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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Refill, revere, rejoice

Austin distiller refills Kentucky Bourbon bottles for $1 in UT gameday stunt

Still Austin Kentucky Bourbon refills

Photo courtesy of Still Austin Whiskey Co.

Still Austin is filling up empty Kentucky Bourbon bottles and adding its own label in a display of Texas dominance.

Cheap bourbon isn't usually something people line up for, but in this case they know it's good. Still Austin Whiskey Co., a favorite Austin distiller, is offering $1 refills of its own Cask Strength Bourbon on empty Kentucky Bourbon bottles on November 23.

The promotion celebrates the Texas Longhorns vs. Kentucky Wildcats football match the same day. This is a highly anticipated game because the two teams have only been matched up once, back in 1951. Kentucky coach Mike Stoops reportedly also upped the ante by saying the Longhorns have "no weaknesses."

Essentially, this is a parallel challenge by Still Austin: Replace your Kentucky Bourbon with our Texas spirit and watch the Lone Star State win again.

"Why would I ever taint your bourbon with dried up Kentucky juice[?]" asked a (frankly, terrifying) customer on Instagram.

There is a misconception that bourbon has to be made in Kentucky. The Kentucky Distillers’ Association itself points out that, "According to the 1964 Congressional Resolution, in order to have “Bourbon” on the label it must be made in the United States of America and meet all other federal “standards of identity” for Bourbon."

Still Austin CEO and co-founder Chris Seals is setting the record straight with a little snark, inviting both fans and "skeptics" to stop by to take advantage of the deal.

“We’re deeply grateful to Kentucky for inventing the stuff, but after 200 years of the same old bourbon, people want something new,” said Seals in a press release.“The idea that great bourbon can only come from Kentucky is a myth based on decades of misinformation. We’re inviting everyone still holding onto this old guard notion to ‘Kentucky Fill Up’ to experience the difference for themselves.”

The product he's chosen to represent the brand, the Cask Strength Bourbon, is described as "a deeper more 'metal' version of our beloved straight bourbon." It's 116 proof (58 percent ABV) and has won double gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition twice, in 2022 and 2023.

Still Austin will only refill 500 bottles. Here are the rules: The bottles have to be 750 milliliters, clean, intact (with the original cap on hand), and they must have originally contained bourbon from a Kentucky Distillery. There are two time slots for refilling at 9 am and 11:30 am. Patrons can get tickets ahead of time at stillaustin.com.

In addition to the fill-ups, Still Austin will host a watch party starting at 2:30 pm. More Texas-Kentucky crossover will include Frozen Texas Julep cocktails, Texas fried chicken, and an armadillo derby race. There will also be exclusive merch and giveaways. Still Austin is the official corporate partner of Texas Athletics.

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Fans of Austin sports and Austin food and drinks can now score tickets to The Tailgate, CultureMap's all-out party devoted to everyone’s favorite way to get in the gameday spirit. The event, presented by Verizon, goes down from 6-9 pm December 12 at Distribution Hall. Find out more about it here.

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