http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2009-01-27-snuggie_N.htm?se=yahoorefer
USA story about the "Snuggie" culture.... just proves people will buy anything if you package it right.
About Me
- katalinaTX
- I'm a habitual line crosser that believes everything happens for a reason, but life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances, you just have to live life to the fullest. Laugh as much as you can, spend all your money, tell someone what they mean to you, tell someone off, speak out, dance in the pouring rain, hold someone's hand, comfort a friend, love the ones who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, pig out, smile until your face hurts, be a flirt, stay up late and fall asleep watching the sun come up, don't be aftraid to take chances or fall in love . . . and most of all live in the moment, If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it. No one said it would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
BLANTON MUSEUM TO COLLABORATE WITH OVER 20 AUSTIN ORGANIZATIONS IN A CELEBRATION OF "COOL"
On February 22nd the Blanton Museum of Art opens Birth of Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury. This exhibition incorporates the painting, architecture, furniture design, decorative and graphic arts, film, and music that set in to motion midcentury modernism in the United States and established Los Angeles as a major American cultural center.
In celebration of this multi–layered exhibition, the Blanton has joined forces with many local organizations to create a variety of public programs and special incentives, including a film series sponsored by Alamo Drafthouse/Austin Film Society and a special music series at The Elephant Room. Discounts will be offered by Waterloo Records, Design Within Reach and many others.
COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS:
Alamo Drafthouse/Austin Film Society
Don't miss a special Birth of the Cool film series sponsored by the Alamo Drafthouse and Austin Film Society. Starting in late March, the Alamo Ritz downtown will screen unique films from this period. Film dates: March 25, April 1, April 8, and April 15. Shows begin at 7PM and are $8.50 adults / $6.25 for students. For film titles please visit our calendar.
Austin Modern
15% off selected merchandise with your museum admission receipt
American Institute of Architects (Austin)
The Austin Chapter of The American Institute of Architects will host an exhibition entitled COOL AUSTIN! Midcentury Modernism in the Capitol City and will produce a self–guided tour of Austin's mid–century architecture.
The Belmont
Complimentary appetizer with museum admission receipt
Lorser Feitelson, Dichotomic Organization, 1959, oil on canvas, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State
Design Within Reach
$50 off every purchase off $500 or more to those who bring in their museum admission receipt. Offer Code: DWR COOL, Effective through 7/1/09.
The Elephant Room
Visit Austin's premier jazz club for a special music series highlighting music from this period. Performances by Jeff Lofton (2/28), Kat Edmondson (3/28), Ephraim Owens (4/18) and Pamela Hart (5/16). Each show begins at 9:30PM with a $5 cover charge.
IF+D Austin
20% off all accessories, excluding art, for those who present a museum admission receipt. For any purchases over $300, customers will receive a free gift.
KOOP Radio
Listen to KOOP 91.7 for Birth of the Cool themed music and a chance to win free tickets to the exhibition and B scene
KLRU " In Context "
Look for Birth of the Cool to be profiled on public television's IN CONTEXT program this spring. Produced by Dutch Rall.
KUT
Listen to KUT 90.5 for special Birth of the Cool giveaways.
The Odyssey Continuing Education Program at UT
The Odyssey Continuing Education Program has organized a series of classes examining mid–century modernist architecture. Running five Thursdays from Feb 19 – March 26, 2009.
The Paramount Theatre
The Paramount will offer free parking and one free drink to Blanton members for the RAMSEY LEWIS & ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY concert on Saturday, February 14, 2009. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Paramount Theatre Box Office or call (512) 472–5470, option 2, use the code "Cool" to Offer begins 12/1/09
Performing Arts Center of the University of Texas
Blanton members will receive a 15% discount off tickets to see the legendary Sonny Rollins on May 3rd. Use code "tenor" when purchasing tickets online.
Uncorked Tasting Room and Wine Bar
50% discount on the first glass of wine or a 50% discount off the first wine flight for those who bring in a museum admission receipt.
Waterloo
Take advantage of special 10% discount off any regularly priced jazz CD, LP, or DVD, including Birth of the Cool by Miles Davis at Waterloo Records & Video with your museum admission receipt.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS AT THE BLANTON MUSEUM:
B Scene: B Cool
Friday, March 6, 6 PM
Celebrate the opening of Birth of the Cool with an evening of music and art devoted to West Coast Style
Album cover for Miles Davis–s Birth of the Cool (Capitol Records, 1957). Courtesy Blue Note Records
Curatorial Connection
Wednesday, March 11, 6–7:30 PM
Enjoy a glass of wine and special tour of Birth of the Cool with Annette Carlozzi, curator of American and contemporary art. For Contributor, Patron, and Contemporary Salon members only.
Third Thursday
Thursday, March 19, 5:30–9:00 PM
Enjoy an afternoon of cool jazz, yoga in the galleries, and a Blanton Book Club meeting followed by a tour of the exhibition.
Expert Perspective
Thursday, March 26, 12:30 PM
Ronald Westry, Assistant Professor of Jazz Trombone, Jazz Studies, and Music Industry in the UT's Butler School of Music, discusses music related to the exhibition
Symposium: Living Cool
Saturday, March 28, 2009, 1:00 PM
Blanton Auditorium
Blanton curator Annette Carlozzi and Kevin Alter, Associate Dean of UT's School of Architecture, moderate a panel discussion with Austin design experts on how Midcentury Modernism informs Austin's lifestyle today.
Expert Perspective Series
Thursday, April 2, 12:30 PM
Nancy Kwallek, Director of the UT Interior Design Program, discusses mid–century design and architecture
Thursday, April 9, 12:30 PM
Curator's Tour by Annette Carlozzi, curator of American and Contemporary Art at the Blanton
Thursday, April 16, 12:30 PM
Monica Penick from the University's School of Architecture addresses the "image" of architecture in Julius Shulman's photographs
*Third Thursday, April 16, 7 PM
Bruce Jenkins, Professor in Film, Video, and New Media at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago presents "From Bauhaus to the Mouse House: Art, Innovation and the Movies"
Saturday, April 23, 12:30 PM
Caitlin Topham graduate student in art history at UT and curatorial intern in the American and Contemporary Art Department at the Blanton, talks about Birth of the Cool.
*Thursday, April 30, 12:30 PM
Frances Colpitt, Chair of Art and Art History, and professor, at Texas Christian University, discusses the hard–edge style painting of the 1950s West Coast
Museum Shop Trunk Show
May 1 – 2, 2009
The newly expanded Blanton Museum Shop will host a trunk show featuring exquisite jewelry, glassware and other items with a mid–century look. Discounts for Blanton members!
*Funding for these programs is provided by the Carolyn Harris-Hynson Centennial Visiting Professorship in Fine Arts.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Holy Crap!
NORDSTROMS is buying out this line of makeup (ELF) that they
sell and want to put their name on it all, so they're selling all of
the line off for $1. Seriously. Check out the website. http://www.eyeslipsface.com/
sell and want to put their name on it all, so they're selling all of
the line off for $1. Seriously. Check out the website. http://www.eyeslipsface.com/
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Austin 360 Restaurant Deals, print it and stick it to the fridge!
Restaurant deals: The big fat master list
The grandmasters of the deals on this seven-day list are the $2.99 plates at Bill Miller’s Bar-B-Q, which include a side, bread and a big glass of sweet tea. Photo by Mike Sutter.
Rather than making you jump all over the site to find great restaurant deals by day of the week, I’ve gathered all seven days in this one file. At the bottom of this post, there are addresses and phone numbers for each of the places in the list.
I’ll repeat the caveat to double-check these before you go, before you sit down, before you order. Because restaurant fortunes change week to week, and sometimes their specials do, too. Cheers.
SUNDAY
• Alligator Grill: (3 to 7 p.m.) This is pure happy-hour business, because the Alligator insists you buy an alcoholic drink or a full-price dish to partake, but it’s worth mentioning. From 3 to 7 p.m. daily (and all day on Tuesday), pay just 20 cents for shrimp and 50 cents for oysters and wings.
• Aussie’s Grill & Beachbar: (11 p.m. to 2 a.m.) The menu is a daily scattershot of lunch and dinner specials, including $5.99 chicken-fried steak and $6.99 fish and chips. But the reason it makes this list is for the daily 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. late-night half-price appetizers (Southwest egg rolls or fried crawfish tails for $4? OK.).
• Bill Miller Bar-B-Q: In what might be the granddaddy of deals in this entire list, Bill Miller Bar-B-Q steps up with $2.99 deals all day, every day, everywhere. That buys a meat, a side, a roll and a glass of tea. The choices: a sliced beef sandwich, two pieces of fried chicken, half a sausage link (two sides) or chicken strips.
• Chon Som Asian Cuisine and Sushi Bar: (5 to 7 p.m.) About a dozen kinds of sushi for $1 during happy hour, from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. Plus $2 sake bombs.
• The Daily Grill: (4 p.m. to close) The people at the Daily Grill have clearly lost their minds, a dollar at a time. For $1.94, the happy-hour menu includes fried calamari, a hummus plate and Parmesan-crusted chicken sandwiches. At $2.94, take your pick of spinach artichoke dip, ahi sashimi or chicken pot pie. And this is no blink-and-you-miss-it special: 4 to 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close Monday-Friday and 4 p.m. to close Saturday-Sunday. Further evidence of insanity: a $2 all-day kids’ menu that includes entree, drink and dessert.
• Eddie V’s Edgewater Grill: (4:30 p.m. to close) Another place that works like a street dealer in a ’70s drug movie, offering a taste for half-price (there’s even some jazzy background music). They know you’ll be back for more. Half-price ahi tartare, a Maryland crab cake, Maine lobster-and-shrimp bisque and more during happy hour. Plus $1 off drinks.
• Hayashi Modern Japanese Cuisine: (all day) $5 sushi rolls (crunchy spicy crab, spicy tuna, eel avocado, seven spice), $5 calamari and kobe sliders and $2.50 house wine by the glass.
• Hoover’s Cooking: (4 to 7 p.m.) Comfort food meets happy hour. There should be a special category for that: comfy hour? Seven days a week from 4 to 7 p.m., Hoover’s offers bar drinks and appetizers at half-price. No small thing, considering that price means smoked wings for about $3.50, chipotle chicken quesadillas for about $4.25 and spinach-artichoke dip for about $3.75.
• Imperia: (5:30 p.m. to close) It’s nice to find low-cost entry points in a high-end place. How’s this? Imperia’s $12.95 sea bass skewers are $5 during happy hour. So are specialty martinis, including the Imperia Pearl (Grey Goose and Nigori sake), and small plates like buttery edamame potstickers or a Black Angus rib-eye roll.
• Jeffrey’s: (5 to 7 p.m.) When one of the best restaurants in town says, “Have some foie gras pate for $8.50,” the correct answer is, “OK, when?” or “Really?” From 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday-Friday and 9 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Jeffrey’s offers a half-price happy-hour menu in the bar. Other choices include risotto and duck sausage croquettes ($6), wagyu hanger steak and fries ($14) and a mini bison burger with blue cheese ($3.50).
• Kenobi Restaurant & Sushi Bar: (all day) Appetizers (like Asian short ribs, sesame scallops and dumplings with lobster and shrimp) are $5, and four types of sushi rolls (California, Philadelphia, spicy tuna, shrimp tempura) are $5.
• Louie’s 106: Bottles of wine are 50 percent off.
• Manuel’s: (4 to 6 p.m.) Half-price appetizers, $4 house margaritas.
• McCormick & Schmick’s: (Congress Avenue: 5 p.m. to close. Domain: 3 to 5 p.m.) Insane happy-hour menus, with equally head-spinning schedules. The $1.95 menu includes tomato bruschetta and chicken satay. For $2.95, a half-pound cheeseburger with fries joins the fray. At $3.95, add red curry mussels. And for $4.95, choose from a lamb gyro, cheeseburger sliders and Baja fish tacos.
• Momiji Hibachi & Sushi: (5 p.m. to close) Half-price sushi.
• Olivia: The small bar at the entrance serves its own limited menu, including lamb sliders ($9), a bowl of fries ($5) and a cheese and charcuterie platter ($14). The bar menu and bottles of sparkling wine are discounted 30 percent, and beer is $1 off.
• Red House Pizzeria: (5 to 7 p.m.) The best parts of the late Stortini Italian bistro live on at Red House, where pizza is half-price every day from 5 to 7 p.m., making a large sausage with roasted red peppers a mere $8.75.
• Red Robin: “All day every day” is a sentiment I can get behind. At Red Robin, they combine that sentiment with a family restaurant aesthetic, and what you get is a free kids’ meal (12 and younger) with the purchase of an adult entree. The options include spaghetti, a burger and chicken tenders, plus a side (fries, apple slices, carrots with ranch) and a bottomless drink.
• Roaring Fork: (4:30 to close) This Southwestern standout shows off with happy-hour specials that range from green chile pork stew for $6 (regularly $10) to a giant burger for $8 (regularly $13) and a fondue pot with lamb chops for $8 (usually $14).
• Rome’s Pizza: Buy a large pizza and get a second large at half-price.
• Shoal Creek Saloon: (after 4 p.m.) Chicken-fried steak with two sides, $6.99.
• 219 West: During happy hour (6 to 9 p.m. Sundays), appetizers from each of the six themed menus are half-off (plus 50 cents), which puts many of them in the $4 to $6 range. Highlights include chipotle mac and cheese, seafood beignets, calamari steak fingers, beef carpaccio and six kinds of mini burgers. Martinis start at $5, and select wine flights are $12 for five 2-ounce tastes.
MONDAY
• Abuelo’s: (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.) The best restaurant at Barton Creek mall does Mexican food in a big way, and when it starts tossing around a $6.99 price tag for plates that usually clock in closer to $10, it’s worth a look. For a limited time, Abuelo’s is offering lunches like a nine-layer Mexican stack, an El Paso burrito and a chimichanga for $6.99.
• Alligator Grill: (3 to 7 p.m.) 20-cent shrimp, 50-cent oysters and wings.
• Athenian Grill: Off and running at its new Congress Avenue spot, this Greek favorite wasted no time offering $5 food and drink specials and $10 bottles of Greek wine Monday-Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. The $5 menu includes a kabob plate, spinach pie, Greek meatballs and a killer chicken salad. $5 drinks include a Mediterranean margarita and something called “Ouzo Greek Lightning.”
• Aussie’s Grill & Beachbar: (11 p.m. to 2 a.m.) Late-night half-price appetizers.
• Austin Land & Cattle: (5 to 7 p.m.) Austin’s family-owned carnivore’s carnival puts samples of some of its best work on sale during happy hour. From the bar menu, a steak sampler of filet, rib-eye and sirloin is $9, Buffalo-style lambchops slim down to $12, and hand-cut burgers (including the Redeye, with crispy fried greens and a sunny-side egg) are half-price, which puts one in your hands for $5 or less. Also, Tito’s martinis are $5.
• Bill Miller Bar-B-Q: (all day) $2.99 plates with a side, roll and tea.
• Brick Oven Restaurant: Buy a large pizza and get a medium pizza of equal or lesser value free.
• Cannoli Joe’s: (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) Quality Italian lunch buffet for $9.99 ($5.99 for kids 12 and younger, free if they’re 3 or younger).
• Chez Zee: (3 to 6 p.m.) $4.50 will buy crab quesadillas, a basil cheese torta or chicken beignets during happy hour, when they and a host of other appetizers are half-price. Pair them with $3 frozen drinks and house wines.
• Chuy’s: (4 to 7 p.m.) Say it with me: “Nacho car.” Ride along with free chips, queso, salsa, beef and beans in the bar area. Sweet house margaritas are $3.50.
• Corazon at Castle Hill: Appetizers are half-price (which means the savory lamb empanadas are an astonishing $2.50) and drinks are $1 off from 4 to 7 p.m. The empanadas, plus a frozen mango swirl ’rita for $3.50? Twenty minutes of delight for $6.
• Cuba Libre: (4 p.m. to close) This half-price appetizer deal gets its mojo from the bar’s Cubanesque flair. The choices include plantain chips and lump crab tostados, and specialty martinis are $5.
• Cypress Grill: (5 p.m. to close) Half-price wine by the glass or bottle.
• The Daily Grill: (4 to 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close.) Happy-hour specials from $1.94 to $2.94. $2 all-day kids’ menu.
• Doc’s Motorworks: Patios with bright retro patio chairs and solid beer-food get even better on Mondays, with two-for-one burgers and $2.50 pints of Bud.
• Eddie V’s Edgewater Grill: (4:30 p.m. to close) Half-price appetizers, $1 off drinks.
• El Arroyo: Burgers are two-for-one from 5 p.m. to close, and Tecates are $1 all day long.
• Freddie’s Place: South Austin gets its weirdness on with $2 frozen margaritas, well drinks, Jack-and-lemonade slushies and tall boys all day (the rest of the week, it’s only 4 to 7 p.m., so lucky you). Happy-hour customers get free brisket and wings starting at 6 p.m. “until it runs out.”
• Green Mesquite BBQ & More: The dark-horse, mack-daddy deal of them all? All-you-can-eat barbecue for $10.99.
• Haiku Japanese Restaurant: (4 to 6:30 p.m.) Sushi rolls are $2.99, sushi is $1.50 per piece and beer is $2 a bottle.
• Hang Town Grill: (4 p.m. to close, both locations) Kids eat free at this family-oriented burger, fish tacos and pizza restaurant with the purchase of an adult entree.
• Hayashi Modern Japanese Cuisine: $5 sushi rolls, $5 sliders, $2.50 wine 3 to 6 p.m.
• Hoover’s Cooking: (4 to 7 p.m.) Bar drinks and appetizers at half-price.
• Hut’s Hamburgers: Veggie burgers are two-for-one from 6 to 10 p.m.
• Imperia: (4 p.m. to close) $5 dim sum, small plates and specialty martinis. Two-for-one sushi until 7 p.m.
• Jeffrey’s: (5 to 7 p.m.) Half-price small-plates menu in the bar.
• Kenobi Restaurant & Sushi Bar: $5 appetizers and sushi rolls 4 to 7 p.m.
• La Familia: Lunch plates (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.) at this tucked-away gem are $4.99 and include rice and beans and iced tea. Choices include flautas and enchilada and taco combos.
• Louie’s 106: During happy hour (4 to 7 p.m.), appetizers from the dinner menu are half-price, landing most of them in the $4.25 to $5 range. Choices include smoked salmon crostini, crispy soft-shell crab, ahi tuna tartare, Prince Edward Island mussels, a jumbo lump crab and avocado salad and an antipasto platter. Cocktails and wines by the glass are 20 percent off.
• Manuel’s: (4 to 6 p.m.) Half-price appetizers, $4 house margaritas.
• McCormick & Schmick’s: (Congress Avenue: 4 p.m. to close. Domain: 3 to 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 to 11 p.m.) Happy-hour food deals from $1.95 to $4.95.
• Momiji Hibachi & Sushi: (5 p.m. to close) Half-price sushi.
• Olivia: 30 percent off the bar menu and bottles of sparkling wine. Beer is $1 off.
• Phoenicia Bakery and Deli: This Mediterranean market, besides being stacked high with Middlle Eastern, Greek and Persian specialties, sells a joyous array of sandwiches and pitas for less than $4: falafel, gyros, kaftas, corned beef, even prosciutto.
• Red House Pizzeria: (5 to 7 p.m.) Half-price pizza.
• Red Robin: (all day) Free kids’ meal (12 and younger) with purchase of an adult entree.
• Roaring Fork: (4:30 to close) Deeply discounted Southwestern specialties.
• Rome’s Pizza: Buy a large pizza and get a second large at half-price.
• Ruth’s Chris Steak House: (4:30 to 7 p.m.) It’s only one of the best and most enduring steak places in town. Which makes a deal at Ruth’s Chris worth paying attention to. From 4:30 to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday, appetizers from the bar menu are half-price. A sampling, all around $6 at happy hour: stuffed mushrooms with crab, seared ahi tuna, beef tenderloin kabobs. Also, and I had to ask twice to make sure, any martini in the house is $5.
• Sagra: Pizza is half-price and drinks are $2 off from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday. And for lunch, Sagra has rolled out a line of “Recession Lunches” for less than $10 Monday-Friday 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Santa Rita Tex-Mex Cantina: After 3 p.m., fajitas for two are $11.95.
• Serranos: Buy one enchilada dinner, get one free. From 3 to 6:30 p.m., margaritas are $2.50, pints of Bud Light and Shiner Bock are $1.50, and nachos, quesadillas and flaquitos are $1.
• Shoal Creek Saloon: (all day) Chicken-fried steak with two sides, $6.99.
• 219 West: (5 to 9 p.m.) Appetizers are half-off (plus 50 cents). Martinis $5, wine flights $12.
• Z Tejas: Enough with the happy hours, already, right? Just one more, but I promise it’s worth it. From 4 to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday, Z Tejas makes half-price appetizers that tweak their Southwestern pedigrees: green chile pulled pork nachos, catfish beignets, shrimp-and-guacamole tostadas. None of the appetizers climbs much above $5 at half-price, and margaritas are $1 off.
TUESDAY
• Abuelo’s: (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.) $6.99 Mexican lunch specials.
• Alligator Grill: (all day) 20-cent shrimp, 50-cent oysters and wings.
• Aquarelle: (5 to 7 p.m.) The wine bar and patio at this upmarket French restaurant offers half-price dishes from the bar menu Tuesday-Saturday. But this is no ordinary wine bar, and these are no ordinary appetizers — mussels, a cheese plate, a croque monsieur sandwich — with none topping $6 after the discount.
• Athenian Grill: (4 to 7 p.m.) $5 food and drink specials and $10 bottles of Greek wine.
• Aussie’s Grill & Beachbar: (11 p.m. to 2 a.m.) Late-night half-price appetizers.
• Austin Land & Cattle: (5 to 7 p.m.) Bar-menu discounts, including half-price, hand-cut burgers.
• Bill Miller Bar-B-Q: (all day) $2.99 plates with a side, roll and tea.
• Brick Oven Restaurant: Choose from 10 bottles of wine for $10.
• Burger House: This no-nonsense burger stand does the two-for-one dance on Tuesday. Double the chili double cheeseburger for a modest $4.20.
• Cannoli Joe’s: (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) It’s easy to dismiss a buffet as a human feedlot, no matter how much it costs. But I’ll vouch for Cannoli Joe’s at lunchtime, when their Italian buffet is only $9.99 ($5.99 for kids 12 and younger, free if they’re 3 or younger). From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Friday (pricing and hours change for weekends and dinner), highlights at the plaza-style serving area include sausage and peppers, tangy bone-in pieces of chicken cacciatore, creamy rigatoni Bolognese and salads with fresh tomatoes, balsamic vinegar and mozzarella. My kids love the pizzas, the hand-dipped ice creams and the namesake cannoli.
• Central Market: (5 to 9 p.m.) At the north location of this grocery market/culinary safari park, kids eat free with the purchase of an adult entree.
• Chez Zee: (3 to 6 p.m.) Half-price appetizers, $3 frozen drinks, wells and wine.
• Chon Som Asian Cuisine and Sushi Bar: (5 to 7 p.m.) $1 sushi. $2 sake bombs.
• Chuy’s: (4 to 7 p.m.) Free chips, queso, salsa, beef and beans in the bar area. $3.50 margaritas.
• Corazón at Castle Hill: (4 to 7 p.m.) Half-price appetizers and $1 off drinks.
• Cuba Libre: (4 to 7 p.m.) Half-price appetizers, $5 martinis, $3 draft beer.
• Cypress Grill: Sure, the Carino’s chain has “Two Can Dine for $19.99,” but for a penny more on Tuesday nights, this local Cajun spot will feed both of you with soup or salad, an entree (crawfish enchiladas, for example) and a dessert to share.
• The Daily Grill: (4 to 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close.) Happy-hour specials from $1.94 to $2.94. $2 all-day kids’ menu.
• Eddie V’s Edgewater Grill: (4:30 to 7 p.m.) Half-price appetizers, $1 off drinks.
• El Arroyo: From 5 p.m. to close, cheese enchiladas are two-for-one and margaritas are $1 from 2 to 6 p.m., then $2 from 6 to 7 p.m.
• Freddie’s Place: (4 to 7 p.m.) $2 frozen margaritas, wells, Jack-and-lemonade slushies and tall boys. Free brisket and wings starting at 6 p.m.
• Green Mesquite BBQ & More: All-you-can-eat barbecue for $10.99.
• Haiku Japanese Restaurant: (4 to 6:30 p.m.) Sushi rolls are $2.99, sushi is $1.50 per piece and beer is $2 a bottle.
• Hang Town Grill: (4 p.m. to close, Burnet Road location only) Kids eat free with the purchase of an adult entree.
• Hayashi Modern Japanese Cuisine: $5 sushi rolls, $5 sliders, $2.50 wine 3 to 6 p.m.
• Hoover’s Cooking: (4 to 7 p.m.) Bar drinks and appetizers at half-price.
• Imperia: (4 to 7 p.m.) $5 dim sum, small plates and specialty martinis. Two-for-one sushi.
• The Jackalope: Half-price pizza night.
• Jeffrey’s: (5 to 7 p.m.) Half-price small-plates menu in the bar.
• Kenobi Restaurant & Sushi Bar: $5 appetizers and sushi rolls 4 to 7 p.m. $5 martinis.
• La Familia: Lunch plates (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.), $4.99.
• Louie’s 106: (4 to 7 p.m.) Half-price appetizers and 20 percent off cocktails and wines by the glass.
• Manuel’s: (4 to 6 p.m.) Half-price appetizers, $4 house margaritas.
• McCormick & Schmick’s: (Congress Avenue: 4 to 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close. Domain: 3 to 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 to 11 p.m.) Happy-hour food deals from $1.95 to $4.95.
• Momiji Hibachi & Sushi: (5 p.m. to close) Half-price sushi.
• Patsy’s Cowgirl Cafe: (5 to 10 p.m.) At Patsy’s, the burgers have names: Vince Young, Molly Ivins, Don Walser, Clifford Antone. And on Tuesdays from 5 to 10 p.m., their reflected glory is worth a 50 percent discount, making them all less than $4.
• Phoenicia Bakery and Deli: (all day) Mediterranean sandwiches and pitas for less than $4.
• Quality Seafood: (6 to 9 p.m.) Our favorite fish market and seafood dive puts Tuesdays on the map with $2 seafood tacos and $2 draft beer.
• Red House Pizzeria: (5 to 7 p.m.) Half-price pizza.
• Red Robin: (all day) Free kids’ meal (12 and younger) with purchase of an adult entree.
• Roaring Fork: (4:30 to 7 p.m.) Deeply discounted Southwestern specialties.
• Rome’s Pizza: The Austin branch of this minichain is running an everyday offer to buy a large pizza and get a second large at half-price. Good. Even better, kids 10 and younger eat free with the purchase of adult meal Tuesday and Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m.
• Ruth’s Chris Steak House: (4:30 to 7 p.m.) Appetizers from the bar menu are half-price. Any martini in the house is $5.
• Sagra: Lean times can be fat and happy times, too. Find out how many mussels you can eat for $12 on Tuesdays at this rustic Italian bistro. Also: half-price pizza and $2 off drinks 4 to 7 p.m. “Recession Lunches” less than $10 from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Santa Rita Tex-Mex Cantina: (3 to 7 p.m.) $2 tacos and $2 Tecates.
• Serranos: (3 to 6:30 p.m.) $2.50 margaritas, $1.50 pints of Bud Light and Shiner Bock, $1 nachos, quesadillas and flaquitos.
• Shoal Creek Saloon: (all day) One-pound pork chop with mashed potatoes and green beans, $9.29.
• 219 West: (5 to 9 p.m.) Appetizers are half-off (plus 50 cents). Martinis $5, wine flights $12.
• Z Tejas: (4 to 7 p.m.) Half-price appetizers. $1 off margaritas.
WEDNESDAY
• Abuelo’s: (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.) $6.99 Mexican lunch specials.
• Alligator Grill: (3 to 7 p.m.) 20-cent shrimp, 50-cent oysters and wings. On Wednesdays, bottles of wine are half-price with an an entree.
• Aquarelle: (5 to 7 p.m.) Half-price dishes from the bar menu.
• Athenian Grill: (4 to 7p.m.) $5 food and drink specials and $10 bottles of Greek wine.
• Aussie’s Grill & Beachbar: (11 p.m. to 2 a.m.) Late-night half-price appetizers.
• Austin Land & Cattle: (5 to 7 p.m.) Bar-menu discounts, including half-price, hand-cut burgers.
• Bill Miller Bar-B-Q: (all day) $2.99 plates with a side, roll and tea.
• Cannoli Joe’s: (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) Quality Italian lunch buffet for $9.99 ($5.99 for kids 12 and younger, free if they’re 3 or younger).
• Chez Zee: (3 to 6 p.m.) Half-price appetizers, $3 frozen drinks, wells and wine.
• Chon Som Asian Cuisine and Sushi Bar: (5 to 7 p.m.) $1 sushi. $2 sake bombs.
• Chuy’s: (4 to 7 p.m.) Free chips, queso, salsa, beef and beans in the bar area. $3.50 margaritas.
• Corazon at Castle Hill: (4 to 7 p.m.) Half-price appetizers and $1 off drinks.
• Cuba Libre: (4 to 7 p.m.) Half-price appetizers, $5 martinis, $3 draft beer.
• The Daily Grill: (4 to 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close.) Happy-hour specials from $1.94 to $2.94. $2 all-day kids’ menu.
• Doc’s Motorworks: Pay just a dollar for crispy tacos and $2 for Mexican canned beers.
• Draught House Pub & Brewery: Like you need an excuse to hit a place with this many beers on draft, including six made in-house. But a dude’s gotta eat. And on Wednesday, the pizza’s free.
• Eddie V’s Edgewater Grill: (4:30 to 7 p.m.) Half-price appetizers, $1 off drinks.
• Freddie’s Place: (4 to 7 p.m.) $2 frozen margaritas, wells, Jack-and-lemonade slushies and tall boys. Free brisket and wings starting at 6 p.m.
• Haiku Japanese Restaurant: (4 to 6:30 p.m.) Sushi rolls are $2.99, sushi is $1.50 per piece and beer is $2 a bottle.
• Hayashi Modern Japanese Cuisine: $5 sushi rolls, $5 sliders, $2.50 wine 3 to 6 p.m.
• Hoover’s Cooking: (4 to 7 p.m.) Bar drinks and appetizers at half-price.
• Hut’s Hamburgers: Most all the burgers at this mecca of meat on a bun are two-for-one from 6 to 10 p.m. A Ritchie Valens and a Wolfman Jack, please.
• Imperia: (4 to 7 p.m.) $5 dim sum, small plates and specialty martinis. Two-for-one sushi.
• Kenobi Restaurant & Sushi Bar: $5 appetizers and sushi rolls 4 to 7 p.m.
• The Jackalope: Two-for-one burgers on Wednesdays, including the fiery four chile burger and the crimini mushroom burger.
• Jeffrey’s: (5 to 7 p.m.) Half-price small-plates menu in the bar.
• La Familia: Lunch plates (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.), $4.99.
• Louie’s 106: (4 to 7 p.m.) Half-price appetizers and 20 percent off cocktails and wines by the glass.
• Manuel’s: (4 to 6 p.m.) Half-price appetizers, $4 house margaritas.
• McCormick & Schmick’s: (Congress Avenue: 4 to 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close. Domain: 3 to 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 to 11 p.m.) Happy-hour food deals from $1.95 to $4.95.
• Momiji Hibachi & Sushi: (5 p.m. to close) Half-price sushi.
• Parkside: The high life for half. From 5 p.m. to close, champagne and oysters are half-price at this minimalist wonder-bar and bistro on Sixth Street. The deal puts a half-dozen oysters within reach for six to eight bucks, and champagne by the glass as low as $3.50.
• Phoenicia Bakery and Deli: (all day) Mediterranean sandwiches and pitas for less than $4.
• Red House Pizzeria: (5 to 7 p.m.) Half-price pizza.
• Red Robin: (all day) Free kids’ meal (12 and younger) with purchase of an adult entree.
• Roaring Fork: (4:30 to 7 p.m.) Deeply discounted Southwestern specialties.
• Rome’s Pizza: Buy a large pizza and get a second large at half-price. Kids 10 and younger eat free with the purchase of adult meal from 4 to 8 p.m.
• Ruth’s Chris Steak House: (4:30 to 7 p.m.) Appetizers from the bar menu are half-price. Any martini in the house is $5.
• Sagra: Half-price pizza and $2 off drinks 4 to 7 p.m. “Recession Lunches” less than $10 from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Santa Rita Tex-Mex Cantina: (3 to 7 p.m.) Wings are 25 cents, and draft beers are $2.
• Serranos: Free child’s plate with an adult entree. From 3 to 6:30 p.m.: $2.50 margaritas, $1.50 pints of Bud Light and Shiner Bock, $1 nachos, quesadillas and flaquitos.
• Shoal Creek Saloon: (after 4 p.m.) One-pound pork chop with two sides, $9.29.
• 219 West: (5 to 9 p.m.) Appetizers are half-off (plus 50 cents). Martinis $5, wine flights $12.
• Z Tejas: (4 to 7 p.m.) Half-price appetizers. $1 off margaritas.
THURSDAY
• Abuelo’s: (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.) $6.99 Mexican lunch specials.
• Alligator Grill: (3 to 7 p.m.) 20-cent shrimp, 50-cent oysters and wings.
• Aquarelle: (5 to 7 p.m.) Half-price dishes from the bar menu.
• Athenian Grill: (4 to 7p.m.) $5 food and drink specials and $10 bottles of Greek wine.
• Aussie’s Grill & Beachbar: (11 p.m. to 2 a.m.) Late-night half-price appetizers.
• Austin Land & Cattle: (5 to 7 p.m.) Bar-menu discounts, including half-price, hand-cut burgers.
• Bill Miller Bar-B-Q: (all day) $2.99 plates with a side, roll and tea.
• Cannoli Joe’s: (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) Quality Italian lunch buffet for $9.99 ($5.99 for kids 12 and younger, free if they’re 3 or younger).
• Chez Zee: (3 to 6 p.m.) Half-price appetizers, $3 frozen drinks, wells and wine.
• Chon Som Asian Cuisine and Sushi Bar: (5 to 7 p.m.) $1 sushi. $2 sake bombs.
• Chuy’s: (4 to 7 p.m.) Free chips, queso, salsa, beef and beans in the bar area. $3.50 margaritas.
• Corazon at Castle Hill: (4 to 7 p.m.) Half-price appetizers and $1 off drinks.
• Cuba Libre: (4 to 7 p.m.) Half-price appetizers, $5 martinis, $3 draft beer.
• The Daily Grill: (4 to 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close.) Happy-hour specials from $1.94 to $2.94. $2 all-day kids’ menu.
• Draught House Pub & Brewery: Because beer is food, house pints are $2.25.
• Eddie V’s Edgewater Grill: (4:30 to 7 p.m.) Half-price appetizers, $1 off drinks.
• Freddie’s Place: (4 to 7 p.m.) $2 frozen margaritas, wells, Jack-and-lemonade slushies and tall boys. Free brisket and wings starting at 6 p.m.
• Haiku Japanese Restaurant: (4 to 6:30 p.m.) Sushi rolls are $2.99, sushi is $1.50 per piece and beer is $2 a bottle.
• Hayashi Modern Japanese Cuisine: $5 sushi rolls, $5 sliders, $2.50 wine 3 to 6 p.m.
• Hoover’s Cooking: (4 to 7 p.m.) Bar drinks and appetizers at half-price.
• Imperia: (4 to 7 p.m.) $5 dim sum, small plates and specialty martinis. Two-for-one sushi.
• Jeffrey’s: (5 to 7 p.m.) Half-price small-plates menu in the bar.
• Kenobi Restaurant & Sushi Bar: $5 appetizers and sushi rolls 4 to 7 p.m.
• La Familia: Lunch plates (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.), $4.99.
• Louie’s 106: (4 to 7 p.m.) Half-price appetizers and 20 percent off cocktails and wines by the glass.
• Manuel’s: (4 to 6 p.m.) Half-price appetizers, $4 house margaritas.
• McCormick & Schmick’s: (Congress Avenue: 4 to 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close. Domain: 3 to 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 to 11 p.m.) Happy-hour food deals from $1.95 to $4.95.
• Momiji Hibachi & Sushi: (5 p.m. to close) Half-price sushi.
• Phoenicia Bakery and Deli: (all day) Mediterranean sandwiches and pitas for less than $4.
• Quality Seafood: Peel-and-eat shrimp are a quarter apiece, and Lone Stars are $2.
• Red House Pizzeria: (5 to 7 p.m.) Half-price pizza.
• Red Robin: (all day) Free kids’ meal (12 and younger) with purchase of an adult entree.
• Roaring Fork: (4:30 to 7 p.m.) Deeply discounted Southwestern specialties.
• Rome’s Pizza: Buy a large pizza and get a second large at half-price.
• Ruth’s Chris Steak House: (4:30 to 7 p.m.) Appetizers from the bar menu are half-price. Any martini in the house is $5.
• Sagra: Half-price pizza and $2 off drinks 4 to 7 p.m. “Recession Lunches” less than $10 from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Serranos: (3 to 6:30 p.m.) $2.50 margaritas, $1.50 pints of Bud Light and Shiner Bock, $1 nachos, quesadillas and flaquitos.
• Santa Rita Tex-Mex Cantina: (3 to 7 p.m.) Half-price appetizers.
• Sullivan’s Steakhouse: The bar and lounge area at Sullivan’s swings with half-price bar entrees (blue cheese meatloaf, peppercorn tenderloin tips), half-price cigars and $5 martinis.
• 219 West: (5 to 9 p.m.) Appetizers are half-off (plus 50 cents). Martinis $5, wine flights $12.
• Z Tejas: (4 to 7 p.m.) Half-price appetizers. $1 off margaritas.
FRIDAY
• Abuelo’s: (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.) $6.99 Mexican lunch specials.
• Alligator Grill: (3 to 7 p.m.) 20-cent shrimp, 50-cent oysters and wings.
• Aquarelle: (5 to 7 p.m.) Half-price dishes from the bar menu.
• Athenian Grill: (4 to 7p.m.) $5 food and drink specials and $10 bottles of Greek wine.
• Aussie’s Grill & Beachbar: (11 p.m. to 2 a.m.) Late-night half-price appetizers.
• Austin Land & Cattle: (5 to 7 p.m.) Bar-menu discounts, including half-price, hand-cut burgers.
• Bill Miller Bar-B-Q: (all day) $2.99 plates with a side, roll and tea.
• Cannoli Joe’s: (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) Quality Italian lunch buffet for $9.99 ($5.99 for kids 12 and younger, free if they’re 3 or younger).
• Chez Zee: (3 to 6 p.m.) Half-price appetizers, $3 frozen drinks, wells and wine.
• Chon Som Asian Cuisine and Sushi Bar: (5 to 7 p.m.) $1 sushi. $2 sake bombs.
• Chuy’s: (4 to 7 p.m.) Free chips, queso, salsa, beef and beans in the bar area. $3.50 margaritas.
• Corazon at Castle Hill: (4 to 7 p.m.) Half-price appetizers and $1 off drinks.
• Cuba Libre: (4 to 7 p.m.) Half-price appetizers, $5 martinis, $3 draft beer.
• The Daily Grill: (4 to 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close.) Happy-hour specials from $1.94 to $2.94. $2 all-day kids’ menu.
• Eddie V’s Edgewater Grill: (4:30 to 7 p.m.) Half-price appetizers, $1 off drinks.
• Freddie’s Place: (4 to 7 p.m.) $2 frozen margaritas, wells, Jack-and-lemonade slushies and tall boys. Free brisket and wings starting at 6 p.m.
• Green Mesquite BBQ & More: From a week’s worth of reasonable daily specials, Friday’s pork rib plate for $6.99 with two sides (try fried okra and corn on the cob) stands out.
• Haiku Japanese Restaurant: (4 to 6:30 p.m.) Sushi rolls are $2.99, sushi is $1.50 per piece and beer is $2 a bottle.
• Hayashi Modern Japanese Cuisine: $5 sushi rolls, $5 sliders, $2.50 wine 3 to 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. to midnight.
• Hoover’s Cooking: (4 to 7 p.m.) Bar drinks and appetizers at half-price.
• Imperia: (4 to 7 p.m.) $5 dim sum, small plates and specialty martinis. Two-for-one sushi.
• Jeffrey’s: (5 to 7 p.m.) Half-price small-plates menu in the bar.
• Kenobi Restaurant & Sushi Bar: $5 appetizers and sushi rolls 4 to 7 p.m.
• La Familia: Lunch plates (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.), $4.99.
• Louie’s 106: During happy hour (4 to 7 p.m.), appetizers from the dinner menu are half-price, landing most of them in the $4.25 to $5 range. Choices include smoked salmon crostini, crispy soft-shell crab, ahi tuna tartare, Prince Edward Island mussels, a jumbo lump crab and avocado salad and an antipasto platter. Cocktails and wines by the glass are 20 percent off.
• Manuel’s: (4 to 6 p.m.) Half-price appetizers, $4 house margaritas.
• McCormick & Schmick’s: (Congress Avenue: 4 to 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close. Domain: 3 to 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 to 11 p.m.) Happy-hour food deals from $1.95 to $4.95.
• Phoenicia Bakery and Deli: (all day) Mediterranean sandwiches and pitas for less than $4.
• Red House Pizzeria: (5 to 7 p.m.) Half-price pizza.
• Red Robin: (all day) Free kids’ meal (12 and younger) with purchase of an adult entree.
• Roaring Fork: (4:30 to 7 p.m.) Deeply discounted Southwestern specialties.
• Rome’s Pizza: Buy a large pizza and get a second large at half-price.
• Ruth’s Chris Steak House: (4:30 to 7 p.m.) Appetizers from the bar menu are half-price. Any martini in the house is $5.
• Sagra: Half-price pizza and $2 off drinks 4 to 7 p.m. “Recession Lunches” less than $10 from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Serranos: (3 to 6:30 p.m.) $2.50 margaritas, $1.50 pints of Bud Light and Shiner Bock, $1 nachos, quesadillas and flaquitos.
• 219 West: (5 to 9 p.m.) Appetizers are half-off (plus 50 cents). Martinis $5, wine flights $12.
• Z Tejas: (4 to 7 p.m.) Half-price appetizers. $1 off margaritas.
SATURDAY
• Alligator Grill: (3 to 7 p.m.) 20-cent shrimp, 50-cent oysters and wings.
• Aquarelle: (5 to 7 p.m.) Half-price dishes from the bar menu.
• Aussie’s Grill & Beachbar: (11 p.m. to 2 a.m.) Late-night half-price appetizers.
• Bill Miller Bar-B-Q: (all day) $2.99 plates with a side, roll and tea.
• Chon Som Asian Cuisine and Sushi Bar: (5 to 7 p.m.) $1 sushi. $2 sake bombs.
• The Daily Grill: (4 p.m. to close.) Happy-hour specials from $1.94 to $2.94. $2 all-day kids’ menu.
• Draught House Pub & Brewery: Free bratwurst.
• Eddie V’s Edgewater Grill: (4:30 to 7 p.m.) Half-price appetizers, $1 off drinks.
• Hayashi Modern Japanese Cuisine: $5 sushi rolls, $5 sliders, $2.50 wine 10 p.m. to midnight.
• Hoover’s Cooking: (4 to 7 p.m.) Bar drinks and appetizers at half-price.
• Imperia: (5:30 to 7 p.m.) $5 dim sum, small plates and specialty martinis. Two-for-one sushi.
• Jeffrey’s: 9 to 10:30 p.m.) Half-price small-plates menu in the bar.
• Manuel’s: I’ve made meals out of Manuel’s half-price appetizers, which include grilled potato and corn masa cakes with venison chorizo and a chicken mole broiled with cheese. The special runs from 4 to 6 p.m. every day, and to sweeten the deal, house margaritas are $4.
• McCormick & Schmick’s: (Congress Avenue: 4 to 6:30 p.m. Domain: 3 to 5 p.m.) Happy-hour food deals from $1.95 to $4.95.
• Phoenicia Bakery and Deli: (all day) Mediterranean sandwiches and pitas for less than $4.
• Red House Pizzeria: (5 to 7 p.m.) Half-price pizza.
• Red Robin: (all day) Free kids’ meal (12 and younger) with purchase of an adult entree.
• Roaring Fork: (4:30 to 7 p.m.) Deeply discounted Southwestern specialties.
• Rome’s Pizza: Buy a large pizza and get a second large at half-price.
DIRECTORY
This is a directory of the restaurants featured among the Super Savor deals I’ve uncovered in the last few weeks.
• Abuelo’s. 2901 S. Capitol of Texas Highway (Loop 36), No. 7 (at Barton Creek Square mall). 306-0857, www.abuelos.com.
• Alligator Grill. 3003 S. Lamar Blvd. 444-6117, www.alligatorgrill.com.
• Aquarelle. 606 Rio Grande St. 479-8117, www.aquarellerestaurant.com.
• Athenian Grill. 600 Congress Ave., Suite 150. 474-7775, www.athenianbargrill.com.
• Aussie’s Grill & Beachbar. 306 Barton Springs Road. 480-0952, www.aussiesbar.com.
• Austin Land & Cattle. 1205 N. Lamar Blvd. 472-1813, www.austinlandandcattlecompany.com.
• Bill Miller Bar-B-Q.
— 709 E. Ben White Blvd. 443-3533.
— 8103 Burnet Road. 458-3244.
— 136 Slaughter Lane. 280-8364.
— 14718 N. Interstate 35. 251-1977.
— 8700 U.S. 290 E. 926-3502.
— 1930 William Cannon Drive. 444-1032.
— 908 N. Loop 4, Buda. 512-295-1665.
— www.billmillerbbq.com.
• Brick Oven Restaurant.
— 9911 Brodie Lane, Suite 600. 292-3939.
— 1209 Red River St. 477-7006.
— 10710 Research Blvd. 345-6181.
— www.brickovenrestaurant.com.
• Burger House. 4211 Spicewood Springs Road. 346-7200, www.burgerhouse.com.
• Cannoli Joe’s. 4715 U.S. 290 W. 892-4444, www.cannolijoes.com.
• Central Market. 4001 N. Lamar Blvd. 206-1000, www.centralmarket.com.
• Chez Zee. 5406 Balcones Drive. 454-2666, www.chez-zee.com.
• Chon Som Asian Cuisine and Sushi Bar. 2013 Wells Branch Parkway. 989-5559, www.chonsom.com.
• Chuy’s.
— 1728 Barton Springs Road. 474-4452.
— 10520 N. Lamar Blvd. 836-3218.
— 11680 N. Research Blvd. 342-0011.
— 2320 N. Interstate 35, Round Rock. 255-2211.
— 4301 W. William Cannon Drive. 899-2489.
— www.chuys.com.
• Corazón at Castle Hill. 1101 W. Fifth St. 476-0728, www.corazonatcastlehill.com.
• Cuba Libre. 409 Colorado St. 472-2822, www.cubalibreaustin.com.
• Cypress Grill. 404 W. William Cannon Drive, Suite L. 358-7474.
• The Daily Grill. 11506 Century Oaks Terrace, Suite 100 (the Domain). 836-4200, www.dailygrill.com.
• Doc’s Motorworks.
— 1123 S. Congress Ave. 448-9181.
— 5207 Brodie Lane, Suite 100. 892-5200.
— www.docsaustin.com.
• Draught House Pub & Brewery. 4114 Medical Parkway. 452-6258, www.draughthouse.com.
• Eddie V’s Edgewater Grill. — 301 E. Fifth St. 472-1860. — 9400-B Arboretum Blvd. 342-2642. — www.eddiev.com.
• El Arroyo.
— 1624 W. Fifth St. 474-1222.
— 7032 Wood Hollow Dive, 345-8226.
— www.ditch.com.
• Freddie’s Place. 1703 S. First St. 445-9197, www.freddiesplaceaustin.com.
• Green Mesquite BBQ & More.
— 1400 Barton Springs Road. 479-0485.
— 7010 Texas 71 W. 288-8300.
— www.greenmesquite.net.
• Haiku Japanese Restaurant. 9600 S. Interstate 35, Suite C (Southpark Meadows). 291-5600.
• Hang Town Grill.
— 701 S. Capital of Texas Highway (Loop 360). 347-1039.
— 5800 Burnet Road. 420-9430.
— www.hangtowngrill.com.
• Hayashi Modern Japanese Cuisine. 1335 E. Whitestone Blvd., Cedar Park. 986.7176, www.hayashigrill.com.
• Hoover’s Cooking.
— 2002 Manor Road. 479-5006.
— 13376 Research Blvd., No. 400. 335-0300.
— www.hooverscooking.com.
• Hut’s Hamburgers. 807 W. Sixth St. 472-0693, www.hutsfrankandangies.com.
• Imperia. 310 Colorado St. 472-6770, www.imperia-austin.com.
• The Jackalope. 404 E. Sixth St., 469-5801, www.jackalopeaustin.com.
• Jeffrey’s. 1204 West Lynn St. 477-5584, www. jeffreysofaustin.com.
• Kenobi Restaurant & Sushi Bar. 10000 Research Blvd, Suite 138-A. 241-0119, www.kenobiaustin.com.
• La Familia. 3601 W. William Cannon Drive., Suite 900. 892-1311, www.lafamiliaaustin.com.
• Louie’s 106. 106 E. Sixth St. 476-1997. www.louies106.net.
• Manuel’s.
— 310 Congress Ave. 472-7555.
— 10201 Jollyville Road. 345-1042.
— www.manuels.com.
• McCormick & Schmick’s.
— 401 Congress Ave.. 236-9600.
— 11600 Century Oaks Terrace, Suite 100 (the Domain). 836-0500.
— www.mccormickandschmicks.com.
• Momiji Hibachi & Sushi. 13201 RM 620 N., No. U208. 219-7070, www.eatmomiji.com.
• Olivia. 2043 S. Lamar Blvd. 804-2700, www.olivia-austin.com.
• Parkside. 301 E. Sixth St 474-9898, www.parkside-austin.com.
• Patsy’s Cowgirl Cafe. 5001 E. Ben White Blvd. 444-2020, www.patsyscowgirlcafe.com.
• Phoenicia Bakery and Deli.
— 2912 S. Lamar Blvd. 447-4444.
— 4701A Burnet Road. 323-6770.
— www.phoeniciabakery.com.
• Quality Seafood. 5621 Airport Blvd. 454-5827, www.qualityseafoodmarket.com.
• Red House Pizzeria. 1917 Manor Road. 391-9500, www.redhouselounge.com.
• Red Robin.
— 4809 U.S. 290 W. 891-7331.
— 13000 N. Interstate 35 (southbound frontage), Building 5. 997-9500.
— 13315 U.S. 183 N., Building E. 249-8902.
— www.redrobin.com.
• Roaring Fork. 701 Congress Ave. 583-0000, www.eddiev.com.
• Rome’s Pizza. 9225 W. Parmer Lane. 996-8890, www.romespizza.com.
• Ruth’s Chris Steak House. 107 W. Sixth St. 477-7884, www.ruthschris.com.
• Sagra. 1610 San Antonio St. 535-5988, www.sagrarestaurant.net.
• Santa Rita Tex-Mex Cantina. 1206 W. 38th St. 419-7482, www.santaritacantina.com.
• Serranos.
— 1111 Red River St. 322-9080.
— 5030 U.S. 290 W. 891-7592.
— 2701 Parker Road (La Frontera), Round Rock. 218-4888.
— 11100 Pecan Park Blvd., Cedar Park. 258-3441.
— 10000 Research Blvd. 250-9555.
— 9500 S. Interstate 35 (Southpark Meadows). 280-7770.
— www.serranos.com.
• Shoal Creek Saloon. 909 N. Lamar Blvd. 474-0805, www.shoalcreeksaloon.com.
• Sullivan’s Steakhouse. 300 Colorado St. 495-6504, www.sullivansteakhouse.com.
• 219 West. 219 W. Fourth St. 474-2194. www.219west.com.
• Z Tejas.
— 1110 W. Sixth St. 478-5355.
— 9400-A Arboretum Blvd. 346-3506.
— 10525 W. Parmer Lane. 388-7772.
— www.ztejas.com.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
German bishops say 'no room' for Holocaust denier in Catholicism
(CNN) -- Germany's Catholic bishops are calling for the expulsion of a former bishop, recently brought back into the church by Pope Benedict XVI, after new reports that he denies the Holocaust.
Bishop Richard Williamson, shown in a recent Swiss interview, says he'll recantonly "if I find this proof."
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In statements to Spiegel Online, the Web site of the German news magazine, Archbishop Robert Zollitsch said the church should part ways with Bishop Richard Williamson, a member of an ultra-conservative group that split off after Pope John Paul II excommunicated him and three other bishops in 1988.
"Mr. Williamson is impossible and irresponsible," Zollitsch, chairman of the German Bishops' Conference, told the magazine in an article published Saturday. "I now see no room for him in the Catholic Church."
The Vatican has faced criticism since Benedict lifted the excommunication of the four men January 21 and announced the move three days later. The announcement came days after a Swedish Public Television interview in which Williamson said Germany's systematic murder of millions of Jews during World War II never happened.
In the Saturday article, Spiegel quotes Williamson saying that he will not recant his theories and that he would need more evidence to believe the Holocaust really happened. 
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"If I find this proof, then I will correct myself," he said. "But that will require some time."
On Wednesday, the Vatican ordered Williamson to "distance himself" from his views "in an absolutely unequivocal and public manner."
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The Vatican's secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, has said Williamson will not be allowed to perform priestly functions if he does not recant. He said the pope was unaware of the comments when he rehabilitated the men.
Williamson apologized last week for the "distress" he has caused the pope but did not retract his comments.
Williamson, a Briton who now lives in Argentina, and three other bishops who belong to the Society of Saint Pius X were excommunicated by Pope John Paul II in 1988. The society was founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebrve, who rebelled against the Vatican's modernizing reforms in the 1960s, and who consecrated the men in unsanctioned ceremonies.
Williamson's reinstatement and comments have been fiercely criticized by Israel, American Jewish groups and political leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The pope -- who was born in Germany and was a child during the Nazi era -- rejected Holocaust denial in public statements January 28.
At the end of his weekly audience that day, the pope discussed his trips to the former concentration camp at Auschwitz and the images of "the heinous slaughter of millions of Jews, the innocent victims of a blind racial and religious hatred."
All About Vatican • Angela Merkel • Pope John Paul II • Nazi Party
Friday, February 6, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Male of Female?
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Male or Female? You might not have known this, but a lot of non-living objects are actually either male or female. Here are some examples:
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Wine and Sauce Pairings
Dry White Wines – Dry white wines tend to pair best with creamy or oil-based sauces and with wine-based sauces of like acidity.
Semi-Dry White Wines – Sweeter wines tend to pair best with spicy, hot sauces and with low-fat, more acidic sauces. Be careful pairing with sweet sauces, as the sauce should not be sweeter than the wine. Sauces sweeter than the wine will make sweet wine taste sour and thin.
Dry Red Wines- Full bodied wines are so flavorful that they pair best with more flavorful sauces. Heavier sauces with higher fat content and lower acidity work well with these wines.
Monday, February 2, 2009
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