Why Venues Are Struggling to Stay Open in the Live Music Capital of the World

As Hot Summer Nights descends, Austin’s live music epicenter campaigns for city support

"...provided millions in financial aid to the shut-down entertainment industry...."

July 12, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Faster Than Sound: Headlines From a Year in Limbo

A year-in-review of Austin music news

"...fire representatives, state agencies like TABC, and unspecified music industry leaders – has begun meeting to produce a report..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Top 10 Austin Food & Drink Stories of 2021

Another up-and-down year in Austin food

"...shock of gray hair. As the backbone of the hospitality industry – you know, the human beings working in..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Willie Nelson to Deliver SXSW Online Conference Keynote

Shotgun Willie brings a few hundred friends to the virtual stage

"...impact of race in audio ads and how the industry can come together and make real change featuring DJ,..."

Jan. 13, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Famed Austin Chef Tavel Bristol-Joseph and the Future of Food

Joins the SXSW party and talk about how we'll eat

"...pastry chef and partner in the Emmer & Rye Hospitality Group, works with several restaurants and has made quite..."

March 10, 2023 Features Feature by Rod Machen

Austin Restaurateurs Stake Their Claim in Lockhart

Deep in the heart of barbecue city

"...County has quietly established itself as a haven for hospitality industry veterans looking to expand as Austin outgrows its..."

June 24, 2022 Food Feature by Evan Rodriguez

Austin’s Top Culinary Nonprofit Announces Statewide Expansion

Grants/virtual events support local food in four major cities

"...community outreach and how it has helped keep the hospitality group together and help grow in positive and sustainable..."

Sept. 3, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Council Passes COVID-19 Relief Package Amid Pushback on Building Ban

City Hall is here to help

"...by the pandemic thus far: those in the creative, hospitality, service, retail, restaurant, music, child care, and construction sectors..."

April 3, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Recap: Austin Revs Up COVID-19 Relief Efforts

"All things on the table" to help Austinites weather crisis

"...by the pandemic thus far: those in the creative, hospitality, service, retail, restaurant, music, child care, and construction sectors..."

March 27, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

The Dirt on Grubs and Composting

Are black soldier flies the hot new sustainable fuel?

"...operational and used by the likes of McGuire Moorman Hospitality, one of the giants of the hospitality industry in..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

Local Businesses Warn Lege on Anti-LGBTQ Laws

Discriminatory laws not just morally corrupt but financially damaging

"...rights and human rights. Inclusivity is what makes the hospitality industry run."..."

Nov. 18, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Review: June's All Day

Curated dining on South Congress

"...Which brings us to the McGuire Moorman Hospitality group, perhaps the most millennial of Austin's handful of..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Food-o-File

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

"...in New York City. We regret the error... Austin's hospitality industry was hit with a couple of bombshells late..."

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

Dearly Departed Dishes, Part Deux: Re-Creating Iconic Austin Meals

Resurrecting faves from Basil’s, Mars, and the Night Hawk chain

"...local lore, passed along by local old-timers and service industry veterans...."

Oct. 27, 2023 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Counter Culture’s Sue Davis: Countering the Coronavirus Blues with Greens

Eastside vegan powerhouse pivots, increases pay, perseveres

"...and the perennial economic harshnesses of the food service industry under heightened (and it’s-about-goddamn-time) scrutiny, and – ah, what’s..."

May 29, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Faster Than Sound: Music Advocates Say Convention Center Expansion Key to Unlocking City Funds

Can the commercial music industry finally get a cut of the HOT action? Also: City protects venue employees from receiving sound citations and Austin rapper Hella Sketchy dies of overdose.

"...benefits nonprofit arts groups exclusively – the commercial music industry doesn't see a penny. Under Reynolds' leadership, a coalition..."

July 5, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Two Sisters, Two Food Trucks, and a Lot of Soul

It's a family affair as sisters from Austin's Eastside emerge with twin trailers honoring their mother's legacy

"...for tip money. It instilled the hustle of the hospitality industry into Evelyn's children, and they learned how to..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Food Feature by Haris Qureshi

Texas French Bread’s BBQ Epiphany, Little Ola’s Stylish Turkeyday Switch, Getting a L’ILHIGH With Good Work Austin, Falling Into La Condesa, Desert Door at the Driskill, and More

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

"...Here I Give Here has teamed up with the hospitality industry champions of Good Work Austin this year. So,..."

Nov. 22, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Staying Hospitable During Our Nation's Division

Local restaurateurs discuss civility at the table

"...yet, I interviewed several people in the Austin restaurant industry for this story, and not a single one of..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Lege Lines: Left in the Dark

Who knew about the ICE raids this weekend? Not your state reps.

"..."I don't think there's any question that the construction industry, the hospitality industry, and a number of other industries..."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

LGBTQ Kitchens Make Austin Proud

Sundaze and Texas Chili Queens are rising stars in Austin’s food truck universe

"...It has long been a joke in the service industry that restaurants would close down if it wasn't for..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Food Feature by Shaun Lee

Zagat Reveals 30 Under 30 List

Young pros define Austin's hospitality landscape

"...regional editors at Zagat have identified the emerging young hospitality professionals in key markets around the country. Austin is..."

Aug. 26, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Red Star Southern Opens Sunday

Trailer brings Southern hospitality to the Grackle

"...hoping people who work in the bar and restaurant industry over here will come eat with me," Erica said...."

July 18, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

To Be or Not to Be (a Gastropub)

Porter Ale House nails it

"...Gastropub is a word that hospitality industry people are using a lot these days. Coined..."

May 30, 2014 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Postmarks

VanScorned

"...4B), one of the biggest polluters in the semiconductor industry (chip plants) was Motorola (Austin). Again your type of..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Column

Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Judges

Meet the arbiters of taste for the 2024 competition

"...Driven by a lifelong love for the hospitality industry, Laura’s career began many moons ago in NYC,..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Food Feature

A Season for Scaring at Phantom Fest

With Phantom Fest, Adam Sweeney wants Austin to become Halloween Town

"...Work Austin, dedicated to improving working conditions in the hospitality industry and encouraging restaurants to provide free meals to..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Damn, Kathy Valentine Can Write!

Go-Go's local Kathy Valentine reflects on her memoir at three Austin fall events

"...impacting so many people's livelihoods in the music and hospitality industry, and should be given the same consideration as..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Little Brother's Coffee, Koko x Tea Haus, Zymmo x House Wine, and More to Nourish the Soul

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds a-quivering

"...And new Lakeway restaurant The Gramercy opens, grandly, this..."

Oct. 6, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Checking In: Marcia Ball Took Her First Summer Off Since 1984

“It gets hot in Austin in the summer, did you know?”

"...our agents, the venues, and everyone else in the hospitality industry. Like the flip of a switch...."

Sept. 15, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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