93068 Fri Feb 10 15:35:54 -0800 2006 11 61 Austin 0 510978 Good lord. Link: http://www.austin360.com/food_drink/content/food_drink/restaurants/stories/xl/2006/02/9dinelist.html Fri Feb 10 15:35:54 -0800 2006 0 rudeboy 1 510979 Agreed, rudeboy. Reviews like this make me distrust local media. The juxtaposition of Hog Island with Katz's is...*enraging*. Aaaargh! Does anyone ever criticize anything in print around here? Link: http://home.austin.rr.com/dangilman/food.html Fri Feb 10 17:07:22 -0800 2006 510978 0 Cranky Yankee 2 510982 I particularly like the "Asian" selections. Texas Land and Cattle? Fri Feb 10 17:50:49 -0800 2006 510979 0 rudeboy 3 510988 To be fair... TXL&C is under steakhouses. Their Asian list was only missing PF Chang's to make it a truly exhaustive list of Asian eateries in this city. I love how sarcasm fails in print. Fri Feb 10 18:53:54 -0800 2006 510982 0 Seamus Mitwurst 1 510980 Hey rudeboy: Have you ever eaten at Donn's BBQ? Comments please. Fri Feb 10 17:14:12 -0800 2006 510978 0 Steve in Austin 2 510981 Is there one also on 183 and Ohlen? I remember eating there years ago and thinking "well, that was pretty good bbq." But I never went back. Someone was telling me the other day, coincidentally, that a husband and wife team owns it. Fri Feb 10 17:48:55 -0800 2006 510980 0 rudeboy 3 510986 Rudey, 183 and Ohlen sounds like Mann's. I've heard it's good but overpriced. They supposedly mail coupons to people in the surrounding 'hoods. I've got friends that live there. I've never tried it. And Cranky, No, print media in this town is advertising. If they happen to mention a good restauraunt, it is an aberration, not the result of a wonderful dining experience. I mean Star Seeds? I still like it becuase I loved it in college. I could stuff myself for nothing! It's decent greasy diner food in a dirty environment (i know that's changed/ing) with staff that treated you like a deaf, retarded subhuman but was unable to get any order 100% correct. I must say that Rudeboy's short comment set the tone quite well and allowed me to laugh as I read the list. Thank God for Chowhound. Before I found this site, I was wading waist deep in the restaurant equivalent of cloacal effluvia and dreaming of roses. Fri Feb 10 18:50:33 -0800 2006 510981 0 Seamus Mitwurst 2 511100 I have eaten at Donn's several times and admit is is very good. They use hickory to cook with , so the taste is a little more familiar to me (grew up on Kansas City BBQ . Beef ribs are very good, as are the green beans. No-frills place with a walk-through line, styrofoam cups, indoor picnic table seating and good prices. Beats the hell out of Salt Lick , which I pass up on the way to Austin from Wimberley. Thu Feb 16 16:38:59 -0800 2006 510980 0 LazyMF 1 510991 That list reads like one of those free guides that you pick up while on vacation. Forks up! Fri Feb 10 20:08:29 -0800 2006 510978 0 nypb 1 510995 Wow, that was good for a laugh. A few weeks ago I actually had to unsubscribe from the Statesman after reading that XL article on what made a good flour tortilla. I just couldn't take it anymore. But I do miss the unintentional humor. MPH Sat Feb 11 11:10:45 -0800 2006 510978 0 MPH 1 511010 Berryhill Baja Grill and County Line? Unbelieveable. BTW, why isn't Olive Garden and Red Lobster on this list? Mon Feb 13 11:19:33 -0800 2006 510978 0 Ted Bell 1 511088 Yes, much of it seemed ridiculous if I thought about it. It's stupid to include big chains in a list like this. But that's just the kind of thing I'd expect to see, so I didn't even really think about all the crap on there on first read. I was also distracted from that by the fact that they did mention a few little out-o-the-way places such as Evita's Botanitas, Incocente's, and Joe's Bakery. I thought the word Cafe being interpreted as greasy spoon diner was interesting. That's an old southern thing, it seems like. Thu Feb 16 12:28:28 -0800 2006 510978 0 chow-a-holic