Captain Quackenbush's
David Brendan Hall
Volume 40, Number 48
Issue Supplement
First Plates 2021
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Austin Police Funding Restored; Is It Too Much, or Not Enough?
The 2020 city budget finds itself coming full circle
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Austin at Large: It’s Good to Try New Things
We could build more decent housing for all Austinites if we rethink what’s “normal”
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: To Comply, or to No-Comply ...
That is the question as skaters try to slow ACC’s roll
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Rosemont Residents Forced to Temporarily Relocate for Winter Storm Repairs
More woes for residents of Rosemont complex
BY LINA FISHER
Council’s Back! Housing Highlights Mammoth Meeting
The return marks the first in-person meeting at City Hall in more than a year
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Austin Identifies Top Seven Candidates for Next Police Chief
APD Interim Chief Joseph Chacon among those on the shortlist
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
At Reed Hearing, Fennell Breaks Silence, Says "They're All Liars"
Victim's fiancé long suspected in 1996 killing, denies all guilt
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Marching for Democracy, From Georgetown to Austin
Refusing to take even one step back
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
As COVID Surges, AISD to Offer Virtual School
Remote option for K-6 students too young for vaccine
BY CLARA ENCE MORSE
food
FIRST PLATES 2021
Over 150 of the Best Restaurants and Food Trucks in Austin
Our annual celebration of the food and dining defining Austin now
Chronicle Food Editor's 10 Favorite Austin Restaurants
Jessi Cape names her favorite eateries of 2021
BY JESSI CAPE
Fat City’s at Yard Bar, Chicken Salad Shoppe Embiggens, Try Hard Succeeds, and There’s Austin Oysters for Everyone
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
How Did Legendary DJ and Londoner Paul Oakenfold Land in Bastrop?
The Londoner finds his way to a Texas ranch
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Molly Burch on Romance Movies and New Album Romantic Images
Local singer-songwriter reveals her favorite rom-coms and rom-drams
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Gary Clark Jr. Spotlights Familial Austin Talent in Blues On the Green’s Return
“Everybody is listening to the guitar man”... and his friends
BY KEVIN CURTIN
New, Local Music We’re Listening to
Ladi Earth, Danilo, Aaron Stephens, and more recommended sounds
BY RACHEL RASCOE, ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ, CLARA WANG, LAIKEN NEUMANN, MORGAN-TAYLOR THOMAS AND CARYS ANDERSON
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
J Soulja's hip-hop open mic, an Elliott Smith tribute, and more recommended local shows
BY DEREK UDENSI, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, MICHAEL TOLAND, CHRISTINA GARCIA, BETH SULLIVAN AND DOUG FREEMAN
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
ATX Screen News: Animation, aGLIFF, and the Alamo Village
Incentives get funded, aGLIFF gets glam, and the oldest Alamo is reopening
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
What'cha Watchin'?
Account Executive Marisa Mirabal celebrates our First Plates issue with a menu of movies
BY MARISA MIRABAL
Film Reviews
The Clockwork Girl
Animated steampunk romance for the kids
Enemies of the State
Ockham's razor cuts this conspiracy documentary to shreds
Fully Realized Humans
Sharp-witted lo-fi comedy sees the ups and downs of trying to fix yourself
The Green Knight
Dev Patel and David Lowery enchant with this astounding Arthurian myth
Jungle Cruise
Take the Disney ride with Emily Blunt and the Rock, straight to adventure
Old
Beach vacation, anyone?
Ride the Eagle
Jake Johnson gets his head straight in this comedic kin to Walden
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
Go ninja, go ninja, GO! Wait, wrong toy line …
Stealing Chaplin
Affable British comedy puts two dupes in Sin City
Stillwater
Torn-from-the-headlines thriller never matches Matt Damon’s everyman
arts & culture
Ventana Ballet Opens Season Three With a Flock of Night Birds
The company's avian-themed program includes five dancers, three cellists, and art from the atxGALS collective inside the Cathedral
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Listings
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Community Listings
Donation and volunteer opportunities, job openings, online fitness classes, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
We Have an Issue: Chow’s On
Welcoming back our First Plates issue, celebrating the restaurants and food trucks defining Austin dining today
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Day Trips: South Llano River State Park, Junction
A river runs through it
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Qmmunity: Queers Gone Country
Nashville's Jaime Wyatt brings queer twang to Austin, Elysium gets Bizarre, and more events
BY BETH SULLIVAN
The Luv Doc: The Digital Scale for Gayness
Just because you enjoy a certain sexual activity doesn't automatically qualify you for a whole new orientation
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, July 30 - August 5
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Austin Is Getting Great Soccer, Just Not From Austin FC
The Verde sit dead last in the Western Conference
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
