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Your A-List: Best Place for a Blind Date
A blind date can be a nightmare. What do you wear? Should it be strictly fun, or should you shoot for some romance? What is he/she going to be like? Can I bail if it gets too boring or weird? With so many questions to answer in preparation for these encounters, it’s nice to have a place that makes you feel at ease and one that is conducive to a good time. Such is the Hula Hut, with 22 percent of the vote, winner of the Your A-List poll for Best Place for a Blind Date.
Wanna head out to the lake but not all the way out to the lake? Want a casual atmosphere with friendly service? Crave tasty food that won’t set you back $100 or make it look like you’re trying too hard? Then it seems Hula Hut is the place to be, as it narrowly edged out fellow Comida Deluxe restaurant Shady Grove, yet another casual dating hot spot, for top honors.
Hula Hut was opened on the banks of Lake Austin back in 1993 as an alternative to the regular Tex-Mex scene, offering what the company calls “Mexonesian” cuisine, a mix of Mexican and Polynesian. That Polynesian influence can be seen not only in the surf and beach decor but in the menu as well, with Hawaiian fajitas, coconut shrimp and a bevy of tropical margarita options all offering a small taste of the islands right here in Central Texas. Arguably the hallmark of the restaurant is the Palapa bar and deck out behind the restaurant that overlooks the lake and offers a beautiful setting for cocktails if you have to wait for a table or if you want to forgo the dinner altogether. And, with blind dates often being cringe-inducing experiences, it’s always nice to have a mango margarita to fall back on as you navigate the uneasy waters of getting to know a stranger.
Hula Hut [site]
3825 Lake Austin Blvd. [map]
476.4852
- Shady Grove, 21 percent
- Dave and Buster’s, 11 percent
- Austin Java, 10 percent
- Peter Pan Mini-Golf, 8 percent
- B Scene at the Blanton Museum of Art, 7 percent
- Dart Bowl, 5 percent
- Halcyon, 5 percent
- Texas Rollergirls match, 4 percent
- 300 Austin, 3 percent
- Adult skate night at Playland, 3 percent
- Little City, 2 percent
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By adi
November 30, 2007 12:01 PM | Link to this
disturbing lack of “Fado’s at 7:30am for futbol and boxty” in the best blind dates list
By FBA
November 30, 2007 4:07 PM | Link to this
I have no idea why you would go anywhere on a first date but four hands on the corner of first and repair in Houston. G-U-A-R-A-N-T-E-E.