June’s All Day on S. Congress
At what used to be Wahoo’s Fish Tacos another restaurant has opened at 1722 S.Congress. Welcome to the latest endeavor from Tom Moorman and Larry McGuire: June’s All Day. This is a nice dining spot with subtle touches befitting what one would expect from the group that brought you Lambert’s, Elizabeth Street Cafe and much […]
The Best Pizzas in Austin:
Pizza Wars 2016 Part 2
Last week we posted my choices for the Top Ten pizzas in the Austin area. There are many more very good places around and we’ll begin Part 2 by going roughly from South to North and listing my favorites in each area. Wimberly The obvious choice here is Brewster’s Pizza a few miles south of […]
Salt Traders Coastal Cooking Opens in Round Rock
Jack Gillmore is at it again. One of Austin’s biggest success stories in recent years: Jack Allen’s Kitchens will now add a 4th restaurant. The name is Salt Traders and it will primarily specialize in Seafood. The address is 2850 IH 35. Care for a prediction (I know it’s redundant)? Hour lines at least and […]
The Best Pizzas in Austin:
Pizza Wars 2016 Part 1.
Welcome to Pizza Wars 2016. We started this back in 2000 when Austin didn’t have enough locally owned pizza joints for us to select a Top 5 let alone a Top 10. But my how things have changed. I no longer have to begin these pieces by lamenting my lack of access to Pepe’s and […]
Easy Tiger Worth a Visit
One of the things that used to drive us crazy on our Food Friday program on 590 KLBJ was the seemingly endless array of phone calls we got from folks wanting German food. After the European Bistro closed in Pflugerville and Ilsa’s Kitchen shuttered in Spicewood all we had to talk about was Scholtz Garten […]
Liberty Kitchen on W 5th Closes
One of the most popular pictures on my Instagram page (robbalondines) is of the Seafood Gumbo at Liberty Kitchen on W 5th. Well that will no longer be available as the restaurant has closed. I’m sad for this smallish Texas chain out of Houston and I’m personally ticked off because I really enjoyed the place. […]
Flour and Vine Settling in
Once upon a time there was an effervescent and extremely talented restaurateur named Magna Sampaio who ran a lovely Brazilian restaurant on Burnet that bore her name. Alas Sampaio’s was forced to close. Marta wanted to reopen but lacked funds. A regular former customer came to her rescue and she opened Hugo’s near Zachary Scott […]
Ah Sing Den Opens on E 6th St
Yet another very cool looking restaurant opens on the East side. Ah Sing Den is a rather unique little bistro that’s named after one of London’s most celebrated opium dens where the likes of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle found inspiration. Sorry, just food at this spot but the small but innovative menu looks intriguing. The […]
827 Ray’s Opens on RR 620
A new restaurant has opened on RR 620 at the long-time site the Hill Country Pasta House. Ray’s 827 is an owner operated establishment. The menu looks good! I will miss my favorite sausage and pasta dish at HCPH but I have a feeling that 827 Ray’s is going to be a good fit. 512-266-9445
Paul Qui: A Chef and a Life in Transition
I first became acquainted with Paul Qui’s talents when he worked under Tyson Cole at Uchi. There was a passion about him and a drive to make each dish he created an ultimate flavor experience. So when he became executive chef at Uchiko I was one of the first in the door. I was not […]
Prelogs to Seek Central Location
One of our Top 25 restaurants, Prelog’s on 3rd, is having the same downtown issues that caused the building’s previous resident David Garrido to seek greener pastures at Dine at the Radisson. Florian Prelog announced that he would close that location on August 29th, while he and his wife looked for a better spot in […]
