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L The Battalion
IFESTYLES
Locals invited to enjoy dinner,
drinks and music at Blues Factory
By April Towery
Lifestyles editor
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blues club was not enough
to keep John and Nicole
jjusch busy, the young couple has
ibaby on the way. But they are far
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fetyle they have chosen.
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cluding beer, wine and margaritas.
One-stop shopping is one of the
features of Edges and The Blues
Factory. John Rausch said an entire
evening of entertainment is avail
able to weekend customers.
“You park here once, and get
your dinner, music and margari
tas,” he said.
The Rausches invented a special
margarita recipe for The Blues Fac
tory they call the blue margarita
and serve only upstairs.
Although the downstairs restau
rant and the upstairs blues club
have not always been around, the
building has been called Edges for
at least 94 years. It used to be a
clothing store where Bryan resi
dents could purchase formal wear
and wedding dresses.
“Whenever we first bought the
building, there was a lady in her
mid-70s or 80s walking around out
side,” John Rausch said. “I asked if I
could help her, and she said no, she
was just going in to shop.”
Nicole Rausch said the Edges of
the past brought a lot of Bryan na
tives to the area.
“It was like Charli or Plain Jane of
the 1900s,” she said.
The Rausches bought the Edges
building in November 1995 and
transformed it into the restaurant
last October. They had originally
talked about living in the upstairs
area, which covers 3,000 square
feet. But John Rausch said things
went awry.
“Banks didn’t want to lend us mon
ey because we were young and this
was a commercial building,” he said.
“We felt like there was not a place
where you could get live music and a
good atmosphere, so here we are.”
The club was originally created as
a 21 and up bar, but Nicole Rausch
said they made some adjustments to
accommodate the Aggies.
“It’s 18 and up now — it was 21
and up, but now that the college
students are back, we don’t want to
turn anyone away,” she said.
This weekend, The Blues Facto
ry will play host to local band Blue
Note All Stars Friday evening and
Houston blues legend Big Otis on
Saturday. John Rauscli said he is in
terested in local talent, but there is
a screening process.
“We at least want to hear a
demo,” he said. “If someone wants
to come in and set up and audition,
we might could do that, but that
gets expensive because we’d have to
hire a sound engineer. Right now,
we’re just taking demo tapes.”
Nicole Rausch said it has not
been difficult booking out-of-town
acts, but finding hotel rooms for the
musicians on game weekends has
been challenging. The Rausches are
looking forward to Big Otis’ return
to the bar this weekend.
“He’ll easily fill this room before
9:30,” John Rausch said. “He plays
Motown and blues with horns, gui
tars and drums. He has a following
that travel in from Houston, Dallas
and Austin. They call us regularly
asking when he’s going to be back.”
John Rausch said, although The
Blues Factory is down the street from
other live music venues Dixie The
atre and 3rd Floor Cantina, there is
no competition among the clubs.
“There’s some bands that play
both there and here, but it’s more of
a joint effort,” he said. “Now there’s
three live music venues in downtown
Bryan. They’re glad to have us here.”
For now, the Rausches primary
goal with the restaurant and blues
club is to pay the mortgage and pre
pare for their family addition.
“Help contribute to this baby’s
college fund, so someday he can go
to A&M,” John Rausch said.
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