it away and say it 's unopened vodka turns out the guy works there, super aggressively yanks the bottle out of my hands and immediately leaves and shouts we could get fined!!! We caused no trouble the whole night and were on our way out.

The pizza is mid at best but the service is awesome. There's a smallish outdoor seating area, a couple of pinball machines and a pool table.Food: 3/5

Don't let the row of black coffins outside fool you: this is a pizza parlor, not a funeral parlor. But it's not really a pizza parlor, it's really a quintessential quirky Austin dive bar that hosts live music and serves some pizza on the side. Confused yet? This is the type of Austin hangout that used to typify Austin before the rent got too dang high, so go check it out while you still can.The Parlor is dark with black walls and vintage furniture that sometimes wobbles and vintage Austin concert flyers wallpapering the bathrooms. If I take too long in there, it's only because I'm reading the walls and remembering when bands we knew and loved in college played venues we knew and loved in college, most of which are now lost to time and the rising rents of our fair city. They have a nice stage and sound system and often host live rock shows. They have a full bar with local and regional beers on draft and cool bartenders. They serve thick, loaded pizza by the giant slice for under $5. They have a large front porch and a tarp-covered patio with tables outside by the row of coffins. People sometimes sit on those, too.I really miss the weird in Austin, but if you look hard enough, you'll find the pockets of original funky places like this, where it still exists.