Finally, a bar where you're supposed to get foam all up in your cookie-duster: Handlebar, a new watering hole from former Blind Pig barkeeps, who've completely remodeled One-2-One with mustache-muraled brickwork, lip-haired portraits of clean-shaven mu... »
Lilliputian dishes won't stop you from indulging your Brobdingnagian appetite at Swift's Attic: a decidedly downtown small-plate haven taking over Kyoto's above Elephant Room, replete with fixtures made from things you might actually find in a room whe... »
Finally offering a Pollo Rico alternative for the rico, is Fresa's: a gourmet take on charcoal-grilled chicken drive-thrus in the old Emerald City Press spot, from the dudes behind Lamberts, Perla's, and Elizabeth St Cafe, another successful example of... »
After its sudden '11 shuttering, The Belmont underwent an almost-million-dollar transformation into a 1000-capacity music venue. The move involved doubling the exterior stage size, adding a legit LED show, hollowing out the interior, and adding a spraw... »
Because international pancakes hopped the shark years ago, opt for a different worldly breakfast from Belgian Waffle Co.: a mobile trailer run by a guy who retired from the tech sector to launch a Michelin-starred resto in his Belgique hometown, then c... »
A pair of South Austin service-industry vets and a Euro-trained cheesemonger have opened a by-day retail & sandwich shop that morphs into a neighborhood wine bar come nightfall. Snag affordable vinos curated by the owners (two are level-two sommeliers)... »
When your favorite dive gets turned into a fancy lounge, you get angry. But when it gets turned into a grime-free-but-still blue-collar watering hole, you get even... more beers! That's why you should be happy that a couple of old college buddies have ... »
Dramatically expanding the notion that art is better on the green, Arthouse and AMOA have transformed the pristine landscape of the Laguna Gloria into a par-34, nine-hole course populated with defecating giant rodents, vandalized clown faces, and infur... »
An Eastside Cafe offshoot in the bungalow that once housed their garden shop, P&P offers simplified versions of their homegrown cuisine via a short-sweet menu of slaw'd pulled pork sandwiches, lentil vegetable soup (w/ jalapeno cornbread), and a rotati... »
The first-ever collaboration between event-titan C3 and Food & Wine magazine will fill Auditorium Shores with tutorials and tastings led by star chefs ranging from Uchi's Tyson Cole to Iron Chef's Morimoto, a man it ironically takes a lot of brass to c... »
Maintain a minimalist look without requiring house guests to stand for longer periods than Donald Rumsfeld, with help from Sarabi Studio, who craft striking indoor and outdoor furniture from stainless steel, polished TX walnut, and raw slabs of cedar i... »
Just opened by the Futureman (with help from his presentwoman), this cafe was built into an 1887 church, then given a mint green paint job and furnishings by the folks behind the Christlike Real World Austin house, which even they've forgotten about by... »
Opening its first Austin location, Bar Louie is an expansive, highball-centric downtown tavern boasting two walls of taps along a wooden bartop that rivals the longest in town, and eats ranging from Bavarian Pretzel Sticks (w/ cinnamon butter, queso, h... »
This weekend the Travis County Expo Center hosts a sudsy celebration of over 500 beers, counting imports (five Belgians from St. Bernardus, four Scots from Belhaven), TX newcomers like South Austin Brewing and Adelbert's, and non-continental domestics ... »
Formerly Dirty 6th's filthiest locale (a title now held by Treasure Island), Midnight Cowboy operated as an actual brothel ("oriental modeling & massage") until it was shuttered by APD a year ago. Now Bill Norris has re-opened it as a reservation-requi... »
