Cover Story
Austin Landmarks on the Menu
Pay tribute to old Austin with a visit to one of these 19 landmark restaurants
Be Our Guest
Local attractions wish to welcome Hurricane Ike evacuees with deep discounts.
Putting His Money Where the Proposition Is
Brad Pitt donates to anti-Prop 8 group.
Fantastic Fest Report No. 1: “This Is Your Car On “Seventh Moon”
Updates from the genre film fest
NORML Versus ONDCP
Debate on The Hill blog has gotten spicy. Reformers v. Narcos – you decide who wins!
Got Questions About Sex? Ask the Belgians!
Ancient Belgian Secret: Teaching the truth about sex is the best way to ensure safe sex.
Doherty Launches Offensive on McCaul
Democratic challenger to TX-10 incumbent
Dirty Laundry
Hey, you got soul in my country
Are You Ready For Shakwon and Reggie?
Your guide to Wu-Tang aliases
Demling Was the Case That They Gave Me
Allen Demling’s house shot at by unnamed assailants
A Second Relief Trip to the Coast
Kate’s addicted to this relief effort business. Follow her as she ventures out to the Texas coast again this weekend with Mobile Loaves & Fishes with a much larger convoy and a much deeper destination.
Nader Not Big on Libertarian Lawsuit
The third parties try to work out how to get rid of third party status.
Wynn, Leffingwell Moved to Undiscosed Location
Mayor, council member meet with Bush, Cheney. The horror, the horror …
The Latest Buzz on Alcospeed
Nonprofit says MillerCoors should stop peddling crappy-tasting candy beer
Frights for Free
House of Torment opens its big, scary doors for free opening night event
Horns, Hilltoppers Remain Undefeated; Champions League Results
The UT Longhorns, held to a scoreless draw on Sunday by Arizona State for the first blemish on their record, travel to TCU Friday night, then host the No. 22 California Bears, 1pm Sunday, Sept. 21. Both St. Edward’s teams held onto their perfect records and national rankings. The men moved to 4-0 on the…
Lifetime Picks
29 years, 29 albums
Austin Evacuee Services Continue
The City of Austin still has about 1,500 Ike guests. Expanded services have begun.
Food Network Crew in Austin Today
Production crew from the Food Network is shooting an Austin business story
HEB Techridge Is Collecting for Ike Relief
Local grocery giant gets in on the hurricane relief action today ’til 7pm.
Congratulations, Tracy Claros!
Local Food Product to be featured in an upcoming issue of O Magazine
AAARRRGGGHHH – Talk Like a Pirate
Details about Talk Like a Pirate Day at Opal Divine’s
Patty & Jerry & Ian & Richard
All aboard the record roundup
Dumb Libertarian Publicity Stunts
Disenfranchising hundreds of thousands of voters? Bad idea.
Thinking About Alternatives to Incarceration
The U.S. Sentencing Commission has decided its finally time to think about how to keep people out of prison
Watermarked
The last entry of Kate’s post-Ike trip to the coast.
Lesbians: You Should Be Pissed
WTF? Now the Repubs are appropriating feminist iconography???
Down on the Bayou
Mobile Loaves & Fishes set up shop Monday in Bayou Vista, TX, just north of Galveston Island.
Destination Unknown
Kate’s trip to the coast with Mobile Loaves & Fishes continues.
Wrong Woods
The design team of Sebastian Wrong (furniture design) and Richard Woods (printmaker), has created a line of furniture objects d’art entitled, what else? Wrongwoods. What’s so great about the design is not just the amazing eye-popping colors (Yellow/Red or Green/White) but the process by which the design is arrived at. The cartoonish wood grain patterns…
Death by Sexy
Off the Record digs up an interview with Eagles of Death Metal’s Josh Homme
Blogriffic Crap
Kate stalls until the next blog post.
TXRG Drinks It All Up
Texecutioners defeat Dairyland Dolls 144-59
Who Is on the Range?
An introduction and welcome to the Chronicle’s new food blog.
Mobile Loaves Reaches Bayou Vista
Austin charity convoy handing out food on coast.
Naked in Waco
Texas Civil Rights Project suing county over illegal strip search of minor.
Road to Somewhere: Eastbound & Down
Follow Kate and Mobile Loaves & Fishes on the road to relief along the Texas Coast.
The Name of the Game
The Hives
Onward to Hruska’s!
Follow Kate and Mobile Loaves & Fishes down to the Texas coast for Ike relief.
Fuel Injected Suicide Machines and Fosters Lager = Fun!
Rolling Roadshow throws one on the barby
On the Road
Follow Kate to the coast with Mobile Loaves & Fishes.
Lady Huffington
Arianna at Out & Equal.
Monday Night Rollerderby
Texecutioners to host special visit from Dairyland Dolls.
AISD and Ike
Classes resume Monday as school district moves evacuees.
Outlets of Info
Ike relief and return news closer to the source.
Ike! A Bear
Looking for pic-i-nic baskets as the pier washes away?
Safe & Well
Register to let loved ones know you are safe.
Food for the Coast
Mobile Loaves & Fishes need volunteers, donations for coastal aid
CapMetro Free for Evacuees
Austin transit company makes kind offer to people in shelters.
Who Misquotes the Watchmen?
Non-partisan fact-checking group slams McCain campaign for misusing their research
KVUE & KXAN Are Awesome Badasses!
Austin stations carrying live feed from Houston stations. God bless ’em.
Down at the Balinese
Galveston landmark destroyed by Hurricane Ike. Heartbreak.
Don’t Leave
If you are in Houston or Galveston, do not leave your home. If you evacuated, do not try to return.
Locally, in the Clear
KVUE’s morning forecast for Austin the day after Ike ravages Galveston and Houston.
A ‘Wild Streak of Weather’ or Instant Meme?
Does the Weather Channel reporter predict the conditions on the ground accurately?
Evacuation Nation
From 13 shelters this morning to 21 tonight, Austin’s got about 6,000 new guests this weekend… or beyond.
Gouged?
Anyone else hearing rumors of price gouging? Email us!!!
UPDATED “A Society is Ultimately Judged …”
Civil rights group concerned about prisoners left behind in Galveston.
To Catch a Cop
Texas cop is the latest nabbed by his cyber buds…you’d think the man would know better.
Got Beds? Rent-A-Center on Airport Blvd. Does
Kudos to Greg and his folks at the Rent-A-Center at 6929 Airport (926-1025) for thinking outside standard policy: they are waiving their month-long minimum policy for storm-related customer needs, and delivering this afternoon and tomorrow. As of 4pm today they still had some beds, and the service was terrific. My queen-sized evacuee flop arrived within…
BookPeople Hops on the Blogging Train
BookPeople starts a blog
Weathering Ike
Austin may dodge this one, but just east of us may be in for heavy gusts.
Dumb Criminals No Match for DPS Narcs
How many drug runners does it take to get caught by the DPS?
NFL Better Watch Out for VY Upon His Return
Vince Young should be eager to play after last week’s media (and onfield) debacle
Out & Equal 2008 Workplace Summit
Big summit comes to Austin.
Let’s Stay Focused, People…
Hurricane and Twister recipes to help pass the time.
Austin Hurricane Hotline: 512/974-1110
Want the latest info on Hurricane Ike emergency services and shelters? Call: 974-1110.
No ACT Test Saturday
ACT college acceptance testing cancelled in AISD
Texans and Astros Games Rescheduled/Postponed
Texans and Astros Games Rescheduled due to Hurricane Ike
UT-Houston Canceled
The Longhorns soccer game versus the University of Houston has been canceled due to Hurricane Ike
You Know It’s Serious When …
… you get a warning like this.
Dan Dietz
New Dietz play focuses on the 19th century engineer who designed the first computer
Phases & Stages
Randy Newman Harps and Angels (Nonesuch) With his first recording in nine years, Randy Newman says adios. Not to his music career of 40-something years but to the U.S.’s reign as a superpower. In the brilliantly arch “A Few Words in Defense of Our Country,” released as a single last year (and published as a…
Tracking Cap Metro’s Eastward Proposal
The Green Line takes conceptual shape
Austin Landmarks on the Menu
Green Pastures 811 W. Live Oak, 444-4747 www.greenpasturesrestaurant.com Daily, 11am-2pm and 6-10pm Dr. E.W. Herndon, a minister and official of Firm Foundation Publishing, built the large two-story country home that houses the venerable Green Pastures restaurant in 1894-95.In 1916, lawyer Henry Faulk and his wife, Mattie Miner Faulk, moved to the South Austin home with…
Chamber Takes a Swing Against Proposition 2
Opposition starts to mobilize against Stop Domain Subsidies’ charter amendment
Frank Delvy
Remembering one of the city’s best-loved musical-theatre actors
Phases & Stages
Brian Wilson That Lucky Old Sun (Capitol) “Fell asleep in the band room, woke up in history,” muses Brian Wilson on “Southern California,” That Lucky Old Sun’s final track and the album’s attempted encapsulation of that troubled trajectory. Whereas 2004’s epic completion of Smile allowed the Beach Boy to rewrite (and right) history, his follow-up…
Playing Through
The Texas Rollergirls on Sarah Palin and what it takes to be both tough and feminine
Austin Landmarks on the Menu
Hut’s Hamburgers 807 W. Sixth, 472-0693 www.hutsfrankandangies.com Monday-Saturday, 11am-10pm; Sunday, 11:30am-10pm The building housing Hut’s Hamburgers, or at least a section of it anyway, opened its doors as Sammie’s Drive-In in 1939, with carhop curbside service. Its namesake was Sammie Joseph, a member of the well-known Joseph clan of Austin (real estate, food service, bars,…
Accessibility Institute
UT professor John Slatin was a pioneer in making websites usable for people with disabilities. Who will continue his work now that he and the institute he founded are gone?
Letters at 3am
If one is to vote for McCain-Palin, what, precisely, would one be voting for?
Phases & Stages
Wovenhand Ten Stones (Sounds Familyre) Sixteen Horsepower Live March 2001 (Alternative Tentacles) David Eugene Edwards delivers two scorching sermons through a pair of San Francisco indies harnessing the Colorado rock prophet’s fire and brimstone alt.goth. Ten Stones crowns the grandson of a Nazarene preacher man’s half-dozen Wovenhand discs. On par with his 2003 dance production…
Rail vs. Roads
Check the numbers
Austin Landmarks on the Menu
El Patio 2938 Guadalupe, 476-5955, Monday-Saturday, 11am-9:30pm It is impossible to walk into the El Patio dining room without feeling the comfortable, established quality of the place. The well-built wooden chairs are cheerfully scuffed, and the Formica tables haven’t significantly changed position in decades. Signed photos of El Patio “celebrity” regulars, from Lady Bird Johnson…
Noriega Lays Out Health Plan – Minus Universal Coverage
In a tough race against Cornyn, Noriega tries to distinguish himself on health care
Readings
This compelling Afghanistan-set novel puts a personal face on current Middle Eastern affairs
Phases & Stages
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip Angles (Strange Famous) “Hip hop is art. Don’t make another pop hit, be smart,” is the guiding credo of this Essex, UK, duo, and Angles is nothing if not smart. Pip, who nicked his name from Edward Lear, kicks it Oscar Wilde-style and skewers all with a rapier wit…
Solar Helps Keep Eastside Homes Affordable
Thanks to neighborhood-based nonprofit Blackland CDC
Austin Landmarks on the Menu
The Frisco Shop 5819 Burnet Rd., 459-6279 www.thefriscoshop.com Daily, 7am-10pm When Harry Akin opened the Frisco Shop in 1953, it was merely one pearl on his string of wildly successful Night Hawk restaurants. Located on (what was then) the northern outskirts of town, the Frisco Shop was the “small neighborhood diner” of the chain, built…
HD 52 Rivals Hit the Forums
Voters are already turning out to see what the candidates have to offer
No Lonesome Tune
Retiring the dean of Texas songwriters? Fat chance.
Phases & Stages
Girl Talk Feed the Animals (Illegal Art) Girl Talk released Feed the Animals with a pay-what-you-will pricing model, but one should never underestimate the value of a time-tested hook, sick verse, or platinum beat, especially in the hands of the world’s pre-eminent mash-up maestro. Doling out more free samples than Sam’s Club on Sundays, Girl…
By the Numbers
Crunch this, to play along with the Transit Working Group on the sausage link Scope 162; Entire mileage of existing Cap Metro-owned rail line, Giddings-Llano 28; Miles of proposed Green Line system, Austin-Elgin 8; Passenger stations proposed (Downtown Austin, Plaza Saltillo, two Park & Rides in East Austin, SH 130, Manor, midway Park & Ride,…
Austin Landmarks on the Menu
Sandy’s Hamburgers 603 Barton Springs Rd., 478-6322 Daily, 10am-10:30pm Sandy’s is an old-school burger stand, and it epitomizes everything that makes burger stands popular: The burgers are good, it’s convenient, it’s fun, and it’s cheap. A corn dog is still only $1.29; a hot dog with chili, cheese, and onions is only $2.04; sundaes are…
Road Bond Vote Heads to Hays
After rejecting a road bond proposal in 2007, Hays voters asked to reconsider in November
Guy Clark Reviewed
Five Essential Guy Clark Albums Old No. 1 (1975) Our first glimpse at Clark’s version of the truth contains “L.A. Freeway” and “Desperados Waiting for a Train.” Better Days (1983) With the always-in-season “Homegrown Tomatoes” and the heartrending “Randall Knife,” Clark runs the gamut in remarkable fashion. Boats to Build (1992) Perhaps his sparest work…
Phases & Stages
Mogwai The Hawk Is Howling (Matador) Once you’re an instrumental band, it’s hard not being an instrumental band. These tireless Glaswegian monsters of wordless rock have perfected tension and release over the last decade, and Hawk is bookended by two fine examples: somber opener “I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead” ripples, rumbles, then explodes, while closer…
Day Trips
Don’t mess with javelina, and they won’t mess with you (hopefully)
Austin Landmarks on the Menu
Mrs. Johnson’s Bakery 4909 Airport, 452-4750 www.mjbakery.com Daily, 8pm-noon Since 1948, Austin doughnut lovers have found their way to this unassuming cinder-block building to satisfy their cravings. The founding Johnson family sold out to a longtime employee named Patel some years ago, but the old equipment and the freshly made doughnuts remain unchanged. The offerings…
Gov. Leo Berman?
Another Republican throws his hat in the ring for the 2010 governor’s race … or at least thinks about it
The Hightower Report
The Price of Autocratic Arrogance; and Guilt by Association
Phases & Stages
Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere Nudge It Up a Notch (Stax) Did MG guitarist Steve Cropper run into the Rascals’ Felix Cavaliere in 1968 and dream up this project that then gathered dust for 40 years? No, but the sweet soul flow from track to track has its roots in an exquisite confluence of Memphis…
Gay Place
Kings N Things’ almost decade of performance and community service culminates in Drag King: The Musical
Austin Landmarks on the Menu
Arkie’s Grill 4827 E. Cesar Chavez, 385-2986 Monday-Friday, 5am-3pm Deep in the heart of East Austin, there is a time warp: Arkie’s Grill, a long breakfast and lunch diner that was started by Faye “Arkie” Sawyer in 1948. A low, eight-seat counter fronts the cooking line, booths line the opposite wall, and the middle area…
Obama and McCain Off the Ballot?
Texas’ Democratic and Republican voters might just have to write in their favorite candidates this year
Readings
Christopher Buckley delivers some pretty spot-on satire of Beltway politics but misses the mark for humor
Arts Reviews
Ariel Dance Theatre’s latest creates something original, moving, and truly beautiful
Austin Landmarks on the Menu
Matt’s El Rancho 2613 S. Lamar, 462–9333 Sunday-Monday, Wednesday-Thursday, 11am-10pm; Friday-Saturday, 11am-11pm www.mattselrancho.com It seems that most cities in Texas have their own Mexican restaurant whose history is so embedded in the fabric of the city that it becomes part of the city’s tapestry. In San Antonio, it’s Mi Tierra. In Fort Worth, it’s Joe…
KB Home Workers Await Payday
Months after completing work on houses for KB Home, seven construction workers still haven’t seen their paychecks
The Common Law
Citizenship and the Selective Service
Arts Review
Barnett’s precisely rendered colorful abstractions afford your eyes maximum enjoyment
Austin Landmarks on the Menu
Dirty Martin’s Place 2808 Guadalupe, 477-3173 www.dirtymartins.com Daily, 11am-11pm Conventional wisdom dictates that the name of your restaurant should suggest style, taste, and, above all, safety. Blue Water: good. Muddy Water: bad. And Dirty’s? Well, that’s just askin’ for disaster. But if conventional wisdom had been heeded, Dirty’s wouldn’t have survived as a fixture of…
Austin Landmarks on the Menu
Nau’s Enfield Drug 1115 West Lynn, 476-3663 www.naus-enfield-drug.com Monday-Friday, 7:30am-4:15pm; Saturday, 8am-2:30pm; Sunday, 10:30am-3pm Hylton and Eleanor Naus opened Nau’s Enfield Drug on this corner in the historic Clarskville neighborhood in 1951. It was a true drugstore of its day with a prescription counter, shelves stocked with sundries and gift items, a big selection of…
Big Brother Puts the Squeeze on Good Flow
Feds bully local juicer into closing operations – for now
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Tina Fey, D.W. Griffith, and jass, the American art form
Arts Review
Exquisitely toned black-and-white images transport us to a twilight world of thrills
Austin Landmarks on the Menu
The Tavern 922 W. 12th, 320-8377 www.austintavern.com Sunday-Wednesday, 11am-12mid; Thursday-Saturday, 11am-2am Back before Lamar Boulevard existed, R. Niles Graham hired builder Hugo Kuehne, who, using building plans brought from Europe, modeled the building after a German public house. The Enfield Grocery Store opened in 1916 on Ruiz Street and at that time sat on the…
Austin Landmarks on the Menu
Ski Shores Waterfront Cafe 2905 Pearce Rd., 346-5915 www.skishores.com Tuesday-Thursday, 11:30am-8pm; Friday, 11:30am-9pm; Saturday, noon-9pm; Sunday, noon-8pm (weather permitting) Ski Shores is a timeless place, ramshackle in that summer-holiday way that triggers ease and relaxation. Though it can be (and often is) reached by car or motorcycle, Ski Shores is a restaurant geared toward water…
KEYE on the Blink?
Shakeout at local CBS affiliate takes toll on station staff
Around the World of Weird
The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008
Event Menu
Open your wallets, and join in local support whilst filling tummies
Austin Landmarks on the Menu
Cisco’s Restaurant, Bakery, and Liar’s Club 1511 E. Sixth, 478-2420 Daily, 7am-2:30pm Rudy “Cisco” Cisneros’ father was a well-known panadero on the Eastside, having learned his baking skills from his mother and grandmother. He delivered bolillos, pan de huevo, and empanadas in baskets, selling them door-to-door on foot. He started out in 1933 and soon…
Austin Landmarks on the Menu
El Gallo 2910 S. Congress, 444-6696 www.elgallorestaurant.com Tuesday-Thursday, 8am-10pm; Friday-Saturday, 8am-11pm; Sunday, 8am-9pm Abraham Kennedy Jr. was from Linares, a town south of Monterrey known for its famous leche quemada. In the 1930s, his mother died, and he went to live with a local banker. But he was a restless youth, and by the time…
SOS Wins Ammo in Gunn Fight
After a few bad years, SOS finally wins a court case
After a Fashion
Jump on Stephen as he luges through the Swish Alps of the Social Olympics
Landmark Eateries
Austin landmarks 25-49 years in the making
Austin Landmarks on the Menu
Jaime’s Spanish Village 802 Red River, 476-5149 Monday-Thursday, 11am-9pm; Friday-Saturday, 11am-11pm The precise history of Jaime’s Spanish Village is as murky as the Spanish moss that hangs over the trees of the South. Current keeper of the restaurant’s oral history is waitperson Orfalinda, who has been serving up enchiladas there since 1981. But her history…
Point Austin: More Mavericks
You need a Texas scorecard to sort out the pretenders from the real thing
Save Town Lake Trumps City in Court
Court of Appeals rejects city’s effort to thwart lawsuit
What Would Chairman Mao Say?
AFS Documentary Tour presents Please Vote for Me
Small Sips of Beer News
New local beers bring flavor Austin’s way
Austin Landmarks on the Menu
Quality Seafood Market 5621 Airport, 454-5827 www.qualityseafoodmarket.com Market: Monday-Saturday, 8am-7pm Restaurant: Monday-Saturday, 10:30am-9pm From its humble beginnings in a stall at a Congress Avenue fruit-and-vegetable market to a campus-area store in the Fifties all the way to the present location on Airport Boulevard, Quality Seafood has been Austin’s fishmonger of choice since 1938. Ownership of…
City Hall Hustle: Hustling the Budget
Council spreads a few extra dollars and covers its bets
Harden Solar Duplex/SNAP House Photo Gallery
A team of UT students created the SNAP House for competition in the 2005 Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. The team was made up of graduate architecture students primarily but also included undergraduates from a variety of disciplines, such as landscape architecture and electrical engineering. Solar Decathlon attendees check out the SNAP House�s kitchen and…
Go Faux!
The fake perils of Pop Rocks in Web series Never Do This
Food-o-File
Texas loses a barbecue legend, Las Manitas closes its doors, the Rude Mechs celebrate a new adventure, and more
Austin Landmarks on the Menu
Hoffbrau Steaks 613 W. Sixth, 472-0822 www.originalhoffbrausteaks.com Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-2pm and 5-9pm Robert “Coleman” Hamby was delivering block ice for Mission Ice in 1934 when he decided to make a move. For the princely sum of $250, he purchased a boarded-up feed store from the Fisher Bros. Grocery Store next door and opened the Hoffbrau. Back…
Res Publica
This week’s civic agenda, Sept. 11-18
Bangkok Dangerous
The Pang brothers’ remake of their own film is all cock and no bang.
Culture Flash
Free museums, FronteraFest applications, Gray’s tap award, and new Salon leaders
Players Guide
Pirates and ninjas, video-game art, and the lucky few whose DNA will wing its way into space
Off the Record
Alpha Rev goes Hollywood, Book of Shadows pen a few new chapters, and Alejandro Escovedo meets a Man From Plains
Austin Landmarks on the Menu
Hill’s Cafe 4700 S. Congress, 851-9300 www.hillscafe.com Monday-Thursday, 11am-10pm; Friday-Saturday, 11am-10:30pm; Sunday, 11am-9pm Famous cattle baron and Texas Ranger Charles Goodnight is credited as the inventor of the chuckwagon – the first “restaurant” known to cowboys on the cattle drive. Austin’s own Goodnight clan has a Charles in every generation, and all are distantly related…
Headlines
• City Council passed the fiscal year 2009 budget in one stage-managed swoop Monday, boosting road repairs and social-service contracts while cutting corners elsewhere. See “City Hall Hustle.” • Having battered Cuba, Hurricane Ike looks to bypass New Orleans for Texas – maybe Royal-Memorial – instead, with landfall expected by Saturday. See “Texas Prepares for…
Burn After Reading
The Coen brothers may be masters of black comedy, but there are times when there’s no point in taking them seriously.
Delicious Collisions
What a difference a year makes with Ann Ciccolella at Austin Shakespeare’s helm
TV Eye
Mad Men and the mad men of the Republican National Convention
The Sausage Link
How Elgin got the New Urbanist transit dream
Austin Landmarks on the Menu
House Park Bar-B-Que 900 W. 12th, 472-9621 Monday-Friday, 11am-2:30pm House Park is an old-time, country-style barbecue shack that’s been in business since 1943. Named after the high school football stadium a block away (the building that houses Austin Community College’s Rio Grande campus was the original Austin High School), House Park serves lunch on weekdays…
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
The Women
This remake of the 1939 George Cukor film isn’t particularly fun or funny.
Luv Doc Recommends: PDAP Benefit with Kelly Willis and Patrice Pike
If you’re not high on life, maybe you need to take a bigger hit. Suck in hard, and burn it up. Make it glow. Live large. Love strong. You don’t need chemicals for consciousness expansion. Certainly they’ll do in a pinch, but they’re costly and messy … like Bonnaroo. Sure, you can probably cook up…
