Bon Appetit Magazine named Austin’s own Olivia in it’s list of ‘Top 10 Best New Restaurants in America.’ Bon Appetit’s ‘dish to try’ is Olivia’s Milk-Braised Pork Shoulder with Semolina Gnocchi. The issue hits newstands August 11. Go Olivia! See my reviews of their brunch, happy hour, and dinner, and stop in this weekend! My [...]
Today’s song of the day is ‘The Listener’ by Canopy, a local Austin indie pop-rock band. Although, I have reason to believe they are no longer together as the Austinist wrote here. Where are the boys now? I’m off to Port Aransas so no more posts until Monday. Enjoy the weekend!
To watch ‘The Listener’ shot [...]
Z Tejas is a southwestern grill and an Austin institution for 20 years and counting. Let me tell you one quick story about the original 6th St. location. In 1996 Lance Armstrong came to eat at the restaurant with 4 other guys. After a generous amount of tequila and brainstorming, The Lance Armstrong Foundation was [...]
Thunderbird Coffee is a locally owned coffee shop in North Austin. I had to get an oil change from First Texas Honda across the street so decided to pop in. This locally owned spot has free WiFi, live music, full coffee/ espresso bar, Mexican Cokes, beer, breakfast tacos, paninis, and sweets. My favorite thing about [...]
Guest Contributer: Joanna Lea
Monday, July 27
Iron and Wine (led by Austinite, Sam Beam, pictured) plays a sold-out show at The Paramount Theatre downtown with Glen Hansard (The Frames, Swell Season). The two songwriters will no doubt give a hauntingly unique folk performance, and all the show will benefit the Midwives Alliance of North America. Their [...]
Black Sheep Lodge is a newish South Austin neighborhood restaurant and pub. Beer is the highlight here with 97 varieties, 20 of which are on tap. Do yourself a favor and come hungry because the upscale bar food served here is high quality, delicious, and very well priced. It may be too hot to sit [...]
Jaime’s Spanish Village has been serving Tex-Mex to downtown Austinites since 1931. Recently acquired by new owners, Jaime’s has a new menu and is BYOB until they receive their liquor license. They have about $20,000 worth of improvements to bring the historical building up to code before they be eligible with TABC. That means no [...]
I need your help to save me from the 9th Annual Capital’s Most Wanted Lock Up. On August 13th, I am going behind bars for ‘good’ and I need you to bail me out. My goal is to raise $2,400 to send 3 children to MDA summer camp. They are sending a parole office to [...]
Counter Cafe is Austin’s little upscale diner that could. Here I am visiting this gem a 2nd time in 3 days. This time I had a friend wanting to try the famous #2 on the Texas Monthly top 50 hamburger list. Now that the issue is out, Counter Cafe is slammed. 9 out of 10 [...]
Chedd’s serves gourmet grilled cheese in Austin’s Triangle Development. Sandwiches average $6 and you can create your own or pick off the menu, there are millions of combinations. The menu lists 32 Wisconsin cheeses and 8 types of bread. Try a Rye Knot which is a glorified Rueben or a French Kiss which has garlic [...]