Monday, May 21, 2012

Trento

3600 N. Cap. of TX Hwy., Bldg. D Austin, TX 78746 (512) 328-7555 Sun-Sat: 11am-10pm MENU trento360.com   Trento Chefs Alex Kahn & Andreas Exarhos Trento is a charming city in northern Italy and also the name of a new Italian restaurant  Continue Reading »

Soleil Bar & Grill

6550 Commanche Trl. Austin, TX 78732 (512) 266-0600 Tue-Fri: 5-9pm Sat: 11am-3pm Sat: 5-11pm Sun: 11am-3pm Sun: 5-9pm Mon: Closed   Chef David Burton Sanchez This is a story about transformation: about how a restaurant can be fundamentally  Continue Reading »

Fore

900 RR 620 S., b108 Lakeway, TX 78734 (512) 263-3673 Sun: 10am-10pm Mon-Wed: 11am-Midnight Thu-Sat: 11am-2am MENU lakewayfore.com   Fore It’s not often in the restaurant business that one gets to actually follow one of their favorite  Continue Reading »

III Forks

111 Lavaca St. Austin, TX 78701 (512) 474-1776 Mon-Thu: 5pm-10pm Fri-Sat: 5pm-11pm Sun: 5pm-9pm MENU IIIforks.com   III Forks The first thing one notices about fine dining in downtown Austin these days is that the stakes are considerably higher  Continue Reading »

NoRTH

11506 Century Oaks Terrace Austin, TX 78758 (512) 339-4400 Sun-Thu: 11am-10pm Fri-Sat: 11am-11pm     NoRTH - Crisp Calamari As many of you know, I don’t normally review restaurant chains. But after my first taste of the Arizona-based  Continue Reading »

Justine’s Brasserie

4710 East 5th St. Austin, TX 78702 (512) 385-2900 Daily: 6pm-2am     Justine's Brasserie Justine’s is a neat, little French brasserie out on East 5th that is suffice to say, kind of “way out” there. When I first logged on to  Continue Reading »

Cool River Café

4001 Parmer Lane Austin, TX 78727 (512) 835-0010 Dining Room: Sun-Wed: 11am-10pm Thu-Sat: 11am-11pm – Bar: Sun-Wed: 11am-Late Thu-Sat: 11am-2am MENU coolrivercafe.com   Cool River Café Cool River Cafe has been a fixture on Parmer  Continue Reading »

Max’s Wine Dive

207 San Jacinto Ave. Austin, TX 78701 (512) 904-0111 Mon-Fri: 11am-2pm Mon-Wed: 4pm-Midnight Thu-Sat: 4pm-2am Sun: 10:30am-3pm MENU maxswinedive.com   Max's Wine Dive I’ve been a fan of Max’s Wine Dive at 3rd and San Jacinto since  Continue Reading »

Imperia

310 Colorado Austin, TX 78701 (512) 472-6770 Mon-Thu: 4pm-12am Fri: 4pm-1am Sat: 5:30pm-1am Sun: 5:30pm-12am   Imperia When Imperia first opened in Austin several years ago, the idea was to morph the Vegas and New York dining experiences  Continue Reading »

Second Bar + Kitchen

200 Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78701 (512) 827-2750 Sun-Thu: 11am-Midnight Fri-Sat: 11am–2am   Second Bar + Kitchen My enthusiasm for Chef David Bull is well known by readers of Dining Out with Rob Balon.com. Since his dramatic makeover ten  Continue Reading »