Anderson Fair Retail Restaurant

[2] Notable performers who credit Anderson Fair as an important part of their careers include Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith, Robert Earl Keen, Lucinda Williams and many more.

"[5] In the past, Anderson Fair has hosted annual block parties in order to raise funds for repairs to the building and for rent payments.

The dedicated staff of volunteers oversee sales, the kitchen, the bar, and crowd control, for they have been known to politely ask members of the audience who speak during a musician's set to exit the listening room.

[5] In the 1920s, Gen. Victor A. Barracco, a veteran of both World Wars and Anderson Fair's longtime landlord, built most of the three-story barnlike structure as a residence.

[6] Originally, founders Anderson and Fair purchased only a narrow room in part of the building, much of which was constructed using salvaged wood from the Brazos Hotel, which had been razed in the 1930s.