Crawfish Season Starts Early at Pacific Star Round Rock
Crawfish season has begun earlier than usual this year, and Pacific Star Oyster Bar in Round Rock has thousands of them. They come in fresh in burlap bags ready to be immersed in boiling water and well…you know how the rest goes! The Pacific Star on 183 has not gotten them in yet so Round […]
Dine with David Garrido at Radisson.
Long time Jeffrey’s all star David Garrido is back at the helm of Dine at The Radisson. Had lunch there yesterday and as is always the case with Garrido, the food was spot on. I had a lovely Chicken and Rice Soup along with a seriously tasty Crab Salad that was easily one of the […]
James Ramsey New Exec Chef at The Goodnight
James Ramsey, who has helmed Fore in Lakeway and his own restaurant, Silver and Stone in Georgetown, has now taken over the reins at The Goodnight on W.Anderson. This is a bit of a coup for owner David Goodnight as Ramsey is very well-respected in the industry. I’ve always enjoyed his highly creative yet approachable […]
Oasthouse Gastropub Opens at 8300 Highway 620.
Amir and Ali Hajimaleki, the extremely talented owners of one of my very favorite restaurants, The District at Slaughter and Escarpment, have moved north to 8300 Highway 620 for their 2nd venture, the Oasthouse Gastropub. This will feature something sorely needed in the area: German food. I am very excited about this one. The restaurant […]
Southern’s at PBK in Pflugerville Closes
Steve Southern’s six-month old comfort food restaurant in Pflugerville closed last week. It takes more than just great food to make a restaurant work and Southern had more than his share of bad luck including an electrical fire that couldn’t have come at a worse time. I hate to see a good restaurant fail. And […]
The Dog and Duck Opens Monday
Susan Forrester’s year-long labor of love has love has finally come to fruition as the new Dog and Duck opens Monday at 2400A Webberville. [off E 7th]. The new menu is slimmed down a bit from the old place but the standards are still there: Shepherd’s Pie, Bubble and Squeak, Fish and Chips, and Scotch […]
Il Forte Rolls Out Happy Hour
One of our favorite new restaurants in Austin, Il Forte, has begun a happy hour from 4:30 to 7:30. Drink specials and scrumptious Italian appetizers will be served. And i don’t use the word scrumptious lightly! The chef, Gianni, is from Sardinia and he can flat out bring it. Now, they are on 8th between […]
Chili To The Left of Me, Chili To The Right of Me.
Judging a Chili cook off can be challenging to the palate. Thus my experience Saturday evening outside DKR Stadium at the Engel & Volkers hospitality tent was a pleasant exception. I had not expected Realtors could be so passionate and enthusiastic about Chili. And talented too. Every entry was unique and thoughtful in its own […]
Wu Chow FINALLY opens downtown!
C.K. Chin’s long-awaited Wu Chow has finally opened downtown. Nov 5th today is the big day. Mr. Chin has a wicked sense of humor and he’s teased the local foodie crowd about an opening that was originally scheduled for the first quarter of this year. But now, finally, here it comes. I suggest Wu will […]
Homespun Kitchen Broadens Menu
We sat down to a pleasant surprise the other night at Homespun Kitchen in Dripping Springs. Not only was a cool blue grass band holding forth on the outside deck but inside we saw the menu had broadened to include some very tasty sandwiches. I love a good Cubano and they had introduced one. Think […]
From CK Chin: Wu Chow Opening Two Weeks Away
Heard from the eternally effervescent CK Chin yesterday regrading the targeted opening date of Wu Chow. His quote: “about two weeks.” As with many new downtown restaurants there have been numerous starts and stops. Wu Chow has not been immune to this. But CK posted yesterday that he had hosted a dinner for his investors. […]
Dog and Duck Opening Nears
The Dog and Duck has long been one of my favorite comfort food places, so much so that I put them in my Top 11 while they were still building their new store. Well that new store at 2400 Webberville Road on the East side is getting very close to opening. D&D honcho Susan Forrester […]
Rebel Pizza Bar Opens atop Suzi’s China Grill
I go back a long way with the inestimable Suzi Yi and have always been a fan. I [along with a whole lot of other people] waited patiently for her north location of Suzi’s China Grill on Shoal Creek at W. Anderson to reopen and was delighted when it did. But I did not expect […]
Liberty Kitchen for Lunch
One of our new favs on W 5th is Liberty Kitchen. The Shrimp Po Boy pictured here is very tasty, as is the Gumbo with shrimp, crab, and andouille sausage. The menu, while heavy on the seafood side is highly eclectic. And thus far everything we’ve tasted (including the Deviled Eggs from a previous post) […]
Pastrami and Pieous: Mon Dieu!
When I first discovered Pieous out on Highway 290 W [near Nutty Brown] it was their pizza that enthralled me. We became addicted to the bacon and cheese pie and constantly ordered it. That same sourdough starter that co-owner Josh Kaner brought with him from California for the crust is also the basis for their […]
