Haddingtons

HADDINGTONS celebrates fine dining cuisine without the ceremony of white tablecloths and ornate place settings. We’re an American Tavern with an elevated interpretation of the traditional bar, grill and restaurant. The renewal of the classic tavern is a premise now seen in other great cities around the country offering an ideal place for those who seek quality without formality.

Bar-wise, Haddingtons opened with such a flourish in 2010: Famed Austin mixologist Bill Norris (who hates being called a "mixologist") designed their cocktail menu and worked the bar. But just because Norris is at the Alamo Drafthouse now doesn't mean Haddingtons bar isn't still a force to be reckoned with. I know, because I tried a Duck Fat Sazerac there recently: Rich, fruity, and utterly bizarre, I think you should try one, too.

That sister restaurant to Easy Tiger and 24 Diner that'll be going into the now-shuttered Haddingtons space on West Sixth Street? Is none other than Arro, chef Drew Curren's as-yet-unopened "casual interpretation of a French restaurant," which was originally slated to open in the old Austin Diner space on Burnet Road, but will move downtown instead. From a press release sent by the ELM...

Haddingtons, which opened on West Sixth Street in the first days of the new year in 2011, closed after service on Sunday. The restaurant maintained a menu of highly praised American-style gastropub fare and craft cocktails, despite being plagued by one of Austin's worst cases of Chef Shuffle-itis.

Haddingtons' Michael Polombo tells Eater Austin, via e-mail:

"After much consideration, it's...

Now, chef Jacob Weaver, who took over as Culinary Director at both Haddingtons and sister restaurant Mulberry in June, tells Eater Austin that he's joined the Perla's team as a sous chef. "I left Mulberry/Haddingtons in order to allow myself a little breathing room in my personal life as my fiance and I are preparing for our wedding in February," Weaver tells Eater Austin via e-mail of his...

Bar-wise, Haddingtons opened with such a flourish in 2010: Famed Austin mixologist Bill Norris (who hates being called a "mixologist") designed their cocktail menu and worked the bar. But just because Norris is at the Alamo Drafthouse now doesn't mean Haddingtons bar isn't still a force to be reckoned with. I know, because I tried a Duck Fat Sazerac there recently: Rich, fruity, and utterly bizarre, I think you should try one, too.

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