After testing the waters with Saturday lunch earlier this month, Contigo Austin has begun serving a weekend brunch featuring Texas-inspired favorites like pancakes topped with fruit and whipped crème fraiche, eggs Benedict, rabbit & dumplings, and freshly-made jelly donuts. more ›

Austin loves creature comforts, and one is fresh out of the oven: over the weekend, Foreign & Domestic, the popular North Loop restaurant, started serving Sunday brunch. F&D's new brunch menu will, first off, satisfy bold and brave meat lovers. It should also please the pancake-and-waffle set. After all, owners Ned and Jodi Elliott, who opened Foreign & Domestic last year, like to toy with classics. more ›

• One wonders if that Def Leppard tribute band in Dallas has found their one-armed drummer yet?
• Maybe it’s time to go to Dallas and try this “Hollandaise sauce, which tasted as if it had been lovingly crafted out of first kisses, hilarious Internet cat videos and freedom.”
• You can stream Austin City Limit’s Monsters of Folk show.

Brunch: the perfect weekend meal. You sleep in, roll out, and eat the best kinds of foods at a different and superior hour than the rest of the week. Anything that involves the illicit acts of consuming loads of carbohydrates and drinking firewater before noon while not at a sporting event has our votes. There are a number of places that one can find such a wondrous meal, ranging from holy-fuck-that's-expensive to the hey-sure-bring-your-dog. We've... more ›

Mars Restaurant & Bar (Asian Fusion) Location: 1400 South Congress Avenue (map) Phone: (512) 472-3901 Cost: Brunch plates $4-6 dollars Atmosphere: Sleek, modern décor; airy and sunlit; nice people-watching from the spacious deck; attentive waitstaff Food: This just in: if you wake up on the weekend with a craving for a la carte Chinese hors d’ouevres, you no longer have to travel north of the river to get them! Mars, South Congress’ newest culinary addition,... more ›

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The little pocket of tex-mex restaurants on Manor just east of I-35 never ceases to delight and impress, and El Gringo is no exception. Sunday's brunch outing was fruitful and exciting for the future of this establishment. Brunch was an addition to the full menu, meaning we had a wealth of options if one of us wasn't up for traditional morning fare. We began with gorgeous chorizo empanadas with a perfect crust - substantial... more ›

FRIDAY [27] music • While You Were Out, presented by Bueno Music Bureau, with The Unbearables, She Sir, The Scripts, Friday After Dark at Club de Ville ($5) books • Anita Gonzalez, Ph.D., presents Dancing Between Myth and Reality at CAAAS (UT - Jester A232) (3:00pm) comedy • Tig Notaro and Steve Burr at Cap City Comedy Club comedy • Punchline, open mic stand up comedy at ColdTowne Theater (10pm) dance • Fetish and Other... more ›

That's right: it's time to heat up your winter nights again, with the 14th season of FronteraFest. The Short Fringe, the Long Fringe, or Mi Casa es su Teatro -- FronteraFest is five weeks of alternative, offbeat, new, and just plain off-the-wall fringe theatre presented by Hyde Park Theatre and Austin Script Works. For complete FronteraFest 2007 information, including times and locations for the Short Fringe, the Long Fringe and Mi Casa es su... more ›

Well, I posted the last of my guest previews last night, and I want to once again thank John, JD, Jeff, Chris and Becky for helping me out this year. Together they wrote 28 previews for me, and I wouldn't have been able to finish the site without their help. Well... it's not actually finished left, I have six previews left to write. While I work on those, here's an additional set of previews... more ›

Because Black History Month is relegated to 28 short February days, and because Arizona didn’t even celebrate MLK, Jr. Day until 2004, it’s only fitting that the long, beautiful month of June serves as National Soul Food Month. more ›

It might be more exciting than church! The Backyard is inviting families to come celebrate Easter at their place (or rather, The Glenn). On Sunday, April 16, there will be egg hunting, music, food, and more. Little ones can get pictures with the Easter Bunny. Big ones can stuff their faces with quiche and salad. Matt the Electrician and Sarah Sharp will be using their musical stylings to entertain the masses. We can't say... more ›

Have some shopping money left over and don't yet have a place to eat your holiday meal? Look no further, for these are just some of the many fine restaurants that will be serving up some dining delights: The Driskill Grill will be serving a prix fixe menu starting at 5:30p both Saturday and Sunday as well as a Christmas Day buffet with seating times from 11a to 2:30p. The Driskill Grill. 604 Brazos... more ›

: : FRIDAY : : [film] New Movies! @ your local theater [award] The Writers' League of Texas honors Ann Patchett @ Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum [music] Beta Valentine Instore, 7pm @ End of an Ear [film] aGLIFF kick-offf - films, 7pm party, 10pm @ Great Hills Arbor Theater [music] Hurts to Purr, Sarah Glynn, and 54 Seconds, 10pm @ Stubb's [music] Octopus Project, Voxtrot, Prince Klassen and Treewave @ Emo's [music]... more ›

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: : FRIDAY : : [music] The Zippo Hot Tour Semi-Finals featuring Fractious, 9pm @ The Backroom - FREE! [film] A Bunch of New Movies Open! @ your local theater [film] QT6, 7pm & 9:30pm @ Drafthouse Downtown: Grindhouse Triple Feature also Saturday [music] Mike Graff, 8pm @ End of an Ear [dance] Refraction Arts presents "Shish-ka-bob! An Inventory of Works by Amy Cone," 8pm @ The Blue Theatre [music] Palaxy Tracks, The Glass... more ›

The always-funky Grupo Fantasma join in the fun at Threadgill’s Beer Garden series this Sunday afternoon. The boys will start jamming at 4pm. But doors open at 1:30PM, as The Flying Club will open at 2PM. If you really want to get in a full day of listening at the former Armadillo World Headquarters, get there at 11AM for Sunday Gospel Brunch and music by Gospelaries and Dale Watson. Tickets for Grupo are $10... more ›