Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week

Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of March 1, 2018

Cannon + Belle = Better + Better

Thursday 1

CANNON + BELLE = BETTER + BETTER Reckon we should let you know that Chef Yesica Arredondo's conjured some new items – for breakfast, lunch, and dinner – to supercharge the already tasty menu of the Hilton's posh eatery. The morning's new farm-eggs-and-ham pizza is lavished with a truffle-parmesan cream; lunch's Texas Revolution is a 72-hour braised short rib; suppertime sizzles with an ancho-chili-espresso-rubbed ribeye; and, of course, more. And the new desserts are, whoa, we can't even. Word to the wise.

FREE MONTEVETRANO WINE TASTING Your oenophilic friends at Italic offer this showcase of new pours via Montevetrano from the Campania region, with the winery's own Guido Groppi guiding you through the tasting. Thu., March 1, 4:30-6:30pm Italic. www.italicaustin.com

SCHLOTZSKY'S AUSTIN EATERY: GRAND OPENING In which Schlotzsky's gets even Schlotzskier and opens an expanded concept out in Bee Cave. And on this day, if you're among the first 100 fans at the new breakfast-and-sandwich-and-brewski joint, you could win free Schlotzsky's for a year. Thu., March 1, 10am. (2018) 3944 S. FM 620 #100. www.schlotzskys.com

WISHES & DISHES This posh evening of food and fun supports the Make-a-Wish Foundation and features noms from some of Austin's best eateries – La Condesa, Jacoby's, La Traviata, Moonshine, and more – with beer and whiskey and tequila flowing in an open bar, and tunes by DJ Brian Weber. Thu., March 1, 6:30pm. (2018) The Brodie Homestead, 5211 Brodie, 512/439-2981. $75. www.brodiehomestead.com

Friday 2

RODEO AUSTIN: BBQ AUSTIN Competitive BBQ teams dishin' it up? That means you're gonna be eating well at the rodeo, citizen! Ribs. Brisket. Pork loin. Boy howdy! Also, live music and plenty of fun family activities – with proceeds benefiting Rodeo Austin’s mission of promoting Youth Education – Preserving the Western Heritage. March 2-3. Fri.-Sat., 11am-11pm Travis County Expo Center, 7311 Decker, 512/854-4900. www.rodeoaustin.com

RODEO AUSTIN: COWBOY BREAKFAST Yeeee-haw and pass th' syrup! It's time again for the annual breakfast feast heralding the coming thrills of Rodeo Austin. Pancakes, chuckwagon biscuits, doughnuts, brisket tacos(!), and more – gratis. (That's free gratis, right, Al?) With live music, two-step lessons, a lariat-twirling trick roper, and a live longhorn Fri., March 2, 6-9am Long Center for the Performing Arts, 701 W. Riverside, 512/474-5664. Free. www.rodeoaustin.com

Saturday 3

FLAVORS OF AUSTIN Hall-of-Famer Earl Campbell hosts this annual event to benefit the National MS Society, joining football greats Tony Dorsett, Joe Greene, Randall McDaniel, and Lorenzo Neal in mixing and mingling with you among mouthwatering noms from the Bonneville, Chinatown, Eberly, Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse, Wine Bar, Greenhouse Craft Food, Hoover’s Cooking, Ranch 616, Salt Lick BBQ, Sophia’s Supper Club, Amy’s Ice Creams, Sinsational Cakes Bakery, and more. Bonus: live music by Emily Gimble. Sat., March 3, 6-10pm Hyatt Regency Austin, 208 Barton Springs Rd., 512/477-1234. $250. www.austin.hyatt.com

IT'S MY PARK DAY VOLUNTEER TREATS Thank you! You cared enough to help out on this citywide day of community parks service, and now, if you show up wearing your volunteer T-shirt – at Fresa’s on South First, at Cosmic Coffee and Galaxy Cafe and Zocalo Cafe, at any Trudy's location, at P. Terry's all over the place, at all Snap Kitchen venues except West Third – you're gonna get some (shhhhh!) special deals. And Austin's gratitude. Sat., March 3 www.austinparks.org/volunteer/impd

THE WANDERING VEGAN MARKET Vegan food? From local vendors? It's good for your gut, it's good for your karma, and so much of it's tasty enough to make you grin like every day is your birthday. Gift yourself, citizen, right there at Bouldin Creek! Bonus: bath, body, and skincare products, too. Sat., March 3, 10am-3pm Bouldin Creek Cafe, 1900 S. First, 512/416-1601. www.facebook.com/thewanderingveganatx

Sunday 4

COOKING CLASS: ALL BACON, ALL THE TIME Central Market Cooking School's Cindy Haenel will turn your Sunday afternoon into six degrees of heaven (bacon), with this instructional feast of BLT bruschetta, bacon-wrapped shrimp, prosciutto-wrapped beef tenderloin, bacon-smothered peas, pasta shells with pancetta & spinach, and – for dessert – bacon baklava. Oh! Pig twigs, FTW! Sun., March 4, 5:30pm. (2018) Central Market North Cooking School, 4001 N. Lamar, 512/206-1014. $50. www.centralmarket.com

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Tuesday 6

Ongoing

BARTON CREEK FARMERS MARKET Saturdays, 9am-1pm. Barton Creek Square, 2901 Capital of TX Hwy. S., 512/327-7040. bartoncreekfarmersmarket.org

BEE CAVE FARMERS MARKET Sundays, 10am-2pm. 12700 Hill Country Blvd., Bee Cave. beecavefarmersmarket.com

HOPE FARMERS MARKET Sundays, 11am-3pm. Plaza Saltillo, 412 Comal, 512/727-8363. hopefarmersmarket.org

SFC SUNSET VALLEY FARMERS’ MARKET Saturdays, 9am-1pm. Toney Burger Activity Center, 3200 Jones, 512/414-2096. sfcfarmersmarket.org

TEXAS FARMERS’ MARKET AT LAKELINE Saturdays, 9am-1pm. Lakeline Mall, 11200 Lakeline Mall Dr., Cedar Park, 512/363-5700. texasfarmersmarket.org/lakeline

TEXAS FARMERS’ MARKET AT MUELLER Sundays, 10am-2pm Branch Park Pavilion, 2006 Philomena. texasfarmersmarket.org/mueller

BOGGY CREEK FARM STAND Wed.-Sat., 8am-1pm. Boggy Creek Farm, 3414 Lyons, 512/926-4650. boggycreekfarm.com

SPRINGDALE FARM STAND Wednesdays & Saturdays, 9am-1pm. Springdale Farm, 755 Springdale, 512/386-8899. springdalefarmaustin.com