Corazon at Castle Hill Opens
October 31, 2008Cathe Daily spent 18 years turning Castle Hill into one of Austin’s legendary restaurants. Finally, driven by vendor costs, she was forced to change formats and close the restaurant. But not for long. Castle Hill has been refitted and rebranded into Continue Reading »
Athenian Grill
October 31, 2008600 Congress Ave, Ste. #150 Austin, TX 78701 (512) 474-7775 Mon-Sat: 11am-2am Sun: 10am-2pm Athenian Grill I cannot tell you how many emails and calls I’ve received over the past year asking when the Athenian Grill was going to reopen Continue Reading »
Al Capone’s in Round Rock Shuts Its Doors
October 29, 2008Al Capone’s in Round Rock has closed. This restaurant began in Austin at the location that now houses the popular Zax Pints and Plates. It moved to the huge shopping Home Depot shopping center in Round Rock off exit 250 on IH 35 (ostensibly to take Continue Reading »
Café 909 in Marble Falls Will Close Next Week
October 29, 2008Cafe 909 in Marble Falls has announced that it will close at the end of next week and relocate to Houston. As one of our readers pointed out “it could compete with the finest upscale restaurants in Austin”. Hard to argue with that! I wish Chef Mark Continue Reading »
Verdes
October 24, 200816018 Hamilton Pool Rd. Austin, TX 78738 (512) 263-0500 Sun: 11am-9am Mon-Fri: 4pm-10pm Sat: 3pm-10pm MENU A left turn going north off Highway 71 past the bustling metropolis of Bee Caves will take you to Hamilton Pool Road: a county lane Continue Reading »
Talk Radio and the Presidential Campaign: Missed Opportunites
October 24, 2008As many of you may know, I also have a day job as the head of a market research firm: The Benchmark Company. Benchmark has for years made a living working with spoken word radio formats. We have published three national studies in a series called Talk Continue Reading »
Another Great Place!!
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More Food
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Stories
October 17, 2008575 Lost Pines Road Lost Pines, TX 78612 (512) 308-4860 Wed-Sat: 6pm-10pm One of the really interesting changes in the restaurant world over the past 10 years has been the astonishing improvement of hotel restaurants. In no case is that Continue Reading »
Historic Paggi House on Riverside to Reopen Oct. 16th
October 16, 2008Paggi House It’s been a long wait for area foodies but the Paggi House is back. My first experience with this iconic restaurant (it was housed it an historic inn where General Robert E. Lee had once spent the night) goes back to 1982. It was one of Continue Reading »
