We have explored only a few places on West Sixth west of Lamar...Amy's and Wiggy's, I think. When I was there last Sunday, the purpose was coffee and a snack at Sweetish Hill.The name of this place may seem puzzling when you see that it isn't really located on a hill (although there is one behind it). Actually, and this may surprise some of you Austin experts as well, the bakery started its life east of IH35 in a neighborhood known as Swedish Hill so the name was a bit of a pun on the location and the sweet buns! They moved to W. Sixth Street long ago and kept the name. However, the bakery was located where Portabla is today at first with a similarly named restaurant where Café Josie is today. (The restaurant had the best Beef Wellington I've ever eaten and served Sunday brunch where we pored over our Sunday New York Times we'd bought at Watson's Books next door. This was before you could have them throw a New York Times in your yard in Austin, before it was actually printed here.)
The current incarnation of Sweetish Hill serves a full breakfast sometimes we found out last Sunday. Patricia Bauer-Slate, has recently sold her ownership to her long-time partner we saw in our friend Virginia Woods' food column.
Linda, my sons and I usually make it to Austin in May for the Congress Avenue Mile. We will search out this interesting little place.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog. If your dad has any details or you guys have any pics you would be willing to share I would love to have them. I am sorta, kinda, maybe working on a project about McKinney history. So any first person accounts would be great.
What a great name for a shop.
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