Best Dive Bars in Austin | Eater Austin

"It’s always Christmas time (as in it’s permanently decorated in festive Yuletide cheer) at this Crestview bar. Lala’s, which has been around since 1972, has lived many lives and was saved from an uncertain fate after an abrupt closure in 2015. Like any good dive bar, though, it has all the essentials. There are no-nonsense drinks, a great jukebox, pool tables, and a small outdoor patio, but the action happens mostly inside. Enjoy its sister bar — Lala’s South Pole in South Austin on Davis Lane — that’s equally divey-yet-Christmas-y." - Darcie Duttweiler