Monday, March 25, 2013
Bits and Bites -- Food News
Events
-- Trailer Food Tuesdays at the Long Center resumes on March 26th; the list of tasty truck at this month's event can be found here.
-- Sagra will have an Easter Buffet for $25/person on March 31st.
-- Texas Veg Fest will be April 6th at Fiesta Gardens.
-- Edible Austin is sponsoring a Children's Picnic and Real Food Fair, on April 7th at the French Legation.
-- Austin Restaurant Week returns April 7 - 10 and 14 - 17. Check out their pages for what spots will be participating.
-- The CultureMap Tastemaker Awards will be April 11th at the Driskill Hotel, $50/person, which benefits the Austin Food and Wine Alliance.
-- On April 14th, the Sustainable Food Center's Chef Series Spring Bounty dinner will be held at La Condesa, $125/person, benefiting the SFC. The multi-course dinner will feature chefs from Congress, La Condesa, Lenoir, Olive + June, Salt + Time, Smoke + Chicken Scratch, and Sway.
-- And the iconic food trailer park on South Congress Avenue has gotten a brief reprieve, and the trailers are there through May, though I hear some are already moving out. Hey Cupcake has migrated about a block north, next to Homeslice.
Openings
-- Smashburger, part of a California burger chain, has opened in Southpark Meadows.
-- Arro, the latest project (this one being French-inspired) from 24 Diner and Easy Tiger's Drew Cullen and his pastry chef wife Mary Catherine, will open in the former Haddington's (601 W. 6th) later this year. (Yes, Haddington's closed last weekend.)
-- Searsucker, from Top Chef and The Taste's Brian Mularkey, will open in the former Maria Maria (415 Colorado) later this spring.
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