Finally our hippie town is getting the food to match! I’ve heard great things about their coconut milk drinks served in a coconut, cacao drinks, and goji-berry-stuffed raw chocolate, but there’s more to come too! The east side is getting so hot … … And Happy 25th Birthday to a certain June bride …
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Win a McCormick & Schmick’s Gift Certificate!
In a This is Life in Austin FIRST, I’m holding a contest! Tell me your fave Under-$10 Deal about town and you could win a $10 gift certificate to McCormick & Schmick’s! I’m talking about any deal–food, drinks, clothes, shoes, whatever. Let me in on the secrets! I’ll choose the best–could be the most unique,…
Food Coma at Roaring Fork North
Oh. My. Stars. Or some equally astounded proclamation. I ate more food last night at Roaring Fork North than any human should ever eat in one sitting. Going into it, I thought, ah, I’m doing the Spartan 300 Challenge, doing a good job of watching what I eat, I’ll just nibble on some stuff ……
Third Third Base
Not a typo, but in fact a real brick-and-mortar third Third Base. Opening this July at The Grove in South Park Meadows. I have very few experiences with Third Base OR South Park Meadows (one apiece), so perhaps I am mildly unqualified to comment. But I do know this: Austin must have the fewest sports…
More free drinks!
Pobrecito El Chilito, no pudo sobrevivir en el centro. Pues, algo bueno pasó porque ahora se tranforme a El Chile! What happened? The little chile couldn’t make it just selling tacos on 8th and Congree, so they expanded it to a full chile selling the same menu as the original and Far West locales. Until…
Max’s Wine Dive Opens Today!
Buffalo sliders. Champagne. Free-range happy local fried chicken. Fresh-baked fancy bread. (Relatively) Cheap wine. Relaxed atmosphere. Fried oysters. Exposed brick. Shrimp ‘n’ grits. Friendliest servers ever. What’s not to love? Welcome to Max’s Wine Dive, the newest restaurant to hit 3rd & San Jacinto, that burgeoning corner where Rio Grande and Melting Pot have managed…
Details on Uchiko
Uchiko is the official name of Uchi II, the second incarnation of Austin’s hottest sushi spot, Uchi ( Voted #1 restaurant in Austin by the 2008 Zagat Survey and the 2008 Fearless Critics Guide). When I tweeted a couple of months ago about the new location (“between 38th & 45th on Lamar”), I think I…
Free drink at new sushi restaurant Koi
Free Drink @ Koi Sushi Bar – Through May 17th Check out the new sushi bar Koi in the Triangle (in the short-lived Yume sushi bar’s spot), where all drinks are free until their liquor license is live, through the 17th. Limit one per customer. 815 W. 47th St. # 102., http://www.sushikoi.com/ It’s gotten good…
Z Pizza + Counter-Guy Austin = Awesome
During Cinco de Mayo block party yesterday, we forewent the long lines for un-free beer and ‘ritas inside the 21+ fence-tent and stopped by new 2nd Street spot Z Pizza. Inside, the two girls I was with and I peppered the counter guy with questions: “Is the chicken free range?” (no, but it’s “nitrate-free”) “Do…
Freakin’ Full Weekend
First and foremost, the weekend has already been entirely usurped by the joy that is the Texas Hill Country Wine + Food Festival. I heard Thursday night’s Culinary Masters dinner was exquisite, and tonight’s Stars Across Texas Grand Tasting promises to be the glitziest of the events, held at the Long Center. Among Saturday’s full…