Tim Love has packed up his saddle at Lonesome Dove Western Bistro at 419 Colorado St. and is herding his wild game-loving steakhouse up the road to a brand new location.
The Fort Price-based movie star chef opened the Austin outpost in 2015 within the house as soon as occupied by Kenichi. He says he’s recognized for the final 12 months that the constructing could be bulldozed for a 47-story residential tower, so he’d been searching for a downtown property to name dwelling. He discovered it at 123 W. Sixth St., within the house that was occupied by Italian restaurant Italic till March 2020, when the restaurant closed in the beginning of the pandemic.
Love shuttered the Colorado Road location in late December and hopes to have the brand new spot open by Feb. 8. The expansive restaurant will characteristic a tequila bar within the street-facing entrance of the house, with the bar menu together with tacos and bar snacks. Lonesome Dove’s essential eating menu will embody new recreation alternatives and added seafood dishes.
Regardless of decreased foot site visitors downtown due to the pandemic, Love is bullish on the realm, pointing to the forthcoming Fb constructing and a brand new lodge beneath development close by.
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“We had a very nice 12 months as soon as we obtained open again up,” Love mentioned of Lonesome Dove. “I actually like downtown. I feel downtown’s boomin’.”
Love is concurrently at work on opening Tex-Mex restaurant Paloma Suerte (Fortunate Dove) in Fort Price, adjoining to his unique Lonesome Dove.
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