Comments on: The Old Pecan Street Cafe http://gastronomyblog.com/2007/04/19/the-old-pecan-street-cafe/ My boyfriend likes Astronomy. I prefer Gastronomy. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:59:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kyla http://gastronomyblog.com/2007/04/19/the-old-pecan-street-cafe/#comment-579 Kyla Sun, 13 May 2007 04:11:12 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2007/04/19/the-old-pecan-street-cafe/#comment-579 Next time you come to Austin I can point you in the direction of some outstanding restaurants that have better side dishes. Heh. The midwest can get a bit hung up on their coleslaw, beans and tater salad! Next time you come to Austin I can point you in the direction of some outstanding restaurants that have better side dishes. Heh. The midwest can get a bit hung up on their coleslaw, beans and tater salad!

]]> By: Kyla http://gastronomyblog.com/2007/04/19/the-old-pecan-street-cafe/#comment-580 Kyla Fri, 11 May 2007 22:36:58 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2007/04/19/the-old-pecan-street-cafe/#comment-580 I'm afraid that wiki has mislead you. The Old Pecan Street Cafe is so named because 6th street was once known as Pecan Street. This is also where the festival got it's name. When Edwin Waller first laid out the street plan for Austin the north-south streets were given the names of Texas rivers in the order in which they appeared on the Texas map. While Waller had recommended numbers for the east-west streets, they were instead given the names of trees. Later on, numbers replaced the tree-named streets and what had been Pecan Street became today's 6th Street. The Old Pecan Street Spring and Fall Festivals honor the original name of the street. I’m afraid that wiki has mislead you. The Old Pecan Street Cafe is so named because 6th street was once known as Pecan Street. This is also where the festival got it’s name.

When Edwin Waller first laid out the street plan for Austin the north-south streets were given the names of Texas rivers in the order in which they appeared on the Texas map. While Waller had recommended numbers for the east-west streets, they were instead given the names of trees. Later on, numbers replaced the tree-named streets and what had been Pecan Street became today’s 6th Street. The Old Pecan Street Spring and Fall Festivals honor the original name of the street.

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