While no one was looking, a whole bunch of Austin restaurants closed:
BRIO Tuscan Grille: Pricey Italian chain location in the Arboretum. Good food, but I only ate there on the very occasional Sunday (when Reale’s is closed).
Blue Baker: Another Arboretum closure. More bakery with a sidelight in sandwiches. I really hated the design of their space.
Brick Oven: Longtime Austin pizza restaurant at Braker and 183 is closing because that center’s HEB wants to expand into the space. I never liked their crust.
Bombay Bistro North: Same center, possibly the same reason, but they seem to have closed before now. Pretty decent Indian food.
Third Base Northwest: Sports bar on 183 that served pub grub; seems to have closed sometime in the last 10 months or so.
There are a lot of Austin restaurant closures that aren’t getting covered by Eater or the Statesman because they aren’t downtown and/or hipster-frequented joints. I only noticed these because I discovered that two of the three restaurant pad sites near the Arboretum had no labels on them in Google maps.
(Cross posted to Futuramen.)
