Austin’s Best Restaurants Shine at Busby Foundation’s “Flavors of the Town”
September 15, 2008It was my pleasure to host the Busby Foundation’s annual fund-raising event at the Hyatt this past week. 11 of Austin’s best restaurants came out to help raise money for Lou Gherig’s Disease (ALS). Pictured below were some of the many VIP restaurant Continue Reading »
Bizarre Food’s Andrew Zimmern Speaks at The Austin Hilton
September 11, 2008Chocolate Scorpion You’ve seen him on The Travel Channel in his quest to eat bizarre and unusual food choices. Deep fried scorpions, Cobra penises, 18-inch sandworms, rats on skewers, etc. This is one of those shows that makes one literally squirm. Continue Reading »
Sagra Enoteca Trattoria
September 5, 20081610 San Antonio St. Austin, TX 78701 (512) 535-5988 Sun: 10:30am-9pm Mon-Thu: 11:30am-10pm Fri: 11:30am-11pm Sat: 5pm-11pm – MENU sagrarestaurant.net We spoke on our blog this week about restaurant locations that simply don’t Continue Reading »
Alternate to Las Manitas for Breakfast Tacos: Dona Emilia’s
September 4, 2008Where to get downtown breakfast tacos after the closing of Las Manitas? Dona Emilia’s just down the street on Cesar Chavez (across from the Four Seasons), just two blocks away, is open each morning serving up Austin’s favorite breakfast treat. You Continue Reading »
Sagra Enoteca Trattoria
September 4, 20081610 San Antonio St. Austin, TX 78701 (512) 535-5988 Sun: 10:30am-9pm Mon-Thu: 11:30am-10pm Fri: 11:30am-11pm Sat: 5pm-11pm – REVIEW sagrarestaurant.net Read More →
Adieu to Dale Rice
September 4, 2008Long-time American Statesman food critic Dale Rice is packing in his fork and knife and heading into a new career. I never got to know Dale very well but the times we did bump into each other at some food event or panel were always cordial. He seemed Continue Reading »
The Never-ending Construction on Cesar Chavez
September 4, 2008Every time the city begins a road construction project in an area where restaurants are present, I literally hold my breath. I’ve seen the horror stories of the three-year improvement on Barton Springs that literally destroyed several restaurants. Continue Reading »
Sarah Palin Fires Chef. Bad Move
September 4, 2008Pretty bold move from the McCain folks to select a complete unknown for the VP spot. But this feisty NRA poster woman showed at the convention that she could deliver a speech from the teleprompter as well as anyone: arguably far better than McCain himself. That Continue Reading »
Las Manitas hangs up sign on the door: CLOSED FOREVER!
September 2, 2008After we returned from the Labor Day weekend, my inbox was full of surprised and somewhat confused emails from readers who had gone to Las Manitas for breakfast tacos on Monday only to see a sign on the door reading “Closed Forever!” I suspect this Continue Reading »
