I’m lagging behind in my restaurant write up! We visited Green Pastures for restaurant week last Tuesday after debating whether or not it was wise for us to spend more money on eating out. I read a restaurant week blog review for Green Pastures and it was all done, we decided we would enjoy life [...]
Bon Appetit referenced it as one of the New American Taverns. The Statesmen wrote it up as having one of the best happy hours in the city. Recalling reading about it on both accounts, we decided that Parkside would be one of the restaurants for us to visit during Austin’s Restaurant Week. We were not [...]
February 25, 2009 – 8:00 am
It’s here again! March 1-4 and 8-12, Austin Restaurant Week is a good way to get out and experience three course meals at some of the restaurants that are typically too expensive for your normal budget. Some of the standout restaurants on the list, to me, are: Green Pastures – $25 per person; All of [...]
January 9, 2009 – 12:00 pm
This post is a little behind since we ate here for New Years but it’s not even the 10th of January yet, so it still can apply! We visited Sagra for our New Years dinner because they had a special New Years menu that was fixed price and sounded very delicious. It was certainly one [...]
December 19, 2008 – 3:44 pm
So this is the last blog about my birthday, I promise. For the day of my birthday we went to Olivia which is a fairly new restaurant that focuses on a partnership with local farmers and artisans in the Austin community. Of course, this peaked my interest. Now I had heard a variety of reviews [...]
November 16, 2008 – 10:49 am
A good friend came in town on Friday night and she requested Italian food. I had heard some good things about the fairly new restaurant Botticelli’s on South Congress and we took this opportunity to try it out. The atmosphere was cozy and quaint – a bit like an Italian trattoria. The dining area was [...]
September 22, 2008 – 8:41 am
Friday, I decided to take advantage of the good weather (fall, in Texas?!) and take my picnic blanket and my book to Zilker and spend a couple of hours reading and napping. It was lovely. Jason joined me after he got off work and we debated over where we wanted to go for dinner. Typically [...]
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