Austin Restaurant Baretto Bristo Opens With Italian and French Food | Eater Austin

"Opened in December 2022 at 1026B West 38th Street in Rosedale, this reborn Baretto — named after the Italian word for “bar” — is a smaller, more casual French- and Italian-leaning bistro with Texas touches run by Stan and Debbie Adams; after nearly two years of planning they designed it to serve everything from a Tuesday night dinner to a quick glass of wine and snack or a lingering patio hang, and unlike the original Baretto (which was only a bar) the new incarnation offers more food alongside cocktails at what the couple considers affordable prices. Head chef Harvey Harris (also Siena’s chef) oversees a menu of pastas, calamari, and polpettes (veal, pork, and beef meatballs in marinara with parmesan) alongside French items such as tartines, steak frites, moules frites, and a pork chop with blackberry-juniper gastrique; in tribute to Brick Oven they installed a smaller brick oven to eventually make pizza. The one-story plaza location was chosen for its old Austin neighborhood feel and easy parking; the interior is cozy with booths on the left and the original Baretto wooden bar wrapping the right, and there’s a small patio with a fireplace. The Adamses emphasize neighborhood friendliness and loyalty — many regulars return multiple times a week, about 90 percent of the staff who started with Harris remain at Siena or Baretto, and day-to-day manager Joe Morales has worked with the couple for over 30 years — and they hope Baretto will become a long-running local spot with the friendliness of Brick Oven and the quality of Siena." - Sonia Garcia