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LeRoy & Lewis’s Mega-Anticipated Austin Barbecue Restaurant Is Opening Oh So Soon

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2 years ago

February 26, 2024

LeRoy & Lewis’s Mega-Anticipated Austin Barbecue Restaurant Is Opening Oh So Soon

It’s here: new-school barbecue truck LeRoy & Lewis is finally opening its very anticipated barbecue restaurant this month. The new LeRoy & Lewis restaurant is opening in the Garrison Park neighborhood at 5621 Emerald Forest Drive starting on Wednesday, February 28.

LeRoy & Lewis’s new iteration includes the restaurant portion, with counter-service smoked meats by the quarter-pound or as part of plates and sandwiches. The larger space allows the kitchen to make fuller use of whole animals and butchering within its new-school dishes. Behind the restaurant are co-owners and partners pitmaster Evan LeRoy, Lindsey LeRoy, director of operations Sawyer Lewis, and Nathan Lewis.

Think sliced or chopped beef, pulled whole hog, pulled lamb, smoked chicken, and so many sausages such as pork hop, beef chorizo, and lamb kofta. There will be weekend and specific-day-only specials, such as beef cheeks on Fridays, Akaushi brisket and bacon ribs on Saturdays, and pork chops on Sundays.

The chopped beef plate at LeRoy & Lewis.

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A cheeseburger on a plate. — The burger at LeRoy & Lewis.

Then there are other meaty dishes like burgers; the Loncito taco made with pulled hog, cracklins, salsa macha, and pickled onions; and the Frito Rico taco, which is essentially a Frito pie in a tortilla. There’s also pork hash with rice; potato chips made with beef fat; hog-fat refried beans; chorizo with potatoes, dips and spreads like the pinto-jalapeno hummus, bacon-onion dip, and smoked mackerel; hog-fat cornbread; and the standalone Frito pie made with Texas red chili.

LeRoy also offers a lot of high-quality non-meat dishes. Vegetables such as the truck’s iconic cauliflower burnt ends will be available, alongside vegan miso-glazed carrots. There are also kimchi, horseradish potato salads, and salads. Sweets include a banana pudding tiramisu, German chocolate cobbler a la mode, and that also-iconic cheddar cheesecake.

Two little trays with single tacos. — Tacos at LeRoy & Lewis.

A plate of chips, vegetables, and dips. — The dips at LeRoy & Lewis.

Two little plates of olives and nuts. — Olives and nuts from LeRoy & Lewis.

For drinks, there are beers in draft, can, and bottle forms with plenty of Austin breweries such as St. Elmo Brewing and Austin Beerworks, and other beer staples like Lone Star and Modelo. The tapped bears include rotating light and dark brews. (Originally, there were plans to open the restaurant with a brewery, but that’s been paused for now.)

Then there are glasses of wines, canned wines, and wine bottles. And then there are cocktails like the South Austin sangria made with Azul y Garanza white wine, passionfruit, lime, and a chile-lime rim; the Meat-chelada, a michelada with Modelo and the same chile-lime rim; and a frozen Big Red sangria. And finally, there are nonalcoholic beverages. Nathan Lewis developed the menu with Nicole Cruz, who had been the bar manager of Contigo and the bar assistant manager of Holy Roller.

A plate with chicken and breads. — A barbecue plate from LeRoy & Lewis.

The physical space within far south Austin includes, yes the expected barbecue counter-service, as well as other areas like the bar, the dining room, a lounge/event space, and big outdoor patio. There’s also a takeout room and retail shop. It was designed by Austin firm OPA Design Studio with commercial construction company Solutions General Contracting, branding and design agency Helms Workshop, and interior design studio McCray & Co.

The team opened the original food truck in 2017 with the goal of eventually opening a physical space. It won Eater Austin’s Eater Award for the best new food truck of that same year.

Before LeRoy & Lewis, Evan LeRoy had been the original pitmaster for now-closed barbecue restaurant Freedman’s and Sawyer Lewis was the general manager of Contigo. The team had also run a fry truck, Mama Fried, at far South Austin bar Armadillo Den from 2021 to 2023.

LeRoy & Lewis’s restaurant hours will be from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. There are plans to expand those hours eventually. The food truck at Cosmic is temporarily closed as of February 26, and plans on opening in two weeks.

A bunch of drinks and beers on a table. — Drinks at LeRoy & Lewis.

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Silver Alert issued for missing 73-year-old man in Austin

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11 hours ago

January 10, 2026

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Silver Alert issued for missing 73-year-old man in Austin

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety has issued a Silver Alert for an elderly man who has been missing since Friday afternoon in Austin.

The Austin Police Department is looking for Charles Evans, a 73-year-old man diagnosed with a cognitive impairment. Evans was last seen at 5:37 p.m. on Jan. 9 in Austin.

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Police describe him as a 6’3″ tall white male, weighing 225 pounds, has gray hair, hazel eyes, and who uses a walker.

Law enforcement officials believe his disappearance poses a credible threat to his health and safety.

Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts is urged to contact the Austin Police Department at 512-974-5000.

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Man arrested, charged for deadly shooting at downtown Austin hotel

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23 hours ago

January 9, 2026

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Man arrested, charged for deadly shooting at downtown Austin hotel

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AUSTIN, Texas – A 20-year-old was arrested and charged with murder for a deadly shooting at the Cambria Hotel in downtown Austin, police said.

What we know:

Police said on Monday, Jan. 5, around 6:55 a.m., officers responded to a report of a gunshot at the Cambria Hotel at 68 East Avenue #824. The caller said a person had been shot.

When officers arrived, they found a man with injuries. He later died at the scene. He was identified as Luke Bradburn.

The investigation revealed that Bradburn drove and crashed a car that belonged to 20-year-old Maximillian Salinas. After the crash, Bradburn and the other people in the car left and went to the Cambria Hotel.

Salinas went to the hotel and shot Bradburn.

On Jan. 6, Salinas was arrested and charged with murder.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Austin Police at 512-974-TIPS. You may submit your tip anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program by visiting austincrimestoppers.org or calling 512-472-8477.

The Source: Information from the Austin Police Department

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Austin activists hold anti-ICE protests following the death of Renee Good in Minneapolis

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January 9, 2026

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Austin activists hold anti-ICE protests following the death of Renee Good in Minneapolis

Chants of “shame” and “ICE out of Texas” rang through the street as Austin-area activists joined thousands across the nation in protesting the killing of Renee Nicole Good, who was fatally shot Wednesday by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis.

The protest was held in front of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security building in Pflugerville.

Good, 37, was shot in her SUV while attempting to drive away from several ICE officers who ordered her to exit her vehicle.

Scarleth Lopez with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the organization that led the protest, said the videos of the shooting in Minneapolis were “sickening.”

“Trump has lied and and said that Renee was a terrorist. She was a mother. She was an innocent bystander,” Lopez said. “We must organize to stop these people from kidnapping and murdering.”

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Spray painted messages appeared outside of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security building in Pflugerville

Elizabeth Bope, a retired Pflugerville ISD teacher, said the claims from federal and state lawmakers that Good was attempting to strike the ICE agent with her vehicle inspired her to attend the protest.

Such claims were posted online by Vice President J.D. Vance and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Attorney General Ken Paxton reposted a statement from DHS on X, formerly known as Twitter, that said the ICE agent “relied on his training and saved his own life.”

“It’s beyond really any words that they killed this woman for no reason, but also that they’re lying about it,” Bope said. “I’m not even a radical left person, I’m just a regular old Democrat.”

Other key Texas leaders, including Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, have not commented on the shooting.

A group of protesters holding yellow signs reading "ICE Out of our Communities" gather during a night time protest. — Protesters gathered and held signs during a protest against ICE.

Doug Tickner, who said he works for a home building company in Austin, said he felt it was important to show up in person for Good.

“I don’t really think of Minneapolis as being that far from here, and it’s not like what happened in Minneapolis was some sort of one off unique event,” Tickner said. “This is part of a pattern, and I feel folks better wake up and realize that this is becoming more and more serious.”

The news that federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon, broke hours before the protest.

The gathering in Pflugerville is among the first of four anti-ICE demonstrations planned across the Austin area over the next few days.

Earlier on Thursday, protesters gathered at the intersection of 45th Street and Lamar Boulevard during rush hour. A protest on Friday will be held at the Capitol and another will be held Saturday at City Hall.

Protesters bang on the outside of a building built of metal. — Protesters bang on the outside of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security building in Pflugerville.

State and federal leaders are now sparring over who should conduct an investigation into the Minneapolis shooting, according to NPR.

Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, which was originally asked to conduct a joint investigation with the FBI, said in a statement it was later told the investigation would be led solely by federal authorities.

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