So, Who's Your Contractor?

How to find the contractor needle in the Cro-Magnon haystack

"...governing body for all statewide licensing gives a handy guide to which license does what. You even can check..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

This Job Will Change Your Life

Former staff reflect on the zigs and zags of life post-Chronicle

"...I can't remember the first time I heard the Chronicle referred to as "the island of misfit toys" (hat..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Jesse Sublett

As You Like It

Welcome! The following is our comprehensive Austin guide to the American classic commonly known as the hamburger.

"...and exotic mushrooms. That little news tidbit reminded the Chronicle Food staff that it had been quite some time..."

March 7, 2003 Food Feature

Local Encounters of the Gift Kind

Five Austinites share the stories behind their greatest gifts

"...spirit of the holiday season on our mind, the Chronicle asked five locals – a punk icon, a film..."

Dec. 7, 2017 Chronolog Post by Beth Sullivan

Chow Downtown

Dining in the Heart of Austin

"...belonged to a beer and conjunto bar called The Green Spot, probably not the most welcoming atmosphere for long-haired..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Food Feature

Fantastic Fest Interview: Jeremy Saulnier and Macon Blair on Hold the Dark

Blood and snow in one of Netflix's rare theatrical releases

"...It may seem a long way from Austin to Alaska, but of course when Jeremy Saulnier made..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kerlin Prioritizes Kerlaches, Farmhouse Offers Intoxicants, Sawyer & Co. Cajuns Into the Night, SBK’s Downtown Again, and WTF Is Andy Baraghani Doing on SoCo?

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Here's some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene, as wrangled from numerous PR releases, words..."

Sept. 7, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Restaurant Roulette

A sampling of eateries from the ‘Chronicle’ Restaurant Guide

"...meal cost per person: $=<$10 $$=$10-25 $$$=$25-40 $$$$=$40+ North Austin..."

March 11, 2011 Food Feature

On Leaving Paradise for an Oasis

An Austin foodie falls in love with Marathon and West Texas' other boutique towns

"...much more. In my 22 years of living in Austin, I had never visited that part of Texas. Texans..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

ACL Prime Time

Blurbs to ACL Music Fest by.

"...Probably because Austin's been spoiled by South by Southwest, that's why. And..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Music Feature

Viridian Ventures

Take nothing but pictures; leave nothing but carbon footprints?

"...David Thoreau puttering about Walden when pondering this whole "Green Travel" thing. Sure, the surface of the Earth is..."

May 25, 2007 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Burgers, Burgers Everywhere

The Chronicle Guide to Hamburgers in Austin

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June 20, 1997 Food Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Billboard -- Please Pick up my Poop ["Best of Austin," Sept. 27]. I liked it because it was funny..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

Keep Calm and Party On

Everything you need to know to navigate SXSW Film

"...Hot damn! There are so many movies playing at..."

March 4, 2013 Screens Post

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...1982-83 Chronicle History: By August of 1982, Sarah Whistler had moved..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Chapter 3: Crazy Weekly

September 1988-August 1991

"...September 1988 Austin: The town slows down. The next couple of years..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Postmarks

East Timor. Campaign Finance Reform. Napster. Living Wages. Little Richard.

"...thank you for the approach and attitude that the Chronicle took regarding my settlement negotiations with the city of..."

May 26, 2000 Column

The Brethren of Cisterns

What's Old Is New Again

"...arrived, cisterns were among the first things they built. Austin has numerous antique cisterns. The French Legation, which was..."

June 14, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...information in our schools and certainly not from the Austin American-Spaceman. So please don't just print this letter and..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column

Restaurant Roulette

The 10 you clicked

"...most curious about in 2010. When you trolled the Chronicle Restaurant Guide, these are the entries that you visited..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Food Feature by Anne Harris

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...will increase. Under the the proposed change, requested by Austin's three cab franchise holders,American Yellow Checker, Austin Cab, and..."

July 23, 1999 News Feature

Postmarks

Development peccadillos and Lost Austin kudos.

"...of developable area. When we discovered other city of Austin rules made it impossible to use the total city-committed..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Column

Top 9 Letters of 2009

"...to lose something that cannot be replaced. Music in Austin is a well-known quality-of-life element that draws unique people..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Features Feature by Mark Fagan

Postmarks

Readers' last gasps on light rail.

"...When I moved to Austin 12 years ago, local inhabitants informed me that "MoPac"..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Column

Skip Big Box Shopping and Spend Your Black Friday Dollars Locally Instead

Austin businesses need your support more than ever

"...open by appointment only; always check before head out. Green Friday..."

Nov. 24, 2020 Events Post by Kimberley Jones

Postmarks

Open Records Good

"...By only telling part of the story, the Chronicle appears to suggest secrecy serves the public interest. While..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Column

On the Waterfront

As development accelerates along Town Lake, Austin faces urgent choices

"...Readers may want to reference "The Big Picture Map"..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Interview with JNL Barbecue Pitmaster: “A Lot of Fire and A Lot of Meat”

Former Franklin BBQ cook opens his own trailer at Buzz Mill Shady

"...Austin Chronicle: Let's talk about the personal nature of this..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Food Post by Rod Machen

Citizen McCall

Kinky Friedman once remarked that the line between fiction and reality is the one he snorted back in 1978. More than two decades later, he's still getting things mixed up. Chronicle writer Sidney Moody investigates why he puts his friend John McCall, the multimillionaire shampoo magnate and owner of the beauty supply firm Armstrong McCall, in his new detective novel Steppin' on a Rainbow without even bothering to change his name.

"...in an attempt to illuminate this phenomenological enigma, The Austin Chronicle conducted its own investigation (minus Kinky's Sherlockian talents),..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Books Feature by Sidney Moody

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...Austin: The recovery blossoms into the second boom. The first..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

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