Closings, rebrandings, and axings, oh my!

With all of the chitterchatter on the listservs about densification, mixed-use, and affordable housing, the trailer park at 5000 Burnet Road has fortunately gotten little grief (as far as I know...). As an incubator for small business development (and a place to get good and exciting food), our trailer park can't be beat!

I'm not sure exactly what I expected when I walked into Taco Ranch, but what I got was definitely not what I expected.

As my engineer bride says, non-judgmentally, "They believe in The Woo," the magical properties of the natural and supernatural world. Woo or not, this is definitely a place to get a delicious, healthy, and cleansing meal. All meals are plant-based, organic, and gluten-free.

At Houndstooth, baristas treat coffee with reverence.

Dirt cheap ramen changed my life. If not for those 10-cent cellophane bags of freeze-dried noodles and bits of what-in-the-hell, I would have dropped out of college.

After forever changing Austin's perception of ramen, Tatsu Aikawa and Takuya “Tako” Matsumoto turned their talents toward fusing the Japanese cuisine of their heritage with the Texas barbecue of their youth.

The pleasant surprise was the stir fried green beans with tofu perfectly cooked like thick-cut French fries: crispy-crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside.

Dai Due is a carnivore’s delight, and the restaurant includes a butcher’s shop, so leave the vegans at home.

We don’t have kids, but if we did, we’d probably be here weekly. And given the depth of the menu, we need to come back during prime evening hours to check out the other bites.