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The ATX · #1 Posted **Mar 24, 2015, 1:45 PM**

From the Statesman this morning. Taco Bell is just awful, awful, awful. Yuck.

http://austin.blog.statesman.com/201...d-to-stop-now/

AusTxDevelopment · #2 Posted **Mar 24, 2015, 2:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by Hill Country

From the Statesman this morning. Taco Bell is just awful, awful, awful. Yuck.

http://austin.blog.statesman.com/201...d-to-stop-now/

That is both hilarious and tragic. Obvious question for Taco Bell: You are a Mexican-ish food restaurant (allegedly) and "Taco" is in your name. Why don't you try making actual breakfast tacos instead of franken-food? It's not that difficult. All the other fast food companies do it. Not that I would ever eat a breakfast taco from Taco Bell.

The ATX · #3 Posted **Mar 24, 2015, 11:33 PM**

It's as if Taco Bell's food engineers thought if it's shaped like a taco...

KevinFromTexas · #4 Posted **Mar 19, 2015, 9:58 PM**

I actually think with the rain it'll be cooler this spring and summer. Of course it'll feel more humid which will raise the heat index, but the actual temperature will likely be lower because of the rain. The only way it'll keep us warmer is at night if we have thick cloud cover since it'll trap the daytime heat in instead of clear skies allowing the heat to escape into the atmosphere.

the Genral · #5 Posted **Mar 24, 2015, 11:45 PM**

Maybe if you eat it with your eyes closed....and with a blood / alcohol level of .2...

The ATX · #6 Posted **Mar 24, 2015, 11:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by the Genral

Maybe if you eat it with your eyes closed....and with a blood / alcohol level of .2...

Or just plain stoned. Taco Bell knows their customer base - I'll give them credit for that.

The ATX · #7 Posted **Mar 30, 2015, 9:23 PM**

When Shake Shack opens at Lamar Union this spring they will feature this Austin inspired burger featuring sausage from Kreuz's Market:

http://austin.eater.com/2015/3/16/8227041/shake-shack-previews-a-kreuz-market-sausage-burger

lzppjb · #8 Posted **Mar 30, 2015, 10:48 PM**

Holy crap. I'm so going to try that. Kreuz sausage is the best around, in my bbq-snobby opinion.

The ATX · #9 Posted **Mar 30, 2015, 11:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by lzppjb

Holy crap. I'm so going to try that. Kreuz sausage is the best around, in my bbq-snobby opinion.

Me too. It's the best of two really good things.

KevinFromTexas · #10 Posted **Apr 2, 2015, 12:52 AM**

https://twitter.com/TexasExes/status...347521/photo/1

jngreenlee · #11 Posted **Apr 2, 2015, 3:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

https://twitter.com/TexasExes/status...347521/photo/1

Ha!

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The $374-million development, which has been rumored to be in the works for five years, will be the first of its kind on a public university campus and will combine global brands like the Apple Store and West Elm with homegrown businesses like Bird’s Barbershop, Antone’s, Juiceland, Pure Austin Fitness, Lucy’s Fried Chicken, a gluten-free bakery, and a not-yet-named bone-broth dispensary. It will also boast a terrace-level dog park and food trailer courtyard exclusively for residents.

The ATX · #12 Posted **Apr 3, 2015, 6:10 AM**

I hadn't heard of this until now, but it looks like an annual college football bowl game will be taking in Austin beginning this upcoming season.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...caa-bowl-games

lzppjb · #13 Posted **Apr 3, 2015, 6:51 AM**

It'll be at Burger Stadium. lol

The ATX · #14 Posted **Apr 3, 2015, 7:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by lzppjb

It'll be at Burger Stadium. lol

Based on the fact that teams will still have to have a .500 record to be bowl eligible and the Austin game will consist of teams from the C-USA and the AAC (never to be confused with the ACC) conferences, we are looking at an Old Dominion and Temple match up. They were both 6-6 in 2014.

drummer · #15 Posted **Apr 5, 2015, 1:15 AM**

Hong Kong is tropical and very hot. It's much more tropical than Austin on any level.

Regarding the bowl game, if it's a smaller game, I wonder if it would make sense to do it at a smaller stadium? Burger Stadium aside (I had to read the article after seeing that, haha!), there are a lot of quality - large - high school stadiums. I'm thinking specifically of The Palace (Round Rock ISD stadium off Parmer, just north of 45). While it's nothing to write home about from a college perspective, it seats north of 10,000, if I'm not mistaken, and there's nothing worse than a college football game with 10% of the seats filled (as it would be at DKR). Perhaps Texas State is another option at somewhere around 30,000. DKR is one of the largest stadiums in the country. It wouldn't make sense to hold a very minor bowl game there.

lzppjb · #16 Posted **Apr 5, 2015, 1:21 AM**

I read a different article that mentioned it would be DKR.

LoneStarMike · #17 Posted **Apr 5, 2015, 3:24 AM**

Yeah, I read that in the Austin Business Journal.

Austin trying to bring bowl game to UT stadium, report says
April 3, 2015

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According to the report, Sports Commission Executive Director Lance Aldridge said he wants to bring a game to Royal-Memorial Stadium on the University of Texas campus and is traveling to meet with the Football Bowl Association officials in Nashville. He also revealed he has met with with representatives from Fox's sports networks, and plans to meet with CBS officials next week.

I wonder what they'll call it?

The Lone Star Bowl?
The Breakfast Burrito Bowl?
The Weird Bowl?
The Toilet Bowl?

Jdawgboy · #18 Posted **Apr 6, 2015, 10:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by drummer

Hong Kong is tropical and very hot. It's much more tropical than Austin on any level.

That isn't the point. Hong Kong has nothing to do with the climate in Austin which is why I am curious as to why anyone would change the Wikipedia. It is a fact that we are in the Subtropical Humid Climate zone, just because it is not how it is in Hong Kong doesn't make it any less so. Hong Kong is specifically Cwa H-Subtropical. Austin is specifically Cfa H-Subtropical. The difference is Cwa has very dry winters with most of the yearly precipitation falling during the warmest months. Cfa has more of an evenly distribution with peaks in Spring and Atumn.

The ATX · #19 Posted **Apr 6, 2015, 11:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

That isn't the point. Hong Kong has nothing to do with the climate in Austin which is why I am curious as to why anyone would change the Wikipedia. It is a fact that we are in the Subtropical Humid Climate zone, just because it is not how it is in Hong Kong doesn't make it any less so. Hong Kong is specifically Cwa H-Subtropical. Austin is specifically Cfa H-Subtropical. The difference is Cwa has very dry winters with most of the yearly precipitation falling during the warmest months. Cfa has more of an evenly distribution with peaks in Spring and Atumn.

Change it back already!

Jdawgboy · #20 Posted **Apr 6, 2015, 11:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Hill Country

Change it back already!

Well I would like to. Do I just sign up on their site to be able to do that?