Little Local Lunches

School lunches have a bad reputation. And, generally speaking, they deserve it, considering that congress just two weeks ago refused to approve new rules proposed by the Agriculture Department that would have added more fresh fruits and vegetables to American kids’ plates every day, while cutting down on the overwhelming prevalence of pizza. Evidently swayed [...]

Tootie Pie Company (north Austin)

Frankly, I’m a little bored of cupcakes.  They are just a bit too ubiquitous that we went in search for a sweet treat that didn’t come globbed with frosting on top, and I nearly convinced my daughter to serve Tootie Pie for her birthday party.  She was all for it, and then she cupcaked out [...]

Sago Modern Mexican (central, The Triangle)

The kids wanted to splash water somewhere, anywhere, and hubby and I were craving Mexican food so we packed some swim clothes and headed to The Triangle.  Sago is right next to the bocce ball and splash pad, so that’s where we went.  We were having an early dinner after a late brunch so we [...]

Chuy’s Panaderia Bakery (north Austin)

Chuy’s Panaderia is now my new favorite Mexican bakery.  It also serves up delicious tacos and tortas as well.  We read about this place on Fearless Critic a while ago but finally made a stop there last week.  The bakery is located near 183 and Ohlen, and most restaurants we’ve been to in this area [...]

Tarka Indian Kitchen (Round Rock, South Austin)

I love Indian food.  I love my Go Local Austin card.  Put the two together, and we had ourselves a lovely discounted dinner. Our children can be a bit picky about Indian food because of the spice, as in the heat and not the flavor.   At Tarka, we can ask them to sauce up [...]

Maggiano’s Little Italy (north Austin)

Maggiano’s in the Domain is just like any other Maggiano’s, and that’s not a knock against it. (It’s just that it is a chain restaurant.) All other times when I have dined at Maggiano’s, it has been in the Dallas area for bridal or baby showers and sans children. We thought we would give it [...]

Date Night: Imperia Sushi (downtown Austin)

My sister passed along her Groupon to Imperia Sushi and offered up babysitting so we left the kids with her, peeled out of her driveway, gleefully cheering.  So long suckers!  We’re going on the town, on a weeknight even! Imperia Sushi is about 1.5 blocks from the Austin Children’s Museum so we parked in the [...]

Wild About Harry’s (north Austin)

This weekend, we took the kids to Wild About Harry’s for some hots dogs and custard.  We didn’t tell the kids where we were going, and when they saw the giant hot dog outside the eatery, they were tickled pink.  It’s a rare treat that the kids get hot dogs, and to be greeted by [...]

Dave and Buster’s (north Austin)

Gattiland and Chuck E. Cheese are great fun for our kids, though we rarely go to either unless we are invited for a birthday party.  It’s not so much the noise level or the number of kids running around, but we just feel so cheated when it comes time to trade in the tickets (or [...]

Date Night: Gold Class Cinemas

Truly it is a rare event for me and hubby to have date night.  I have been wanting to check out Gold Class Cinemas in the Domain for a while now, but I had a hard time swallowing the near $30 ticket price per person.  Finally for my birthday, I decided that this is what [...]

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