These are the top 10 restaurant and bar stories Austin ate up in 2019

Editor’s Note: In 2019, shutters and controversies rocketed to the top of our most-read restaurant and bar stories, fueled by a nostalgia for the Austin of yesteryear. Still, that doesn’t mean that locals spent 12 months gazing into the past. As always, Austinites were ready to embrace the new, whether it was a stunning downtown restaurant, the new location of a legendary Texas barbecue joint, or a next-generation grocery store. 1. Swanky Austin restaurant nabs…