"Posse East, just north of campus, is a sports bar that’s been around since 1971, and the kitchen turns out admirable bar food and Tex-Mex classics. The queso is excellent and you should get a large to share with the table. And you can get a very good patty melt alongside pitchers of beer. They don’t have a full liquor license, so there aren’t any mixed drinks, which in some ways keeps the rowdiness at bay. The odds of spotting a SXSW badge here will be very low. " - raphael brion, nicolai mccrary