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Austin: Olive & June to Fill El Arbol Void

With the sad news of El Arbol‘s closing, everyone wondered what would happen to the new Brykerwoods hotspot … well, wait no longer! Acclaimed Chef Shawn Cirkiel of parkside and backspace will open a Southern Italian restaurant called Olive & June next spring. Olive & June is named for Chef Shawn Cirkiel’s grandmother and his wife’s grandmother…

Austin: El Arbol = Awesome!

Fourscore and several years ago I was slated to do some PR for a sweet new restaurant opening up right in my ‘hood. It went so far as me being at menu tastings. Alas, other things got in the way (including some delayed city permitting), and I got to experience the glory that is El…