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Kacey Musgraves’ Austin Music Video, Home Slice Break, and More A.M. Intel

The latest five restaurant tidbits in Austin served right now.

Kacey Musgraves and Willie Nelson at The White Horse
Kacey Musgraves and Willie Nelson at The White Horse
Nadia Chaudhury is the editor of Eater Austin covering food and pop culture, as well as a photographer, writer, and frequent panel moderator and podcast guest.

— There are two Austin icons prominently featured in country music star Kacey Musgraves’ music video for "Are You Sure": Willie Nelson and honky tonk The White Horse.

— The lot behind Austin’s other historic honky tonk Broken Spoke will be developed into a fancy townhouse complex called Laan.

— On the heels of Home Slice’s North Loop expansion, the owners and staff are going on their yearly pizza pilgramage to New York. This means the dine-in spot will be closed from today, Monday, September 14 to Thursday, September 17, but the takeout side will still be open.

Texas Monthly barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn spells out the regional differences between Texas barbecue for First We Feast. There’s African-American style in East Texas, Central Texas’ shining star brisket, and more.

According to the Austin Business Journal, the city’s third most popular job is fast food worker, with 24,650 positions where people earn an average of $19,570 a year. The publication’s look into the average salaries of other Austin jobs include restaurant managers, where there are 1,600 jobs with $55,830.

The White Horse

500 Comal Street, , TX 78702 (512) 553-6756 Visit Website

Broken Spoke

3201 South Lamar Boulevard, , TX 78704 (512) 442-6189 Visit Website