Culinary Evolution

Vespaio has always been good -- now, it's better.

"...the Appian Way was a grilled Black Angus rib eye ($29) under a crust of melted gorgonzola dolce paired..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

By the Book

Recent Fiction and Nonfiction Reviewed

"...The Eye of Horus: A Novel of Suspenseby Carol Thurston..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Books Feature by Adrienne Martini

Collective Sole

City Grill hasn't lost its stride, Barbara Chisholm writes. In its early days, it was one of a few spots in Austin that offered good dining in a sophisticated atmosphere. These days, the competition in that arena is considerably more intense, and yet it remains popular and perfectly in style. It's not an easy trick.

"...about our martinis, were delighted at the frosty stemmed glasses that arrived holding deliciously mixed libations. It's a cool..."

June 30, 2000 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Rhythm is King

"...Papo Lopez' galloping piano announces another number, making dancers eye each other suggestively, and before the singing even starts,..."

June 25, 1999 Music Review by Jay Hardwig

Exhibitionism

"...being whose ache is as solid and fragile as glass; in Electric Liebracht's aggressive, jumpy Tony, who's on fire..."

June 6, 1997 Arts Review

2 Kool 2 Be 4gotten

"...a vision, and it's astonishing to see just how clear-eyed as well as myopic our worlds can be...."

Nov. 29, 1996 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...for his gritty photos of urban street kids and hollow-eyed junkies) uses Jenny's dazed meanderings as a way to..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 21-27

"...20-May 20): Inside a kaleidoscope, the colored shards of glass are in an ever-shifting chaotic jumble. But internal mirrors..."

March 21, 2025 Column by Rob Brezsny

Restaurant Review: Bureau de Poste

Chef Jo Chan delivers delicious cuisine in former Hyde Park post office

"...My spouse enjoyed his steak frites, a large boneless rib-eye cooked medium rare but with an expert char, served..."

March 8, 2024 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to..."

May 14, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Austin Mushrooms With a View to the Future

Smallhold brings the fruits of fancy fungus to Austin

"...grocery store and restaurant distribution, there are a few glass display cases against the walls of Smallhold's main room...."

March 26, 2021 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

"The Femme Abstract"

Moya McIntyre’s second edition of this group show ushers in the new year with a glorious plenitude of color and imagery

"...tendrils, ceramic heads, a soft sculpture of a leg, glass-covered high-heeled shoes under bell jars, and so much more...."

Jan. 8, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

We Have an Issue: Animal House

This week’s cover story profiles Austin musicians and their pets sheltering together

"...their porches, in their backyards, behind windows and sliding glass doors. But what is also conveyed in these pictures..."

May 8, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

What Kind of Austin Dater Are You?

Try our handy dandy love quiz and find out where you should spend V-Day

"...out dancing, preferably both! C) Gazing into each other’s eyes over a glass of champagne D) Posted up together..."

Feb. 13, 2020 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Day Trips: Best of Texas

Five best roadside attractions around Texas

"...Target Marathon, a white cinder-block shack adorned with the bulls-eye logo about 15 miles west of Marathon on Highway..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Cage the Elephant Gores Austin City Limits

Kentucky crew’s debut taping Friday proves their universality

"...Go ahead, just try taking your eyes off Matt Shultz. Even when he of the 1,000..."

Sept. 29, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Envisioning a More Flavorful Future With Emmer & Rye’s Fermentation Program

Chef Alfred Francese becomes a self-made flavor scientist

"...city setting. A stage at L'Oca d'Oro opened his eyes to the possibilities, and a glance at Emmer &..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Food Feature by Alexandra Detmar

"GD Wright: Impossible Until It's Done" at Dimension Gallery

The sculptor mirrors up a globular array of unusual glassworks

"...human creativity. The whole, fabricated, artworld aestheti-structure that remains eye-rollingly intact even after Marcel Duchamp, for instance, fucked with..."

July 26, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ellsworth Kelly's Austin Opens at the Blanton Museum of Art

By building this structure, the Blanton enabled a major modern artist to realize his masterwork

"...red to purple to blue to green pulling the eye around and around. And the clear window he sets..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Luv Doc: Swinging for the Fences

There is no glory in Wichita

"...into the cheap seats, it's harder to keep your eye on the ball. Don't get me wrong: That glorious,..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Ten Good Bites of Prose

Food and its preparation spans literary genres like a rich thick gravy

"...he put on some rice, measuring the water by eye. He did all this with a kid’s enthusiasm."..."

May 5, 2017 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Mystery: What’s on Kleinfeld’s List?

10 classic solutions to which crimes are worth reading about

"...That guy, with the I-know-where-Hoffa-is-buried twinkle in his eye...."

Nov. 30, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dear Glutton: Best Place for a Birthday Dinner?

How to celebrate a birthday without all the hassle

"...Nation. "I don't really drink," they say, pushing wine glasses to the side, "Just had a sip, to try..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Food Column by Emily Beyda

Only the Fourth Wall Is Forever

After 10 years, Salvage Vanguard Theater is moving on

"...aquatic emplushenings of Kristin Hogan. The clockwork schedule of eye fodder continued to advance and required newly blanked walls...."

June 24, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips & Beyond: Six Baseballs for Cuba

Capt. Day Trips makes friends in Cuba by handing out new baseballs

"...afternoon, I stopped by the bar to get a glass of wine in an effort to get as close..."

March 16, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

'The Tesla Project' / 'Lifecycles'

We need more science – and more art shows inspired by science – as pleasing and stimulating as these two

"...Matter), a photoprint of his sculpture in which paper-thin glass discs are suspended on a glass tube which is,..."

July 11, 2014 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Jezebel's Friendly Little Sister Made Us Feel Right at Home

Tapasitas offers a tasty, reimagined bar menu and great cocktails

"...The ultra-modern glass and metal exterior may make the restaurant hard to..."

April 25, 2014 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

And All the Country Wept With a Loud Voice

Second-place winner

"...says Tina, squinting at me with her big yellow eyes. She smacks her gum and spits it out, missing..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Books Feature by Greg Koehler

Fore

Sports bar concept gets the Lakeway treatment

"...toward New American cuisine, but with a bone-in rib eye steak ($58) and a good burger ($9 and up)...."

July 19, 2013 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Cover Models Duel to the Drink

Student and mentor in the Austin cocktail scene shake it up for charity

"...measured each ingredient carefully, using a jigger and Garrison eye-balled the pours, working off estimation and feel...."

April 6, 2013 Food Post by Margaret Shugart

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