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Guide to the Shortest Wait Times for the Best BBQ in Austin

August 6, 2015 by Edgar Barguiarena 6 Comments

Standing in Line Franklin Barbecue

The granddaddy of BBQ lines in Austin, at Franklin Barbecue (Credit: Wally Gobetz via Flickr CC)

There is nothing secret about Austin barbecue anymore. We’ve covered it extensively here at The Austinot, while state and national media outlets have also taken notice over the last couple of years. Barbecue has deep roots in the Central Texas area, contributing to Austin’s reputation as a growing tourist destination. So where does that leave us locals when we want to get our brisket fix?

Standing in line.

Franklin’s is the most notorious culprit, with 3-4 hour lines on a weekday not uncommon. But even a few of the other highly regarded barbecue trailers around town have you queuing up for hours at a time. Sure, there are other great barbecue joints around town that are open all day within the safe confines of an air conditioned building. But sometimes you get a hankering for a piece of greatness that can only come from the pit of a James Beard awarded pitmaster.

And for that, you have to wait. But maybe not as long if I have anything to do with it. With a little planning ahead of time and this handy guide, you can have some of the city’s best barbecue with minimal wait times. Keep reading for the best times to score some of the best barbecue in Austin, the Smoked Brisket Capital of the World. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Food, Food & Drink Tagged With: bbq

Austin Based Criquet Shirts Redefines the Polo

July 3, 2015 by Edgar Barguiarena Leave a Comment

Criquet Shirts in Austin

The clubhouse is open to shop for the latest styles, 10am-5pm Mon-Fri.

The city of Austin is hot, really hot. And not just outside, but in the eyes of the rest of the country. We’ve always been known for live music, and our food scene is gaining nationwide attention, too. But men’s fashion? Not so much.

Billy Nachman and Hobson Brown knew as much, but they noticed an unaddressed gap in the market and thought they could tap into the “cool Austin” vibe our city has become known for. So they founded Criquet Shirts.

What started as a vintage-preppy golf shirt morphed into a brand that fully embraces the Austin aesthetic. “We couldn’t have selected a better city, Austin represented cool, yet still accessible,” founder Billy Nachman told me at the Criquet Clubhouse on South 1st Street. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Discoveries, Local Business

Bronko Box: Eco-Friendly Austin Startup Makes Moving Easy

June 3, 2015 by Edgar Barguiarena 2 Comments

Bronko Box

Credit: Bronko Box

How many people move to the Austin area every day? It depends on who you ask, but most say its just over a hundred.

More importantly to your every day Austinite, however, how many people are moving within Austin on any given day? That number is not as easy to pinpoint, but it’s a pain that anyone with a truck and a few friends knows all too well. With apartment occupancy rates in Austin hovering around the 99% mark, and rental prices continuing to go up [Read more…]

Filed Under: Discoveries, Local Business

Shakey Graves: From Suitcase Musician to Rising Star

May 19, 2015 by Edgar Barguiarena 1 Comment

Shakey Graves on Stage

Shakey Graves expresses genuine gratitude for playing on such a grand stage

With over 1,800 in attendance, Alejandro Rose-Garcia was headlining in front of his largest crowd ever. “I’m just gonna take a minute to soak all this in,” Alejandro, better known as Shakey Graves, shared with the at-capacity audience.

The hometown favorite had come full circle. Since returning to Austin in 2010, Shakey Graves had taken his one-man band from opening in shady clubs on 6th Street to his very own taping for American television’s greatest music show, Austin City Limits. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Music Tagged With: acl, austin city limits

Austin Soul Food Battle: Olamaie vs. Fixe

May 5, 2015 by Edgar Barguiarena Leave a Comment

Entrance to Olamaie in Austin

This beautiful room serves as the entrance to Olamaie

Golden, crispy, buttery perfection. Biscuits in Austin have officially been elevated. And you’d be hard-pressed to find two restaurants doing more for our favorite flaky bread than Olamaie and Fixe.

The two Southern cuisine inspired restaurants have been making a name for themselves in Austin’s dining scene for their fresh take on soul food. But those biscuits, whew, those biscuits are game-changers.

Fresh Biscuits Olamaie

Olamaie’s basket of fresh biscuits

You might think it odd to compare two gourmet restaurants that average $20-$30 per entree by the most inexpensive thing on their menu, but that would just mean you haven’t actually tried their biscuits. These aren’t the Pillsbury tubes you’ll find at HEB. Both Olamaie and Fixe spent months crafting their biscuit recipes, and when you see a server walk past your table carrying a steaming stack of doughy perfection, you’ll understand why.

This Austin soul food battle pits Olamaie vs. Fixe, examining their biscuit skills as well as their menus as a whole.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Food, Food & Drink

Taste of Mexico: Authentic Cinco De Mayo Event in Austin

April 20, 2015 by Edgar Barguiarena Leave a Comment

Taste of Mexico Cinco de Mayo Event in Austin

May 5, 1862. Mexican forces overtake a significantly better equipped French army at the Battle of Puebla in an unlikely victory. It was a symbolic victory more than anything else, but when Mexican miners working in California heard the news they were so overjoyed they spontaneously fired off rifles and fireworks.

And so began Cinco de Mayo celebrations. They became especially popular in the United States around the 1980’s, once marketing companies took hold of the holiday and gave us all another reason to drink.

Cinco de Mayo festivities in Austin range from community parties in local parks to block parties downtown. This year, the Mexic-Arte Museum throws its sombrero back in the ring with the return of one of its premier events, Taste of Mexico. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Archives Tagged With: mexican

Don’t Miss These Spring Events at Mueller Lake Park

April 9, 2015 by Edgar Barguiarena Leave a Comment

Mueller Lake and Browning Hangar

Mueller Lake with Browning Hangar in the background (Credit: Garreth Wilcock via Flickr CC)

Austin loves to show off during springtime. It’s our ideal season: SXSW has just come and gone, bluebonnets are blooming and festival season kicks into high gear. The many districts and neighborhoods of Austin vie for our attention with unique events and outdoor activities.

One up and coming neighborhood in Austin’s northeast side is stepping up their game in 2015 with exclusive events you’d expect to see much closer to city center. The Mueller neighborhood is playing host to springtime concerts and an Earth Day festival that’s rapidly becoming one of the premier early spring events in town. As is customary for Mueller events, everything is outdoors and family friendly. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Archives

7 of the Most Amazing Aerial Photos of Austin You’ll Ever See

March 25, 2015 by Edgar Barguiarena 1 Comment

Drone Photo of Downtown Austin and Lady Bird Lake

Photo taken by Christopher Sherman during our interview on the Saturday of SXSW Interactive 2015

It’s a sleepy Saturday morning during South by Southwest and the city of Austin is not fully awake yet. The sun is minutes away from making its debut when I meet Christopher Sherman, of Over Austin fame, just south of the river next to the Zach Theatre. We have a perfect vantage point to do a little flying and capture beautiful panoramas of the downtown Austin skyline. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Austinot Loves, Discoveries

Texas Card House Opens First Legal Poker Room in Austin

March 11, 2015 by Edgar Barguiarena

Texas Card House in Austin

Texas Card House on Manchaca in South Austin (Credit Taylor Wier)

It almost sounds too good to be true. Legal gambling in Austin? Short of a four hour drive to Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino in Eagle Pass, it simply didn’t exist before now. Texas Card House has changed all that, offering the first legal poker room in Austin–and in the whole state of Texas outside reservations.

The trick is in the language. Texas Card House offers membership to a “card and social club” and provides a facility where members can gamble. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Activities, Discoveries, Entertainment, Nightlife Tagged With: south austin

Target Austin: How To Survive a Nuclear Attack

February 19, 2015 by Edgar Barguiarena Leave a Comment

Target Austin Nuclear Preparation Film

The year is 1960 and Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy is on the campaign trail with a charismatic senator from Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson. The threat of nuclear war is ever present with families around the country building fall out shelters. The small city of Austin, Texas with a population of 186,545 takes the looming threat seriously as well. If a nuclear bomb were to fall on Austin, would residents be prepared? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Austinot Loves, Culture, Discoveries, History

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