Shot:
(As we all know, Bob, any time a headline asks a question, the answer is “No”. And if you think this case is different…nope. The Statesman food critic thinks Lockhart barbecue is overrated.)
Chaser:
(Speaking of barbecue, this isn’t a formal SDC review, but I’ve made it over to The Switch twice now. And I like it. Especially the boudin.)
The Frisco Shop on Burnet, the last surviving member of the Night Hawk chain, is closing down as of July 29.
I loved the Night Hawk Steak House back in the day, which was the only real mid-priced steak place between budget places like The Hoffbrau and swanky joints like Ruth’s Chris (this was back before chains like Outback, Texas Land & Cattle, etc. opened locations in town). However, the last time I went, both the food and the service were sub-par.
I hope an interesting restaurant takes over the space.
Another closing of another longtime Austin restaurant, this being the Conan’s Pizza at 29th and Guadalupe.
While I ate their a couple of times, it was the long-closed location a few blocks down (in what is now, I think, a Kerby Lane) that was the campus Conan’s I favored. (I expect that within a decade, both of those locations will be torn down and replaced with expensive condos…)
The problem with the 29th street Conan’s is that it wasn’t even the best pizza place in a two-block radius, which was Milto’s. And Milto’s felt less like a grim hole-in-the-wall to boot.
Anyway, you’ve got a month left to visit it if you feel any sort of nostalgia.
According to Austin Eater, the Goodnight has closed.
You may recall the Goodnight (described as a “fancy bowling alley and bar”) as one of the recipients of the not-so-coveted Saturday Dining Conspiracy “Die In a Fire” awards. The one time I tried to do anything there with friends, they brought me to a state of seething homicidal rage, and I left without giving them a penny. Never went back, never wanted to go back, been waiting for this to happen for a long time.
Won’t be going there, either. Will be actively rooting for it to fail hard, and take as much of the ownership’s money with it as possible.
Disclaimer: I’m sure there were a few honorable people working for the dump that was the Goodnight, and I hope they’re able to find new jobs at a non-Goodnight affiliated restaurant soon.
Eater Austin is reporting that Pacific Rim (located in the strip center on 183 at Burnet, where the Chili’s and Pluckers are) is closed.
We ate at a Japanese place that was in this space previously: I’m not sure if it transformed into Pacific Rim under the same management, or if it was entirely new people.
And what I didn’t know, since I don’t go that way as often as I used to: back in January, they changed from serving sushi and yakitori to…being a Cajun restaurant and sports bar.
The Saturday Dining Conspiracy notes, with great sadness, the passing of unindicted co-conspirator Earl S. Cooley III.
We have known Earl roughly since Jesus was a second lieutenant, dating all the way back to the pre-Internet days of computer bulletin boards. Earl was an influential early presence on the Austin BBS scene, and in the local SF community. He attended conspiracies as much as he possibly could.
He was a swell guy, and will be greatly missed by many, many people.
I think I went there once, maybe twice. We may even have had an SDC there. But I note here because of this:
This. The Triangle and The Domain are two places that I avoid as much as I can, specifically because parking at either of those places would incite me to violence if I were a violent person.
