January 29th Blog
January 29, 2007Saturday night was fun. We went to Café Mangu in Pflugerville with our friends Carol and Skip. Café Mangu, is in my humble opinion, the absolute best Caribbean fare in the Austin area. This place is hands down better than Habana. The flavors are more Continue Reading »
January 23rd Blog
January 23, 2007I saw a piece in Austin Fit Magazine about the Ton of Fun weight loss contest that I participated in last year. The idea was that ten local celebrity “fatties” would assemble teams and raise money for Big Brothers/Big Sisters. Danny Baker, Continue Reading »
Frank & Angie’s Pizzeria
January 18, 2007508 West Ave. Austin, TX 78701 (512) 472-3534 Mon-Sat: 11am-10pm Sun: 4pm-10pm Frank and Angie’s is the kind of restaurant where you check your pretense at the door. It’s not one of those foo foo Italian restaurants Continue Reading »
January 17th Blog
January 17, 2007Well, these have been a couple of really crappy days if you’re in the restaurant business. Not much more to say about it. Many restaurants couldn’t even open. Those that did probably saw a bunch of empty tables. Got to hand it Sharon Watkins Continue Reading »
The Little Deli on Woodward is Sold. Old Owners to Concentrate on “It’s Italian” in Round Rock
January 17, 2007One of my favorite little sandwich shops in Austin, the Little Deli, has been sold. I have not been there since the sale but I’m told all is well. The old owners are operating It’s Italian on Bratton Lane in Round Rock (where the original Gumbo’s Continue Reading »
January 15th Blog
January 15, 2007Dinner at Sampaio’s sat night was, for the most part, excellent. The yucca cakes with mozarella cheese and a light marinara sauce were very tasty. I didn’t like the salmon croquettes as much; the taste was a bit strong for me. A little too Continue Reading »
January 12th Blog
January 12, 2007I’m heading up to Beluga in Round Rock tonight for dinner with Marge, my daughter Jenn and her new husband John. Fish and Jae, two of my favorite restaurant owners, are having some kind of Russian rock band in to mix with their killer menu. Now Continue Reading »
Romeo’s
January 12, 20071500 Barton Springs Rd. Austin, TX 78704 (512) 476-1090 Sun-Thu: 11am-10pm Fri-Sat: 11am-11pm I have always liked the name Romeo’s for an Italian restaurant. My second choice would be Anthony’s or maybe Vittorio’s Continue Reading »
January 10th Blog
January 10, 2007People often ask me why I don’t open up a restaurant: as if the fact that I write about restaurants would somehow make me a candidate to run one. Well, as T. Soprano would say, “fuggadaboudit.” I have seen how hard restaurateurs work. Continue Reading »
January 8th Blog
January 8, 2007Not good news for restaurants on Congress in downtown Austin. Due to the inexplicable deaths of sixty-three grackles, everyone’s favorite bird, the avenue was closed down from the Capitol to Cesar Chavez. Many restaurants had to close for lunch, Continue Reading »
