ACL Festival Artist Machine Gun Kelly Spotted at Downtown Austin Restaurant

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Austin City Limits Festival performer Machine Gun Kelly was spotted by an eagle-eyed tipster leaving Walton’s Fancy & Staple restaurant downtown last weekend. They discovered that the pop-punk hit-hit rapper and his group (excluding girlfriend Megan Fox who was not spotted in Austin) performed ahead of his show at Stubb’s on Thursday, September 30th. He’ll be performing at ACL again this weekend.

It’s time to apply for a culinary grant

The Texas Food & Wine Alliance is currently accepting culinary grant applications in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. The organization awards scholarships to those involved in the food / beverage / related industries, from chefs to beer producers to business owners. The application deadline is Sunday, October 24th at midnight, and the award winners will be notified on Tuesday, November 23rd at 5:00 pm. A ceremony will take place on Monday December 13th. Nominations are also accepted by email to info@texasfoodandwinealliance.org.

Then the Texas Conference for Women and the Texas Restaurant Association are giving away $ 200,000 in grants specifically designed for women-run businesses. The two organizations will award $ 2,500 to over 80 companies. Applications are now being accepted.

Fonda San Miguel’s stolen well has been returned

The Mexican restaurant Fonda San Miguel has got its stolen work of art back, as KXAN reports. The fountain, created by Mexican artist Sergio Bustamente, was stolen in early July and the restaurant offered a $ 500 reward for its return. According to the news channel, the very heavy well was “returned anonymously with slight damage” at the end of August.

Austin Restaurant Weeks is back, benefiting the Central Texas Food Bank

Austin Restaurant Weeks are back again right now. Participating restaurants, including Sala & Betty, L’Oca d’Oro, Bar Peached, Foreign & Domestic and many others, offer special dishes and drinks at a fixed price. A portion of these sales go to the Central Texas Food Bank. It started on October 1st and will last until Sunday October 10th.

Austin Bakery opens a pop-up cake shop in Lakeway

Austin bakery mini-chain Tiny Pies opened a pop-up location in the Lakeway area in August. The 2125 Lohman’s Crossing, Suite 402 location will be operational through the end of the year. Co-owners Amanda Wadsworth and Kit Seay plan to eventually convert the address into a permanent location. This is the fourth location after Burnet Road, South Lamar and the most recent location in Westlake. Its opening times are daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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Austin’s best carnitas restaurant expands to San Antonio

Carnitas El Guero, a popular Mexican restaurant in Austin, expanded to include a location in San Antonio last month.

Austin-based chef recognized by Food & Wine

It was time for Food & Wine magazine’s annual edition of Best New Chefs in September. The new batch includes Fermín Núñez, Austin Chef at Suerte Mexican Restaurant and Eater Austins Chef of the Year 2018. He also offered his own guide to the best restaurants in town.

The fermentation festival is back

The Austin Fermentation Festival at Texas Farmers’ Market is back in October. There will be weekly online workshops and a month-long silent auction that will benefit the market and its farm producer support fund. The workshops are free to attend, although a $ 10 donation is recommended, and they take place virtually on Mondays from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Upcoming sessions include Sheena Moore from Sheenas Pickles, Uyen Pham from Killer Kimchi, David Norman from Easy Tiger and Alfred Francese from Emmer & Rye.

Austin could potentially get a much bigger taco village in Amaya

The family behind the taco village of the Tex-Mex restaurant Amaya wants to transform the building into a mixed-use building with condominiums, shops and larger restaurant areas, as Towers reports.

Austin home cooks get a new delivery app

A new home-made delivery service app, Parsley, will be available in Austin starting September. Local home cooks can use the app to set up their businesses and sell their own homemade meals to people looking for something new to add to the home. Delivery is via Favor.

New York pizzeria expands to Austin

Grimaldi’s, an Arizona-based pizzeria chain that bought the iconic New York location in 2019, is opening a full restaurant in Austin this fall. However, this is not the first location in Austin; Since the beginning of this year it has been operating a to-go operation in the Ghost Kitchen Hub Kitchen United Mix. The menu includes charcoal oven pizzas, calzones and desserts. There will be indoor and outdoor seating. It is located at Domain Northside, 11700 Domain Boulevard, Suite 148, open from 11am to 9pm Sunday through Thursday and 11am to 10pm Friday through Saturday.

The setup for the delivery cocktails of Cantaloupe Island Draft. Cantaloupe Island Drift

Another new cocktail delivery service appears in Austin

Starting in September, there’s a new cocktail delivery service in Austin with the debut of Cantaloupe Island Draft Cocktails. The business was started by Richard Thomas who had worked in New York bars and restaurants like Heavy Woods. There are more than 36 cocktails on the menu, including the Amarguita with mezcal, campari, thyme, grapefruit and lime; the Memento Mori with white tequila, passion fruit liqueur, lime and guajillo chili; Mojito; Negronis; and whiskey sour. Spirits were selected with the local Austin Shaker retail store.

Zilker Hotel houses ACL-linked beer garden

The South Austin Hotel Carpenter opens a temporary beer garden for ACL weekends. From Friday, October 8th to Sunday, October 10th, pretzels, sausages, beer and wine are sold from 4:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.

Spice Brand Hires Director of Taco Relations

The McCormick spice company hired this taco relations director who happens to be a Texan. El Paso-based Jo Luna will work with the company to develop recipes.

Tex-Mex restaurant changes its name

The Tex-Mex cuisine at Tex-Mex restaurant Cyclone Anaya changed its name to Valencia’s Tex-Mex garage over the summer, Community Impact reports. There are two locations, one in the domain and the original in Houston.

Taco chain creates Black Puma’s taco special

The Austin-born chain Torchy’s Tacos has created a special tortilla from October 1st in honor of the ACL Fest and Grammy-nominated band Black Pumas. One dollar from every taco sale goes to the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians. The taco will be available through Sunday, October 10th in the Downtown, South Congress and South Lamar locations.

October 8: This article was updated to clarify ownership of the Grimaldi opening in Austin.

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