A friend and I noticed that every restaurant/bar we visited one week had the exact same branded pen in different colors. I’m now on a quest to collect every single one in Austin. Here are the places I’ve collected so far:
In Plain Site
Here Nor There
Roosevelt Room
Zanzibar
Tiki Tatsu-Ya
Kemuri Tatsu-Ya
Pool Burger
Paperboy
by nearlyHERO
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Elizabeth st cafe. And I think I got one from Pinballz lake creek oddly enough. (That was a while ago)
I’d bet perla’s has them too.
We’ve got ones from Perlas, Joanne’s and Clark’s. Great pens!
Probably every MML restaurant tbh, I think they had those at Jeffrey’s & Josephine house too
Cafe no sè
El Dorado Cafe!
La Condensa. Got one sitting on my nightstand right now
Sway, Cafe no Se, La Condesa, Il Brutto. Anything that is/was part of the restaurant group New Waterloo. Haven’t worked there in a couple years but every restaurant in that group has the same pen supplier
Bulevar, Red Ash, ATX cocina, launderette
Juliet’s kitchen
Came here to say Elizabeth St. and Olive & June
All the MMH restaurants. I took one from each during the burger challenge a few years ago
I have about 40 or 50 of these from different spots in town, love to collect em.
I have a collection too and all the ones I see that you have I DON’T have!
Launderette, Elizabeth St, Caroline, Jo’s, Juliet, La Condesa, Justine’s, Ah Sing Den, Doc B’s, Antone’s, Lamberts, Blue Lacey, The wheel. Oh and Lou’s (this one was given to me, I don’t support them)
South Congress Hotel
Blue Lacy and Mattie’s
Luties at the commodore perry has them.
Pitchfork pretty (RIP)
Summer House on SoCo has a really cool green pearlescent one. I think pretty much all the MML restaurants use them too.
I think I have 30-40 of these things. I’m headed to bed but putting this comment here so I remember to check in the morning.
EDIT: posted here https://www.reddit.com/r/austinfood/comments/16sa7m6/can_yall_help_me_make_a_list_of_restaurantsbars/k2gaiv3/
My bf worked at Fresas a while back I still have a bunch of the teal ones. Cafe No Se used to have pink pens!
these are my favorite kind of pens….is that an unpopular opinion?
Suerte!
Hotel Magdalena. I too am a fan of this exact type of pen!
Maie Day has a fun orange version!
Are restaurants cool with people taking pens? Or do they frown upon that sort of thing?
Quit stealing pens.