Remembering Walt Powell; The Business Of Barbecue

RIP — Thirty-three year old Walt Powell, director of operations (and exceedingly nice guy both on and off the clock) at Flix Brewhouse died on Tuesday, and former Statesman booze beat writer Patrick Beach remembers him in this blog post. Powell's friends will drink to his memory tonight at the Draught House at 6 p.m. [Austin360]

DRIFTWOOD — Business Insider talks to Salt Lick owner Scott Roberts about his "Texafied" barbecue menu at the restaurant, which has changed some since 1969—they added bathrooms, kind of a plus—but he says, "What hasn't changed is the desire to make food so good that when you leave, your smile will has never been bigger." [Business Insider]

PIZZAWIRE — Critic-about-town Rob Balon has some thoughts about pizza, and here are basically all of them. His top four picks for best pizza in Austin: East Side Pies, Tony C's, Home Slice and the Backspace. [Dining Out]

Draught House. [Photo: Jeff C./Yelp]