East Ben White Boulevard Entries (Austin, Texas)

Keeping with the updates of this page with some entries from this page, the addresses of East Ben White west of I-35 have been added as a "Version 4.0" with importing Walmart (updated), Tornado & El Expreso Bus Company, and Bill Miller Bar-B-Q. New and updated entries (beyond minor updates) include Extra Space Storage (formerly titled as "Public Storage") and 6711 E. Ben White Boulevard. Meanwhile, Hampton Inn on Governors Row and Ghostline Kitchens were removed (as well as Highway 71 east of US-183).

Walmart / 710 E. Ben White Blvd.
Walmart #1253 opened in May 2005 (as a Wal-Mart Supercenter) after relocating from their old location at 5015 S. I-35 (another store, #5317, was built at the same time to serve the southern area). In the 1970s and 1980s this was the site of Southside Twin Drive-In.

Tornado & El Expreso Bus Company / 711 East Ben White Blvd.
This was a Taco Cabana from 1987 to 2006. Around 2011 it became Axent Auto, and after closing around 2015, became the Austin location of Tornado & El Expreso Bus Company.

Bill Miller Bar-B-Q / 709 E. Ben White Blvd.
Bill Miller has been operating here since 1979, back when trains still rumbled through semi-regularly on the now-abandoned tracks (now overgrown and a homeless magnet) behind it.

Pinthouse Brewing / 2201 East Ben White Blvd.
Owners of the Pinthouse Pizza restaurants (mentioned on this page), this location doesn't serve pizza (only sandwiches and bar snacks) but is their main production center.

Public Storage / 2301 E. Ben White Blvd.
This was built in the mid-2000s on the site of traditional self-storage units and has been a Public Storage since at least 2007.

Extra Space Storage / 2401 E. Ben White Blvd.
Two spaces down is another large self-storage facility, built around 2016-2017. It was originally a CubeSmart but became Public Storage by July 2019 and the two facilities co-existed for a few years despite their proximity. Sometime around 2024, this became Extra Space Storage.

Motel 71 / 2500 E. Ben White Blvd.
Motel 71 appears to be out of a different era, though it was only built in 1983. It has, however, kept its name since then (though appears to have actually opened in 1984).

McDonald's / 4501 East Ben White Blvd.
In addition to access to access from Ben White, this restaurant is also accessed from a wide right of way that used to be Burleson Road before it was bisected and rerouted by the freeway construction. The restaurant itself was rebuilt in 2010.

Catfish Parlour / 4705 E. Ben White Blvd.
Catfish Parlour (aka Catfish Parlour South according to Google, not to be confused with other locations in Austin) originally was in a separate building fronting Ben White Boulevard since the mid-1970s. After it was torn down for highway construction, the restaurant converted part of 4606 Burleson Road (a warehouse behind it) into their new space (keeping their old address). Just south of this is a post office at 4516 Burleson Road which is not accessible via Ben White.

Casa Moreno's / 5001 East Ben White Blvd.
Originally furnished with cowgirl portraits and custom-painted tabletops, Patsy's Cowgirl Cafe operated here from 2007 to 2020. The owners indicated that it would reopen as a new concept but ultimately that would be foiled by something that started around March 2020 (no guesses). By 2021, Casa Moreno's moved into the spot from a different location.

Public Storage / 5016 E. Ben White Blvd.
Yes, there is a THIRD "Public Storage" on Ben White Boulevard less than a mile from the other two. This one is just a traditional "rows of garage doors" self-storage facility. It has been here since at least 1995 and gone under the Public Storage name since at least 2008.

Howdy Honda / 5519 E. Ben White Blvd.
Howdy Honda has been here since around 2007 (relocated from 4110 Santiago Street to the west, west of I-35). On the other side of the freeway is a sprawling office park that used to be the home of AMD and its associated buildings.

Valero / 6009 East Ben White Blvd.
A very small Circle K (formerly a Corner Store) is tucked under the canopy of this gas station.

Jack in the Box / 6133 E. Ben White Blvd.
This Jack in the Box restaurant since around 2000.

Wendy's / 6210 East Ben White Blvd.
Wendy's opened in 1998, and because of a longer driveway avoided any problems when Highway 71 became a full freeway.

6711 E. Ben White Blvd.
Holiday Inn Austin Airport was developed at 6711 East Ben White Blvd., opening sometime around late 2013 (restaurant is "G Bar & Bistro"). A few years later, a Candlewood Suites opened on the same lot (also an IHG hotel).

7401 East Ben White Blvd.
This building houses Austin-based Data Foundry's "Austin 1" data center. It occupies suite 1000 but it isn't clear if it occupies other parts.

La Quinta Inn & Suites / 7625 E. Ben White Blvd. La Quinta Inn Austin Airport opened in early 1999, an early adopter of Austin-Bergstrom Airport.

Exxon / 7715 E. Ben White Blvd.
It appears this Exxon was an "On the Run" station before being sold to Tigermarket (owned by Speedy Stop), which in turn became 7-Eleven by the early 2010s.

Waffle House / 7809 E. Ben White Blvd.
This Waffle House opened in 2015 and has since restored its 24 hour service.

Royal Palms / 7901 East Ben White Blvd.
At the southwest corner of Ben White and US-183 sits this mobile home park, a relic from the days when Highway 71 and US-183 was a cloverleaf junction on the east side of town with not much going on beyond it besides the Bergstrom Air Force Base near Del Valle. At US-183 numbering resets.