Friday, June 14, 2013

Home Slice Pizza

1415 S. Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78704 (512) 444-7437 Mon-Thu: 11am-11pm Fri-Sat: 11am-Midnight Sun: Noon-11pm     Home Slice PizzaWhen my wife and I first landed in Austin as transplanted New Englanders by way of Michigan, the pizza  Continue Reading »

Riviera Bistro

12801 Shops Pkwy., Ste. #200 Bee Cave, TX 78738 (512) 263-2960 Tue-Thu: 11am-2pm Tue-Thu: 5-9pm Fri-Sat: 11am-3:30pm Fri-Sat: 5-10pm     Riviera BistroThe relative quickness with which people who have suffered from gluten-related  Continue Reading »

Swift’s Attic

315 Congress Ave., Ste. #200 Austin, TX 78701 (512) 482-8842 Mon-Fri: 11am-2pm Mon-Wed: 5-10pm Thu=Sat: 5pm-11pm MENU swiftsattic.com   Swift’s AtticWhen Stuart Thomajan and C.K. Chin began their collaboration on the recently opened Swift’s  Continue Reading »

JMueller BBQ

1502 S. First St. Austin, TX 78704 (512) 948-8935 Tue-Sun: 10:30am-Close     JMueller BBQIn the central Texas BBQ wars, which have been heating up over the last few years, it would seem that having the last name of Mueller would have  Continue Reading »

Pacific Star Oyster Bar – Round Rock

351 W. Taylor Ave. Round Rock, TX 78664 (512) 255-3535 & 13507 N. Hwy. 183 Austin, TX 78729 (512) 219-5373 Sun-Thu: 11am-10pm Fri-Sat: 11am-10pm REVIEW – Austin Location MENU pacificstarfood.com   Pacific Star Oyster BarOne of  Continue Reading »

Elizabeth Street Café

1501 S. First St. Austin, TX 78704 (512) 291-2881 Daily: 8am–Late   Elizabeth Street Café Larry McGuire, the creative force behind Lambert’s, Perlas, and the soon-to-be-revamped Jeffrey’s, has taken his art in a southeastern direction,  Continue Reading »

Cafe Malta

3421 W. William Cannon Dr. Austin, TX 78745 (512) 853-9584 Mon-Thu: 11am-10pm Fri: 11am-11pm Sat: 10am-11pm Sun: 10am-10pm     Cafe Malta Café Malta is a neat little Mediterranean bistro at Brodie and William Cannon. The menu changes  Continue Reading »

Contigo

2027 Anchor Ln. Austin, TX 78723 (512) 614-2260 Daily: 5pm-Midnight Sun: 10:30am-2:30pm (Brunch)   Contigo Contigo has made its debut in our Top 20 just about a year after they opened on 2027 Anchor Lane near the old airport. The idea behind  Continue Reading »

Hopdoddy Burger Bar

1400 S. Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78704 (512) 243-7505 & 2438 W. Anderson Ln. Austin, TX 78757 (512) 467-2337 Sun-Thu: 11am-10pm Fri-Sat: 11am-11pm   Hopdoddy Burger Bar We are living in an age in Austin that just when you thought you couldn’t  Continue Reading »

Rosie’s Tamale House

13436 W. Hwy 71 Austin, TX 78738 (512) 263-5245 Daily: 10am-10pm   Rosie's Tamale House If it weren’t for the fact that my daughter Jenn was dodging wildfires in Colorado she’d want to be with me today at Rosie’s Tamale House on  Continue Reading »