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Food
4.8
Feel
7.5
Price
$15
Arkie’s Grill
A time-frozen diner with unfrozen foods and naturally heated spirit
American
Casual restaurant

Hours
Mon–Fri 5:00am–3:00pm

Bar None
Credit cards Visa, MC

East Austin
4827 E. Cesar Chavez
Austin, TX
(512) 385-2986

Movie location scouts, take note: East Austin is full of time-frozen places like Arkie’s Grill, with booths, well-worn tables, and peeling wallpaper that all seem to have been put in decades ago. Casting agents will have it easy, too, if they sit at the low counter for a spell. Waitresses…

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