Recent closings of possible interest to some folks.
- Berryhill Baja Grill, on 360 in that strip center near Trento. This was a place I liked; they had good pork tamales, fish tacos, and a pulled pork taco I was partial to. They’d been open for a fair while (we went there for lunch a few times back when I was working at The Other Place, so at least six years), and always seemed active. I’m not sure what happened, but my guess would be the landlord hiked the rent. No sign of them planning to reopen anywhere else.
- By way of Rob Balon, Mesa Ranch has closed. We ate there about six years ago, and our review was decidedly more mixed than Mr. Balon’s. I haven’t been back since our meal there; I did think about it a few times, but just couldn’t justify it to myself.
- Also closing after an ugly landlord dispute: Sagra. We ate there a little more recently, and I don’t think either of us were wild about it. (I am almost always sad to see a restaurant close, though, even if I wasn’t wild about it. It is rare that a closing fills me with joy, unless it is something like a Luby’s or some place that just made me angry.)
- There have been reports that Trattoria Lisina is closed, but their website says they’re re-opening November 16th. We haven’t gone out there for an SDC, but I have eaten there; I like the food, but Lisina is way the heck out – farther out than the Salt Lick. When I’m out that way, I’m thinking barbecue, not Italian.
- Finally, the Uncle Billy’s Brew & Cue out at the Oasis is mostly closed. (“It will re-open for the remaining dates on its music calendar, and for any private parties already booked.“) We never did an SDC at that Uncle Billy’s; we did do one at the original on Barton Springs, and I wasn’t impressed. The linked Examiner article discusses some of the issues and history with respect to that location and Soleil, the third restaurant in the Oasis complex. It’s probably been a year since the last time I was at the Oasis, and when I went, we ate…at the Oasis. The people I was with didn’t even think about either of the other two places; I suspect that’s at least part of the problem. (Also, as the Examiner points out: high overhead and drought.) (Hattip: Eater Austin.)
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