- Austin’s storefront at 6129 E. Broadway Blvd.
Austin’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream, a local restaurant that opened way back in 1959, has apparently gone out of business.
Calls to Austin’s during the past week went unanswered, and a weekend visit to the eatery at 6129 E. Broadway Blvd. showed a sign taped to the window by the landlord saying that the locks had been changed because the rent had not been paid.
The eatery was originally located at 2920 E. Broadway Blvd., but moved several years back to its new location.
Attempts to reach the owners to see what led to the closing were unsuccessful.
This article appears in Dec 24-30, 2009.
Sad but predictable. The new space seemed way, way too big for them, and the service, which always seemed good in the old spot, was reliably awful there. Awful. I was never able to get out of there in under two hours. If it hadn’t been for that, I bet they would’ve done really well with all the stores, businesses and apartment buildings nearby.
What a dissapointment. I came to Tucson on business and was really looking forward to eating at Austin’s.