Author Archives: dwightbrown

Passing notes.

Posted on June 4, 2025 by dwightbrown

I don’t cover a lot of Houston food news, since I don’t live there. But: “Infamous Houston restaurant is getting the documentary treatment”. The restaurant in question is the Turkey Leg Hut, which seems to have had a rather colorful … Continue reading →

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Barbecue law update.

Posted on May 19, 2025 by dwightbrown

The insurance fraud charges against La Barbecue have been dropped, per the Statesman. (Previously.) Technically, if I’m reading this right, only the charges against Alison Clem have been dropped: the charges against LeAnn Mueller were apparently dropped after her death.

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Obit watch: May 19, 2025.

Posted on May 19, 2025 by dwightbrown

Jeff Blank, massively influential Austin chef. Opened in 1984 on a then-two-lane stretch of RM 620 near Lakeway, Hudson’s on the Bend was one of the first restaurants in Central Texas to explore and celebrate regional Texas cuisine. The pastoral … Continue reading →

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Fark you. Fark the horse you rode in on. Fark everyone who looks like you. And fark every horse that looks like the one you rode in on.

Posted on July 4, 2024 by dwightbrown

Popular fast-casual pizza chain Mod Pizza could soon be filing for bankruptcy — following in the footsteps of several other well-known US restaurants, according to a new report. The company, which has locations in 28 states, is preparing a potential … Continue reading →

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The Logbook of the Saturday Dining Conspiracy is on fire!

Posted on October 19, 2023 by dwightbrown

Two posts in two days! Will wonders never cease? But seriously, folks. I don’t want to say I have a high bar for linking to “Eater”. I think I link to them pretty often, sometimes criticizing something stupid they wrote, … Continue reading →

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Obit watch: October 18, 2023.

Posted on October 18, 2023 by dwightbrown

Dr. James Irving Wimsatt, professor emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin, passed away Sunday morning, He was 96. Dr. Wimsatt was a personal friend of mine, and of many other readers of this blog. I met him through … Continue reading →

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We have a new winner!

Posted on October 3, 2023 by dwightbrown

That is, a new winner of the highly un-coveted Saturday Dining Conspiracy “Die In a Fire” award. Yes, I am pretty peeved right now. Yes, I am using the power of my blogs to work on a grudge: but if … Continue reading →

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I haz a sad.

Posted on July 21, 2023 by dwightbrown

The Little Gretel Restaurant in Boerne is closed. This is a damn shame. I have been lucky enough to eat there twice: Mike took me there once for my birthday, and I took my mother there once for some significant … Continue reading →

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Burnt Toast.

Posted on July 20, 2023 by dwightbrown

Toast can still die in a fire. However, Lawrence sent over a follow-up from Zero Hedge: they’ve removed the .99 cent order fee. Did that help? Not really. Shares of Toast are crashing this morning, down nearly 10%, as further … Continue reading →

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Fark Toast!

Posted on July 11, 2023 by dwightbrown

The “Toast” in this case is Toast Inc., the people responsible for the flaming dumpster fire that is ToastTab. What prompts this latest outpouring of vitriol? Toast Inc., a powerful cloud-based third-party point-of-sale vendor used by more than 85,000 restaurants, … Continue reading →

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