...but you should have know better.
Last week I made a trip to Austin to look for a place, which was very fun. My new apartment is in Hyde Park and there is a bus route that runs right into campus and to the front door of my new office. Perfect! Plus there are lots of restaurants right next to the house, including Mother's Cafe and Garden (which my new co-worker Jennifer says has the best veggie burger in the world) and Hyde Park Bar & Grill which supposedly sells battered fries. Decadent! There are also several coffee shops and various niceties that will make Austin an easy transition. I met Jennifer and Gabrielle (another of my new coworkers) at Dolce Vita for coffee, but they also have a case full of luscious looking gelato and another filled with pastries. Morning coffee on the way to work?
Also, while I was there I popped into Central Market to have a little peek at what is supposedly the best grocery store in the country. Friends had told me about this place, and I had read about it in magazines and guide books, but nothing prepared me for the reality of the monster that is Central Market. What I found:
At least a dozen different varieties of apples
FOUR kinds of fingerling potatoes
A great sauce bar with all sorts of treats
A cheese shop bigger than my house
Pastries, cakes and more
Olives? Why yes, an olive bar with over twenty varieties
Breakfast tacos in the cafe on CM's homemade tortillas
The chef's case where you can pick up food to go
It was amazing and I know everyone is SICK of hearing about it, but it is fantastic and I can't wait to shop there. I also popped into the Wheatsville Co-op, which was all bulk items and BO (as you would expect), but lots of great things in the deli, freezer and nut butter bar with about ten different types of nut butter. You'll be seeing me there as well!
Thursday night, my friend Katie's Austin pals April and Angie were kind enough to meet me for dinner. We went to Polvos for Tex-Mex and it was delicious! They have an awesome salsa bar and my veggie enchiladas were super-tasty. Only problem was that our waiter was grumpy, but we didn't let that bring us down. After, we popped into LoveJoy's Tap Room for a beer where their friend Josh caught up with us and then over to Casino where we sat upstairs in a room decorated in a cheap, hell motif. Fun! Austin is going to be great...
Mangez!
Last week I made a trip to Austin to look for a place, which was very fun. My new apartment is in Hyde Park and there is a bus route that runs right into campus and to the front door of my new office. Perfect! Plus there are lots of restaurants right next to the house, including Mother's Cafe and Garden (which my new co-worker Jennifer says has the best veggie burger in the world) and Hyde Park Bar & Grill which supposedly sells battered fries. Decadent! There are also several coffee shops and various niceties that will make Austin an easy transition. I met Jennifer and Gabrielle (another of my new coworkers) at Dolce Vita for coffee, but they also have a case full of luscious looking gelato and another filled with pastries. Morning coffee on the way to work?
Also, while I was there I popped into Central Market to have a little peek at what is supposedly the best grocery store in the country. Friends had told me about this place, and I had read about it in magazines and guide books, but nothing prepared me for the reality of the monster that is Central Market. What I found:
At least a dozen different varieties of apples
FOUR kinds of fingerling potatoes
A great sauce bar with all sorts of treats
A cheese shop bigger than my house
Pastries, cakes and more
Olives? Why yes, an olive bar with over twenty varieties
Breakfast tacos in the cafe on CM's homemade tortillas
The chef's case where you can pick up food to go
It was amazing and I know everyone is SICK of hearing about it, but it is fantastic and I can't wait to shop there. I also popped into the Wheatsville Co-op, which was all bulk items and BO (as you would expect), but lots of great things in the deli, freezer and nut butter bar with about ten different types of nut butter. You'll be seeing me there as well!
Thursday night, my friend Katie's Austin pals April and Angie were kind enough to meet me for dinner. We went to Polvos for Tex-Mex and it was delicious! They have an awesome salsa bar and my veggie enchiladas were super-tasty. Only problem was that our waiter was grumpy, but we didn't let that bring us down. After, we popped into LoveJoy's Tap Room for a beer where their friend Josh caught up with us and then over to Casino where we sat upstairs in a room decorated in a cheap, hell motif. Fun! Austin is going to be great...
Mangez!