Monday, May 21, 2012

Vivo Cocina Texicana

2015 Manor Rd. Austin, TX 78722 (512) 482-0300 Mon: 11am-3pm Tue-Thu: 11am-10pm Fri-Sat: 11am-11pm     Our Gonzo Gourmet Club recently convened at Vivo Cocina Texicana, Roger Diaz’s new Mexican restaurant on Manor Road. The  Continue Reading »

Moonshine Patio Bar & Grill

303 Red River St. Austin, TX 78701 (512) 236-9599 Mon-Thu: 11am-10pm Fri-Sat: 11am-11pm Sun: 10am-2:30pm Sun: 5pm-10pm     If any of the ghosts of the ill-fated Emilia’s (the prior occupant) at 3rd and Red River still are hanging  Continue Reading »

Mikado Ryotei

9033 Research Blvd. Austin, TX 78758 (512) 833-8188 Sun-Thu: 11am-10pm Fri-Sat: 11am-10:30pm     Henry Wong, proprietor of Mikado on 183 near Burnet, like so many of the entrepreneurs who run Japanese restaurants in this town, is not  Continue Reading »

Marakesh

906 Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78701 (512) 476-7735 Mon-Fri: 11am-10pm Sat: 12pm-10pm     The Middle East has long been a puzzling world to westerners: traditions, mores, and yes, even cuisine. It was thus with some degree of trepidation  Continue Reading »

Clay Pit

1601 Guadalupe St. Austin, TX 78701 (512) 322-5131 Mon-Fri: 11am-2pm Sun-Thu: 5pm-10pm Fri-Sat: 5pm-11pm     Someone emailed me a few weeks ago to note, with some concern, that I did not have a review for an Indian restaurant posted  Continue Reading »

Peony

5308 Balcones Dr. Austin, TX 78731 (512) 459-3341 Mon-Thu: 11am-10pm Fri-Sat: 11am-10:30pm Sun: 11am-9:30pm     Welcome to Peony, a fine Chinese restaurant on 5308 Balcones Drive just off the intersection of 2222 and Mopac. Flower  Continue Reading »

T&S Seafood

10014 N. Lamar Blvd. Austin, TX 78753 (512) 339-8434 Mon-Sun: 11am-1am     I love Dim Sum. These delightful little Chinese hors d’oeuvres can be down right addicting. And way up north at 10004 North Lamar, there’s a place  Continue Reading »

Nuevo Leon

1501 East 6th St. Austin, TX 78702 (512) 479-0097 Mon-Thu: 10am-10pm Fri: 10am-11pm Sat: 7am-11pm Sun: 7am-9pm     Dan and Rachel Davila had a dream some twenty years ago. They wanted to do a high-quality TEX-MEX restaurant. Their  Continue Reading »

Original Pancake House

1700 W. Parmer Ln. Austin, TX 78727 (512) 873-7200 Mon-Fri: 6:30am-2pm Sat-Sun: 7:30a-3pm     I have one major regret about the newly opened Original Pancake House on Parmer and Metric in N. Austin: and that is that I don’t live  Continue Reading »

Curra’s

614 E. Oltorf Street Austin, TX 78704 (512) 444-0012 Daily: 7am-10pm     Hey there, restaurant fans. It’s not often that one restaurant packs up and leaves a popular location, and is replaced by an equally popular spot. Well,  Continue Reading »