Flanagan’s is the name that remains at 519 East Kings Hwy. Not far from the gigantic intersection of Kings and Youree, it is a strip of 3 or 4 taverns that have seen many nights of rock n roll over many years. Several years of raucous performances were under the name Shooter’s. This week the buildings were razed. Employees at the adjacent Broadmoor Garage, which will remain, said to expect an O’Reilly’s Auto Parts and a Whataburger.
Earlier in the week the adjacent Beauty Supply building, 531 East Kings, was knocked down. For a couple of years the side of the Beauty Supply Bldg was a site for paste-up street art.
Looking at the rubble of that building, KTBS erroneously posted the news that Murrell’s had been torn down. In fact, Murrell’s had been razed years ago.
Nonetheless posters on Facebook gushed forth with over 200 pieces of swooning memories of their days at Murrell’s.