Tuesday Night Supper Club

East Austin food trailer spices up offerings with damn good supper club

Chef/owner Lynzy Moran of food trailer Baton Creole.

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Most known for serving up jambalaya on a stick, Baton Creole is switching up its offerings to showcase a gourmet approach to cooking from scratch.

The hot pink food trailer located on Austin’s east side is the brainchild of Louisiana-born Lynzy Moran. Bringing the Cajun-Creole style of cooking with unique twists (hence, jambalaya on a stick), Baton Creole is filling the gap for quality Cajun food in Austin.

Operating out of a tiny trailer is tough, but over the almost three years Baton Creole has been in operation, Moran has been able to navigate the difficult waters of running a food trailer. Wearing many hats — owner, chef, accountant, dishwasher, marketing director — Moran plays all roles with grace (peppered in with a lot of fun), to give diners an authentic taste of Louisianan cuisine.

Baton Creole is elevating its dinner service to include a special Tuesday supper club with a prix fixe menu. We sat down with Moran on her first night of supper club service to discuss the new concept. The “boss lady” took us through each step of creating a three-course menu, complete with tableside service and complimentary cocktails, as seen in the video above.

“The Tuesday night supper club event is based off of the idea that we want to really show people that we’re not just a food truck that deep-fries frozen things,” says Moran. “We’re not into that. We make everything from scratch and it’s all made with tons of love, lots of prep, and we work really, really hard.”

The first-ever prix fixe event (priced at $20) featured a roasted butternut squash bisque with white truffle crema; a roasted beet salad with arugula, toasted almonds, and a goat cheese vinaigrette; and a grilled and marinated hanger steak served on a bed of local creamed Swiss chard. From the vinaigrette used on the beets to the simple syrup in the cocktails, everything was made in house.

Young and ambitious, Moran is hoping that the supper clubs will highlight the food trailer's aspiration to operate like a quality restaurant, giving guests the full-service experience.

Stay tuned for the next supper club by following Baton Creole on Facebook. You can also catch up with Moran at her second food trailer, Lady Luck (which we absolutely recommend for brunch), located at East Austin's Hard Luck Lounge.

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Back to the Plow

Homey Austin jam and bake shop closing and returning to farmers market

Confituras fig crackers

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Confituras Little Kitchen is closing its brick-and-mortar store, but feeling optimistic about the future.

A famers market find is returning to its natural environment after six years in a brick-and-mortar location. Confituras Little Kitchen, which specializes in locally sourced preserves, is closing its jam and biscuit shop after service on Sunday, December 22. However, it will continue selling goods at the Barton Creek Farmers Market and via retailers.

Confituras announced the change in a newsletter to its customers in December. The letter called the news "bittersweet."

"Although the brick and mortar will no longer be, the good news is that this will be a fresh new start for us – we are bursting with energy and creativity at the thought of being back out in the community where it all started for confituras," it said.

The kitchen is closing because the lease is up, and the team has decided to "give up the chase." The newsletter emphasized the ups-and-downs of business over the past several years — ones that were chaotic for just about any business, let alone a small, fairly niche food operation.

"So much has happened since we decided to open a brick + mortar – a wonderful kickstarter fundraiser, THE PANDEMIC, the AFTER-EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC, and an ever growing city," the letter says. "We tried so very hard but never really got our footing. We know we are not alone, many small business are in the same boat. We renewed our lease during the pandemic because we were hopeful we could make it work - the changing times had other ideas."

Finally, it shared how customers could keep enjoying Confituras creations:

The Barton Creek Farmers Market is open at 2901 S. Capital of Texas Hwy. every Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm.
A list on confituras.net compiles retailers including Royal Blue Grocery, Farmhouse Delivery, and Antonelli's Cheese Shop.
Jam share and Table22 subscription customers will have more instructions coming soon about picking up their goods in January at the same space, 2129 Goodrich Ave.
Customers may also reach out to inquire about continuing to order meals directly.

The kitchen also hosted frequent events and workshops, but the letter did not address this aspect of the business.

A shorter message shared on Instagram has inspired 63 comments so far, five days later. Customers eulogized the shop for its community feel and providing a sense of regularity during the height of the pandemic thanks to weekend pick-ups.

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