Monday, May 21, 2012

Buca di Beppo

3600 Tudor Blvd. Austin, TX 78759 (512) 342-8462 Mon-Thu: 5pm-10pm Fri: 5pm-11pm Sat: 4pm-11pm Sun: 12pm-10pm     Theme restaurants usually bore me to death. You know the Joe’s Crab Shacks of the world where the waiters dress  Continue Reading »

Brick Oven

1209 Red River Austin, TX 78701 (512) 477-7006 Mon-Thu: 11am-9:30pm Fri: 11am-10pm Sat: 11:30am-10pm Sun: 5pm-9pm     The great pizza palaces of the northeast United States, in cities like New Haven, and Boston, all have one thing  Continue Reading »

Yaghi’s New York Pizzeria

12400 Hwy. 71 W., Ste. #510 Austin, TX 78738 (512) 402-0202 & 4220 W. William Cannon Dr. Austin, TX 78749 (512) 891-7900 & 2100 Cypress Creek Rd. Cedar Park, TX 78613 (512) 401-0011 920 N. Vista Ridge Blvd. Ste. #550 Austin, TX 78717 (512)  Continue Reading »

Austin’s Pizza

800 West 12th St. Austin, TX 78701 (512) 474-8822 & 8 Other Locations Daily: 10am-10pm     Austin’s Pizza, with 14 locations around the greater Austin area, has the feel of one of those local institutions that’s been  Continue Reading »

Asti

408-C East 43rd St. Austin, TX 78751 (512) 451-1218 Mon-Fri: 11am-11pm Sat: 5pm-11pm Sun: Closed     There are moments in a dining experience when the disparate elements that make up a great meal blend seamlessly together to create  Continue Reading »

Carmelo’s

504 E. 5th St. Austin, TX 78701 (512) 477-7497 Mon-Fri: 11am-2pm Sun-Thu: 5pm-10pm Fri-Sat: 5pm-11pm –     When it comes to Italian food, Austin is a town where Northern styles and sensibilities prevail. But as Vito Corleone  Continue Reading »

Siena

6203 N. Cap. of TX Hwy, Bldg B Austin, Texas 78731 (512) 349-7667 Mon-Fri: 11:30am-2pm Sun: 5:30pm-9pm Mon-Thu: 5:30pm-10pm Fri-Sat: 5:30pm-11pm –     You know I get a kick out of those ads for the Olive Garden where they  Continue Reading »

Reale’s

13450 N. Hwy. 183, Ste. #230 Austin, TX 78750 (512) 335-5115 Mon-Thu: 11am-9:30pm Fri: 11am-10pm Sat: 12am-10pm     As many of you know, my roots are firmly planted in New England. I grew up in a Connecticut neighborhood that was  Continue Reading »