Day Trips: Deep Eddy Vodka, Dripping Springs

Vodka tasting room showcases locally made spirits straight or in cocktails

"...Deep Eddy Vodka doesn't give public tours of the distilling process at..."

June 22, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Liquor of the Week:

A perfect peach of a vodka from Enchanted Rock

"...said it before; I'm not a big fan of fruit-flavored liquors. Everything changed when I tasted Deep Eddy's Ruby..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Food Post by Wes Marshall

Liquor of the Week: Deep Eddy Ruby Red Grapefruit Flavored Vodka

Huge natural fruit flavors collide with high-quality vodka. The Deep Eddy folks are at it again.

"...Deep Eddy Ruby Red Vodkawww.deepeddyvodka.com..."

May 24, 2013 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Top 10 Texas Liquors

"...bottle's label. Virtually every Texas liquormaker that uses Texas ingredients says so on its bottle. If you only care..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Perfectly Barked Barbecue and Unlimited Hush Puppies at the Switch

The restaurant just off Highway 290 also serves up phenomenal peach cobbler

"...our first visit, our party of eight was quickly ushered to a table in the middle of the dining..."

June 21, 2019 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Palomas Are a Summertime Trifecta: Tequila, Grapefruit, Soda

Local spots step up their game with these classic cocktails

"...cup full of Squirt mixed with that omnipresent lime flavored El Jimador, and you probably had yourself a pretty..."

June 26, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

The Hightower Report

The Ruby Red Cocktail; and An Appeal to Evangelical Voters

"...THE RUBY RED COCKTAIL Time to take another peek into the..."

June 9, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

Texas Gets Spirited Away

Taste-testing Texas liquors against the world

"...trend in the Texas adult-beverage business: liquor. Locally produced vodka, rum, limoncello, and orange liqueur are all available now,..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: I'm Going to Need to See Some ID

Who doesn't remember their first trip to the liquor store?

"...judgment.) It's hard to smile when you feel so incredibly juvenile. For all I know, he’ll think I’m 16..."

July 1, 2013 Chronolog Post by Nina Hernandez

What Makes This Cocktail Party So Different?

What sets this spirited shindig aside from so many others?

"...Biological servomechanisms standing by, predilection for chemically enhanced mafficking engaged, let's push that glowing..."

July 18, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Girls Can Tell

Gadding about

"...Beauty Bar: Pint of Blood (vodka, coconut rum, pineapple juice), $7..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Canned Cocktails Swoop in to Save the Must-Have-a-Mixed-Drink Day

No bartender? No problem.

"...San Diego-based Cutwater Spirits, offering 14 canned cocktails including vodka mules, rum and cola, various vodka sodas, and a..."

July 12, 2019 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

The Luv Doc: Falling in Love

Mac people are annoyingly fond of their computers

"...Phoenix in the eye with a rusty fork. I figured that wasn’t a good sign. Not one explosion. Not..."

March 7, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Crawl No. 2

Shangri-La, Violet Crown, Rio Rita's, the Brixton, Liberty, the White Horse

"...8:45 on a Friday night. The bartender's self-described "mean Vodka soda" was exactly that, and a perfect pairing with..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Food-o-File: Friday Lagniappe

A little extra Austin food news

"...• Though the new lemon vodka from Deep Eddy Distillery won't hit store shelves until..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Deep Eddy Vodka's in high spirits

"...be in charge of the plated desserts to be featured in the store's dessert lounge launching later in the..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Internal Combustion

COTA introduces new signature cocktail

"...Flame heavily relies on home grown components. Tito's Handmade Vodka provides the base. That is no surprise. As the..."

Oct. 15, 2013 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Ceviche Sublime

Cool ceviche -- with its clean, fresh flavors of citrus-cured seafood -- is proving to be the hot dish in restaurants all over Austin this summer.

"...with a fish called "corbina," or corvino, that is cured in the juice of a small, sweet lemon that..."

July 6, 2001 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Local Sparkling Waters to Help You Get Your Topo Chico Fix

Waterloo, Big Swig, and Rambler break into the fizzy business

"...Moody, says, "It was crazy to us that bars offered 40 beers and one water. Why wasn't there a..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Food Feature by Tom Thornton

Canned Heat

Preserving the bounty of summer

"...a big kitchen garden. What they didn't grow, they bartered for with friends or bought from roadside stands. In..."

July 9, 2010 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Woodland

Opened in the waning hours of 2006, it's housed in the site formerly occupied by the restaurant 7. And Lamberts. And Liberty Pie.

"...meat loaf, and even the seldom-seen pot pies are featured. As are roast chicken, pork chops, New York strip,..."

April 6, 2007 Food Review by Barbara Chisholm

Capital Idea!

On the phone, on the Web, on the farm, or in the store: giving a little Austin to the foodies on your gift list

"...Joy Smith's incredible bread & butter jalapeño slices have been racking up..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Food Feature

Gay Place

Tegan and Sara fill our pop culture void

"...graduating college I had moved to San Francisco and declared myself queer. I would drag my friends to the..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place

Gay Place friends share their vices

"...at Elysium until the lights come on." – Miss Ruby Lamb of the Jigglewatts Burlesque Revue..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place

Community leaders hosts forum to discuss new city commission to focus on LGBTQ quality of life

"...last year there was a dark moment where we wondered: Would Queerbomb continue on? Yes, yes it will. And..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Food! Food! Food! Fest

Eat. eat.

"...Ruby's B-B-Q: Critically acclaimed Ruby's B-B-Q will be serving all-natural..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Music Feature by Kate Thornberry

The Zinophiles

The Zinfandel Advocates and Producers Come to Austin

"...especially prized Zin. It reminded them of the thick, red, intense, and fruity wines of Italy. During Prohibition, Zin..."

April 20, 2001 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Local Hangover Cures

Defeating the porcelain god and that pounding brain

"...Back in the 19th century, the word "hangover" originally referred to unfinished business or a part of a job..."

March 20, 2009 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Barbecue Summer Camp!

What is it about Texas and barbecue? Chronicle Food Editor Virginia B. Wood knows, and she knows we know, but the Southern Foodways Alliance is about to find out on their Taste of Texas Field Trip. Plus, "The Barbecue Song"!?

"...T-shirts, sunscreen, picnics in the park, beer, and Big Red. Think of it as a very cool barbecue summer..."

June 14, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood