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irishtexan

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  1. True. But all the rain went into the Buchanan watershed while very little fell in the Travis watershed. Forecast went from 1.5 inches this morning down to about a quarter of an inch for Austin. Although it looks like another round is supposed to come later tonight, so fingers crossed...
  2. Forcefield strikes again.
  3. https://www.heb.com/product-detail/h-e-b-bakery-white-submarine-rolls-4-ct/475190 They're a little bigger, a little more flexible than the bolillos (which are more brittle and tend to break apart when cut through the middle) and it's easier to hollow out some of the bread in the middle to make room for a cheesesteak or a meatball sub. I wish the baguettes were a little shorter and wider. Something between the baguette and the french bread, in terms of width, would be perfect.
  4. I think the submarine sandwich rolls that HEB bakes in-house are superior to the bolillos for cheesesteaks. The telera rolls at Central Market are even better. I've used all of them in the past.
  5. irishtexan

    Tex Mex

    The best thing at Matt's - by far and away - are the asadero tacos. The next best thing is the chicken fried steak cowboy style (I think that's what it's called. It comes with chili gravy on the top). I wouldn't fuck with enchiladas or traditional tex mex stuff there.
  6. def creepy.
  7. I scrolled through the thread and I don't think this has been posted yet, and I was gonna say I prefer Urge Overkill's version of "Girl, You'll be a Woman Soon" to Neil Diamond's, but I just listened to them both and I don't know that I think that anymore. It's a pretty faithful rendition, and I think they're both pretty fucking cool
  8. Man, that Holmon Wiggins is a fucking visionary. He likes his WRs to be fast and quick? Why hasn't anyone else thought of that? Also love that Lockett and Terry look to be headed "elsewhere". Where would that be, Jason?
  9. Didn't know I was in the Houston electricity thread.
  10. Shhhhhhhhhh....... Those of us that live near there appreciate not having to wait in ridiculously long lines.
  11. He'd have to post a copy of his paystub to confirm. That's how you know someone's a nurse and makes $100k a year. It's like unnecessary roughness. The guy responding always gets the flag. Don't fucking do it.
  12. I'll eat my hat if either of those restaurants get two stars. Barley Swine is great, but I've never been to Pasta Bar. But neither are not doing anything that 200 other restaurants in America aren't already doing. Nowhere in Austin offers menus as sophisticated, or the level of service required to earn two stars. Two star restaurants tend to be $300+ per person tasting menus with a $100+ wine pairing. That just doesn't really exist in Austin because the people here are (traditionally) unpretentious and don't tend to value that kind of dining experience (or price) so it historically hasn't been offered. We're a taco truck (and now $17 cocktail) kinda town. But that's changing and we might see something like that in the future. There are EXCELLENT restaurants in Chicago (my reference point as I lived there for 10 years and ate out for pretty much every single meal) much better than Barley Swine that did not earn a star. Avec and Girl and the Goat were Bib Gourmands. Hell, Publican was just a "selected restaurant" and it's comparable to Barley Swine. Point being, it's REALLY fucking hard to earn just a single star and you have to be doing something truly innovative with exemplary service to get a single star, much less two.
  13. I can do that at fucking Target for 1/10th the price.
  14. I know I'm late responding to this, but I plan on buying tickets to this show like 5 minutes before showtime on stubhub or whatever. There is no fucking way they're selling that arena out at $35 per ticket, much less the $250 they want to charge. I mean, GA Pit admission is $480 per ticket! I bet you'll be able to find tickets for like $15 day of the show.
  15. HOURS MONDAY- CLOSED TUESDAY-THURSDAY 5:00 - 9:00 PM FRIDAY 5:00-10:00 PM SATURDAY LUNCH AND DINNER 2:00 PM -10:00 PM SUNDAY BRUNCH BUFFET 10:00 AM- 1:30PM SUNDAY DINNER 4:00 PM- 8:00 PM
  16. Eater Austin predicts 19 restaurants will earn a star. https://austin.eater.com/2024/7/16/24199218/michelin-texas-austin-stars-predictions-2024 There are 21 restaurants in Chicago with a star, 24 in DC. I think expecting Austin to get 19 in year one, with a food scene that is much more homogenous and much less mature than dining in either Chicago and/or DC, is delusional. They're predicting 8 local sushi/omakase restaurants will earn a star. And while Michelin seems to over-reward Japanese/sushi restaurants, I think Austin Omakases will be universally dinged a bit due to inability to source the freshest fish in Austin. For example, Chicago has only 2 Japanese/Omakase restaurants that earned a star, and they're similarly-located in the Central US away from access to the freshest salt-water fish. But we'll see, I guess. I think the number of restaurants that earn starts will largely depend on how Michelin values modern barbecue restaurants. I could see anywhere from zero to five restaurants earn a star - Franklin, Interstellar, Leroy & Lewis, KG BBQ, and Distant Relatives (the last two because they may value the fusion of KG and the cultural/historical component of Distant Relatives' mission). I'd guess Franklin and Interstellar are most likely to earn a star. FWIW, Eater doesn't predict any bbq restaurant will earn a star...
  17. If he was born in '78, he would have been there from '95 or '96 through 1999/2000. So it's much, much worse.
  18. Oregon is being very mean to us and I'm very upset! Stop picking on us Oregon!
  19. It's Willie. It'll always be Willie.
  20. Thirteen might be a top-10 all time song for me. It's fucking perfection.
  21. Sincerely appreciate that you synthesize the key points of these verbose updates. Thank you for that.
  22. So good. Can't wait for the new season in September. They're the anti Severance: Season 1 - April '22 Season 2 - December '22 Season 3 - November '23 Season 4 - September '24
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