Try the brunch, lunch or happy hour while supporting local. Author: Brittany Flowers Updated: 5:43 PM CDT July 14, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas KVUE wants to help “Keep Austin Local” by highlighting local businesses, events and people that make Austin special.
On Wednesday, KVUE stopped by Opal Divine’s, a South Austin restaurant and bar that’s been around for 21 years.
Opal Divine’s was started by owner Michael Parker and his wife, Susan. The restaurant is named after Susan’s grandmother, Opal Divine.
The restaurant was set to have a strong 2020 after Interstate 35 construction had been completed. February 2020 was their biggest February ever, and as they were preparing for St. Patrick’s Day, their biggest day of the year, everything shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Olamaie owner opening Little Ola s Biscuits in North Austin
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Olamaie owner Michael Fojtasek bet on his biscuits, and it seems his instincts were right. The owner of the refined Southern restaurant last summer turned his dormant restaurant, which he temporarily shuttered March 15, into a takeout shop called Little Ola’s that features the beloved “secret menu” biscuits that have been a hit at the Judges Hill restaurant since it opened.
The biscuits are served individually and as the base for an array of sandwiches, including pimento cheese and fried chicken versions. Little Ola’s is now getting its own home. Fojtasek is opening Little Ola’s Biscuits at 14735 Bratton Lane in the former Garbo’s space in Wells Branch, as first reported by Eater Austin.