Patrizi's Opens At Butterfly Bar; Bees Are Back At Trace

CHERRYWOOD — New food truck alert! Patrizi's has opened at the Butterfly Bar on Manor Road, from chef Nic Patrizi, using decades-old Italian recipes from his family's now-shuttered eponymous restaurant in Beaumont. [Sushi in the ATX]

DOWNTOWN — "The bees are back" at the W Hotel and thereby TRACE, with chef Lawrence Kocurek and bar maven Joyce Garrison taking advantage of rooftop apiculture in their menus for the downtown hotel's restaurant and bar. [Austin Chronicle]

SOLA — In this video produced by the Austin Food & Wine Festival, Barley Swine's Bryce Gilmore says he applies his nose-to-tail philosophy to all the world's edible things, equally: "Having the mentality of nose to tail, you are trying to use the whole animal, right? The face, the tail, the feet, loin, the belly, all that stuff. For us, I try to apply that same mindset to vegetables. And rabbits, ducks, whatever." [Eaterwire]

[Photo: Kelly S./Yelp]