[migol24]

Its always strange when big companies try to cash in on things that are considered "hip" or for the more "culturally inclined," if you will, a la McDonald's and cappucinos.

Anyone remember the mural on 8th St, or 9th St, I think it was, when some artist from UT painted McDonald fries and it said, "keep fries weird"? I don't understand why people in Austin don't have backlashes over chains opening up in, of all things, a unique neighborhood like Red River, in the same way people protested over that mural. A Holiday Inn Express is sort of on the same vein. When the cool things about Austin start to get more "touristy" eyebrows should be raised. I hope this doesn't continue.

Next thing you don't want to hear is some big corporation trying to cash in on Austin and its breakfast tacos.