Austin, TX
A Japanese All-You-Can-Eat Wagyu Barbecue Restaurant’s Coming to an Austin Mall
An American-based Japanese barbecue restaurant chain will be opening its first Austin location next year. Chubby Cattle will be opening its all-you-can-eat wagyu restaurant inside of the Barton Creek Square Mall at 2901 Capital of Texas Highway sometime in 2025.
Chubby Cattle’s Austin location offers three tiers of all-you-can-eat grill-it-yourself meats, emphasizing wagyu meats. Those cuts include rib-eye, short-rib, and even the decadent-sounding wagyu paired with uni and caviar. Then there are other meats like scallops, pork belly, and lamb chops. And then there are other not-barbecued dishes like sushi, hand rolls, dumplings, soups, seafood, vegetables, and fruits.
The tier options are available at different pricing for members of the restaurant group (for use at any location) and non-members. The membership program comes with NFTs and rewards like free birthday meals, discounts, guest passes, and reservations. There are also time-limits for seated service.
The restaurant chain is known for implementing conveyor belt services and robot servers. rounded out by visual projections. The company sources its wagyu from ranches in California and Oregon through partnerships.
Chubby Cattle’s first location — dedicated to hot pot — opened in Las Vegas in 2014 with co-founders Harby Yang and managing partner David Zhao. There are Chubby Cattles also in Denver, Chicago, Southern California, Philadelphia, and Duluth — some of those are dedicated to hot pot or shabu-shabu rather than Japanese barbecue. There’s a location slated for Houston too.
The Chubby parent company also oversees other restaurants. There’s Las Vegas hot pot restaurant X Pot, Los Angeles Japanese steakhouse Niku X, Los Angeles shabu-shabu restaurant Mikiya, and others.
In recent years, Austin’s been getting a spate of all-you-can-eat pan-Asian restaurants and chain expansions. There’s Gangnam Korean BBQ in April 2023, Soupleaf Hot Pot also in April 2023, K Pot Korean BBQ & Hot Pot in January 2024 (with a second one later this year). and Liuyishou Hot Pot sometime later in 2024.
The Austin Chubby Cattle will be found on the second floor near the Nordstrom wing. Expect indoor dine-in services and daytime into evening hours.
Video of new Texas Tech System chancellor home at historic Lubbock property
The Texas Tech System is acquiring the historic Tudor Revival ‘English Home’ in Lubbock to serve as the new chancellor’s residence.
Money and rankings don’t make a great university. Providing opportunities for disadvantaged students and protecting academic freedom, however, do.
Case in point: Michael and Susan Dell recently surpassed $1 billion in giving to the University of Texas at Austin, launching a plan to build a new medical center and advanced research campus in north Austin.
To be sure, this is a magnanimous gift that will fund important initiatives. While enormously grateful for this contribution, I am disappointed that this gift was not accompanied with a strong message from Michael Dell admonishing the University for gutting DEI and infringing upon academic freedom.
As a colleague of mine astutely observed: “Good luck recruiting doctors and med students. The attacks on DEI and political climates will mean a lot more than rankings and money long-term.”
UT System Board of Regents Chairman Kevin Eltife, referencing the Dell gift, is right: “We are transforming this site into a new campus the world has never seen before.” Yes, never seen, but in a very negative and dangerous way!
Last week, I received a message from the Texas Exes: “This is your last chance to show your support during 40 Hours for the Forty Acres, UT Austin’s Texas-sized fundraising event. Can we count on you?”
My answer: “No, absolutely not. I won’t give one dime to a university that no longer is committed to diversity and preserving academic freedom.”
Having proudly taught at UT for 41 years, I am sad to say this.
– Richard Cherwitz, Ph.D. is the Ernest A. Sharpe Centennial Professor Emeritus, Moody College of Communication and Founding Director, Intellectual Entrepreneurship Consortium (IE) at The University of Texas at Austin.
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AUSTIN, Texas — APD SWAT responded to a barricaded subject in East Austin Saturday afternoon.
According to police, the incident took place near the 3400 block of Kay St., and officers responded to the call at around 1:30 p.m.
Once officers arrived, they made contact with a victim who “advised of circumstances that met the state law requirement of assault with a deadly weapon family violence.” Shortly after, the suspect barricaded themselves inside the residence.
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Austin Police officers, SWAT, hostage negotiators, and Austin-Travis County EMS were still on the scene and the suspect was still barricaded as of 6:15 p.m.
People are being encouraged to avoid the area due to increased police presence, or stay in a safe location if they are unable to avoid the area.
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A 27-year-old Pflugerville man faces capital murder charges for allegedly killing his parents and his brother, according to the Travis County Sheriff’s Office. The bodies of 62-year-old Armand, 63-year-old Jami and 31-year-old Noah Dahan were found by deputies conducting a welfare check Thursday at their home on Civorno Drive. Deputies said the victims had suffered gunshot wounds. https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/tcso-pflugerville-triple-homicide/
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