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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VETERAN TEAM TO RAISE ICONIC HICKORY STREET
FROM THE ASHES BRINGING FARM TO TABLE FAIR TO CONGRESS Scheduled Opening February 2012 January 4, 2012 (Austin, TX) -- Austinite Brendan
Puthoff, owner of Third Base and Barcelona, announced today that
he along with partners Nate Howry and Mason Wheeless have taken
over Hickory Street and after a heavy renovation plan to open the
iconic restaurant in February 2012. Classically trained Chef Camden
Stuerzenberger (Bess Bistro, Walton’s Fancy & Staple) has been
hired as head chef and will create a menu that focuses on locally
sourced ingredients. “8th and Congress is in desperate need of great food options,
and we are so excited to restore Hickory Street to its former glory,”
says owner Puthoff. “The menu is fresh and locally sourced. Folks
will be able to sit on the new patio, one of the best in Austin,
for happy hour or grab lunch and go.” Hickory Street will be open for breakfast, lunch, happy hour and
dinner. Hours will be 7:00am to 10:00pm seven days a week and include
casual patio dining with counter service as well as amazing take-out
options during the day and full service for happy hour and dinner. Sample menu items include, carrot & coriander salad, gluten
free fried chicken, roasted wild mushroom benedict and smoked lox. The covered patio will be returned to its original beauty by opening
it up to the skyline and the amazing 100-year-old trees surrounding
the property. Guests can enjoy a full bar that includes wine splits
to sip on the patio and buckets of beer on ice, to name a few,
all in the heart of downtown Austin. Hickory Street is located at 800 Congress Ave. For updates, go
to www.hickorystreet.com or
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Twitter. ABOUT PUTHOFF HOLDINGS LLC Brendan Puthoff, 32, is the managing principal of five Austin-area
hospitality businesses under the umbrella company of Puthoff Holdings
LLC: Third Base is a sports bar he founded in 2007 with two business
partners and locations Downtown, South Austin and Round Rock; Barcelona
is a highly successful night club located in the heart of the legendary
Sixth Street district; and his latest project is Hickory Street,
revitalized as an affordable, chef-prepared counter service concept
located at 8th & Congress. Brendan has lived in Austin since he was six years old, and attended
the Westlake schools before graduating in 2001 from the McCombs
School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. |