#top50tacos: the best taco in texas

I ate the best taco in Texas.

the grove wine bar & kitchen

I have to confess—I thought The Grove was a national chain, but color me rosé and pleasantly decanted to discover it’s homegrown right here in Austin.

quick bites: the death (and resurrection) of dos batos, roya rising, and velvet tacos

the death (and resurrection) of dos batos, roya rising, and velvet tacos

dos batos CLOSED!!! (but REOPENING!!!)

Dos Batos, home to one of the best tacos in town, the Pollo Pirata, has apparently closed.

allandale quick bites: closings, closings, and openings

It’s difficult running a restaurant in the best of times and horrific when times aren’t good.

jet’s pizza

In addition to crust thicker than thieves, Jet’s serves thin, hand-tossed, and NY-style pizza and offers cauliflower and gluten-free options.

conan’s pizza

Stepping into Conan’s is stepping back into the 1970s. Nothing has changed. Wood everywhere, hanging ivies, voluptuous spindles, fantasy art, arcade games, music. Even the youngsters working the counter seemingly step right out of Linklater’s “Dazed and Confused” to take your order.

Allandale Quick Bites: Neon Bellyaching, Jetts jetting, and brekkies brekking!

Closings, openings, and a re-tread: Eat all about it!

tumbleweed lounge at tularosa distillery

Call it Tuliestyle: a little earthy, a little weatherworn, and a lot friendly.

lebowski’s grill

Christians have Jesus, the Chinese have Confucius, and Indians have Gandhi, but Generation X has The Dude. If you are not philosophically enlightened, The Dude is Jeffery Lebowski, a character from the 1998 Coen Brothers' movie "The Big Lebowski." The movie is filmed, in part, in a bowling alley, where The Dude famously utters "The … Continue reading lebowski’s grill →