Austin Texas RFI

...and then

https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2023-10-05/austin-chronicle-co-founder-louis-black-sued-for-alleged-harassment-abuse-and-sexual-servitude/

I see now those stories are from October (KUT re-upped the first one to FB today, and I thought it was new).

Austin peeps, we got a real show coming up next week!

https://www.instagram.com/p/C5Eh28bJItF/?igsh=MW04M29hYWEwdzBkYw==

Gonna be in Austin briefly with my wife from late Tuesday night April 30 through Thursday May 2. Some time will involve hanging with my wife’s niece and her fiancé , but looking for other ideas just in case . What to see , where to eat , where to find music club listings.

Can definitely give food recommendations based on what part of town you're in or what you are looking for.

Tex-Mex , Mexican, barbeque. Cheap to moderate price. Don't have relatives address handy right now

You can probably talk some Zydeco and/or Southern Soul at Antone's Record Shop (if the right clerks are on duty).

You might also want to squeeze in a breakfast at Victory Grill: http://www.thevictorygrillatx.com/

Sorry, this link: https://atxhistoricvictorygrill.org/

My favorite place for burgers is the downtown bar Casino el Camino on 6th Street.

Good summary of live shows:

https://austin.showlists.net/

If you find yourself on the north side of town Interstellar for lunchtime BBQ and El Dorado for tex-mex.

Oh yeah, El Dorado is legit. I was just in town for the Lone Star Roundup, and it's becoming tradition that me and my best friend and her husband meet up to have dinner & drinks there.

We’re staying on south side . Had Veracruz Montopolis food truck tacos last night at Radio East. Went to the Capital building, then the Music exhibit and more at LBj Museum and we’re at Terry Blacks Barbecue now

Which Terry Blacks? If Guadalupe, get a drink next door at Hopfield's, they have delicious frites. Veracruz is good stuff, well played.

No, the other one. Went to the Continental after & saw some of free Hot Club of Cowtown texas country jazzy swing music & then West Texas Exiles (were supposed to be an homage to Flatlanders but maybe more like a country take on Rolling Stones circa Exile w/ a tad of modern sounds)

Victory Grill East (old-school r& b & soul food restaurant) was sadly closed when we there. It's interesting to look at with faded murals on the side, near street w/ Black Lives Matter painted on it and a park next door with a Jamaican food truck, faded "Black Artists Matter" paintings, not for from newly gentrified buildings , and old ones . Park also has a banner on a fence that says: "What Do you Miss About East Austin" and underneath someone spraypainted "Brown people, Mi Gente"

Saw a bit of the U T campus the other day in late afternoon with just a handful of protesters sitting on lawn down below the clock tower. We also went out to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower park . Butterflies, some baby owls and lots of flowers. Headed down to San Antonio today and then on to my wife’s other niece down in Harlingen, Texas . Didn’t do it all in Austin in the little time we had, but enjoyed what we did do.