Category Archives: News

Open Table’s 2018 Best Restaurants in Austin List

Posted on October 16, 2018 by lawrenceperson

Open Table came out with their 10 Best Restaurants in Austin list. Here are the ten: Truluck’s Seafood, Steak and Crab House (Downtown) Eddie V’s (5th Street) Garbo’s La Volpe Uchi Jeffrey’s Uchiko Eddie V’s (Arboretum) Cafe Josie Lonesome Dove … Continue reading →

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Memo from the police blotter.

Posted on October 1, 2018 by dwightbrown

Someone knows how to throw a party. With other people’s stuff: Items Stolen From Foreign & Domestic 150-pound half pig Approximately 45 pounds of assorted cuts of meats 69 beers 15 wine bottles 23 Mexican cokes 3 gallons of milk … Continue reading →

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Tidbits.

Posted on August 27, 2018 by dwightbrown

According to Eater Austin, “Venezuelan food truck Four Brothers is opening another food truck within South Congress spot Hotel San Jose.” Expect high prices, long lines, for them to be out of everything when you get to the front of … Continue reading →

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Ha ha!

Posted on August 21, 2018 by dwightbrown

News that’s a couple of days old, but I haven’t seen spread that widely, and worth commenting on anyway: Noon Mediterranean filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday. Noon was famously and formerly known as VertsKebap, and started here in … Continue reading →

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Franklin Barbecue Burns

Posted on August 26, 2017 by lawrenceperson

We take you away from Hurricane Harvey footage to bring you important Austin food news: Franklin’s Barbecue has suffered a fire. One of the state’s most popular barbecue joints suffered a massive fire early Saturday morning, according to reports. Franklin … Continue reading →

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Other Austin Restaurant Openings and Closings

Posted on February 21, 2017 by lawrenceperson

Dwight’s coverage of Hudson on the Bend’s closing reminded me that I wanted to put up a list of restaurant openings and closings of note. These are places we’ve either eaten at, thought about eating at, or plan on eating … Continue reading →

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Seen in the Wild

Posted on August 31, 2015 by lawrenceperson
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Our Short Regional Nightmare May Be Approaching An End

Posted on July 22, 2015 by lawrenceperson

Blue Bell ice cream to begin test production this week. Hip hip, hooray! If all goes well, they expect to have product back on store shelves by Labor Day. Also, billionaire Sid Bass has made a “significant investment” in Blue … Continue reading →

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Artz Rib House Founder Art Blondin Dies

Posted on August 31, 2014 by lawrenceperson

Longtime Austin restaurateur and champion of live music Art Blondin has died. An employee discovered Blondin upon arriving for work at Blondin’s Art’s Ribs & BBQ in Florence, Texas, on Saturday morning. An autopsy Monday will determine the cause of … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude watch.

Posted on August 5, 2014 by dwightbrown

I want to make note of this story, even though it has been covered elsewhere, for reasons I will get to in a moment: Three Austin restaurants are allegedly thousands of dollars behind on their taxes, according to lawsuits filed … Continue reading →

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