We are proud to announce

Dr. Louis Appel and Dr. Steven Crow

as our Grand Prize winning Healthcare Heroes, and

Tricia Traeger and Kathy Genet

as their award-receiving nominators!

(Arrangements to receive prizes will be made, shortly!)

For every vote cast, Hyde Park Bar & Grill will donate $1 to People’s Community Clinic!

In honor of our ongoing Healthcare Heroes contest, every Monday in June is Scrubs Monday!

All medical and healing professionals will receive 20% off their bill if they’re wearing full scrubs or present a professional ID or business card.

VOTE for our Healthcare Hero nominees June 6-20th! For each vote, Hyde Park Bar and Grill will donate $1 to People’s Community Clinic. It’s a terrific facility which has provided healthcare to uninsured central Texans since 1970.

Keep up to date with our Healthcare Hero voting stats by clicking “Like” on our Facebook page, or following us on Twitter. Remember, to be eligible for an award, you must subscribe to our email list!

Whether you are a healthcare professional yourself, or just want to show your support for the Healthcare Heroes in our community, come on down to either of our great locations today. Help us recognize those who provide valuable medical services to our city!

Scrubs Mondays in June
Hyde Park Bar & Grill (both locations)
20% off to medical / healing professionals wearing scrubs or with professional ID
Monday, June 6
Monday, June 13
Monday, June 20
Monday, June 27

CONTACT:
Lucy Frost
512.844.2520

Hyde Park Bar & Grill Features Art by Wait Staff

AUSTIN – Hyde Park Bar & Grill has been known for great food and service since 1982, both of which are provided by a dedicated staff. Now members of that staff will be providing another great addition to the restaurant — their own works of art.

Work from four Hyde Park Bar & Grill staffers will be displayed at the central location at 4206 Duval St. May through June.

An art party honoring the staff member artists is scheduled for May 25^th from 5p.m.- 7p.m. at the Duval location with complimentary hors d’œuvres and happy hour-priced drinks.

Featured artists:

David Abel
David is an avid large format photographer and self-proclaimed river rat.. While he strives to capture the ever changing light with his 4X5 field camera, he also desires to record the human element with a less intrusive 35mm camera. Both of these formats allow David to effectively combine the spirit, emotion, and sublime beauty that flowed through those canyon walls.

Chris Connor
Chris was born and raised in Chicago, IL. He has spent the majority of his life in Dallas and the last seven years in Austin. Connor began painting in oils fifteen years ago, starting off as a hobby that turned into an obsession. Striving in every attempt to capture something fresh and exciting but at the same time, based upon traditional values.

Mackenzie Graham
An art history major at the University of Texas, Mackenzie focuses her artistic interest with an academic and professional lens. Her concern for art extends beyond paint and canvas, reaching into the sphere of creative exposure and engaging local audiences in physical art. With oil paint and crayon, Mackenzie displays texture and color while realizing the limitations of her medium. She uses her ability to put perception to page to heighten her audience’s view of the world.

Katie Ratkiewicz
Given a toy camera at age six, Katie grew up shooting alongside her grandfather and mother, both avid shutterbugs, and went on to study film based and digital photography under Steven DiRado at Clark University. Katie enjoys styling commonplace things into productive works of art through upcycling, decorating and cooking, and illustrates a proclivity towards industrial and abstract images in her photography.

About Hyde Park Bar & Grill
An Austin American favorite since 1982, Hyde Park Bar & Grill specializes in handmade, high-quality food and well-chosen wines at moderate prices.  We’re known for our giant fork at the original location on Duval, our comfort food (including our famous fries), our Austin vibe, and our menu with something for everyone — from meat-lovers to vegetarian, gluten-free and vegans. www.hydeparkbarandgrill.com

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Help us honor Austin’s Healthcare Heroes — now thru June!

We at Hyde Park Bar & Grill take great joy in knowing that you, our customers, enjoy our food and our service. But we also know that there are lots of people out there working hard to provide many other essential services and goods. We may provide great food, but other folks provide more than that. And it’s with that in mind that we created our Healthcare Heroes contest for May and June.

Nominations are coming in for Austin’s Healthcare Hero and we’re excited to see who else will join the list. Deadline for nominations is May 31 and voting will begin June 6.

So we encourage you to take this opportunity to nominate your family doctor, or any other healthcare professional who you feel has made a positive impact for a person or community.   Anyone involved in healthcare for humans (sorry, no vets this time!) – so alternative health and mental health professionals are also welcome.

Go HERE TO NOMINATE, NOW THRU MAY 31.

Contest Instructions:

NOMINATE – Healthcare Heroes during the month of May

VOTE – for Healthcare Heroes during the month of June

SAVE – wear scrubs or show medical ID every Monday in June for special savings at Hyde Park Bar & Grill

WIN – Get the most votes as a Healthcare Hero in Hyde Park Bar & Grill’s online contest to win a Grand Prize, or be the one who nominates a winner to win a Second Prize. Healthcare Heroes must be nominated and get the most votes in order to win a Grand Prize. The first to nominate them will win a Second Prize. You must register for Hyde Park’s email list to participate.

Grand Prize:

Two Grand Prizes will be awarded to the two Healthcare Heroes with the most votes at the end of June. Each will get one Grand Prize gift package valued at approximately $300.

The Grand Prize includes:
-Dinner for 4 at either Hyde Park Bar & Grill location
-Tickets to a performance at Hyde Park Theater
-A $50 gift card from Freytag’s Florist
-A paint your own pottery experience courtesy of Cafe Monet
-4 free Yoga classes from YogaYoga

2nd Prize:

The two people who nominate the two winning Healthcare Heroes will each win a gift certificate for $50 each — enough to cover a nice dinner for two at Hyde Park Bar & Grill. Each of the 2 Hyde Park Bar & Grill locations will give away one $50 Gift Card.

Let’s talk fish tacos.

We'll put our Fish Tacos up against anybody's in town -- even those trailer guys.

Did you know that Hyde Park Bar & Grill frequently has Fish Tacos as a lunch special?  And that our Fish Tacos are said to be among the best in Austin?

(See the daily specials at the Central location here and the South location here.)

They’re flaky, mild Tilapia Filets fried with a crispy crumb breading, fresh lettuce and creamy pico de gallo all stuffed in flour tortillas and served with queso blanco rice.  For $7.95

So…to get your fish taco fix, come to Hyde Park, get table service in a comfortable, colorful, creative atmosphere and get two scrumptious fish tacos with queso blanco rice for $7.95.

Just for fun, we’re going to have a little contest / drawing for our email crowd that’s related to the change in the art on The Fork as of today, March 21.   We’ll pick a winner from all those with correct answers and give that lucky and observant entrant a $25 gift card to our Central Austin location.

Everyone on our email list can enter our What's On The Fork drawing this week!

Here’s how to prepare to enter:

1. Make sure you’re on our email list.  We send an email about every 2 weeks, and there’s a drawing or giveaway  in just about every one.
2. Notice what’s new on The Fork after Monday, March 21.  (The Fork stands outside our Central Austin location in historic Hyde Park neighborhood at 4206 Duval.  We suggest you also friend him on Facebook at Hyde Park Fork and follow him on Twitter at HPFork.)
3. Watch for an email with instructions on how to enter the contest this week.

Wanted to point out a cool site called Live Like A Local — an especially good reference for those visiting Austin during SXSW / Rodeo / B’ball March Madness.

Live Like a Local likes our Fried Chicken (only avail Mon & Tues nites)

We do this partly out of a sincere interest in helping everyone enjoy the best of Austin, and partly out of …you guessed it….shameless self-promotion.

They have wisely included Hyde Park Bar & Grill’s infamous  Tony’s Southern Comfort Fried Chicken under the Best Chicken category.

Chef Tony Herring and his Famous Chicken

This is the chicken that Texas Monthly, the arbiter of all things truly Texan, called “tender, with outrageously crisp, well- battered skin, Monday’s bone-in chicken alone is worth a trip.” It’s the chicken that’s so popular, and so labor-intensive to properly prepare, we have to treat it like a controlled substance.  It’s only available on Monday and Tuesday evenings.

So if you’re in town on a Monday or Tuesday, you’ll have the opportunity to eat it.  And if you’re carrying a SXSW badge or wristband, you’ll get 10% off during SXSW week 2011.

Live Like a Local lists some other handy categories, such as Best BBQ and Best Tex-Mex, two highly competitive categories in a town with a BBQ joint or a Tex-Mex restaurant behind every tree.  (We don’t have a dog in those fights, as they say in Texas.)  They don’t list a few of our favorites such as the enchiladas at Dart Bowl, which were, last time we checked, about as good as bowling-alley enchiladas can ever hope to be.

By the way, we ask for your consideration for more of Live Like a Local’s categories such as:

• Best Burgers
• Best Fries (we made that category up)
• Best Vegetarian (we don’t specialize in it, but we have enough selection that you happily can dine in mixed company)
• Best Late-Night Dining (til midnight at our Central location)
• Best Brunch
• Best Healthy Food (the Horseshoe notwithstanding — all our food is handmade from fresh ingredients)
• Best Coffee
• Best Wi-Fi
• Best Live Music at our South location
• Best Margaritas
• Best Outdoor Dining at our South location.

So, make your Monday / Tuesday dinner plans now and check out Live Like a Local to enjoy the best of Austin!

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

Hyde Park Theatre’s production of St. Nicholas is garnering glowing reviews from the likes of Spike Gillespie and Austin Theatre Examiner.

Hyde Park Theatre's hit play continues Thurs - Sun thru Mar 12

It runs Thurs thru Sundays, thru March 12.  NOTE:  Thursdays are Pay-What-You-Can nights.

A great night out.  Includes vampires.  (Go see it, and you’ll see why.)

Ever been to Hyde Park Theatre?

Hyde Park Theatre, actual size (almost)

It’s a little tiny place that packs a powerful punch.

We’re told the building was once a post office for the Hyde Park neighborhood.  It figures.

But it’s what’s inside that counts.  And what’s inside is Austin’s premier place for cutting edge, alternative theatre.  When you want big flashy shows and musicals where you know all the songs, head to Broadway Across America at Bass Concert Hall, or the Long Center, Zack Scott or even the State Theatre.

When you want in-your-face /you-can’t-believe-they-said-that / you’ll-never-guess-what’s-happening-next theatre, treat yourself to a performance at Hyde Park Theatre.

As a reviewer on CitySearch puts it:

Great Plays, Great price!!

Drove by the theater 3 times before I found it–It doesn’t look at all like a regular theater from the outside, and more like a run down gym. Inside though, it’s theater in the semi-round. GREAT plays!! And on thursday they have “pay what you want” night, which is quite possibly the coolest idea ever!!! You donate whatever you have in your pockets, and get to watch the show!! Just get there early, because obviously w/ optional pricing they fill up early. Honestly though, it’s such a fun Austin experience, I’d go even on a full price night!!

• Pros: Cool thing to do for not a lot of money.
• Cons: Hard to find the first time. Everything else is great!

We recommend them so highly, we post their schedule on our calendar.  And we’re prone to giving a ticket or two to each of their performances to folks on our email list.

Of course, we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention that our Central Austin locaton, at 4206 Duval in the heart of historic Hyde Park neighborhood, is the ideal spot for a pre-show meal or a post-show late night drink or snack.   It’s an easy 12 minute stroll from our doors to the theatre.