The Battle of Small Beer vs. Big Distributors Rages on With Texas Beer-To-Go Bill

Another chippy round of political beer pong

"...for years, with the wholesalers envisioning themselves as Thirties-era post-Prohibition throwbacks, where any guff about their well-funded political overreach..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Food Feature by Eric Puga

The Common Law

Distracted driving issues

"...you are driving. In Texas, there is no specific prohibition against wearing headphones (sometimes referred to as headsets in..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Column by Luke Ellis

Sunset Throws Shade at LCRA, TABC

Staff reports hardly flattering

"...for overhauling and modernizing both the agency and the Prohibition-era alcohol code. More granular recs include expanding and empowering..."

Nov. 9, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Drinker's Guide to Literary Austin

Local authors dish on their favorite bars for reading and writing

"...suggested donation at the first destination of the night), Prohibition Creamery, Gelateria Gemelli, Brew & Brew, Lewis Carnegie, and..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

New Speakeasy, Whisper Room, Opens This Friday

Relish in opulence and whiskey in Downtown Austin

"...hotel, which opened in 1924 at the height of Prohibition, the Whisper Room aims to create an intimate speakeasy..."

Oct. 25, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Still Austin Whiskey Co. Is Throwing a Free Country Fair on Saturday

Austin distillery celebrates one year and 1,000 barrels

"...Austin whiskey distillery to obtain a liquor license since Prohibition, opened its doors. Fortunately for us locavore barflies, Still..."

Sept. 18, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Texas Tiki Week Returns With an All-Star Cast and Tropical Spirit

The annual event is back with the best bits of tiki craft and history

"...East Texas native and former bootlegger Ernest R.B. Gantt's post-Prohibition bar Don the Beachcomber kicked off the trend in..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Food Feature by Tom Thornton

Austin Beer Guide’s Lager Jam 5

Lager mongers collaborate for annual festival

"...RedHorn | 9-2-5 (German-style Pilsner) RedHorn | Goat Shed (Pre-Prohibition Lager) St. Elmo | Vaughan (German-style Pilsner) Skull Mechanix..."

Aug. 28, 2018 Food Post by Eric Puga

World Cup Cocktails

A drink for each of the 32 teams in the tournament

"...cold as a shot. Iran Iran has been under prohibition since 1979, but it is attributed as the birthplace..."

June 8, 2018 Food Post by R.T. Frank

La Fenice's Cthulhu Beach Party

This commedia spoof mashes up surfside love and Lovecraft for an incredibly fun romp

"...beach movie, set it in the Atlantic Northeast during Prohibition, throw in a Lovecraftian plot complete with Necronomicon and..."

June 8, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Pocket Fishrmen Serve up Punk and ... Fish

What to expect at the punk cutups’ annual Fish Fry

"...gallows rant becomes a nostalgic cultural artifact of marijuana prohibition...."

June 1, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

White Ghost Shivers

"...and parlor jazz still spins like a 78 rpm prohibition party mix behind instrumental focal point Lyon Graulty. Which..."

June 1, 2018 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

Soccer in Austin: The Road to Realness

What'll happen at McKalla Place? Good question.

"...number of Austin Independent School District sites (where a prohibition on alcohol sales could prove troublesome), but the ideal..."

April 6, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Texas Whiskey Festival Is This Saturday

Inaugural event fills the Texas State History Museum with good spirits

"...itself? The first whiskey distillery within city limits since Prohibition? Yeah, we’ll be telling you more about them in..."

March 27, 2018 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Oops!

"...that Balcones Distilling produces "the first Texas-made whiskey since Prohibition." In fact, Hye's Garrison Brothers Distillery owns that distinction,..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Column

Holiday Viewing: The Spirit of Christmas

A ridiculous delight in the Hallmark movie pantheon

"...was mysteriously and violently sent to the afterlife during Prohibition. He’s been sulking around the inn he owned ever..."

Dec. 12, 2017 Screens Post by James Renovitch

2017 Payne Theatre Award Nominees

E.A. Poe musical Nevermore leads the way with 11 noms

"...Penzance Justin LaVergne, Atlantis: A Puppet Opera Joshua Meindertsma, Prohibition Rodrigo M. Zaragoza, bare..."

Sept. 20, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

First Look: Nickel City

Eastside bar returns Austin to its roots

"...of neighborhood bars that stretches to the end of Prohibition. And it still is anchored by the original bar..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Food Feature by Thea Newell

Dear Glutton: Your New Favorite Ice Cream Shops

Find the perfect place for a frozen treat

"...have your next date night at the gloriously old-school Prohibition Creamery, where they serve up booze-spiked artisanal ice cream..."

July 28, 2017 Food Column by Emily Beyda

25 Bars That Define Austin

Dives, lounges, and saloons that are raising the bar

"...District bar might as well be hallowed ground. The pre-Prohibition-influenced cocktails celebrate the main spirits, often making great use..."

July 21, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Three Food Tours That Will Leave You Hungry for More

Everything from food trucks to famed Austin restaurants

"...buzzing bars and restaurants like Whisler's, Licha's Cantina, and Prohibition Creamery. Our favorite jaunt is the Brunch, BBQ &..."

July 7, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Death Watch: The Capital of Capital Punishment

Tilon Carter set for execution – again

"...In the interim, the clinic is advocating for the prohibition of confinement for all inmates with mental health problems,..."

May 12, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Bullock Museum Screens Bonnie and Clyde

Texas Focus series spotlights seminal Sixties film

"...chaste Presbyterian studio execs pining for the return of Prohibition. In fact, Bonnie and Clyde were the bastard offspring..."

April 19, 2017 Screens Post by Dougie Gerrard

Bill of the Week: We the People

Rewriting the Constitution is as easy as 1, 2, 3

"...His list of nine amendments reads like something a Prohibition-era bootlegger would dream up when the revenuers were on..."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: Schilo's Deli, San Antonio

For a century the German deli has served the rye bread fresh and strudel à la mode

"...moved his business and family to San Antonio. Unfor­tunately, Prohibition closed his saloon three years later, forcing him into..."

March 31, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Panels: The Future of Food and Drink

Highlights from the 2017 food track

"...farms, in rural areas, where they would grow, but Prohibition shut down the formal distillation industry, and put a..."

March 12, 2017 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Questions of Church-State Separation at Dell Seton Medical Center

Do the hospital’s ties to the Catholic church and limits on women’s reproductive health care compromise Dell Med students' training?

"...abortion, sterilization, contraception, artificial fertilization, and end-of-life care, including prohibition of euthanasia and using fetal tissue for research. "Reproductive..."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Deep in the Heart of Texas Political Scandals

Crimes, carousing, and contravention from the Capitol grounds

"...contradictions, a teetotaler who ran in 1914 on an anti-Prohibition platform. Two years later, he vetoed all appropriations to..."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Top 10 Restaurant Cocktail Programs

Get blitzed in style

"...shake and stir up some of the most consistent pre-Prohibition drinks in town, their offering of rich brasserie favorites..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Food Feature by Melody Fury

Dear Glutton: Best Place for a Birthday Dinner?

How to celebrate a birthday without all the hassle

"...thoughtful and delicious, and it's BYOB, eliminating the last-minute prohibition shuffle...."

Nov. 4, 2016 Food Column by Emily Beyda

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