Eat & Drink Austin Magazine – Spring 10 by Joanie Cahill

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to us! And Happy Spring to you! The changing weather, the blooming wildflowers, and the chirping birds have me singing a new tune. It’s time to get back out there and rediscover our city. Can you remember the last time you took the family down to Ladybird Lake and took a stroll? What about the last time you visited the Farmer’s Market, or Chinatown in North Austin? We’re big on experiencing all the great secrets that make Austin the unusual, weird, and spectacular city we know and love. How about taking advantage of the weather and hitting up your local restaurant patio? There’s a barbeque spot in Bee Cave with a great one to start off with. Our life-long friends down at Bountiful in the Galleria just completed their new patio, and it’s waiting for you. Why not take a day trip and sample all the delights on North Lamar at the Chinatown Center? You’ll be able to sample all the great food and drinks there, and leave with a sense of adventure fulfilled. Are you up for reconnecting with your roots? East Austin restaurants are a great place to do it – you’ll go home all over again. Spring is a time for celebrating, and we’ve found a couple of ways for you to do just that. You can hit one of West 6th Street’s prime locations and raise your glass, or head to North Austin’s one-stop bake shop and scratch that creative itch. If you’d rather a frozen treat, then head down to our pick for Westlake’s coolest new yogurt spot. You can satisfy that sweet tooth with their latest concoctions. However you decide to explore Austin’s vast culinary world, we’d like to hear about it. Let us know what you find! - M ary E AT

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Springtime seems to make everything sweeter, doesn’t it? New openings and events abound in every corner of our lovely capital city. Dig in and get the low-down on our home-town! Trailer café’s continue to spring up all over: they are quickly becoming part of the definition of the Austin food scene. They’re just like us: weird, yummy and fun, but with loads of style. SXSW brought hundreds of hungry hipsters to G’Raj Mahal (91 Red River, 480-2255), sampling the samosas and curries from this cleverly named Indian-food trailer. East Side King (1618 1/2 E 6th St) is an Asian-fusion trailer getting mad props for their beet fries, curry buns and thai chicken dishes. Generally I’m not so hot on the beets, but hey, fried? Yes please! If you love baseball but tire of peanuts and crackerjacks, Hat Creek Burgers (www. hatcreekburgers.com) has set up a trailer at Disch-Falk Field for the duration of the UT Baseball season, serving up mouth-watering burgers and fries for the fans. Other new trailers include La Boîte (1700 S. Lamar, 377-6198), a French café/patisserie on wheels behind The South Austin Museum of Popular Culture, and a few blocks down the street, the new Odd Duck Farm to Trailer (1219 S. Lamar, 6956922) offers the most delectable trailer menu I’ve seen yet. Small $5 plates include grilled quail, cheddar grits, rabbit loin and other farm-fresh, locally sourced ingredients. The chef-owner, Bryce Gilmore, is an Austin native who has honed his skills at Wink, Z’Tejas and Moonshine before his foray into parking-lot cuisine. So when trailers grow up, do they want to be a restaurant? Taco trailer Torchy’s Taco’s has fulfilled its potential with its patio expansion of its 4th location (4301 W. William Cannon, 5140767), and a 5th location at Spicewood Springs and Mesa. Expect planetary saturation soon. Hey Austin, we’ve got bragging rights!

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The SoLa (South Lamar) district is rife with new ventures: long-time Austin favorite Quality Seafood (5621 Airport Boulevard, 454-5828) is opening a second location at Ben White and S. Lamar. Perhaps this means the line won’t be as long at the original Airport location, but I’m not betting on it. More on this delicious rumor soon!

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Patio Alert! Red’s Porch (3508 S. Lamar, 440-REDS) is generating a lot of buzz for its outdoor dining and rare view of the Greenbelt, as well as for its “half Cajun, half Tex-Mex, half Southern” menu, featuring po’boys, enchiladas, and (sound the trumpets) fried-chicken tacos. The drinks menu offers a mix of old and newschool cocktails, such as an Arnold Palmer made with sweet tea vodka or an jalapeno infused mojito, or just take your Manhattan on the rocks or straight up and enjoy the sunset. Quickly now, let’s say adieu to some closing eateries, but just remember that for every (restaurant) door that closes, another one opens. Rio Grande (Third and San Jacinto) closed its doors right after the start of the New Year depriving the convention center of convenient Tex-Mex. Sampaio (4800 Burnet Rd.) served its last dish of upscale Brazilian cuisine last month, but keep reading for new Brazilian offerings! Primizie Osteria (1000 E. 11th) also closed early this year, but the owners, Lisa and Mark Spedale, continue operations of their catering business through www.primizieaustin.com. One of my favorite coffee and community spots, Café Mundi (1704 E. Fifth, 236-8634), sadly closed at the end of March, though plans are in the works for a new location TBD. This is a perfect example of neighborhood pioneers who made their East-side neighborhood so cool they priced themselves out of the market. Stay tuned for future developments! Speaking of the East Side, I can’t keep up with all the new dining spots! Rio’s Brazilian Cafe (408 Pleasant Valley, 828-6617, www. howdoyourio.com) offers drive-thru coffee and other Brazilian delights, as well as prepared pao de queijo (Brazilian cheese bread that will make you do the nummy tap-dance), malagueta sauces and salgadinhos, which are savory pastries with various fillings. You can pick these up to serve at home at their east side location or all over town at Whole Foods, Specs, Royal Blue Market or at the Austin Farmers Market. E AT

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Other points east: The Eastside Showroom (1100 East 6th Street) is a new gallery, theatre, restaurant and bar with a sexy ambiance and excellent cocktails. The tiny dining room was packed on my recent visit, and I worry that that pocket-sized kitchen may struggle to keep up with all the hipsters! Reservations are recommended, or spend your wait at the bar sampling the inventive cocktails. A few blocks away we have the new underground hot-spot, Shangri La (1016 E. Sixth St). Hang out on the patio or descend a few steps into a fabled paradise of pool tables and funky chandeliers. Every Monday they offer Black Monday Happy Hours: a chance to drown your weekly sorrows while taking in a classic film noir. You might think that all there is to say about BBQ in Austin has been said by the Salt Lick or Opie’s, but a new conversation has struck up in the Cherrywood neighborhood, and people are saying, “Best Barbecue Ever!” One of Franklin Barbecue’s (3421 N I H 35, 6531187) great advantages is the fact that you don’t have to drive 30 minutes for real smoked brisket, and they have vegetarian options! Tempeh Frito Pie! Devastating, I know, but when you’ve picked your jaw up from the floor, try biting into the pulled pork sandwich or ribs laced with espresso BBQ sauce. Catch them when you can—they’re only open Wed-Sun from 11-4. A couple shout outs to my Airport ‘hood: the one, the only, the original Tamale House #3 (5003 Airport Blvd, 453-9842) was featured in a recent New York Times article about Austin’s strange and unusual breakfast taco habit. You may be Tamale House #3, but you are number one in my heart! And a mysterious new restaurant, Foreign and Domestic Food and Drink, opens soon at 306 E. 53rd St at Airport. Watch this space for more news! Whew! Now get on out there and soak in some sunshine, foodheads! Give me a shout at julianne@eatanddrinkaustin.com if you hear any food gossip, bye ‘til next time!

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3300) has just become the first restaurant in the entire state of Texas to receive sustainable seafood status! This certification, given by the Seafood Watch Restaurant Program, means that The Shoreline guarantees that its seafood is sourced using “environmentally safe methods and from areas supporting healthy ecosystems.” We’re getting cleaner, greener, leaner and meaner all the time!

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I’m licking my fingers as I begin this page, hoping I don’t get sauce stuck in the keyboard. I am usually pretty meticulous about my laptop, but there are some things that take precedence over cleanliness and control. Barbeque is one of those things, especially when it’s from the County Line. The County Line on the Hill on Bee Caves Road was the first location for the now legendary barbeque restaurant. The history of its beginnings is ever-popular and widely known, so I won’t get into too much detail there. Suffice it to say, a few good ole boys from Texas got together to open a barbeque restaurant with atmosphere and liveliness. The result was The County Line, opened in the old Moose Lodge on the hill. They built it, and everyone came. There are so many reasons people stuck around. You could blame it on the historic building that houses the County Line. You might be a little right when you consider the view the Hill location has to offer. Cozying up to the outdoor patio at sunset (while downing one of their signature margaritas) is a pretty good reason too. That doesn’t quite cover it though. The reason people have continued to call the County Line their favorite “cue spot” is, simply put, taste. And for Skeeter, the taste is in the method. w w w.eat a nd d r in k au st in .com

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Skeeter Miller, owner, server, dishwasher, and host extraordinaire says it best when he speaks of his cooking methods for good Texas Barbeque, “you’ve got to kind of love on it a little.” The result is a whole menu filled with what so many consider the best barbeque in the world. Smoked with green oak, which lends a milder flavor and a longer smoking time, you can definitely taste the love. Is that love dripping from your mouth, or just their famous homemade barbeque sauces? Does it matter? Dee Halsey is the general manager and BBQ Queen at the Hill location. “Our food tastes the way it did 35 years ago, we just got better and better at the methods we use to cook it,” she proudly says. She would know - this spring marks her 30th year working here. In fact, the average tenure for employees is about 27 years, which tells me that they’re as good at loving on their employees as they are at loving on barbeque. Scott Ziskovsky, Director of Marketing and Advertising, started as a bartender 26 years ago and remains ever faithful and excited about the County Line as he did so many years ago. If you’ve already been to the County Line, you probably have a favorite item on the menu. You can choose from sausage, chicken, peppered turkey breast, original lean brisket, marbled 2nd cut brisket, beef ribs, or pork ribs. If you haven’t been to the County Line yet, you won’t get any scolding from me, but get your tail feathers shaking and get down there. You can get there in style too. The Cadillac All You Can Eat option ($23.99 per person adults/$8.99 per child 11 and under) gives you an unlimited supply of the sausage, chicken, brisket, beef ribs and pork ribs, with the option of turkey being substituted for the brisket or ribs at no charge. These outrageously good eats are accompanied by generous servings of potato salad, cole slaw, and beans. You also get the mouthwatering homemade bread and ice cream. Now that’s style! There’s a whole menu of delicious offerings to suit everyone’s tastes. Don’t forget to add in one of their signature margaritas (or five or six). Like so many things, it’s hard to control yourself when everything is so good. Yes, I'll admit that I'm a fool for you, County Line. Come on down and feel the love! As Dee says, “you’ll just have to get it all over ya.” Editor’s note: 2010 marks the County Line’s 35th year anniversary. Thirty five years of making great barbeque and great friends had to take a lot of work (but they had a lot of fun along the way). Be sure to stop by and congratulate them on this milestone. They'll 'preciate it. While you’re there you can taste the barbeque thats just as good today as it was in 1975. Eat & Drink Austin wishes the County Line a very happy 35th!

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You never know what delights might await you in Chinatown. Take Pho Saigon, for instance. Located in the Chinatown Center in North Austin, this Vietnamese Noodle House is full of treasure after treasure of tantalizing treats, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not Miss-ing anything. *wink wink* E AT

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The minds behind this treaure trove are Sara and Pat Lee, who also own Fortune Chinese Restaurant. Experts in delivering delicious food to the community, the Lees wanted to give Austin residents a healthy and delicious lunch and dinner spot. Pho Saigon’s extensive menu is the result. One of their most popular items is their Pho bowls. I’ve had the traditional Pho, offered with your choice of various cuts of beef, but the twist here is that Pho Saigon also serves a chicken soup option ($4.35 small, $5.35 large). Dark or white meat is served in piping hot chicken broth with rice noodles, sliced jalapenos, bean sprouts and the freshest of basil. The subtle flavors of the broth balance nicely with the veggies accompanying the dish. Springtime is reflected in many of the menu selections. Fresh cucumber, sprouts, carrots, and green onions are just some of the vegetables used in much of the restaurant’s cooking. And Pat feels ordering

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local is important, to keep everything as fresh as possible. Just how local is local for Pho Saigon? MT Supermarket provides Pho Saigon with most of its local inventory. MT is located in the same shopping center, and coincidentally, is part of the family as well. Pat has fond memories of growing up in the supermarket, run by his parents, and uses the supermarket to keep his items delicious each and every day. Being able to order from such a close location allows Pho Saigon to serve the widest menu possible and support the very immediate local economy.

You can taste the freshness in all of Pho Saigon’s tempting rice plates too. The #73 is the pork chop rice plate (pictured bottom left). This dish is a can’t-miss, for more than one reason. Firstly, you can’t get this very many places (if any) in the Austin area. The large portion of pork chop is served on a bed of white and fluffy rice and served alongside a fried egg. The second reason is taste. The combination is absolutely mouthwatering. Break that yolk and its bliss! I suggest ordering this new favorite with a Vietnamese Iced Coffee ($1.95, pictured below). Strong coffee is placed in a French slow drip over sweetened condensed milk. You can chat and enjoy Pho Saigon’s open and cheery atmosphere while allowing the coffee to brew into your cup at your table. When it’s ready, just stir to dissolve the milk and pour over ice. The coffee blends together, as does your whole dining experience, into a happy little adventure.

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J. Black’s Feel Good Lounge on W. 6th street is about to give you a good lesson on how to spend your weekend. Let’s start your education with lunch on Friday. The lunch menu is sure to have downtown Austinites stampeding for the doors, and that’s just how they want it.

The new Friday lunch menu features Pints and Pizzas. Each Friday from 11 am to 4pm you can get $2 featured pints and $10 artisan pizzas. Pair it with a creamy Tomato Basil (one of their soups of the day, $4/cup or $6/bowl) or the Pancetta Wrapped Chicken Sandwich ($11). A grilled pancetta-wrapped

Another ingenious effort on the restaurant’s part, a full brunch menu has been developed specifically for comfort and enjoyment. Start off with the full Bloody Mary bar in the Cork room and make yours to order. A shot of Tito’s and a glass are all you need to get started. Everything else, including the freshly made Bloody Mary mix and add-ins that include pepperoncinis, celery sticks, pickled okra, tasty olives and fresh cracked black pepper are offered up at the bar. After your Bloody Mary is created, have a seat in the softly lit lounge or out on the patio and enjoy J. Black’s brunch time creations. Prosciutto Eggs Benedict ($12) is a must: poached eggs and prosciutto on a sour dough muffin and topped with a spicy hollandaise sauce and served with your choice of home fries or fresh fruit. Maybe you’re in the mood for a classic breakfast like Shrimp and Grits ($10). Six sautéed tiger shrimp on sharp cheddar grits are sure to appease your hangover. You should also try the artfully arranged Open Faced Egg Sandwich ($7). A farm fresh over easy egg with goat cheese and smoked apple wood bacon is served with tomatoes and arugula on Texas Toast.

chicken breast is topped with baby arugula, tomato, and whole grain honey mustard on Texas Toast. You’ll want to sit back and relax with your pint while the digestion begins, which brings us to the real purpose of Fridays. Why not finish up lunch and stick around for Friday night? Or come back Saturday and spend the evening with a great drink in your hand, like the Lemon Basil. Corzo Silver Tequila is combined with Cointreau, fresh basil, and lemon and is muddled with simple syrup and topped with soda, served on the rocks. If you have enough of these, you should come back for some relief at J’s Sunday Brunch. E AT

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Fresh Yogurt and Granola ($6) is also offered, along with fruit salad ($3/cup or $5/bowl), for those wishing to cancel out the Lemon Basils from the night before. J. Black’s also offers a full pizza menu and their infamous Title Tacos. There is a taco for each of our beloved Longhorn’s Championship years. I’m particularly interested in the 1969($3.50): fresh scrambled eggs pulled pork, sautéed onions and smoked Gouda - you can’t go wrong. It’s too bad J. Black’s isn’t in the hotel business; I imagine with their spectacular weekend, beginning with Pints and Pizzas, most people never want to leave.

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You might think the formula for making delicious yogurt is complex. What kind of milk should you use? What kind of live cultures or bacteria? What about the flavors? While the seemingly endless recipe combinations might be complicated, for Joan and Dave Duce of Froyoyo, the recipe is simple. Fresh yogurt made with local products and a fun and inviting Westlake space are all Froyoyo needs to thrive. The summer of 2009 may seem like a distant memory, but it was one of the hottest ones on record for Central Texas. It was during the hot and dry months of last summer that Froyoyo really came to fruition. Joan and Dave spent their smoldering days testing combination after combination of deliciously cold yogurt, and their garage was often filled with lingering neighbors (and their four-legged friends) hoping for another taste of the latest concoction. The flavors came and went, but one constant in their kitchen testing was Austin’s own White Mountain yogurt. “White Mountain was always where our yogurt started,” says Dave. The idea, however, started long before. Joan first tasted authentic fresh yogurt on a trip to California. She was amazed at the simplistic, pure and natural yogurt being served. “The first thing my mother said was, ‘that’s not new’,” Joan recalls. Naturally made, healthy yogurt was long considered a hippy/vegetarian “thing”, and it is definitely a far cry from the modern, traditional yogurts we might find in the frozen foods aisle.

Froyoyo offers its patrons even more variety with their rotating flavors. You have to come in to see what’s being served today. Is it Only 8? This healthy frozen yogurt is unbelievably delicious at only 8 calories per ounce (!!!). Try Sugar Free, Lactose Free, Vegan, or sorbet blends. You’ll find new treats every time you visit. It’s easy to see Joan and Dave enjoy what they’ve come to think of as their home away from home. They laugh and smile constantly, and their openness and friendliness are just part of what makes Froyoyo so inviting. The warm space filled with artwork by Mary Ciani Saslow, Joan’s talented mother, feels a lot like home for everyone else too. After years of entrepreneurial successes, the Duce’s knew they wanted to make a living by making people happy. They’ve certainly found the right formula to do so. E AT

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Froyoyo’s yogurt is made with healthy probiotics and active cultures. Flavors include the original Tart and the Tart Raspberry (which seems to be the kids’ favorite). If you’ve never had Tart yogurt, stop reading, get into your car and head to Froyoyo this instant. Other flavors include yellow cake mix, chocolate, cheesecake, and a personal favorite, chocolate/peanut

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Nothing speaks to me like good old fashioned home cooking. It’s redolent of family, when I would awaken to my mother softly humming in the kitchen while she kneaded the dough for the day’s tortillas and boiled the pinto beans. On weekends and holidays the family would come over, my aunts bringing dishes of fragrant Spanish rice and other enticements. I remember early Sunday mornings, when my mother would return to the house with a white bag filled with pan dulce, sweetbread from the neighborhood bakery. These simple but comforting foods of my childhood can be found at Joe’s Bakery and Mexican Food. When I come here, I’m home again. I’m not the only one either. All of Joe’s patrons seem to consider this small and comfortable restaurant their home away from home. Rose Maciel carries on the tradition of home for her family as she runs the day-to-day operations at Joe’s. Since 1935 her family has kept East Austin as full of home-cooked meals as they are of nostalgia. Ask Johnny Limon, longtime customer. “This place is the heart of the Eastside. I just met my brother here for breakfast and he lives in Neiderwald.” Joe’s is the place you come back to, according to Mr. Limon. “People who move away always come home.” The Eastside restaurant is popular for meeting friends, both old and new. You can’t sit at one of the tables for very long before you’re welcomed by those around you. Conversation rolls easily between tables, and its almost constant hum is only broken by the time it takes to savor a bite from the plate you’ve ordered. I don’t think Rose has ever met a stranger, and I get the feeling that everyone here follows the same principle. The nostalgia seems to hit another of Joe’s customers just as hard. Irene Ponce has been coming to Joe’s for over 35 years. “I bring my kids and we just love it. They’ve got the best Menudo anywhere.” Food is always the tie that binds, especially when it’s this good. One of the best features on the menu is breakfast - you can order it any time of day. My choice would be the Migas plate ($5.79). Joe’s Migas are served fresh and hot with refried beans and two homemade tortillas. You couldn’t get it any better if your own mother (or grandmother) made it. Is lunch what you’re in the mood for? The Crispy Tacos ($7.19) are served with rice and beans and their savory flavor will have you forgoing the napkins and licking your fingers clean. Their Carne Guisada dinner plate ($6.69) is another favorite, served with rice, beans, and salad. The bakery items balance out the fantastic menu here. Stop by daily to sample the featured items. You can always be sure that they’ll be fresh and ready for you. The recipes from Rose’s father are still used for their Pink Cake, one of Joe’s most popular bakery items. Try a Gingerbread Maranito (pig) – one bite brings me back to the sweet tastes of childhood. Every aspect of Joe’s does just that, for all patrons. Intended or not, Joe’s family has grown by the thousands over the years, and their extended family will keep growing, finding their way home.

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TC Noodle House makes me happy. In its fourth year of operation, this flourishing restaurant is a descendant of North Austin’s beloved Tien Hong. Patriarch Thai Chau Tran quietly lends his expertise while son and owner Tan Tran delights patrons with his bold and delicious entrees. Tan’s sister Victoria lends her time and effort to the House also, making this restaurant a wellrun family business.

Initially started as a true noodle house offering food from both Vietnam and the Teochew province of China, the restaurant was intended to fill the lunchtime needs of North Austin’s area residents. The restaurant, located in the My Tanh Chinatown shopping center quickly became a local favorite. Tan knows his clientele well, and could see a need for a heartier lunch and dinner menu. He developed a larger menu that is both

extensive and intricate. In addition to the original noodle offerings, a wide range of dishes are available for dinner, as well as a beer and wine list for customers to enjoy. Tan has integrated favorite dishes from the original Tien Hong menu as well as unique offerings that include delectable rice cake omelettes ($4.95 regular, $5.95 large). This popular dish is a rare find in the Austin area, and the green onions and seasonings mixed into the eggs and cooked on top of rice cake make for an outstanding combination. They’ve also added live lobster and Dungeness crab (market price) to the menu, both cooked to order. If you think you’ve had lobster, you haven’t had it until you’ve had TC Noodle’s, trust me. Perfectly cooked finger lickin’ garlicky goodness piled on a platter - it makes you wonder why you thought butter sauce was a sufficient lobster seasoning.

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Vegetarians are always welcome, and with over 20 vegetarian selections to choose from, there should be a line forming as we speak. Pan seared noodles with mixed vegetables ($8.05) is just one option. How about Young Snow Pea Leaves with Garlic Sauce ($8.25) to whet your vegetarian appetite? Singapore Noodle ($7.95) is a very popular and spicy choice, and make sure you try the Smoked Duck with sliced ginger and leeks - you’ll be back for this fan favorite. The large menu is filled with exciting and well-prepared options for any time of day. You can come into the restaurant and linger over your lunch or dinner in an atmosphere of familiarity and comfort. TC Noodle is family owned, after all, and they always make you feel right at home.

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to make it all. It’s a good thing the friendly staff is here to help me, because baking things is not exactly my forte. I have always loved baking, it’s just that my skills in the kitchen are somewhat lacking. I am capable of baking a cake that tastes good. It’s just the “look” that concerns me.

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and butter cream. The store is filled with walls of themed cake pans, aisles of cookie cutters and stacks upon stacks of wedding cake supplies. Jennifer makes sure her patrons never have unanswered questions. She offers a great selection of classes that include everything from cake decorating to cookies to gum paste flowers and chocolate truffles. Jennifer herself teaches a few, and her knowledge base is impressive.

At one point All in One offered custom cakes, but Jennifer has decided to go another route. Husband Randy points out, “it’s better for us to support customers

BREAK IT SHAKE IT BAKE BA BAKE BAKE HALF BAKE D PICTURE BAKE BAKE BAK KE BAKE MAKE CAKE BAKE REAK IT SHAKE IT BAKE BAK AKE BAKE HALF BAKE DAK PICTURE BAKE BAKE BAKE BRBEAAKEIT SMHAAKKEECITAKEBAKBEAKEBAKB BAKE BAKE HALF BAKE DAK PICTURE BAKE BAKE BAKE rather than compete with them.” That selfless attitude is one of the things that makes All in One Austin’s premiere place to go for your decorating and baking needs. The staff makes sure a customer’s project is successful from start to finish. Jennifer’s reward comes in the form of letters from clients showing the handiwork they’ve created. For Jennifer, the most rewarding part of it is when customers show me the finished cake project and says, “Look – you helped me do this.” Wedding season is almost upon us, and there will be a flurry of activity during the

months of April, May, and June. Things slow down a bit during the hotter summer months, but this is, after all, Texas, so the season begins to pick up again through September, October, and November. That means a lot of people will be coming through looking for All in One’s assistance. The celebrations are just one of the reasons Jennifer and Randy love the business so much – they get to be a part of someone’s happy occasion.

There doesn’t have to be a specific occasion in mind, though when coming into All in One Bake Shop. No one will

stop you and ask for your cake credentials. All In One understands the pure joy and attraction of baking. It’s okay if sometimes you just want cake.

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