Austintoxicants: The Peacock LoungeImage from Citysearch The Peacock Lounge (Vintage Cocktails) Location: 515 Pedernales [map] Phone: (512) 276-8979 Cost: Specialty Sips ($6-$8) Atmosphere: Don’t be fooled by its somewhat dingy exterior. From the outside, the Peacock Lounge is an innocuous East-side building, but the interior is a funky-glam surprise. Retro white leather club... continue reading on Austinist
Austin Bites: GypsyGypsy (Northern Italian) Location: 1025 Barton Springs Road [map] Phone: (512) 499-0200 Cost: Lunch salads ($7-$10) Panini and Entrees ($8-$12) Dinner Apps ($5-$9), Salads ($6-$10) Entrees ($14-$20) Food: Gypsy, a new Northern Italian Bistro on Barton Springs Road next door to Vinny's on Italian Row, is the newest incarnation in... continue reading on Austinist
Ming's Cafe (Chinese) Location: 2604 Guadalupe St. [map] Phone: (512) 476-8888 Cost: Lunch specials $6-8; Dinner dishes $6-12 Atmosphere: Clean, good tunes, comfy booths and a semi-private outdoor patio. Food: The word on the street is that Ming's is hit or miss, so we decided to check in and assess... continue reading on Austinist
Austin Bites: Fuse Box (Put Your Fork in the Box)Fuse Box (Fusion) Location: 2025 Guadalupe St (Located on the first floor of the Dobie mall) [map] Phone: (512) 236-0207 Cost: Gourmet Salads ($6-$7.50), Bento Boxes ($8-$10) Atmosphere: Fuse Box is a brilliant discovery. Bright, clean and open. It's a bit tucked away inside the Dobie mall. Do yourself a... continue reading on Austinist
Saucy Sunday Man sweat, burned tongues, and cold beer dominated the Austin Chronicle’s annual Hot Sauce Festival and competition on Sunday. A bounty of Austin’s bravest descended on Waterloo Park to test their Texas taste buds on sauces both red and green, chunky and thin, zing-zangy and hotsy-totsy. Lines were long, but... continue reading on Austinist
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