1.   Except for two mortuaries, the only black-owned businesses are barber shops, gas stations and beer joints.

2.   For many Texans of a certain age, the first time they danced publicly was in a beer joint.

3.   Get in a low-speed chase and have the idiot follow you to the local beer joint.

4.   Her husband J.F. runs the Wagon Wheel, a nearby pit barbecue, burgers and beer joint.

5.   In beer joints afterward, college boys and girls carouse.

6.   It turns out to be a local beer joint.

7.   Later still, in the taverns and beer joints along Pratt Street, there would be talk of Cal Ripken.

8.   My writer friend who lives in an old abandoned beer joint down close to Johnson City says his idea of formal dining is wearing shoes to the Dairy Queen.

9.   Now, all we have is some barber shops, beer joints and a couple of shoe shops.

10.   On weekend nights, young professionals and date-night couples fill bars like Tapwerks, a sophisticated version of the Flying Saucer beer joints popular in Texas.