Al Fresco Dining

Get out: A look at 5 of our favorite outdoor restaurants

By Patricia Busa McConnico

03.27.13 | 9:42 am

Isn’t it charming when you walk by a restaurant, drive by a bakery or bike past a café and see diners sitting outside enjoying a meal? It somehow feels so cosmopolitan. International, ...

Dining Picks

Still deciding where to celebrate Valentine's Day? Check out a few of our top picks

By Jessica Dupuy

02.08.13 | 2:03 pm

It’s less than a week until Valentine’s Day and if you’re any bit of a last-minute planner, your window for securing a romantic reservation for you and your honey is quickly narro ...

quick cocktailing

Lady bartenders (of all kinds) compete in good old Speed Rack fun prior to San Antonio Cocktail Conference

By Mara Flynn

01.17.13 | 7:00 pm

Cocktail lovers turned out in full force at the Swoop House Tuesday night to support Austin’s finest lady bartenders and to raise funds for breast cancer awareness and research.   To ...

Indie Food Fest

Foreign & Domestic hosts first ever Indie Chefs Week spotlighting the next generation of great chefs

By Jessica Dupuy

01.04.13 | 11:15 am

The holiday season has come and gone, and New Year’s Eve is but a faint glimmer of fireworks and champagne. Now it’s time to set your appetite on Austin’s inaugural Indie Chefs We ...

Austin Food and Wine Festival

Austin Food & Wine Festival announces all-star chef lineup for a sweet and savory weekend

By Jessica Dupuy

11.08.12 | 12:02 am

Food and wine fans, it’s time to whet your appetites. As promised, the Austin Food & Wine Festival is back for a reprise in 2013 — April 26-28, 2013 to be exact — and tickets ...

Make. Eat. Drink.

East Side Glass Studio

11.13.12

Locally sourced delicious offerings will be served up in artisan-made dishes and vessels, inviting attendees to consider the beauty of thoughtfully presented food and drink. Make. Eat. Drink is

the creative class

Hard Work films: HELM releases short documentaries on creative Austin men in support of US line

By Caitlin M. Ryan

10.11.12 | 9:30 am

HELM Boots USA continues its solidification in the fashion-conscious workwear market, this time with six short films centered around seven locals who personify the HELM spirit through hard wor ...

Beautiful Bites

Food filmmaker Christian Remde tells the stories in and around Austin's best kitchens

By Michael Graupmann

10.09.12 | 3:22 pm

You may have already heard that Paul Qui and Moto Utsunomiya's newest East Side King truck is opening with a revamped menu and a beautiful new truck at the old Grackle location. But have yo ...

Well-Fed Nation

Chef David Bull brings together top culinary talent to benefit a nation of hungry children at The Block Party for No Kid Hungry

By Layne Lynch

09.23.12 | 9:45 am

Almost two years ago, Chef David Bull and his talented culinary team opened the doors of Congress, Second Bar + Kitchen and Bar Congress to the city of Austin. In a short amount of time, t ...

Salty Sow-How

Salty Sow's Chef Marmulstein lends a little TLC to the formerly forgotten pig parts

By Adam Sparks

06.14.12 | 2:17 pm

Now is your chance to say that you ate at the Salty Sow when it was just a little restaurant tucked away on Manor Road. If history is anything to go by, it wont be but a few years until this " ...