Article: Owner Plans Second Threadgill's Country Restaurant in Austin, Texas.(Originated from Austin American-Statesman, Texas)

May 15--Austin won't need a Hard Rock Cafe or Planet Hollywood if Eddie Wilson has his way. By Labor Day, Wilson plans to open Threadgill's World Headquarters -- part "country cooking pure and simple," part Austin music museum, with a large helping of the intangible charm that has made Threadgill's an Austin institution.

"It will be Threadgill's times three," Wilson said. "I'm a wee bit giddy about it all."

Wilson believes it is especially fitting that the restaurant would occupy the space vacated by Wyatt's Cafeteria at 301 Riverside Drive, a stone's throw from the former site of his legendary Armadillo World Headquarters.

At 52, Wilson is exactly ...

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