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Hawaiian Shave Ice
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23 May 2013(map) They’re back! After a year off, one of the west’s favorite shaved-ice makers just reopened yesterday. The place is a serious kid magnet. School had just
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Texas Monthly’s Top 50 BBQ Joints
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17 May 2013Every five years, Texas Monthly lists the Top 50 ‘cue joints in Texas. It’s a big job – over eight months, a team of 16 trained eaters fan out across the state, visiting 658 places to find the best. This year, there were 18 repeats from the 2008 list, and one of them was Spicewood’s [...]
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Live Music at Iguana Grill
15 May 2013(map) Frozen margaritas, sunsets and Tex-Mex – what more do you need? How about a party on the patio? Iguana Grill has a fantastic setting overlooking Lake Travis. On Friday and Saturday nights, it’s even better because you can sit out and enjoy some awesome Texas talent, free. Shake Russell and his band
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- Tags: lake travis view, live music, tex-mex
Highlights Gametime Grill
14 May 2013(map) Score! Highlights opened just a few days ago to high-fives and major cheers from the neighborhood. Not a chain, the locally based restaurant seems to anticipate our community’s every desire. Outdoor patios? Check. 30+ TVs showing every major sporting event? Check. Typical sports-bar food – wings, pizza, burgers – that goes way
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Verde’s Mexican Parilla
9 May 2013(map) Verde’s is a big, open place that seems like it was designed for good times. As in, fun for kids and fun for grownups. There’s a huge covered patio that’s half-bar, half dining room. It overlooks a ginormous outdoor play area. So while the kids go nuts run around playing,
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- Tags: kids, tex-mex
Live Music at Angel’s Icehouse
7 May 2013(map) There are two great things about music at Angel’s: One, the shows are early, starting around 6 or 7. Two, they’re free! Three nights a week, you can enjoy bands like The Troubadillos, The Fabulous Chevelles, and Freddy Powers & Friends, dig into a good chicken-fried steak and still get home in time for [...]
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Austin Bakes For West – The Results
6 May 2013Saturday, Austin Bakes for West set up shop at eight locations around Austin. Volunteer bakers manned the booths to raise relief funds for the town of West, Texas. It was a big success! Austin Bakes raised over $18,000, with 100% of donations going to West. And more donations are still coming in. If you missed [...]
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Best Bets for Mother’s Day Brunch
3 May 2013It’s the number-one restaurant day of the year (bigger than Valentine’s Day, even)! Sunday, May 12 is just two weeks away. Below, a guide to 25 of the best places out West to take Mom for her special day. Clicking on a restaurant’s name will take you to their special menu.
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Austin Bakes For West
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2 May 2013This Saturday is a chance to treat yourself and help relief efforts in West, Texas at the same time. From 10 to 2, volunteers will be selling cookies, brownies, cupcakes, scones, kolaches, pies and more goodies at the Whole Foods in Bee Cave (there will be seven other Austin Bakes locations across Austin as well). [...]
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Coming Soon
27 Apr 2013Popular Westlake hit The Grove Wine Bar/Kitchen is busy remodeling the old Mizu Sushi location near Lakeway, and say they hope to open in May if all goes well. Dining and entertainment venue Highlights Gametime Grill says they are opening May 1, and it may happen. And we’re not sure exactly when old fave Hawaiian Shave Ice will [...]
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- Tags: bee cave, four points, lakeway, new
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