room with full bar) - Clay Pit on Guadalupe (has private room) The Salt Lick would serve a crowd that size without batting an eyelid, but of course you’d all have to drive out there. Oh, and make sure it’s not during...

Went to Austin for the big SXSW shindig over the weekend. Between seeing about a zillion bands, we drove out to Lockhart to go tto Kreuz Market. I was REALLY excited about this. I had been before, so I knew what to expect. We...

) Second place would have to be SXSW. Great patio, good music, decent food and drink. Billy’s on Burnett. Again, on a parking lot, but still an okay patio and I love the wings. Cafe Bleu in Volente. Excellent patio, excellent...

Hi, Folks, The Austin board is part experiment in creating new boards, part because of some activities that are planned around SXSW. We know it’s not the most talked about city on the Texas board, but there were reasons why...

I’m in Austin for the first time, visiting from San Francisco (luckily right after the rest of my countrymen depart SXSW). I’m a longtime Chowhound and have done my homework reading the boards, so can you check my picks and let...

I’m driving from San Antonio to Marfa next week (part of an Austin trip for SXSW), and want to eat as much 1) BBQ, 2) Tex-Mex and 3) Cafe (CF steak etc) as is humanly possible! Austin and the Luling/Lockhart strip I have...

Yup Scholtz’s is still open. I’m an interloper from L.A, but my love for Austin goes all the way back to the Armadillo World Headquarters in the 70"s. Get down there every march for SXSW. And always treat myself to...

out grilled cheese and other options. Haven’t been there in a couple months but I’ve been about 10 times since they opened during SXSW and have never been disappointed. I believe the owner was a former chef at Central...

We are well over two years since this experiment concocted around the SXSW. No D-FW or Houston boards in the offing? I’m sure you must have to have the participation to justify it. Just a sampling of the last seven days...

I went to Parkside this past weekend during SXSW and really enjoyed it. We definitely got the impression that they had JUST opened, as there were a lot of details that hadn’t yet been ironed out. For instance, we were...

an institution for so long that it has become tiresome (in the same way that some people bash SXSW or Sixth Street)? Or perhaps because they somehow “sold out”? I’m a little confused because I’ve seen...

I think Sangria is going to be our drink of summer, any updated places to try? During sxsw, we did stop by the new Eat & Drink (or is it Food & Drink?) on South Congress. Loved the Sangria, it wasn’t too sweet. In fact, the...

was remarkably good. So much food. My stomach is still pretty bloated from those three meals and we’ve just started. I’m traveling with a co-worker. We put on a music festival in Calgary and we are heading to Austin...

So, Lovejoy’s did not close after SXSW as rumored?

I’ll throw in my hat to say that I went to Shoal Creek a while back, I think it was SXSW and we were looking for good gub and less crowd close to downtown. While the service was terrible (the hostess sat us in a...