Downtown Austin Japanese Restaurant Sushi by Scratch Opens in December | Eater Austin
"A guest‑chef residency program launches in December as a series of pop‑ups from 4:30 to 7 p.m.; each participating chef will offer their own dishes, owner Amanda Rockman will offer a special collaboration dessert, and there will be related drinks. First: taco truck Veracruz All Natural and Reyna Vazquez of Veracruz Fonda & Bar on Tuesdays, December 3, 10, and 17, serving little carnitas tacos and chicken garnachas (fried tortillas with potatoes, chicken, shredded cabbage, and onions), three to an order; dessert is a cafe de olla popsicle affogato, and there will be an agua fresca spritz. Then Justin Huffman of pop‑up Le Beef previews his new pop‑up Fish Shop on Thursdays, December 5 and 12, with seafood and raw‑bar options like eat‑and‑peel shrimp, scallop crudo tostadas, marinated squid tartines, and crab rolls on croissants; dessert is a raspberry rose popsicle and there will be beers and wines. Finally, Zak Drummond of the hot‑dog pop‑up will offer Chicago‑ish hot dogs on poppy‑seed rolls on Wednesdays, December 4, 11, and 18: the Classic (beef wiener, mustard, neon relish, onions, tomato, dill spear, celery salt, and sport pepper), the Maxwell Street (Vienna beef Polish sausage, mustard, grilled onions, and sport pepper), and the New School (beef wiener, Chicago cream cheese, hot giardiniera, crispy onions, and celery salt); there will be beer cocktails and a hot chocolate affogato." - Nadia Chaudhury
