Dick’s Last Resort is a chain of restaurant/bars across the U.S. The San Antonio location is in the basement (and former morgue) of the historic Nix Hospital. You might miss it if driving down Navarro Street, you’d see the Nix Medical Building which takes up a good portion of the block, but at the end of the building is a sign and door advertising Dick. You wouldn’t miss it by its more popular entrance along the Riverwalk. Advertising ‘Dick’ is everywhere; bar maid t-shirts stating; ‘they’ve got Hooters, we’ve got Dick’, ‘I need a stiff one’, and simply ‘I “heart” Dick’.
Well, if you don’t love Dick, don’t be afraid to just say so. The motto of this place is simply just be ‘rude’. That’s right. Never say ‘please’ and don’t take offense to what is said to you…if you’re quick with the wit, you may even get your drink free. Order a steak medium-rare and you might just be told; ‘maybe, we’ll see, won’t make any promises’.
It’s all in good fun, but I could see where it might be a little confusing for someone who wasn’t expecting this approach. But Dicks San Antonio is embroiled in confusion. The Nix building itself has a confusing history. Research it if you’re really interested, but for starters it starts with two brothers; Joe M. Nix and Joe J. Nix and a son Joe L. Nix. I guess this was the inspiration for George Foreman who named each of his five sons George. Got you beat there Joe Nix, but what did you expect? George was a Champ.
