Same here, when I lived in San Antonio in the mid-1980s. Went there every Thanksgiving weekend to buy up stuff for Christmas. Anyone remember the Cadillac Bar?
I had not thought of the cadillac bar in years. Used to drive down there from Austin and get cheap booze. I had a buddy who’s mother was from Nuevo Laredo. He still had lots of relatives down there back then. I talked to him a few weeks ago and they have all had to flee south since the kidnap gangs are now targeting middle class people as well.
How about the Blue Diamond, Papa Gayo’s and the Miramar? That’s when Boy’s town was all over town...not in a compound.
Spent some time in the old Cadillac Bar, eating and drinking cervesas.
Cadillac Bar! Wunnerful.
I went to Matamoros allot in the 90s on bidness. I usually stayed right by the border crossing, and for dinner I would walk a few blocks into Mex for a steak at Garcia’s.
It was always dark when I walked home. Even back then I did the “Crazy Ivan” constantly to make sure nobody was sneaking up behind me.
Today, there’s no way that I would go. Not during the day either.