Worst day: Gaona doesn’t like to focus on the negative, but she does choke up if you ask if any chickens have died under her nurturing gaze. The drinks launched in November.ĭraft beers: Six taps, including ones dedicated to such Texas classics as Lone Star and Shiner the bar also offers 50 to 60 other brands, including craft beers. Signature drink: Wine-a-rita, a line of wine-based cocktails, such as a combination of wine, margarita mix and “a couple of other things in it to give it that extra yumminess,” says Gaona. Music: A busted Wurlitzer jukebox sits by the door, right across from the stage where bands assemble six nights a week. The chicken coop is located in the back, under a Lone Star Beer light that would typically hang over a pool table. Likewise, framed photos of musicians cover the wall behind the bandstand. Portraits of Ginny Kalmbach and Dale Watson hang behind the bar, reminders of the people who have left their mark on the saloon. Before becoming a bar circa 1940, the building was a farmhouse, a gas station and, briefly, a restaurant. Year founded: The stand-alone building that houses Little Longhorn Saloon dates back about 100-plus years, says co-owner Terry Gaona. “I might have to spend on myself,” the surprise winner said. But what they didn’t know is that Terry Gaona sells bingo tickets to cover such controversial dumps: Geisler had one of the winning “line” tickets in her possession. A pair of patrons argued that the bird poop covered more of square No. She was there to salute a friend moving to Ireland but became the toast of the Little Longhorn herself when Loretta Lynn dropped a load right on the line, between two numbers. Ronna Geisler, a first-time visitor to the saloon, was thrilled at her luck one Sunday. “Ginny said, ‘Oh, it’s never going to last,’ and here it is, 23 years later and still kicking.” (Though he later launched a similar poop-based contest at C-Boy’s Heart & Soul, causing a minor controversy in Austin.) “Dale brought up the idea,” Terry Gaona said. But Watson left behind his legacy of chicken s- bingo. In 2015, Watson sold his share of the saloon to the Gaonas, preferring to spend his time on the road, not inside a dive bar.