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[Castle Hill]

Casual-meets-Austin-dressy (i.e., from golf shirts and khakis to blazers
over dress shirt over khakis). Food and wine are always great (unless
it has changed pretty recently, no booze - beer and wine only) and VERY
reasonable for Austin and the quality/presentation. With a decent
bottle of wine (per couple), appetizers, salads, entrees, and either 1
or no dessert, I can't recall it ever being more than about $75.00USD
per couple, before tip, and not including any beer or wine before
dinner.

Sounds very reasonable. I know we expect to pay at least $100 (more
or less depending on the wine and how many appetizers we get) when we go
to Jeffrey's.

Any favorite entrees?

If they have the duck breast (done to order - go rare, IMO) with the
duck confit, it'd be that, but we've never had anything I wouldn't have
again, including the appetizers (we normally get the pate and the smoked
salmon with chevre).

Mmmmm ... duck breast with smoked salmon and goat cheese for an
appetizer. Sounds perfect. Thanks for the tips. SWMBO and I go out to
eat about every other week, so we'll add it to our list of places to try.

Now you're getting me hungry, and it's a long way to dinner. I'll
have to console myself with the fact that I'll be making one of my
favorites tonight. It's tasso and crawfish in a cream sauce (w/basil,
thyme, red, white and black pepper) over angelhair pasta. It's wickedly
good. :-)


Chuck Vance (who's thinking an Abita amber might go well with that)