Creek Road Café Could be Replaced by an Autozone
Creek Road Café in Dripping Springs, the best fine dining restaurant south of Ben White, may be replaced by an Autozone. For Creek Road fans this is an unthinkable scenario. But unless the owners are able to get the building rezoned as historic, they could be forced to close as the owner of the property […]
Another Austin Original: Margarito Maldonado
Think about how many restaurants in Austin have opened within the past 10 years. Then, regrettably think about all of those that have closed in the same time span (way more than you might think). So when you reach the point when your place is celebrating a 10th anniversary, you have really accomplished something. Margarito […]
Apis Restaurant and Apiary in Spicewood Nearing Opening
Chef Taylor Hall and his wife/partner Casie have created quite a buzz, literally, with the impending opening of their new Apis Restaurant and Apiary. Spoke to Casie today, and she intimated that the opening would occur by early February at the latest (that would precede Valentine’s Day). The couple have built 20 honey bee hives, […]
Podcast: Elmar Prambs
Elmar Prambs, the only Exec Chef the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin has known since it opened in 1986 joins us for this week’s podcast. Prambs began his career with a three-year apprenticeship at a hotel in Germany. He moved on to resorts in London and Montreal, and then had a stint in Vancouver […]
An Austin Original: Freda Cheng
I was having lunch at Chinatown Bee Caves the other day when I ran into an elegantly dressed elderly Asian woman with a friendly yet dignified air about her. We shook hands and I asked for her daughter. “What else new?” she said. “She working.” The woman was Freda Cheng’s mother, matriarch of the Cheng […]
East Side Pies to Debut New Pizzas
East Side Pies has been a perennial occupant in our Top 5 slot in our annual Pizza Wars. I normally go for the NY style pies with sausage et al., but one night I got talked into a newer pie called the Little Piggy. This is another creation from the mad minds of owners Michael […]
What’s Up with Creek Road Café ?
Word around Dripping Springs is that the best high-end restaurant south of Ben White, Carl Shroyer’s Creek Road Café, may be giving way to an auto parts shop .I have not yet been able to verify the information. But assuming it’s correct, I hope to hell that Creek Road will remain open and simply change […]
Inside the Mind of Elmar Prambs
I’m delighted that we began our Podcasts this year. It’s given our readers a chance to get a more in-depth look at interesting people in the Austin restaurant community. And I’ve learned a lot as well. Consider this week’s Podcast with Elmar Prambs, the Executive Chef of Trio at the Four Seasons Hotel. With 37 […]
The Cost of Dining Out: a Look Back
I found the equivalent of a food time machine last night at El Patio in the form of a menu from the mid 1960’s that owner David Joseph recently came across. Joseph, who was not yet born when his parents opened the restaurant in 1954, will join us shortly on Dining Out with Rob for […]
An old Austin Food Year Passes, and a New One Awaits!
It is hard to put the enormous changes in the Austin food scene over the past year into perspective; and harder still to anticipate what impact the 2015 openings will bring. Bottom line, we are as on point food-wise as I’ve ever seen us. And it makes my job all the more pleasurable. While we […]
Austin Bar/Restaurant Owner on Undercover Boss
I first met Doug Guller about ten years ago as he was readying his first Bikini Sports Bar and Grill for opening at IH-35N. The concept is simple: girls in bikinis serving drinks and comfort food, and lots of sports on TV. Doug even coined the term “breastaurant.” Since then the business has grown to […]
Podcast: John Cho of Cho Sushi
John and David Cho have given the foodies of the Lakeway and Steiner Ranch communities some genuine options with regard to great sushi and sashimi. David is the back of the house while John handles the front. They make a great team. John was comfortably settled in NYC working for a tech firm when […]
