Valentine’s Day Dining 2012
January 27, 2012Welome to the Dining Out with Rob Balon’s special Valentine’s Day page. This is, without question, the most popular dining out day of the year for couples. And luckily for restaurants, it falls on a Tuesday this year (two-tops). We post all special menus sent to us as well as regular updates on availability. But… Read the Rest »
StarChefs.com Names Austin “Rising Star” Winners
January 26, 2012Starchefs.com, an online culinary magazine with a national scope has given several Austin chefs to its “Rising Star” award. The magazine’s editor says, “Austin is an incubator for ideas in the music and tech world, and chefs are following suit.” I’m not sure I totally agree with that sentiment as it seems a bit self… Read the Rest »
Cafe Malta Opens at 3421 William Cannon
January 16, 2012A new Mediterranean-styled restaurant has opened at 3421 William Cannon (at Brodie) called Cafe Malta. Tried it for the first time a few days ago and this place has a lot of promise. Their signature dish, the Maltagliati is a house-made pasta topped with a ragout of roasted pork and a mellow sauce of tomatoes,… Read the Rest »
Chinatown Bee Caves Road to Close Sunday, Jan. 29th
January 16, 2012One of the longest running restaurant enterprises in Westlake, Chinatown on Bee Caves, will close its doors for good on Sunday, January 29th. Linda Cheng, ex wife of co-founder Ronald Cheng has decided to pack it in. And that’s too bad. It was a great little restaurant for many years. But escalating rent and other… Read the Rest »
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The League Kitchen & Tavern
January 27, 20121310 Hwy. 620 South
Lakeway, TX 78734
(512) 263-3279
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Lay Off Paula Deen
January 19, 2012Paula Deen OK. So she’s the queen of deliciously fattening southern cuisine. And Tony Bourdain is pissed at her: says she’s killing Continue Reading »
The Year-Old McDonald’s Cheeseburger
January 19, 2012This is truly a bizarre story that should alarm all of us who care about food. Seems that a California nutritionist bought a McDonald’s cheeseburger Continue Reading »

