Lt. Governor Dewhurst: Bring Your Own Bottle to Restaurants?
April 24, 2009I didn’t know that David Dewhurst had such a passion for fine wine. Good for him. But it appears that our Lt. Governor wants the Texas legislature to help him indulge that passion by passing a bill that would allow him and anyone else to bring any Continue Reading »
Southwest Pasta at Lakehouse Café a Wish Fulfilled
April 24, 2009Years ago when The Ganite Cafe was arguably the best restaurant in Austin, my favorite dish there was a smoked chicken and bowtie pasta with an adobo cream sauce. The flavors were amazing. It was a dish I used to daydream about during mid-week (and this Continue Reading »
Rob and Lauren’s Reports from the Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival
April 23, 2009I was not around for the inception of Texas Hill Country Food and Wine Festival over twenty years ago. But the brain child of Ed and Susan Auler of Fall Creek Winery and Kevin Williamson of Ranch 616 had become a fixture on the national food and wine Continue Reading »
Craving Indo-Chinese? Check Out Masala Wok
April 17, 2009Masala Wok is a restaurant that’s nestled into a huge shopping mall on N IH 35 just south of Howard Lane. If you want to taste regionial cuisine that blends Indian and Chinese or some very serviceable Indian cuisine on its own, then Masala Wok is a Continue Reading »
Fion Wine Pub
April 17, 20092900 N. Quinlan Park Rd., Ste. #A150 Austin, TX 78732 (512) 266-3466 Mon-Fri: 11am-Midnight Sat: 11am-1am Sun: 4pm-Midnight Chefs at Fion I have often thought about how unfortunate it is that Austin doesn’t have more great local Continue Reading »
Pizza Wars 2009
April 13, 2009Welcome to the fourth installment of our recurring series fondly known as “Pizza Wars.” Most of you know that I am a transplant from New Haven, CT, home to some of the best pizza in the world. So it is with a trifle of remorse and irony that Continue Reading »
Perfect 10
April 10, 200916511 Bratton Ln. Austin, TX 78728 (512) 238-7700 sugarsperfect.com Read More →
SXSW Trashes Fine Dining in Austin, Again
April 8, 2009Once again that incredible excess of hubris (oh, and occasional glimpses of music) known as South by Southwest has stormed through Austin leaving a lot of dead nights for downtown fine dining restaurants. How many bands came this year? If it was over Continue Reading »
Are Austinites Still Dining Out?
April 8, 2009From everything I can see, the answer is a pretty stout YES. We go out to eat most nights and rare is the occasion that we find an empty restaurant. Some newer restaurants could certainly use more customers, to be sure, but I’ve talked to more than Continue Reading »
Beer vs. Wine at the Lyric Opera Smackdown
April 8, 2009In my capacity as a restaurant critic, I get lots of opportunities to engage in unique dining opportunities. I had such an moment this past Saturday at the charity “Smackdown” for Austin Lyric Opera. The idea was to serve four dishes and pair Continue Reading »
