Home > Relish Austin > Archives > 2012 > May > 24 > Entry By Matthew Odam | Thursday, May 24, 2012, 10:10 AM Raw fluke with almond at Parkside Settle in to Shawn Cirkiel’s classic-yet-modern brick-walled seafood saloon on landlocked Sixth Street and you can almost hear the ships coming into harbor. The restaurant has been an oasis from the puddles of spilt courage, beer and who-knows-what-else on Sixth Street since 2007. The new cerulean-blue menu font begs for you to fall into it like a swimming pool. Head to the deep-end pleasures offered by the raw menu. A trundled mound of opaque and oily fluke bathed in lemon juice and topped with thinly sliced almonds, the dish ($11) refreshes like a seaside glass ... Continue reading →
By Matthew Odam Updated: 5:52 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Published: 2:43 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Nobody seemed terribly surprised last year when massive Argentine steakhouse El Arbol closed after just 18 months in business.Yet customers and critics I talked to didn't have a solid understanding of the reason. Too much outdoor seating? A shape-shifting menu? Too expensive? Odd location?The official word from El Arbol management in September was that the (first-time) owner simply didn't want to be in the restaurant business.The space may still be sprawling, and the sun shines with the same intensity on the patch of land just off 35th Street. But one thing is certain about its new chef-owner Shawn Cirkiel: He wants to be in the restaurant business.The man ... Continue reading →
By Matthew Odam Updated: 5:49 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Published: 3:26 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, 2012 The Paramount Summer Classic Film Series offers not only an escape from the state's legendary infernal temperatures; it provides a trip back in time, a voyage into our collective cinematic consciousness. Everyone, whether 19 or 90, likely has a specific memory of watching Atlanta burn in "Gone With the Wind" or sitting riveted as a pained Marlon Brando laments his fate as a bum in "On the Waterfront." The Paramount Theatre each summer gives movie lovers chances to commune together in the dark as our remembrances are brought to life through the beauty of 35 mm film, a gasping art form that sits precariously on the verge of ... Continue reading →
Austin360 blogs > Austin Movie Blog > Archives > 2012 > May > 23 > Entry By Matthew Odam | Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 03:36 PM “Err, uh, awright, awright, awright ” Matthew McConaughey will portray John F. Kennedy in “Precious” director Lee Daniels’ upcoming film, “The Butler,” according to IndieWire. “Friday Night Lights” goddess Minka Kelly will play Jacqueline Kennedy in the movie about Eugen Allen, the White House butler from 1952 to 1986. The film is based on a Washington Post article by Wil Haygood. Forest Whitaker will play Allen and Oprah Winfrey will play Allen’s wife. Other actors tied to the picture include Nicole Kidman, Lenny Kravitz, Terrence Howard and Cuba Gooding Jr. “I connected with it because it is ultimately a ... Continue reading →
