355830 Sun Dec 31 15:27:03 -0800 2006 3 61 Austin 0 2141450 Fancy Barbeque? Had a great meal at a new restaurant, Lambert's, in the Market district last night. Cool vibe, potent cocktails, BBQ, smoked meats, salads. Friendly, enthusiastic staff. Well priced and I should add, live music upstairs. We grazed the menu - wild boar ribs in a smoky hoison sauce, fried green tomatoes on watercress with a fresh, lump crabmeat salad atop and pesto crusted rack of lamb with a habenero mint sauce. Unbelievable! My husband told the chef if he was home at he would have licked his plate clean. reservations. Ask to sit at a booth. www.lambertsaustin.com 512.494.1500 401 2nd Street, Austin, Texas 78701. Sun Dec 31 15:27:03 -0800 2006 10735 dragonfly 1 2141934 I've been as well, though to be fair it was during the soft open. We didn't get to choose our food, but were served a 3-course meal (many restaurants do this when they open for friends and family). My salad of waffle fries with bleu cheese under dressed greens and two sunny side up quail eggs with bacon lardons was good, if slightly underseasoned.(Again, it was night one or two, so you don't expect perfection). The prime rib was fine, with an excellent steak/bbq sauce. The wife's tuna was good, not what either of us would have ordered. The tapioca was as good as I remembered from the old Lambert's. I would highly recommend the place. (full disclosure: I used to work for some of the partners) Lou Lambert does straight ahead food as well as anyone you'll ever meet. He doesn't feel the need to re-invent classics, he just does them honestly, which is quite a bit more difficult imho. Sun Dec 31 19:16:55 -0800 2006 2141450 14690 LeroyT 1 2160320 I had dinner there last night with 2 of my friends. we had the fried green tomatoes, the deviled eggs and the charcuterie. wow. they were great!! I recommend them, you won't be disappointed. I had the quail for entree, one friend had the salmon and the other had a special. it was a hangar steak sandwich, open faced with an egg on top. again all were great. I tried some of that sandwich. I'm going back for that. it was awesome. great staff who knew all the answers to question. they could not have been nicer. its well worth a visit. Sat Jan 06 20:40:21 -0800 2007 2141450 60297 austx03 1 2210757 Went for dinner at Lambert's tonight. Arrived at about 6PM and was told that they were booked for the entire evening. The full menu is available at the bar so we opted for that. Overall, the meal was a little underwhelming but I like the atmosphere and interior so I will probably go back again. Ordered the Cornmeal Fried Rock Shrimp and the Warm Spinach and Frisee salad to start. Shrimp was okay. The honey/lime dip seemed basically like duck sauce. The Spinach salad is impressive, but ventures dangerously close to gutbomb territory. Layer of waffle fries mixed in with lardons topped with frisee and spinach and a double sunny side up quail egg on top. Definitely not a light starter. Main courses were the tuna and kobe short ribs. The short ribs were 75% fat, and the tuna was cooked well but a bit salty. Sun Jan 21 02:08:58 -0800 2007 2141450 11792 beaglebot