East Austin music venues: Stay Gold becomes Long Play Lounge
Austin 360 Austinites driving by the site of bar and music venue Stay Gold in the past few days may have noticed a sign (literally) of changes afoot. Where the neon Stay Gold sign once stood in the parking lot at 1910 E. Cesar Chavez St., there's now a new sign identifying the business as the Long Play Lounge. It's not a full-scale change, though. The new name connects the former Stay Gold location with the original Long Play Lounge, which opened a couple of years ago at 704 W. St. Johns Ave. in North Austin. Stay Gold co-owner Will Tanner was a co-founder of the Long Play, and when his Stay ...