http://www.austinite.com/ Austin, TX food, booze and other vital matters. Objective restaurant reviews by Brent Buford, a longtime Austin food nut. en-us Copyright 2009 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:54:07 -0600 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:55:04 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.0D http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Moving the site over to Wordpress and back shortly with more reviews. Stay tuned....... http://www.austinite.com/archives/2009/04/movin.html http://www.austinite.com/archives/2009/04/movin.html Other Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:54:07 -0600 The titular spacecraft, er, pub franchise landed early in the Triangle, advertising "please don't call us a chain" funkiness, zaftig barmaids in skimpy schoolgirl attire, and a card-swiping club that encourages premature liver damage through excessive alcohol consumption, rewarded with... http://www.austinite.com/archives/2008/09/flying_saucer_4.html http://www.austinite.com/archives/2008/09/flying_saucer_4.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:28:54 -0600 I've finished eating my way through the Triangle, so it's time to pass judgement on the rest of the establishments there (see a review of Sago here). I'll save the annoying Which Wich? for a forthcoming sandwich roundup, and the... http://www.austinite.com/archives/2008/07/galaxy_cafe_460.html http://www.austinite.com/archives/2008/07/galaxy_cafe_460.html Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:26:26 -0600 Imagine my surprise — ambling through the shining testament to urban infill called The Triangle, I caught sight of a large vinyl sign screaming "MODERN MEXICAN" and assumed, for a brief moment, that this was some Westlake doyenne's unfortunate name... http://www.austinite.com/archives/2008/03/sago_modern_mex.html http://www.austinite.com/archives/2008/03/sago_modern_mex.html Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:21:44 -0600 North Austin strip-center goodness never ends — it seems you can walk into nearly any joint crammed between a discount furniture shop and an ethnic grocery and find a linoleum-floored, wood paneled gem serving up something hearty and authentic. The... http://www.austinite.com/archives/2008/03/din_ho_chinese.html http://www.austinite.com/archives/2008/03/din_ho_chinese.html Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:06:13 -0600 I wasn’t sure what to expect when Emmett and Lisa Fox opened Fino. Their venerable Hyde Park trattoria Asti had, over the years, balanced its cozy charm and creativity with inconsistent execution and some downright bombs. For every revelatory seasonal... http://www.austinite.com/archives/2008/01/fino_2905_san_g_1.html http://www.austinite.com/archives/2008/01/fino_2905_san_g_1.html Other Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:34:15 -0600 "Fresh Mex" is a euphemism in dire need of an involuntary retirement party. Like "pro-life," it is a thinly-veiled condemnation of the other side of the argument and, like all political language, has little real meaning on its own. Who... http://www.austinite.com/archives/2007/11/zocalo_cafe_taq.html http://www.austinite.com/archives/2007/11/zocalo_cafe_taq.html Mexican Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:42:48 -0600 I'm starting to like Burnet Road as a peculiarly Austin-style culinary destination. It lacks the pretense and arch-hip attitude of South Congress, and is apparently still cheap enough to support tiny family restaurants like Consuelo's and one of the best... http://www.austinite.com/archives/2007/10/la_victoria_bak.html http://www.austinite.com/archives/2007/10/la_victoria_bak.html Mexican Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:28:40 -0600 This cozy eatery opened by local catering luminary Connie Rodriguez brings hole-in-the-wall ambiance to tony Rosedale, on a strip of Burnet that is undergoing a culinary renaissance of sorts. While Blue Star missed the mark (just slightly) the last time... http://www.austinite.com/archives/2007/10/la_cocina_de_co.html http://www.austinite.com/archives/2007/10/la_cocina_de_co.html Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:10:33 -0600 If you awoke at five this morning in a feverish sweat wondering why there weren't enough goddamn high-dollar steakhouses in downtown Austin, you can eat another handful of Tums and go back to sleep. From now on, when you can't... http://www.austinite.com/archives/2007/06/three_forks_111.html http://www.austinite.com/archives/2007/06/three_forks_111.html American Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:38:20 -0600 Like Castle Hill many years before it, Lambert's has managed to navigate a transition from cramped, charming confines to a big, boisterous establishment. Unlike Castle Hill, Lambert's has more or less abandoned the subtle, precise cuisine of its former digs... http://www.austinite.com/archives/2007/04/lamberts_401_w_1.html http://www.austinite.com/archives/2007/04/lamberts_401_w_1.html American Sun, 08 Apr 2007 15:33:55 -0600 Spec's arrived in Austin late last year with moderate fanfare, a bespectacled, flag-waving rabbit, and a warning from a wine distributor friend in Houston that the chain would put a serious dent in the business of places like Central Market... http://www.austinite.com/archives/2007/02/specs_5775_airp.html http://www.austinite.com/archives/2007/02/specs_5775_airp.html Other Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:04:09 -0600 More exceptional bánh mi in far north Austin, this one tucked away in the brand new Chinatown center near Lamar and Braker. Lily's baguettes are thin and very crusty, and the joint is apparently popular enough that they run out... http://www.austinite.com/archives/2007/01/lillys_sandwich.html http://www.austinite.com/archives/2007/01/lillys_sandwich.html Vietnamese Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:14:35 -0600 Like any other moderately self-aware American approaching their forties, I spend a good deal of time in line at liquor stores. Today, I noticed the ass-sized portion of "Hot Damn!" in the display by the checkout counter and was tempted... http://www.austinite.com/archives/2007/01/commentary_hot.html http://www.austinite.com/archives/2007/01/commentary_hot.html Commentary Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:08:23 -0600 More fabulous strip-center Vietnamese, this in one of those horrific gravel-walled Trammel Crow buildings that was clearly built for industrial retail. Never mind all that, just go inside - you'll find that the glare of fluorescent lights is mitigated somewhat... http://www.austinite.com/archives/2006/12/tam_deli_cafe_8.html http://www.austinite.com/archives/2006/12/tam_deli_cafe_8.html Vietnamese Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:09:40 -0600