Buffalo Billiards Journal

Stories From the Felt, the Bar and the Block

Everything we have picked up about playing better pool, running a downtown Austin night properly, and living inside a building that went up in 1861.

The Archive

Every Story We Have Written So Far

Guides, history and hard won table advice from 201 East 6th Street, added to whenever something around here is worth writing down.

The main room at Buffalo Billiards with bar seating and a painted night sky mural
Pool & Billiards
8 min read

Nine Habits That Separate Good Pool Players From Lucky Ones

Most players plateau because they only practice the fun shots. Here is what changes when you start practicing the boring ones instead, one rack at a time on Sixth Street.

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Foosball tables, pool tables and bar stools in the Buffalo Billiards rec room
Austin Nightlife
7 min read

How Locals Actually Do a Night on Sixth Street

Sixth Street rewards anyone with a plan and quietly punishes everybody else. Here is the timing, the turns, and where to land when the street outside gets too loud to hear your friends.

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The neon lit facade of the Missouri House building on East 6th Street in Austin
Venue History
7 min read

The Strange Second Life of Austin's Missouri House

These walls went up when Austin still had dirt streets and cattle traffic. Here is what happened between the first boarders checking in and the sound of a break shot filling the same room.

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Reading About Pool Is Not Playing Pool

Tables, foosball, pinball and a kitchen that stays open late, one block east of the Driskill at 201 East 6th Street in downtown Austin. Call 512.479.7665 for groups.

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