An area enterprise that started as a modest 150-square-foot trailer in Austin in 2013 and launched a delicious clean-eating revolution in contrast to some other the town had witnessed is constant to “shift the paradigm of meals in every single place,” together with at a brand new South Austin spot that guarantees to serve up extra actual meals and plenty of good vibes.
Picnik, the Austin eatery based by Naomi Seifter that focuses on aware and wholesome consolation meals with an emphasis on gluten-free, refined-sugar-free, and peanut-free menu objects, is increasing its conscious-culinary kingdom with the opening of a brand new brick-and-mortar location at 1600 S. First St., suite 110, within the new mixed-use Willa growth.
Set to open March 21, simply in time for picnic season, the brand new 3,500-square-foot restaurant shall be lined with home windows to create a light-weight and ethereal really feel, chief advertising officer Michelle Wong tells CultureMap, and can embrace a full bar and loads of seating, along with a walk-up window that may serve Picnik’s standard coffee-based drinks. The restaurant may even provide coated patio seating and underground parking.
Picnik isn’t any stranger to creating a snug, welcoming atmosphere, and can achieve this with the brand new restaurant, which can embrace a colourful midcentury trendy mural created by artist Micheline Halloul that brings to thoughts the bucolic Texas countryside and wraps alongside the restaurant’s inside partitions.
A full menu shall be supplied on the new location, alongside glad hour, brunch, and seasonal specials. Meaning tacos a la carte, bibimbap, scorching honey rooster sandwiches, grass-fed burgers, heavenly butternut polenta, pleasant desserts, cocktails, zero-proof sippers, sustainable wines, and all of the specialty espresso drinks Austinites may ever hope for. There are even particular menus for these adhering to explicit weight loss program kinds, from paleo to vegan, AIP, and low-carb.
“The core mission behind Picnik was at all times about offering nice meals that anybody may take pleasure in,” says Dan Mesches, CEO Picnik Eating places. “Seeing Picnik develop and evolve into a real eating vacation spot for clear, scrumptious meals and drinks is simply unbelievable.”
The brand new South First Avenue restaurant shall be Picnik’s third Austin location (the Burnet Highway staple and South Lamar Boulevard trailer stay busy spots), although the corporate not too long ago introduced additionally it is branching out with a new Houston location, opening this fall on the Montrose Collective growth. Although Wong says the model isn’t at the moment centered on additional growth, it wouldn’t be shocking if Picnik’s recognition led to extra areas each inside and outdoors the Capital Metropolis.
“Proper now, we’re concentrating on the good areas now we have in Austin,” Wong says. “We love Austin, and Picnik is rising. Extra areas imply we get to proceed our mission of making meals for all, meals that’s refined-sugar-free, gluten-free, and peanut-free that doesn’t sacrifice on taste or expertise. We make all of the issues individuals like to eat and make it health-positive.”
Observe Picnik on Instagram for updates concerning the opening of the South First Avenue restaurant and for a more in-depth glimpse at some drool-inspiring culinary artistry.
