Food Critic Sheds Pounds and Old Bad Habits
I am pleased to report that as of Dec 31st of 2010, I have dropped 78 pounds and almost ten pants sizes. My shirts have gone from 5x to 2x and best of all, my blood tests reveal that cholesterol, triglycerides and glucose levels are all well within normal ranges. I did this without benefit […]
David Bull Opens “Congress” at the Austonian
One of my favorite chefs is back in Austin at the Austonian. David Bull opened Congress on New Year’s eve at the Austonian on Congress Ave. at 2nd. The fine-dining restaurant will be vintage Bull and he has assembled a great staff to go along with his inestimable talents including Jason Stude as Sous Chef. […]
Trace Opens at the New W Hotel
This is a restaurant that a lot of people have been waiting for because, well, it’s in a W hotel. And a lot of Austinites have been waiting for that. Trace is helmed by Chef Paul Hargrove and the menu, ranging from Charcuterie to Bouillabaisse looks very interesting. I’m told that all efforts will be […]
Pacific Star Oyster Bar
13507 N. Hwy. 183
Austin, TX 78729
(512) 219-5373
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351 W. Taylor Ave.
Round Rock, TX 78664
(512) 255-3535
Katz’s to Finally KLOSE!
I have known Marc Katz for 30 years and been to many of his weddings! For a good part of that time, his Katz’s Deli on W. 6th was as close to a late-night institution as there was in the River City. You could always rely on a killer Reuben or a wonderful cheese omelet […]
Mama Roux Rocks Out for Charity
Heard from Yoli Amr (the original co-founder of Gumbo’s) and now the proprietor of Mama Roux in North Austin. In a benefit on December 12th, the restaurant raised over $900 for the Austin Humane Society and also collected 400 pounds of food. Yoli and husband Michael are two of the good guys in this crazy […]
Rob Returns to Talk Radio Wars on KLBJ
From December 22nd through December 31st, you can catch Rob in his talk-radio mode on the Jeff Ward show on 590 KLBJ-AM. The discussions will be topical for the most part, stressing Rob’s take on current issues. But there will be, at some point, the inevitable discussion of what going on with area restaurants and […]
Zed’s Opens North at Tech Ridge Center
The north part of Austin is rather barren when it comes to neat dining opportunities. A possible solution to that lack of culinary opportunity may have presented itself with the opening of Zed’s at 501 Canyon Ridge Drive in the Tech Ridge Center of North IH-35. The description of the fare at Zed’s sounds like […]
McCormick & Schmick’s at the Domain
11600 Century Oaks Terrace
Austin, TX 78758
(512) 836-0500
Soleil Opens Next to Oasis Atop Lake Travis
There’s something big brewing out at the Oasis. Uber chef Robert del Grande from Houston (Café Annie) has partnered with Beau Theriot and Bob Schultz to open Soleil, an upscale Mediterranean adjacent to the legendary Oasis atop Lake Travis. The restaurant had its soft opening on November 15th and is ramping up its full menu. […]
Are You a “Locavore?”
Austin is a city with a predisposition toward passionate endorsements of trendy, especially Green issues. So not surprisingly, I am getting feedback from a number of restaurant owners that we indeed could be at the cutting edge of the national “locavore” movement. A locavore, by common definition, is someone who is totally and some times […]
