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Baja
Kerouac-loving road trip stalls out fast.
"...Watching Baja is sort of like reading a short story by..."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Dust to Glory
The Baja 1000, the longest off-road race in the world, is captured on film by Step Into Liquid's Dana Brown.
"...a total hodge-podge of relatively random footage from the Baja 1000, the longest off-road race in the world. Contestants..."

April 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Different Kind of Taco
Baja-style tacos are Rosarito’s specialty, and Austin’s obsession
"...Constantly on the move, Rosarito's Baja-style taco and ceviche trucks are making fresh waves in..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Food Feature by Aaron Teel

Miss Bala
Drug cartel action gets an unexpectedly glamorous makeover
"...help her friend Suzu (Rodlo) prepare for the Miss Baja California beauty pageant changes all that. The women are..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

Extreme Days
"...this quartet of guys tools down to the Mexican Baja for some X-treme surfing, all of which is captured..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Alejandro Escovedo’s Hurricane Honeymoon
Rocker’s Category 4 account: “I thought, We might not make this"
"...6. The following morning, they flew to Mexico’s Northern Baja California region to honeymoon with a friend in Pescadero,..."

Sept. 23, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Fables of the Reconstruction
Todos Santos Music Festival, on the edge paradise & progress
"...San Lucas, on the resort-riddled southern tip of the Baja Peninsula, sits Todos Santos, a quiet hamlet on the..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Lucie 'splains It All
Austin Cabaret presents Lucie Arnaz, and here we have a lovely convo.
"...try to go. We're also going back down to Baja, California, where my father built a house. Beautiful, beautiful..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Arts Post by Kate X Messer

After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar yearns for ... patchouli?!
"...feast, an artists' salon, and a performance by the Baja Marimba Band. OK, well, it wasn't really the Baja..."

March 19, 2010 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

TCB
Austin City Limits, cannonized!
"...has gone from nearly vanishing when California-based restaurant chain Baja Fresh took over the old Sound Exchange location at..."

April 23, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Expat Taqueros Bring Regional Fare to the Capital City
Austin tacos not from Austin
"...bringing Austinites an array of stunning regional fare, from Baja California to the Rio Grande Valley, while also balancing..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Food Feature by Evan Rodriguez

Historic Varsity Theater Mural Mutilated
Construction endangers the iconic movie mural at 24th and Guadalupe
"...Arts, Sept. 4, 1998). Similarly, in 2004, fast-food chain Baja Fresh Mexican Grill backed down from plans to remove..."

May 20, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Holiday Tamales
Unwrap a taste of the holidays
"...Berryhill Baja Grill (3600 Capital of TX Hwy. N., 327-9033) Preorder..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Cooking With the Seasons at Rancho la Puerta: Recipes From the World-Famous Spa
Cooking with the Seasons offers a seasonal assortment of enticing yet very simple recipes and menus
"...when she opened Rancho la Puerta, now known as Baja California's premier resort spa. For Szekely and co-author chef..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Food-o-File
Another lightning round of local food news
"...daily from 10:30am to 9pm... The owners of Berryhill Baja Grill & Cantina (3600 Capital of TX Hwy. N...."

Nov. 21, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File
Off with our heads on some misreporting of the Lazy Fork Barbecue legacy; plus, an Independence Day Event Menu
"...Secret Blend placing second with the critics and Berryhill Baja Grill's Baja Tea placing second with the crowd. Congratulations..."

June 30, 2006 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

American Boy
Chris Isaak's drummer Kenney Dale Johnson: From Soap Creek to Showtime
"...San Francisco Days (1993), Forever Blue ('95), Baja Sessions ('96), and Speak of the Devil ('98) followed...."

July 5, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Between Worlds
Cine las Americas Festival of New Latin American Cinema
"...Baja, California: El Limite del Tiempo..."

April 21, 2000 Screens Feature

Food Top Tens 1996: A Year of Good Tastes
Top Ten Bites of 1996
"...Baja fish tacos at La Salsaphotograph by John Anderson 1...."

Jan. 10, 1997 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Review: Disney’s Frozen
Broadway in Austin brings all Arendelle’s magic to the Bass
"...generation of kids into theatregoers. Sven the reindeer (Colin Baja in an elaborate stilted costume) and ditsy snowman Olaf..."

June 15, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Sentimental Family Band Isn’t Hung Up on the High Times
The softie ex-art-rockers arrive at Austin’s honky-tonk revival
"...hanging around, like the dogs,” says Shepherd, wearing a Baja hoodie and overalls...."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Austin’s Essential Frozen Cocktails
Because sometimes you gotta think beyond the margarita
"...tea… Suerte is currently offering a tequila-based hurricane, the Baja Brrr-o, and it's a work of art. Grab one..."

July 21, 2023 Food Feature by Evan Rodriguez

Daniel, Kurt, and Jeremiah: Why “Hi, How Are You” Matters
Austin's most famous mural is a case study in art preservation and cultural impact
"...Sound Exchange closed in 2003. That space became a Baja Fresh Mexican Grill. Then, for a spell, a Thai..."

May 26, 2023 Arts Feature by Joe Gross

13th Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Contest Winners
The people and critics have chosen the best of the fest
"...Trudy's Special Variety 1st Place: Trudy's 2nd Place: Berryhill Baja Grill 3rd Place: Trudy's Commercial Bottlers People's Choice Red..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Food Feature

Fear the Walking Dead Production Quits Austin for Georgia
AMC show relocates amid fear about Texas incentives
"...California for the first two years, then relocating to Baja California in Mexico for season 3. It began production..."

Nov. 11, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

30th Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Contest Winners
The people and critics have chosen the best of the fest
"...Chili Honorable Mention: Kester's - Aunt May's Yellow Pepper Baja Sauce; Mikey V's - Crack of Don; Yellowbird -..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Food Feature

Hot Sauce Festival Winners 2020
The judges have spoken (and scorched their palates)
"...Honorable Mention: Kester's - Aunt May's Yellow Pepper Baja Sauce Yellowbird - Habanero Condiment Mikey V's - Crack..."

Aug. 30, 2020 Food Post by James Renovitch

Fear The Walking Dead Drops Season 6 Trailer
Austin-made horror coming back ... but when?
"...1 in 2015 in Los Angeles, then headed to Baja, Mexico for a couple of years, before moving to..."

July 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: Daytripping in the Age of a Pandemic
Stay home, stay safe, and still scratch that travel itch
"...El Cosmico in Marfa, and Hotel San Cristóbal in Baja. Hotel Saint Cecilia in Austin and the Phoenix Hotel..."

April 8, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Faster Than Sound: Renovated Beerland Opens, Dozen Street on Its Way Out
Rounding up 2020 venue news plus all things Hi, How Are You Day
"...to preserve the piece around the 2004 opening of Baja Fresh, there's no uncertainty in this changeover. In July..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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