Here’s some of what’s happening in Austin’s culinary scene in the first week of April, as wrangled from numerous PR releases, official posts, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings … Just some of what awaits you in Lutie s at the Commodore Perry Estate (Photo by Courtesy of the Auberge Resorts Collection)
First, let’s make sure you know that Tso’s Chinese Delivery and those pizza virtuosi at Via 313 have joined forces, briefly, to offer a
crab rangoon pizza to benefit the Austin Asian Community Health Initiative, from now through May 2. And that Via 313 is currently building out another new outpost – in Round Rock. Tell you what: Those Detroit-style
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When married chefs Bradley Nicholson and Susana Querejazu announced in December 2019 their return to Austin from San Francisco to open Lutie’s Garden Restaurant at the Commodore Perry Estate, they could not have imagined what the next few months would bring.
The coronavirus pandemic shut down Austin restaurants a few months later, and plans for the Hyde Park hotel’s centerpiece restaurant were shelved.
The Auberge Resorts Collection hotel and private club eventually opened at the end of June, and the chefs, who both worked at Barley Swine before heading to some of San Francisco’s top restaurants, stayed busy serving hotel guests and club members. Now, almost a year after its intended opening, the chefs get to unveil the crown jewel of the jazz-era property’s dining options.
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Restaurants opening in Austin and Central Texas in 2021
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After the worst year for restaurants and their workers in memory, I’m happy to put 2020 in our rearview mirror and start thinking about what 2021 might look like.
With good and exciting news in short supply, it’s nice to think about what the new year will bring with it.
This list of forthcoming restaurants won’t be as robust as in years past, because most restaurant owners will probably spend most of their energy on their current projects, trying to figure out how to bridge through the spring and early summer to what promises to be a much brighter fall.