Texas Dive Bar Encyclopedia

By Raf Miastkowski

A road trip through the great dive bars of Texas.

When the iconic Dry Creek Caf in Austin was set to close, writer Raf Miastkowski stopped in for a final round-and found a calling. Over the next three years, he crisscrossed the state, visiting hundreds of dive bars from the Panhandle to the Gulf Coast, documenting a vanishing piece of Texas culture.

The Texas Dive Bar Encyclopedia is the result of more than 25,000 miles on highways and gravel roads, a journey into jukebox-lit saloons, dusty beer joints, and backroad honky-tonks. Part travelogue, part cultural record, this book captures the grit, charm, and strange beauty of Texas dive bars.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G6HQ72TN
• ISBN13: 9798218816674
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: RAF Miastkowski
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 3.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.0" x 10.9"