Today Hyde Park’s Westgate location will be having a little Art Party and you’re invited!!

Here’s what to expect:

-Music themed art from 15 different local artists

-Free Hors d’oeuvres

-Happy Hour prices

Come on by and start the middle of your week right!  Take a look at a few of the artists’ work:

SXSW is known for its contribution to music, film and technology. Hyde Park Bar & Grill is known for its contribution to upscale comfort food and its appreciation for local art and music. What happens when you put the two together?

Discounts!

SXSW badge and wristband holders get 10% off at both Hyde Park Bar & Grill locations, Mar 11 – 20.

Hyde Park Bar & Grill South at 4521 Westgate is showcasing live music Tuesday through Sunday with bands from around the world. Enjoy the music while you have a bite and take in the display of music-themed paintings and photography by more than 15 regional artists.

The Hyde Park Bar & Grill Central location at 4206 Duval is a favorite getaway for SXSW attendees and locals alike. With cozy tables, free WiFi and no live music, it’s the perfect spot to recharge with a meal and a beverage. The Central location is home to the famous giant fork which stands outside the restaurant, an Austin landmark and favorite photo-op since 1982. During the week of SXSW, photographic portraits of musicians and music-themed art is on display. Just blocks away is Hyde Park Theatre, where the popular play, St. Nicholas, runs through Saturday, March 12.

For those SXSW attendees visiting Austin for the first time, here are a few more reasons why you’ll want to experience Hyde Park Bar & Grill:

• Hyde Park Bar & Grill fries have consistently been voted “Best French Fries in Austin.” It’s a big platter of hand-cut Idaho potatoes, dipped in creamy buttermilk, rolled in seasoned flour and lightly fried. Served with our special Hyde Park Sauce.
• The restaurant holds the record for most Groupons sold in Austin at 7,000.

Both locations are easily accessible via Capital Metro from downtown Austin.

• Hyde Park Bar & Grill Central is 4 miles from downtown Austin. Take the #7 Capital Metro bus at 101 Congress Ave. & 2nd Street.
• Hyde Park Bar & Grill South is 7 miles from downtown Austin. Take the #5 or the #30 Capital Metro bus from Congress Ave. & Cesar Chavez St.

The menu is eclectic and includes upscale comfort food favorites such as mac and cheese, great burgers, chicken fried steak as well as pasta, steaks, and vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free choices.

So, whether you live in Austin or just visiting for SXSW, you are hereby invited to come enjoy yourself at Hyde Park Bar & Grill to experience an awesome trifecta of food, art and music.

For more information, please call either location:

Central: 512-458-3168

South: 512-899-2700

The third week of March is known as “March Madness” in Austin for not one, but three major events.

You’ve got your Rodeo, March 11 – 26.

You’ve got UIL basketball, March 3 – 12.

And you’ve got SXSW.

So … where are you going to eat when you want a great chicken fried steak, a great burger and Austin’s favorite fries, or a vegetarian dish like our Eggplant Fettuccine with Vodka Sauce?

And what if you want a cozy table with Wi-Fi where you can actually hear your dining companions?

(You probably see where this is going, don’t you? )

We’re going to recommend Hyde Park Bar & Grill Central (on Duval) as your go-to March Madness / Rodeo / SXSW Sanctuary.   Your place to slip away from the madding crowd for nourishment, a glass of wine or your favorite beverage, and re-charge.

You won’t be completely away from the scene.   Our Duval-street location is just north of downtown, right on Capital Metro’s route — try the 7-DUVAL / DOVE SPRINGS-NB line.

And we’re celebrating the music madness with a fabulous display of music-themed photography & art.

Steven Hopsons' portraits of musicians on display at HPB&G Central (on Duval).

Come see us.  You can even reserve a table.

Music begets art.

Carolyn Wonderland, photographed by Steve Hopson

Steve Hopson’s photographs of musicians, now gracing our walls at our Duval location, are living proof that the soul-to-soul experience that is live music can be captured visually.  Hopson’s eye is for those fleeting moments — the kind of mental image that comes to mind when you think of a particular performer.

Check out his website HERE.

We’ll be celebrating Steve on Wednesday, Feb 23 with an Art Party in his honor.  We’re going to party down with him and toast his fine photographic art for awhile in the happiest of hours.

And Steve has an extra treat for us, too — a fiddle player to add ear candy to the eyes’ feast.

Come fiddle around at the Art Party for Steve Hopson!

ART PARTY FOR STEVE HOPSON

Wednesday, Feb 23, 5 – 7pm

Free Hors_d’œuvres, drinks at Happy Hour prices

Great pictures, fiddle music, interesting people

Hyde Park Bar & Grill @ 4206 Duval

Come on by …. remember there’s parking behind Hyde Park the lot that’s just behind the restaurant.

This is easy.  Unless you’re color-challenged.  In which case, ask a friend.

Here’s all you have to do to be in the drawing to win one of the $25 gift cards we’re giving away in January.

Here’s how to enter:

1. Go to Hyde Park Bar & Grill on Duval. (the original, source of all Hyde Parkness.  The mother ship.)
2. Look in the room to the left for the series of paintings called “Notes To Myself.”
3. Ask yourself, what color are the edges of those painting?  Blue-green, red-orange, or black?
4. Email the answer to hydeparkbarandgrill@gmail.com.

Do that by Dec 31!

In art, as in music and food, you want to finish with a flourish.

We don’t mean to disparage any of the other artists’ whose work has graced our walls in the past year.   We are grateful to all of them as their work has brought joy to both customers and staff.   Many of us have our favorites and all have been of such high quality that we have been proud to showcase their work.

You see, there’s a reason our curator, Anne Ducote, has such good taste in art — that’s because she’s is quite an accomplished artist in her own right.

We’re going to celebrate Anne and her art at our Duval location on Wed, Dec 8, 5 – 7.   Come by, see her work, meet Anne herself.  She’s nothing if not approachable.  She’s downright friendly, in fact.

Complementary snacks, happy hour drink prices, fun conversation with interesting people.

Art Party for Anne Ducote

Wed, Dec 8, 5-7pm

Hyde Park Bar & Grill

4206 Duval

Think of it as an artist’s date.

Come let your eyes have some fun while you snack on complementary hors d’oeuvres and have a happy hour beverage at the Art Party for Kim Bernson & Sheri Mays.

Art Party

Hyde Park Bar & Grill on Duval

5 to 7pm

October 20

At our Westgate location in south Austin, a 3/4 wood wall separates some of the seating.   Anne Ducote, our art curator, has taken to calling it “the island.”

As it turns out, it makes a really nice spot to display small to moderately-sized artwork.   Diners at tables for 2 and 4 sit close to the art.  It’s a different point of view, a different experience.

And now’s a good time to come check it out, because you can get up close & personal with images like this:

"Dream On" and more of William Burkhardt's photos of the Umlauf Sculpture garden are displayed at the "island" section at our Westgate location.

"Face #11" - photo by William Burkhardt

"Nice Stretch" -- photo by William Burkhardt

William Burkhardt is an artist and architect (is that redundant?), who’s lived in Austin since 1994.

Here’s what he says about his photos of Umlauf Sculpture Garden came about:

I take long walks with my camera and had wandered in there one afternoon, was completely stunned by what I found and struggled to find some way to capture something of it. I spent the rest of the afternoon there, mostly shooting faces: I’m profoundly struck by the expressive beauty, character and diversity of emotion portrayed in the sculptures – like anything complex, they demand exploration and offer themselves to a variety of interpretations. We’re lucky to have such a treasure so close to us.

We think we’re lucky to have Mr. Burkhardt share his work with us, too.

Come see it while you can.

Photographs by William Burkhardt

Aug 19 – Oct 9

Hyde Park Bar & Grill south at Westgate, on the island wall

Don’t sleep through this one.

Sheri Mays' engaging portraits on display at HPB&G south 8/22 - 10/3

Work by Sheri Mays and Kim Bernson is on display at Hyde Park Bar & Grill south at Westgate from August 22 to October 3.

Mays’ work is very large, engaging portraits.

Bernson’s work features amazing views into the hearts of flowers.

Nymphaea by Kim Bernson

You owe your eyes a treat, now, don’t you?  Here’s your chance.

Art by Kim Bernson & Sheri Mays on display

Hyde Park Bar & Grill south @ Westgate

8/22 – 10/3

We have two new artists coming to Hyde Park Duval to show us their skills.  Meet  Felice House and Dana Younger.  Two amazing artists with extraordinary talent.

Felice fell in love with color and representation as a high school student in the woods of British Columbia.  She then traveled to Canada for shows. She ended her time in Canada with a solo show entitled “PUTTING IT ON…and taking it off”. In this show she used painting, printmaking and installation to exaggerate classical ideas of femininity to the point of comedy. Each piece provided an in-depth look at the way that society molds females’ expectations of themselves.  Felice started Housepaintings Studio, an artists’ space in downtown Bryan, Texas.   Through the studio Felice began to teach weekly drawing and painting classes as well as weekend workshops.

Dana Younger, VP of Blue Genie Art, is truly a man for all seasons.
Besides being a painter, sculptor, mold maker, and computer artist, Dana is one of the chief innovators at Blue Genie Art.  His fascination with the creative process and all types of materials keeps Blue Genie Art on the cutting edge.  Essentially, he is a one man research and development team.  However his art is what makes him memorable.  His talents include oil paintings, digital art, encaustics and acrylic paintings. There are a variety of styles: figurative work, abstract expressionism digital art and landscapes.  Whatever he creates is sure to be beautiful, deep and unique.

ART @ HPB&G

4206 Duval

August 4

5 to 7 p.m.