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Preserve Town Lake

"...6. 10 days worth of breakfast tacos at Tamale House, if I were still living there..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Column

A Brief History of Holiday Tamales

And where to acquire these little bundles of iconic Texan year-end tradition

"..."December in my family is tamale time," reminisces chef Andrea Juarez of Walton's Fancy &..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Food Feature by Emily Beyda

Spangles and High Heels

Dreams come true, just ask "Her Tallness," Marcia Ball.

"...Inside her comfortable stone house near Barton Springs in South Austin, a confluence of..."

June 20, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Tamales: A Winter Tradition

One writer’s picks for the best in Austin

"...Ancient Mesoamericans ate tamales. As a kid, I had no idea. My mother,..."

Dec. 6, 2022 Food Post by Christina Garcia

Hugos Restaurant y Tequila Bar

Tequila bar first, restaurant second

"...hour, we were able to take advantage of reduced-price house margaritas ($3.95 during happy hour; $6.50, full price). The..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Food Review by Melanie Haupt

Tamaladas y Posadas

Mexican Christmas Traditions Alive and Well in Austin

"...John Anderson I bought my first batch of holiday tamales last weekend from a stand under a tent at..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Austin Restaurant Weeks, Triumphant Tiki Freaks, Yellowbird's Milton Speaks, Mind the Top Chef Peeks

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

"...this weekend’s Oktoberfest Board – with smoked pork belly, housemade sausages, caraway kraut, beer-and-onion gravy, Hill Country rye bread,..."

Sept. 22, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

35 of the City's Best Food Vendors Are Ready to Take Your Order at ACL Music Festival

"...Chi'Lantro Where Korean cuisine meets BBQ; try the house-made kimchi fries. www.chilantrobbq.com..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Food Feature

All Good Thoughts, All Good Food

The symbolism and celebration of Tet, the Vietnamese new year

"...are frenzied: There are new clothes to buy, the houses must be gussied up and cleaned spotlessly from top..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Out All Night

Chronicle Food writer MM Pack gives the lowdown on where to eat in Austin if you're out all night.

"...and oatmeal, Mojo's is located in a rambling 19th-century house a stone's throw away from UT. This is a..."

March 1, 2002 Food Feature by MM Pack

Chain Gangs

Torchy's Tacos and Verts Kebap: two case studies in culinary expansion

"...19th and early 20th centuries. Entrepreneur Fred Harvey's Harvey House epitomized fine-dining food quality and service to railway customers..."

March 28, 2014 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Public Notice

"...Save the Manatee's Adopt-a-Manatee program. You don't have to house, feed, or clean-up after the huge non-fish, but for..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer

Bar Crawl Listings

The crawl route

"...Full menu in house; weekend brunch;..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Food Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Thursday

"...Texas swing outfit Asleep at the Wheel, and the house band on Prairie Home Companion. Hometown hero Redd Volkaert..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

A New Gig for Janina O'Leary, a New Shop for Nicole Patel

More daily Austin food news

"...series of guest chef supper clubs at the Swoop House while they work out the details of a new..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Speaking Volumes

The secret history of Austin's First Cookbook

"...that residents had access to a wide variety of household equipment and foods, including canned goods and perishables like..."

March 6, 2015 Food Feature by MM Pack

The Hightower Lowdown

Bill Clinton won't go away; a Harvard economist says you're poor because you deserve to be; Charles Schwab needs taxpayer help … to hunt ducks.

"...an overbearing brother-in-law you can't get out of your house, like a bad tamale that keeps repeating on you..."

Jan. 11, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Customs of Christmas

Chronicle Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood and food writers Pableaux Johnson, Mick Vann, Wes Marshall, Rebecca Chastenet de Géry, and Barbara Chisholm share their Christmas memories.

"...quick stop in front of the Youngers' brightly lit house, where all the trees in their yard were festooned..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Baby Boom

The Soup Peddler family grows

"...that included an Amy's Ice Creams, a Phil's Ice House, and the first Papalote Taco shop. The synergy of..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Menu Meltdown

Unstable Eats at Cafe Armageddon

"...an impressive bang and then sort of smoldered. The house salad, dubbed the Pre-emptive Strike Salad if ordered a..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Field Guide Festival Returns With Huge Portions and Huge Passion

Food fest celebrates local chefs and farmers

"...pepitas and fresh herbs – and a tender beef tamale with mole amarillo made by chef Rick Lopez of..."

April 30, 2025 Food Post by Taylor Tobin

Austin FC Reveals Stadium Noms, Your New Neighbors Are Coffee & Dogs, Jimmy Eat Sandwich at Old Thousand, Salt & Time on Seventh Respawns, and More

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

"...Easy Tiger, Mmmpanadas, One Taco, Pluckers Wings Bar, Slovacek’s, Tamale Addiction, Tacodeli, Taco Flats, T-Loc’s Sonoran Hot Dogs, and..."

March 31, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Free Pizza for Democracy, Tarrytown gets More Coffee, Apis gets Beery, and – oh, Look:

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

"...Local nonprofit Manos de Cristo has begun its annual Tamale Sale fundraiser, whereby you can choose from five varieties..."

Oct. 14, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

30 Years of Hot Sauce Festival Creates Many Memories

Reminisce with event staff, judges, and fans during this year’s break from the heat

"...chile crunches. I enjoy Bravado Spice hot sauces, Humble House hot sauces, Cascabel Salsa Co., Vatsana's, and Tio Pelon's...."

Aug. 28, 2020 Food Feature

Six Austin Chefs Share Their Personal Thanksgiving Traditions

Consider clam stuffing, prime rib, and sweet golden raisin stuffing

"...at least the cooking she enjoys at her mother’s house. "My mama went to culinary school in Mexico," says..."

Nov. 26, 2019 Food Post by Emily Beyda

ACL Eats Vendor List 2018

"...Chi'Lantro Where Korean cuisine meets BBQ; try the house-made kimchi fries.www.chilantrobbq.com..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Food Feature

ACL Eats Vendor List 2017

"...Chi'Lantro Where Korean cuisine meets BBQ; try the house-made kimchi fries. www.chilantrobbq.com...."

Oct. 6, 2017 Food Feature

East to Eden

Sonya Coté's farm-to-table Arcadia, Eden East

"...jam. It was followed by a warm duck confit tamale, made with flavorful, locally grown cornmeal and house-made duck..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Los Pinos Restaurant

The Chile Con Queso Especial is a thing to be reckoned with

"...town. Be sure to dip them in the fantastic house salsa. Next are the fresh-daily licuados. In season, I..."

July 19, 2013 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Crawl No. 4

Uncorked, Takoba. Gourmands, Frontier Bar

"...mole ($11). I washed it all down with the house specialty, a mango habanero margarita ($8) that set my..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

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