Bottega

Austin Food Truck Merry Monarch Creamery Is Opening New Cafe Bottega | Eater Austin

"Opening its first brick-and-mortar space in Mueller on Saturday, September 2 at 2 p.m., this casual café brings a popular Austin ice cream truck’s Philadelphia-style ice creams (made with at least 10% milkfat and no eggs) into a sit-down format with inventive flavors like Oreo miso, Persian honeycomb (roasted almond–cardamom–ricotta–vanilla with saffron, rose, and pistachio honeycomb swirls), and tom kha lime pie (coconut–kaffir lime leaf with sudachi, yuzu curd, peanuts, graham cracker, and candied ginger). Beyond ice cream, the menu features lighter plates and shareables — bruschetta topped with grilled peaches, cherries, and herbed goat cheese; hearts-of-palm ceviche; beef tartare; chilled crab salad; and tinned fish boards — and will also serve charcuterie boards and pâtés carried over from the prior tenant’s catering business. The space offers indoor and outdoor seating plus a walk-up window (outdoor-only hours 7 a.m.–2 p.m. Tue–Fri, 8 a.m.–2 p.m. Sat) and a 1970s Italian–inspired design; full-service evening hours are 5–9 p.m. Tue–Sun. It will serve coffee initially and add beer and wine once a liquor license is secured. The project is led by the ice-cream founder, a local café owner, and chef Rudy Rivera III, who brings experience from Wink and the Inn at Little Washington." - Nadia Chaudhury