Topic 28 of 82: How many restaurants are there in Austin?
Sat, Feb 1, 1997 (15:55) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
I've heard varying figures. But who really knows how many restauratns are there
in Austin?
25 responses total.
Topic 28 of 82 [restaurants]: How many restaurants are there in Austin?
Response 1 of 25: KitchenManager (KitchenManager) * Sat, Feb 8, 1997 (16:05) * 3 lines
From my perspective,
Too Darn Many!
WER
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Response 2 of 25: KitchenManager (KitchenManager) * Sat, Mar 29, 1997 (13:38) * 6 lines
Over on http://austin.citysearch.com/ they list how
many restaurants there are per each of their categories.
There are 35 Italian listed, but I haven't had time to
add up all the categories, and cross check for multiple
listings. Sorry.
WER
Topic 28 of 82 [restaurants]: How many restaurants are there in Austin?
Response 3 of 25: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Mar 29, 1997 (13:55) * 2 lines
That's probably conservative. How many total restaurants do they list?
I'd be curious to see the stats in each category.
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Response 4 of 25: KitchenManager (KitchenManager) * Sun, Mar 30, 1997 (11:33) * 5 lines
On page http://austin.citysearch.com/Austin/Eat_and_Sleep/Restaurants/
it lists 1,271 locations, at least 100 are pizzas.
WER
Topic 28 of 82 [restaurants]: How many restaurants are there in Austin?
Response 5 of 25: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Mar 30, 1997 (12:10) * 1 lines
That's probably about a third of the actual restaurants in Austin?
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Response 6 of 25: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Sep 30, 1999 (21:52) * 1 lines
Ah, but there is only one that really counts...*smile*
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Response 7 of 25: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, Oct 5, 1999 (12:40) * 4 lines
gosh...
who cares how many?!??!
just gimme the good ones!
Man I miss Kim Phung!
Topic 28 of 82 [restaurants]: How many restaurants are there in Austin?
Response 8 of 25: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Oct 5, 1999 (14:39) * 5 lines
Kim Phung is great, and it's right down the street from my house in town.
I had an awesome diner at Trudy's last night. Beans, rice, chalupas, the
works. And a marga reeta.
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Response 9 of 25: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Oct 5, 1999 (15:14) * 1 lines
Terry, if you are into beans and rice, would you ever fit right in here in Hawaii. Everything is served with rice - stew and rice, beans and rice...but so far I have not seen spaghetti and rice...and it is served with every meal. Marga Reeta gets around. I have seen her name at watering holes around Hilo, too *grin*
Topic 28 of 82 [restaurants]: How many restaurants are there in Austin?
Response 10 of 25: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, Oct 5, 1999 (17:02) * 5 lines
next time you go Paul...
have a Sangrita for me please!!!
Trudy's was a weekly spot for me... TWO kinds of salsa... great patio...
*sob*
the memories...
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Response 11 of 25: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Oct 5, 1999 (18:29) * 2 lines
OK Sangrita. Woo Hoo!
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Response 12 of 25: (sprin5) * Sat, May 20, 2000 (06:47) * 1 lines
Are they still eating lotsa beans and rice out there in HI.
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Response 13 of 25: (sprin5) * Sat, May 20, 2000 (15:08) * 1 lines
test
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Response 14 of 25: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, May 20, 2000 (21:25) * 1 lines
Oh Yes!!! It is not my favorite by any manner or means - but it works well for really runny chili and to feed huge hungry crowds. Since it is political season it will become the staple of open houses along with stew and rice. Absolutely everything is served with rice here - with the exception of pasta...
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Response 15 of 25: (sprin5) * Sat, May 20, 2000 (22:18) * 14 lines
I just realized that there was no Austin Chronicle Restaurant Poll in 1998.
Those dogs! How dare they skip a year like that!
There's no way you can skip a year and keep up with the volatile Austin restaurant scene.
The dismal Italian restaurant scene (ok, Lil Italy excepted) has become a bright spot with the arrival of Vespaio, Bellagio, Siena, Cippolina, and Cafe Mia).
And three new French places, Chez Noux, Jean Lucs French Bistro and Sardine Rouge with Aquarelle around the corner.
Vietnamese and Mexy places sprout up like mushrooms in a cowpasterure
after a heavy Austin Spring rainstorm.
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Response 16 of 25: (sprin5) * Sat, May 20, 2000 (22:31) * 1 lines
And Castle Hill got voted this years best of all. It's a "date place".
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Response 17 of 25: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, May 21, 2000 (00:17) * 1 lines
Is that if you are a weathy businessman or dating one? Or is it reasonable to expect college kids on s special date to be able to afford it without taking out another student loan? Whatzit like?
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Response 18 of 25: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, May 21, 2000 (00:18) * 1 lines
Since you are talking about the restauants in Austin, I will not add my favorites to the list from Kona and Hilo...
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Response 19 of 25: (sprin5) * Sun, May 21, 2000 (09:10) * 1 lines
Sure, Hawaii's restaurants are fair game. Maybe we can pit our finest against your best? How many restaurants are there on the Islands?
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Response 20 of 25: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, May 21, 2000 (19:42) * 1 lines
How many? I have no idea - but with 4000 sq miles on this Island alone, there are more than a few. I would guess Hilo has perhaps 15 really nice ones and dozens of local food and fast food establishments. All of the big and really plush hotels on the Kohala Coast and in Kona have at least one excellent dining room. One is a complex of 5 different-theme hotels each with its own very lovely dining rooms - very expensive and very good food. Since I hear everything is BIGGER and better in Texas, I would be surprised to find anything from one of the smallest states equal to your finest. Sadly, there are not many of the top categories that I have dined in since my dad died. He afforded me that pleasure whenever he visited.
Topic 28 of 82 [restaurants]: How many restaurants are there in Austin?
Response 21 of 25: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, May 21, 2000 (21:32) * 1 lines
Per John's suggestion, I counted the entries in the yellow pages and came up with roughly 300 on this island - at least those with phone numbers. However, some fine dining rooms in hotels are lumped together under one hotel phone number...so it is just a rough guestimate.
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Response 22 of 25: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, May 21, 2000 (21:34) * 1 lines
Perhaps that is balanced out by the fact that Subway Sandwiches is listed in there, too. I don't consider that a restaurant, even though you CAN eat there...
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Response 23 of 25: (sprin5) * Mon, May 22, 2000 (04:27) * 17 lines
Yeah, I eat at Subway sometimes, it's a pretty healthy meal and low cal.
They're running ads about how some 300 lb guy ate nothing but Subway
sandwichs for a year and lost an incredible amount of weight. But boring?
Yes.
Austin has about 600,000 people now in just the city limits, I would guess
the area has about 2 to 3 thousand restaurants.
If I do an http://www.infospace.com search on restaurants, it gives me
1,134 restaurants in Austin.
What happens if you do that for Honolulu or Hawaii? I get 1,059 for
Honolulu. And 106 for Hilo. It won't let me do a search on Hawaii. What
are the other big cities there besides these two?
Topic 28 of 82 [restaurants]: How many restaurants are there in Austin?
Response 24 of 25: (sprin5) * Mon, May 22, 2000 (04:46) * 1 lines
So Honolulu and Austin are fairly comparable, I wonder what the census will show the population to be in 2000?
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Response 25 of 25: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, May 22, 2000 (13:33) * 2 lines
Interesting about Honolulu and Austin. I'll have to check the website. The second largest city in Hawaii is also on Oahu and is Kailua (different from
Kailua-Kona) Also Waimanalo and Kaneohe on Oahu. On this Island, try Kamuela where the Parker Ranch is.
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