Monday, May 21, 2012

Counter Café

626 N. Lamar Blvd. Austin, TX 78703 (512) 708-8800 Daily: 8am-4pm     Counter Café I have frequently lamented the lack of good little breakfast joints in the Austin area. That’s why it pleases me greatly to give you the scoop on  Continue Reading »

Dan’s Hamburgers

4308 Manchaca Rd. Austin, TX 78704 (512) 443-6131 & 5602 N. Lamar Rd. Austin, TX 78751 (512) 459-3239 610 Old San Antonio Rd. Buda, TX 78610 (512) 312-5361 & 844 Airport Blvd. Austin, TX 78702 (512) 385-2262 Daily: 5am-11pm – MENU   Dan's  Continue Reading »

Dahlia Café

2450 RR 1869 Liberty Hill, TX 78642 (512) 515-7772 Tue-Thu: 11am-8:30pm Fri-Sat: 11am-9pm Sun-Mon: Closed MENU dahlia-cafe.com   The Dahlia Cafe in Liberty Hill at first glance seems like one of those charming hill country mom and pop  Continue Reading »

Scholz Garten

1607 San Jacinto Austin, TX 78701 (512) 474-1958 Sun-Thu: 11am-10pm Fri-Sat: 11am-12am MENU scholzgarten.net   Scholz Garten You know local politicians have been throwing the word iconic around these days (think Las Manitas) with impunity.  Continue Reading »

Terra Burger

10611 Research Blvd. Austin, TX 78759 (512) 382-5864 Mon-Fri: 7am-11pm Sat: 8am-11pm Sun: 9am-10pm MENU terraburgeraustin.com   Terra Burger Terra Burger bills itself as organic and natural fast food. They use no artificial ingredients.  Continue Reading »

Doc’s Backyard

5207 Brodie Ln., Ste. #100 Sunset Valley, TX 78745 (512) 892-5200 Mon-Sat: 11am-11pm Sun: 11am-10pm MENU docsaustin.com   Doc’s Backyard at 5207 Brodie Lane is the son of the original Doc’s Motorwork’s on South Congress.  Continue Reading »

Angel’s Icehouse

21815 Hwy. 71 W Spicewood, TX 78669 (512) 264-3777 Mon: Closed Tue-Fri: 4pm-Close Sat-Sun: Noon-Close MENU angelsicehouse.com   Angel's IcehouseI get a lot of letters from readers who are interesting in finding a “fun, little, Texas  Continue Reading »

Doc’s Motorworks

1123 South Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78704 (512) 448-9181 Mon-Sat: 11am-11pm Sun: 11am-10pm MENU docsaustin.com   We have talked often on these pages about the revitalization of South Congress Ave. It’s gone from a seedy, hooker-ridden  Continue Reading »

The Bakehouse

5404 Manchaca Rd Austin, TX 78745 (512) 443-5167 Daily: 7am-12am   One of the really fun restaurants in Austin, a paean to everything that we cherish about keeping Austin weird, is the iconic and delightful Bakehouse on Manchaca just north  Continue Reading »

Café 1626

11600 Manchaca Rd., Ste. #A Austin, TX 78748 (512) 440-1626 Mon-Sun: 11am-10pm MENU cafe1626.com   Austin is a town that is literally changing before our eyes. Once again, we are in the national spotlight for accelerated growth, gentrification  Continue Reading »