New Restaurants Load Up at the Ever Changing HEB Center at 360 and Bee Caves
The Lion and Rose Pub is the third restaurant to occupy the space next to Macaroni Grill and Chick Fil A.. Then most previous occupant was Ruggles (out of Houston) which then segued into Austin’s Cheesecake Kitchen before closing. Neither restaurant could establish any gravitas with the picky Westlake audience.
Now into the mix comes a small chain from San Antonio which features predominantly British and Irish favorites such as Bangers and Mash, Fish and Chips, Corned Beef and Cabbage, etc. along with some American food choices for those who are not inclined toward the standard pub fare.
The big question is how will Westlake receive this restaurant? Too early to tell at this point since they only opened on Nov. 16th of 2009. Check out their menu at thelionandrose.com.
And in the space formerly occupied by Chipotle in the same center, we now have the Izumi Sushi Grill. This is an owner operated restaurant: Taeyeon Yi is the man, a former engineer who heard the siren’s call of sushi and decided to take the plunge. He hired chef Sun Han from Dallas and initial reports from our readers are very good. sushiizumi.com
Still, I’m not sure if I would have opened in that center. It has been a disaster for previous restaurants. In fact the Wachovia Bank there used to be several southwest restaurants that did so badly that they literally blew the building up and built a bank! But I wish Izumi the best. We need some good maki and sushi out in that area.
