Monday, May 21, 2012

Tony C’s

12800 Hill Country Blvd. Austin, TX 78738 (512) 263-3473 Sun-Wed: 11am-10pm Thu-Sat: 11am-2am MENU tonycs.com   Tony C's The beauty of Tony C’s Italian restaurant at the Galleria Shopping Center on Highway 71 in Bee Cave is its  Continue Reading »

Steiner Ranch Steakhouse

5424 Steiner Ranch Blvd. Austin, TX 78732 (512) 381-0800 Sun-Thu 4pm-10pm Fri-Sat: 4pm-11pm     Steiner Ranch Steakhouse If you had to pick out a spot for a classic Texas steakhouse, I don’t think you could choose a better one  Continue Reading »

Fion Wine Pub

2900 N. Quinlan Park Rd., Ste. #A150 Austin, TX 78732 (512) 266-3466 Mon-Fri: 11am-Midnight Sat: 11am-1am Sun: 4pm-Midnight   Chefs at Fion I have often thought about how unfortunate it is that Austin doesn’t have more great local  Continue Reading »

Iguana Grill

2900 Ranch Rd. 620 N. Austin, TX 78734 (512) 266-8439 Mon-Sun: 11am-2am MENU iguanagrillaustin.com   It used to be that it was very difficult to find restaurants to write about that were on or near the water and that had decent food. Fortunately,  Continue Reading »

Blue Bamboo

12918 Shops Pkwy., Ste. #300 Austin, TX 78738 (512) 263-8889 Mon-Sat: 11am-4am Mon-Sat: 5pm-10pm Sun: 12pm-9pm     The intersection of Highways 71 and 620 in the tiny town of Bee Cave has produced a gigantic amount of retail space  Continue Reading »

Thai Spice

701 Capitol of TX Hwy. S. Austin, TX 78746 (512) 330-0203 1310 RR 620 S., Ste. #7A Austin, TX 78734 (512) 263-2221 Mon-Sun: 10am-3pm Mon-Sun: 5pm-10pm   Vicky and Tut Vicha have produced one of the longest-running Thai success stories  Continue Reading »

Rosie’s Tamale House

13436 W. Hwy 71 Austin, TX 78738 (512) 263-5245 Daily: 10am-10pm     When we first moved out to the area southwest of Westlake back in the early 80′s, the restaurant options were far and FEW between. So it was with an emotion  Continue Reading »

Carlos & Charlie’s

5973 Hiline Rd. Austin, TX 78734 (512) 266-1683 Daily: 11:30am-10pm MENU cncaustin.com   Carlos and Charlie’s is one of those lakeside joints that just screams out fun, food, music and the almost irresistible Austin laid back lifestyle.  Continue Reading »

Pao’s

2300 Lohmans Spur #134 Austin, TX 78738 (512) 263-8869 Daily: 4:30pm-9:30pm Sun-Fri: 11am-2:30pm     Pao’s restaurant was once the king of the downtown dining enigmas. It was a restaurant that was completely invisible from the  Continue Reading »