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You Gotta Try This: Joe's Place and Connie's Beer Garden
There's no catering gig Joe Cook can't handle.Well, I'm sure if he were tasked to provide food for everyone en route to the Formula One race this fall, he might have to call in back-up help. But the cool-headed chef has catered for notables at the University of Texas and ...
Grandchildren of original Tamale House owners carry on tradition with Tamale House East
Many of Carmen Valera's early memories come from the original Tamale House, which her grandparents ran from 1959 to 1988. "We grew up on top of the potatoes and rice bags," says Valera, the eldest of five siblings.Her grandparents, particularly her grandmother, Carmen Vasquez, watched as other business owners downtown ...
Openings/Closings: Hill's Cafe opens barbecue restaurant on Steck Avenue
■ Open: Hill's BBQ Market, a new restaurant from the owners of Hill's Cafe, at 3301 Steck Ave. serving traditional barbecue favorites such as brisket, pork ribs and sausage, as well as out-of-the-ordinary sides including whipped sweet potatoes and an herb turkey salad. 298-1813, hillsbbqmarket.com.■ Open: Bert's Bar-B-Q, a second ...
Barbecue for the rest of us
Three years ago, Stiles Switch could have been considered the best barbecue restaurant in Austin.But in that time, Aaron Franklin opened his trailer along Interstate 35, and the bespectacled phenom quickly rose to national prominence with his bricks-and-mortar location on East Eleventh Street.Months later, Franklin's former boss, John Mueller, returned ...
Schmidt family, 06.27.12
With family feud behind them, offspring of Kreuz Market and Smitty's owners ready to open barbecue spot in Bee Cave.
J Mueller BBQ
John Mueller, grandson of famed pit boss Louie Mueller of Taylor, once ran a restaurant on the east side. It failed, his life fell apart, and he eventually returned to Austin with a popular trailer on South First Street.
Connally High School culinary program
Pflugerville students team with top local chefs for fine-dining learning.
Swimmer-turned-chef hosts fundraiser
Austinite Garrett Weber-Gale, who won two gold medals in swimming at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, was the driving force behind a USA Swimming Foundation fundraiser dinner on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at the test kitchen of David Bouley in lower Manhattan.
Texas Monthly BBQ Festival
Photos from the Texas Monthly BBQ Festival at the Long Center for the Performing Arts, 10.30.11.
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