The Top 10 Austin Food & Drink Stories of 2021

Another up-and-down year in Austin food

"...no electricity, no way to procure or cook food. Restaurants, breweries, coffeehouses, and more filled bellies and watering cans;..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

How to Raise Worker Wages

Organize, arrive, persist, persist, persist

"...has little political traction in the U.S., and in Texas in particular. Business interests have waged a lengthy battle..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver

Be Merry

Eat Drink Local Week comes of age

"...a magazine focusing on local food in 30 Central Texas counties in early 2007, the learning curve necessary to..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Dining del Lago

For years, eating out near Lake Travis was pretty strictly limited to burger joints, Tex-Mex places, fish shacks, and typical Texas roadside cafes. The update to our lakeside dining guide illustrates that all that may be steadily changing.

"...about the area's overall dining diversity and two new restaurants, the open-air Cafe Bleu near the water's edge at..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

2012 Restaurant Poll Results and Guide

And the winner is ... you, because you get to nom on all these treats

"...on television – has driven some of our newer restaurants and concepts into the Top 35 favorites list, and..."

May 18, 2012 Food Feature

The Secret Ingredients

Meet the best chefs you've never heard of.

"...in the kitchens of some of Austin's longest established restaurants, there are chefs who have been cooking for more..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...about what he didn't know about Margaret's coterie of Texas Blondes. Margaret's and my paths had crossed only once..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Food-o-File

Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood on the year that was in Austin's culinary life.

"...leaving in its wake a host of new Austin restaurants, well-deserved and long in coming national recognition for our..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Eve of Destruction?

The City plans for a big New Year's Eve party downtown while East Sixth Street merchants complain of threat of competition

"...the street closures and parking snafus mean to downtown restaurants, hotels, and bars?..."

Oct. 29, 1999 News Feature by Andy Langer

Food Top Nines

"...tomatoes until a week before Christmas. There's nothing like Texas weather...."

Jan. 8, 1999 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

All About That Banchan

Singing the praises of Austin's unsung Korean cuisine

"...to expand; in fact, the history of Koreans in Texas is fairly short. In 1970, there were a whopping..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Self Service

Merritt Tierce drew on her own time waiting tables for the provocative restaurant world in her novel Love Me Back

"...donated $4,000 in tips from Rush Limbaugh to the Texas Equal Access Fund. (She went on to serve as..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Contest & Festival Facts

"...Presented by Capital Area Food Bank of Texas..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Food Feature

Contest & Festival Facts

"...Presented by Capital Area Food Bank of Texas..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Food Feature

Food Sites

"...superlative. There's an open eGullet forum for all things Texas – www.forums.egullet.org/index.php?showforum28 – and one can easily look for..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Food Feature

Day Trips

"...Texas Old-Time Restaurants and Cafes is one guidebook that should..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Who Is Cast in the Story of Austin Food?

Eight underrepresented views from the local food scene

"...Rising property values and stiff competition mean restaurants live and die by media exposure. It's a harried..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Food Feature by Nina Hernandez

Festival Welcome and 20-Year Retrospective

Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival

"...the culinary culture of Austin and the state of Texas. It has shaped careers, created business opportunities, promoted restaurants,..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Mexican Food 101

Whether your cheese is white or yellow, Austin's embarrassment of Mexican food riches is only matched by its love of barbecue

"...touting the food to friends and families. Even award-winning Texas novelist Larry McMurtry's early fictional characters made pilgrimages to..."

March 6, 2009 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Austin eats dirty, drinks hard, and welcomes the new Frisco Shop and Tolbert family chili

"...on their analysis of restaurant inspection data from 539 restaurants in 20 cities around the country. The article advocates..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Foie Gras Fracas

Animal rights activists who recently vandalized Downtown restaurants that sell duck liver or veal may be unintentionally screwing up efforts of separate animal rights campaign focusing on banning foie gras

"...Animal rights activists who vandalized at least seven Downtown restaurants that sell foie gras or veal may be unintentionally..."

July 13, 2007 News Feature by Amy Smith

Lightning Strikes

Austin's Food scene hits the big time

"...scheduled events on Thursday, November 15. However, 200 well-heeled Texas food lovers had paid $100 each to attend the..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Culinary Studies

Cooking Schools in Austin

"...-- to wit, the numbers of enthusiastically embraced new restaurants with wide ranges of cuisines and degrees of sophistication;..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Food Feature by MM Pack

Postmarks

The Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival is not sexist; the city/Bradley settlement bodes poorly for Barton Springs; golf courses pay their way; and more reader mail.

"...of sexism by the board of directors for the Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival, I would like..."

March 24, 2000 Column

Food-O-File

"...this year. The staffing demands of running two busy restaurants have left Wilson without the necessary extra employees needed..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Austin's Best Breweries of 2022, Power-Ranked

It's Top of the Hops VII!

"...breweries from highly objective sources like the newly founded Texas Craft Brewers Cup, the World Beer Cup, and, of..."

Oct. 12, 2022 Food Post by Eric Puga

Andrew Zimmern Talks Everything From Experimentation to Fake Chicken

We chat with the celebrity chef to discuss how food ties us together

"...can quantify it by size. How many good Thai restaurants are here. You don't have to check every single..."

March 18, 2022 Food Post by Rod Machen

The First Rule of Dinner Club Is ... Well, Let’s Talk About It

Austin’s array of subscription-based nomfests will please your palate, expand your experience, and maybe even comfort your budget

"...they all do great things. Taster's Table is getting restaurants to do what they do every day, not coming..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Staying Hospitable During Our Nation's Division

Local restaurateurs discuss civility at the table

"...Stephen Miller, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell)..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Kitchen Scales

The cost of Austin fine dining

"...What most people don't know is that in upscale restaurants, starting pay for trained chefs can be as low..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

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