R.I.P. VI

[sqwertz]

According to a recent email, Cannoli Joe's, the partnership between a Qdoba founder and County Line, will be closed for good come Feb 1st after almost 5 years of service.

I liked it OK at first. But each of the three times I returned I liked it slightly less and less. Last time, Saturday night December 1st, the place was kinda barren of customers, For a Saturday, at least.

The current facade and layout would be hard to sell to anybody but another Italian buffet restaurant.

-sw

[sqwertz]

Say the final goodbye's to the Miramont Cafeteria, It is in the process of being bulldozed after sitting empty for about a decade. High-traffic spot, I'm surprised it took that long. Building was neglected and decrepit that it couldn't be salvaged.

Way before my time in Austin.

-sw

[danny_w]

That is just about the last of the old timers in Austin. I fondly remember the Miramont and wish it were still here, but times change. It was a great after-church meeting place with good sunday fried chicken like I remember from growing up.

[ccaustin]

Zed's closing today, per their Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/ZedsAustin

Sadly, today Zed's will be closing its doors. Thank you all for your support in helping us to make Zed's such a beloved place. We plan to open the doors again soon, and hope that you all will watch for and join us when that time comes. Best of wishes, until we meet again...

[Rptrane]

I'm sad to see it go. It was nice to have an actually nice place to eat in that area. I can only imagine that they put too much cash into the space. It's one of the nicest restaurants in the North part of town, inside and out. Biggest knock were the prices and there wasn't one killer dish there.

[Rptrane]

Lick it Bite it Or Both, near the Domain appears closed. They were closed when their hours were listed as opened. So that's usually a bad sign. One of the most recent Yelp reviews noticed it was closed too.

[danny_w]

I noticed that too a few days ago.

[sqwertz]

M. Thaitown at Stassney and Manchaca across from the library has left the building and is replaced by "Tuk Tuk Thai". Slight remodel - you can see into the restaurant now from the street: One lone guy sitting in a chair by the door waiting not so patiently for a customer.

The location is jinxed. I feel sorry for every restaurant owner that tries to open in that spot.

-sw

[TroyTempest]

What was that called before M. Thaitown? It was another Thai place, right?

[tom in austin]

Subsin's, and before that, Sawadee. I went when it was Sawadee and it was decent-if-underseasoned.

[TroyTempest]

Subsin's is what i remember. Someone brought soup from there to a covered dish thing. IIRRC, is wasn't bad.

[storefronteats]

We happened into Tuk Tuk Thai by chance before a show across the street at Strange Brew. We were with friends, distracted, and not expecting much so I didn't pay too close attention to the chow. However, I remember it being tasty and the server and owner could not have been more pleasant.

The Tom Kha soup was really good, and I recall some good dumplings, too. I'd definitely try it again if I were in the neighborhood.

[PappyAustin]

This is the worst kind of R.I.P - Tim Bartlett, the owner of Bartlett's has passed away.

[klanch]

I asked the bartender and he said the restaurant will stay open under new ownership. Sorry to hear about Mr. Bartlett but at least Austin won't lose a good place. It's a good hole - nice spot to den up in when the weather is bad.

[verily]

Vivo on 620 has closed. Seemed a bit surprising to me as there was usually a wait whenever I went for dinner.

[Rptrane]

Romeo's is officially closed and Umami Pizza, I think that's how it's spelled, is going in there instead. At least according to the mural on the outside.

[hlk]

Umami PIZZA? What's this??

[Rptrane]

It's this ..
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/pri...

[hlk]

Interesting. Thank you.

[addlepated]

I had a feeling they were on their way out. Crowds have diminished greatly lately, and the last time we went they had taken several of the best things off the buffet and made them extra-charge items, but lowered the cost of the buffet overall. It seemed a little desperate.

[TroyTempest]

"The current facade and layout would be hard to sell to anybody but another Italian buffet restaurant."

One might think, but i'd bet that won't stop a big Asian buffet from moving in.

[sqwertz]

That and the old Estancia restaurant (now Indian?) just seem like odd places for restaurants. Stand-alones on empty stretch of road with one-way access.

[TroyTempest]

Right, I always thought that Estancia location was terrible. I'll add the Elevation burger (now closed ) on the feeder road before Braker by the North COSTCO.

[cstrombe]

That was TerraBurger on the feeder, currently being repurposed as an Elevation Burger. I think TerraBurger's problem was more the food than the feeder. But agree, a problematic location nonetheless.

[TroyTempest]

I forgot the name before Elevation Burger, but the Elevation burger is closed now too

[cstrombe]

Accd to their fb page, is still under construction, due to open in a couple of weeks.

[TroyTempest]

if that is so, then it has been under construction for about a year

[sweet100s]

Yep - Elevation Burger has been under construction at that drive-through location forever.

The last place to operate there was Terra Burger.

[TroyTempest]

One shouldn't underestimate the difficulty in transitioning from organic fast food burger place to, uh well, organic fast food burger place.

[amykragan]

The Lion and the Rose in Westlake closed too.

[amysuehere]

No loss there...

[addlepated]

It's not closed, or wasn't the last time I checked. There was a note in the window saying they're remodeling. Did that change? I've been on Mars for a couple of weeks.

[sqwertz]

I read that it closed in one of the community rags, IIRC. Maybe that 'community rag' was here, though. I told somebody else who patronizes it that it closed and she said she knew already.

[verily]

Austin360 reported it on their openings/closings blog (the Relish Austin one).

[addlepated]

Ah yes, here 'tis, along with the demise of the Meat Shop. And a new opening in Westlake - Noodles and Company. Looks like it's where Hangtown used to be.

http://www.austin360.com/blogs/conten...

[sqwertz]

Thanks.

And good riddance to the Meat Shop <insert Marge Simpson 'Grrrr'>. Even Homer would disapprove,

-sw

[Sweet_Cheeks]

What was your beef (pun intended) with the Meat Shop? Just curious. There's one in Avery Ranch that doesn't seem too bad.

[sqwertz]

Overly expensive. Rotten sausages. When I complained about the latter, sent them the receipt, nobody wanted to respond. As for the former, just one example: A 28oz can of roasted red peppers that you can get at Fiesta for $3.40 was $14 there. Everything had a HUGE markup.