Thursday, February 23, 2012

Celebrity Gossip: Vince Vaughn, Mark Henry, Brad Womack

Apparently funnyman Vince Vaughn has now become a “regular Joe” at Zen on South Congress. He was seen there twice this past weekend, chatting up some local women, and downing several Tiger Shrimp bowls. Apparently Robert DeNiro took a liking to the  Continue Reading »

Upper Decks Sports Bar Opens on Barton Springs

Austin has added yet another sports bar to the rapidly growing number of places that make up that genre. Upper Decks is the name, and it’s at the site of the former Bennigan’s across from Aussie’s on Barton Springs. Like so many of  Continue Reading »

Evangeline Café

8106 Brodie Ln. Austin, TX 78745 (512) 282-2586 Mon-Sat: 11am-9:30pm MENU evangelinecafe.com   Owner: Curtis Clark Let’s set the record straight. Evangeline Bellefontaine, the Acadian transplanted to Louisiana and heroine of Longfellow’s  Continue Reading »

Austin Restaurant Community Mourns Passing of Yoli and Michael Amr

Stunning and devastating news from Round Rock this morning. Two of my favorite people in the Austin restaurant community, Yoli and Michael Amr, the founders of the original Gumbo’s and current owners of Mama Roux on Parmer Lane were found dead in their  Continue Reading »

Zen

1303 S. Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78704 (512) 444-8081 & 2900 W. Anderson Ln., Ste. #250 Austin, TX 78757 (512) 451-4811 & 3423 Guadalupe St. Austin, TX 78705 (512) 300-2633 Mon-Sat: 11am-10pm Sun: 11am-10pm – MENU eatzen.com   Zen Technically,  Continue Reading »

Ciola’s Transitions into Dominick’s Italian-American Restaurant

Longtime favorite Ciola’s came under the new ownership of Dave Staab in July 2010, and has now transitioned into “Dominick’s.” Their new website touts, “Our name has since changed, but our high standard of service, quality  Continue Reading »

Creek Road Café

301 Hwy. 290 West Dripping Springs, TX 78620 (512) 858-9459 Sun-Thu: 5pm-9pm Fri-Sat: 5pm-10pm MENU creekroadcafe.com   Creek Road Café When we were thinking about moving to a new home near Dripping Springs earlier this year, the dining  Continue Reading »

County Line

6500 Bee Cave Rd. Austin, TX 78746 (512) 327-1742 & 5204 FM 2222 Austin, TX 78731 (512) 346-3664 Sun-Thu: 11:30am-9pm Fri-Sat: 11:30am-9:30pm MENU countyline.com   The County Line One of my earliest Austin dining experiences came when  Continue Reading »