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Rendering: The Thompson [Official]
Chicago restaurant group Land and Sea Dept. behind famed bars and restaurants including tropical bar spot Lost Lake is opening its first Texas restaurant this year. The unnamed restaurant and bar will be found in the forthcoming downtown Austin hotel the Thompson on 506 San Jacinto Boulevard sometime this summer.
The restaurant will be an entirely new project for Land and Sea Dept., as shared by co-partner Peter Toalson, involving food, drinks, and outdoor spaces. A press release from the hotel notes that it will be found on the fourth floor with a terrace.
Along with Lost Lake, Land and Sea oversees a whole bunch of Chicago restaurants and bars: fried chicken and boozy slushie restaurant Parson’s Chicken & Fish (with multiple locations, including one in Nashville, Tennessee), formerly Michelin-starred whiskey restaurant/bar/inn Longman & Eagle, bar and restaurant Lonesome Rose and accompanying basement bar Golden Teardrops, and four places
Slated to open this March, Hyatt Centric Beale Street Memphis, a new build and the first full-service Hyatt branded hotel in Memphis, announces the appointment of Keith Potter as executive chef. Potter will curate the hotel s culinary program across all outlets including the lobby bar, Latin-American inspired CIMAS eatery and Beck & Call whiskey bar.