P&K Grocery, South Austin's fancy mom-and-pop corner store, has gone out of business. Though open for only a year and a half, the tiny market on West Mary became a neighborhood staple, offering, among a host of more exotic specialty foods, wonderful sandwiches, hot dogs, and (best of all) cupcakes. The store did what it could to help out the community, and, in turn, became a much-appreciated part of the community as well. "We are......

The Starlight Mints might occasionally be dismissed as an oddity, but the Oklahoma band’s albums reveal an invigorating, stimulating product. The band sways between Beatles-esque pop and Flaming Lips like eccentricity without missing a beat, all while adding their unique flair and assorted instrumentation and orchestration to the tunes. Allan Vest’s vocal chops combine effortlessly with the wide range of sounds and “Eyes Of The Night” could should win over most skeptics. Their live shows......

We don't know about you, but it's friggin cold out there. Well, not for some of you. It seems as though places that are supposed to be cold are warm and places that are supposed to be warm are cold. Or maybe that's just us. Either way, we're freezing. Austinist said goodbye to their co-editor (sell-out) and played rumor monger on the SXSW lineup. And when dozens of dead birds littered downtown Austin, it's......

FRIDAY [27] party/music/awesome • Car Stereo (Wars) and Austinist host a Halloween Bash with Clap!Clap!, carnie games, face painting, fortune tellers, free fangs, "killer" drink specials, a costume contest judged by the fashionistas of Team Fabrication, and more at Beauty Bar (10pm-2am, $3 with, 4 w/o costume) zombies • Zombie Flash Mob at City Hall fashion • Beauty Bar Blowout with complimentary 'dos by Birds Barbershop, makeup applications by MAC artists, DJ Robbie Hardkiss......

There’s nothing that says “happy first birthday!” like a hotdog. Nothing. Seriously. Nothing. So put down that abalone asiago d'allevo and pay attention. This Wednesday (Sep 27th) is The Peacock’s first year anniversary, and they’re celebrating it with all the style and class befitting the foodier taste buds of our fine interdigitubinal publication. Hot Dogs own you. They rule you. And that’s because they’re delicious, healthy, and only for the upperest of crusts. From the......

The folks at The Vortex were kind enough to let us backstage to snap a few pictures just before the start of Zell Miller III's B-Boy Bluez and Maggie Gallant's Hot Dogs at the Eiffel Tower, so even though the shows are over, we wanted to put the photos up. Original write-up is here. One more backstage shot and two from the performances below the Expand-o-Tron.......

"Back in the days when I was a teenager / Before I had status and before I had a pager / You could find the abstract listenin' to hip-hop / My pops used to say it reminded him of bebop / I said well Daddy don't you know things go in cycles..." — Q-Tip Tonight is the last of four performances of Zell Miller III's B-Boy Bluez, 8 p.m. at the Vortex. This photographer......

A few titillating theatre pieces are going down in Austin right now, from dancing prancing ladies to pinko feminazi confessions. Curiouser and curiouser. But our list is topped by the New Plays/Fresh Voices performances running two weeks only at the Vortex. This and next weekend only, two new plays by two local playwrights will be on the boards. One of the works is the latest from local, award-winning playwright, poet, and performer Zell Miller,......

As you start to plan what you're doing with these hot summer evenings, don't forget that Austin has a great "nearly pro" sports outing available almost nightly: Triple-A baseball. The Round Rock Express are enjoying another successful season at the Dell Diamond up in the wilds of Round Rock, and it's easy to get tickets and enjoy a game. The team has proven so popular over the last few years that they actually moved......

We were excited to learn about the opening of the new restaurant Boomerang's Gourmet Veggie & Meat Pies because, doggonit, we support the eating of savory pies. Once upon a time we spent a year in Australia and we grew to love the pie as a meal. Meat pies and veggie pies are sold at street vendors in Australian cities like hot dogs in Chicago. The Australian pies are traditionaly meat and gravy, but......

Run through a pumpkin patch lately? Neither have we, but dammit if we don't have the urge. We grew up in the midwest and come late September we could count on crisp fall weather and leaves changing to vibrant colors. Autumn has always been our favorite season but here in Austin it just never seems to get there. Is it strange to get giddy over the possiblity of wearing our scarf? Sometime this October......

We have some ambivalence about reporting on a restaurant that features meat. You know, being vegetarians and all, it feels like we're kinda traitors to the cause. But we can't help but get excited when a place that specializes in pig parts on buns, offers up all of their specialities in non-pig-part options. Enter Dog Almighty, located behind the new Brentwood Tavern at the Historic Farmer's Market at 6701 Burnet Rd. It a smallish,......

Yeah, yeah, we know that baseball and its hopped-up players haven’t exactly been the darlings of the national spotlight as of late. But there’s still some good old-fashioned fun to be squeezed out of this sport. The Austinist feels the need to give a little love to Central Texas’ own minor league team – the Round Rock Express. In case you weren’t aware, last fall the Express moved on up and became a member of......