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Bufalina Due adding lunch service
The classic Italian from Bufalina. (Credit: Nicolai McCrary) One of Austin’s best restaurants is broadening its reach. Bufalina Due, the second iteration of Steven Dilley’s wildly popular East Austin...
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New on the menu: Patika adds full breakfast and lunch service
One of my favorite coffee shops in town is stepping up its food game. Patika (2159 S. Lamar Blvd.) has expanded its menu, and last week introduced a more robust breakfast and lunch service. While the...
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Man dies at Voodoo Doughnut in Denver after attempting Tex-Ass doughnut...
M&Ms and peanut butter are among the toppings at Voodoo Doughnuts. credit: Kristin Finan/American-Statesman Update: Voodoo Doughnuts has suspended eating challenges at all of its locations. A...
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East Austin’s Native hostel starts serving brunch this weekend
Put an egg on it! The brunch scene is adding a member this weekend. The hip new Native hostel (807 E. Fourth St.), which is introducing boutique hotel appeal to the group-sleep game, has already been...
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Chili dog pizza? Via 313 is serving it up
The Delray Cafe is the food truck located at the newish Nickel City bar on East 11th Street. The trailer has a plucky social media voice, and loves to celebrate bar food and street classics like wings...
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Old Thousand Chinese restaurant in East Austin adds lunch service
Chinese restaurant Old Thousand begins lunch service Tuesday at 11 a.m. The menu from the hip-hop-loving restaurant will serve buns, egg rolls, brisket fried rice, and much more (though a menu is not...
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Kerlin BBQ’s brisket kolaches now available on weekday mornings
Kerlin BBQ (1700 E. Cesar Chavez St.) is home to some of the best barbecue in the city (it ranked 7th on our list in 2014), and a few years ago they pulled a super Texas move by adding their brisket to...
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Counter 357 adds lunch service, names former Launderette sous chef as head chef
Downtown fine dining destination Counter 357 is switching things up a bit. The restaurant Eric Earthman opened in March 2015 will begin lunch service starting next Tuesday. The menu, offered...
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Épicerie adds healthy grab-and-go options
Tapping into the market of people looking for fast-casual meals that are also healthy, Épicerie has launched a grab-and-go case. A la Whole Foods or Central Market, the case has protein options and...
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Ramen Tatsu-Ya introduces special crawfish ramen
The owners of Ramen Tatsu-Ya have shown they know how to mash up Central Texas and Japan with their Kemuri Tatsu-Ya smokehouse; now they are showing off their mixing skills by twisting Southeast Texas...
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Changes coming to the Hopdoddy menu
Popular upmarket burger restaurant Hopdoddy is making some changes to the menu at all its locations. In addition to the regular roster of burgers, beginning tomorrow, diners will also find a...
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Food trucks return to Jester King Brewery, starting with Noble Sandwich Co.
If you’ve ever been out to Jester King Brewery on a busy weekend, you’ve seen the crowds. While Stanley’s Farmhouse Pizza does an admirable job of feeding the demand for food at the pastoral setting,...
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El Chipirón rolling out more substantial pinchos menu
Building on the success of its two-day Festival de Pinchos event last month, Spanish restaurant El Chipirón has decided to offer a wider variety of the small plates on a regular basis (a reality I...
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Aaron Franklin and Tyson Cole team up for a happy hour burger at Loro
Everyone knows the trick to eating on the cheap(ish) at Uchi is arriving for the famed restaurant’s social hour and the key to Franklin Barbecue is all about timing. To that end, Loro, the new Asian...
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Sandra Bullock’s Walton’s Fancy & Staple now serving happy hour
Bakery, sandwich shop, florist … you can now add “happy hour destination” to the descriptors of Walton’s Fancy & Staple, the Sandra Bullock-owned business in the historic Market District building...
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Whole Foods flagship on Sixth and Lamar introduces self-serve pizza bar
It just got a whole lot easier to grab a quick slice of pizza at the Whole Foods Market flagship store at West Sixth Street and Lamar Boulevard. As part of a reconfiguration of the area that is home...
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Cafe Josie serves an all-you-can-eat tasting menu called The Experience for $45
Do you ever end up at dinner and wish you could try a little bit of everything on the menu? West End staple Cafe Josie has done away with selection paralysis with its “The Experience,” an...
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Wink Wine Bar introduces expanded bar menu, including roster of burgers
One of the coziest happy hour retreats in town has upped its offerings. Wink Wine Bar, the separate space opened in 2004 adjacent to the fine dining restaurant that opened at 1014 Lamar Blvd. in summer...
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Suerte chef collaborating with 40 North Pizza for charity special
What happens when one of the city’s best Mexican chefs joins forces with a rising pizza star? You can find out starting next Monday, as Suerte chef Fermín Nuñez will be the next chef collaborating with...
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Contigo restaurant rolls out some big changes
Ranch-inspired restaurant-bar Contigo has added some heft to their menu. You will still find the burger, grilled cheese, charcuterie and some of the small plates you’ve come to expect from the...
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