nuptials

The peeling paint and padlock are not auspicious signs for a blissful ceremony. If St. Ann is known as the patron saint of women in labor, then the chapel's name is either ironic or appropriate for shotgun weddings.

Old Town
2402 Avenue J
Lubbock, Texas

eat here

Actually, one can't eat here -- the Old Town Cafe closed years ago. But you can still rent the place for a quincenera, bar mitzvah or beer bust. In its day, the cholesterol-laden buffet featured home-cooking. The clientele ranged from courthouse suits to day laborers to visitors from the flea market next door.l

Old Town Cafe
2402 Avenue J
Lubbock, Texas