One of Austin’s Oldest Dive Bars Seeks Historic Zoning at Deep Eddy Cabaret click here for TOWERS.NET exact article Deep Eddy Cabaret at 2315 Lake Austin Boulevard offers beer even colder than its namesake spring-fed swimming pool one block south. According to historic nonprofit Preservation Austin, at 72 years old and counting the dive is the city’s oldest neighborhood bar, and these days its presence is a comforting counterargument to the increasingly posh reputation of its surrounding neighborhood. But not all old dives bother to make their obvious importance in local history official on paper, so we’re thrilled to see Deep Eddy Cabaret owner Will Bridges kicking off the application process for historic zoning at the bar, with the city’s Historic Landmark Commission voting unanimously in favor of the designation at its meeting earlier this week. The limestone and brick building at this site originally opened around 1915 as a neighborhood grocery store and bait shop built b
