I had to sit on this review for a week, until the project was over. Because this thing, this latest happening from Rubber Repertory, if you published a review of it, if you talked about it in public, the whole thing would’ve been – like a disastrously fallen soufflé – pretty much fucked.

Chinese New Year is almost here! Chinese New Year (aka Lunar New Year globally and Spring Festival in mainland China) celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional Chinese calendar and runs January 25 through February 8.

A bankruptcy attorney for Trudy’s Texas Star, Inc. made several Chapter 11 filings this afternoon. Stephen Sather of Barron & Newburger, PC tells the Chronicle that the total sum of the debt surrounding the filing is around $4 million.

“What do you want me to do, go lie to them?” the manager at Trudy’s South Star angrily asked her boss in a visible blowup at the restaurant on Wednesday night. “You’ll get paid on Monday! You’ll get paid on Wednesday!”

Do you feel hopelessly lost when it comes to the land use conversation? On this week's episode of The Austin Chronicle Show on KOOP Community Radio, City Hall reporter Austin Sanders explains what happened this week with the land development code revision, and what happens next in the process.

Barbecue and bao – who could ask for more? Siblings to the acclaimed burger trucks, PlowBQ and PlowBao are both located at the new Buzz Mill on 7th and Shady Lane, and these plant-based options are available alongside meat-based JNL Barbecue and Austin Rotisserie.

Over the summer, patrons of cafe and bar Rio Rita on 12th and Chicon found an actual “Gone Fishin’” sign taped to the door. The posting from owners Donya and Randall Stockton elaborated: “Just kidding. Closed for some repairs and remodeling. Be Back ASAP.” The unexpected months-long closure will finally come to a close under new ownership.

JNL Barbecue, a new barbecue trailer located at the new Buzz Mill Shady location, will present to the world Ben and Sarah Lambert’s vision of what Texas’ tradition of barbecue can be.