I stopped by Fion today and talked to to the owners of Fion. They are opening on Monday, October 1st. They have a large wine rack, a large beer selection in a walk in cooler, and a snack and cigar bar. There is some nice seating in the front and other tables throughout the pub. [...]
Entries from September 2007
Fion: Wine, Beer, Cigar Pub opens October 1st 2007
September 27th, 2007 · 31 Comments
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Amrit Cleaners
September 27th, 2007 · 14 Comments
Amrit Cleaners is open. They offer Same Day Service (in by 10AM out by 5pm) and on site cleaning. They have no website.
Amrit Cleaners Hours: Monday-Friday: 7am – 7pm, Saturday: 8am – 5pm, Sunday: closedAmrit Cleaners Phone Number: 512-266-1947Amrit Cleaners Directions: Google Maps
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Pest Management Recommendation
September 23rd, 2007 · 3 Comments
In our old house we had some sugar ant problems and called Terminex and they charged a pretty penny to get rid of them and while it solved the problem… It just seemed very big corporation like and impersonal to me. After the first month or so after moving into our new home we had [...]
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One last road tidbit…
September 22nd, 2007 · 3 Comments
One of my co-workers I carpool with sometimes, told me why the road surface at the curve on 2222 past Cooke’s Automotive near the shell Station has been ripped up like it will be resurfaced. After a couple of fatalities on that stretch of road as evidenced by these forum posts at the city data [...]
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Four Points HEB to get a facelift?
September 22nd, 2007 · 1 Comment
The HEB at Four Points is pretty good. I always go there for all my grocery shopping. When I lived down south they had a new HEB store that was almost like a Central Market in that it had a food bar and other types of upscale amenities. I spotted this in an article about [...]
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More Austin Road news…
September 22nd, 2007 · No Comments
I saw that Sal Costello posted a comment on my blog on my website… and I would be not giving fair and equal oppurtunity to also present the other side of the coin on the toll road issue. That site is Take on Traffic. Check out that one and Sal’s blog about both sides of [...]
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Pak-Mail is open
September 22nd, 2007 · 6 Comments
I saw that the Pak Mail in Steiner Ranch opened. I think the Grand Opening was today. It is nice to have a place to send a package real quick instead of driving all the way to the Lakeway Post Office. Visit it and support this new Steiner business.
Steiner Ranch Pak Mail Hours: Monday-Friday: 9am [...]
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Back from vacation, polls, and more posts coming
September 14th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Me and my wife just got back from vacation and saw that there are a lot of comments about Tutto Gusto and The Market at Steiner Ranch. I am going to try and get ahold of the email address of the owners of both places and alert them of the site and the comments especially. [...]
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Cups and Cones, Fion, and Lakeside Pizza and Grill
September 3rd, 2007 · 2 Comments
In the new retail development in the center of Steiner Ranch there are five new developments with some to lots of activities going on to open. The first one to open will probably be Fion: Wine, beer, cigar pub. I think it will be pretty cool to have a local watering hole in Steiner Ranch. [...]
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Tax Rate decline in Steiner Ranch
September 3rd, 2007 · 2 Comments
Well at least for the LISD (Leander Independent School district) part of it. Found it in this article about the LISD budget.
Here are the Tax rates for the last 5 years.
2007: 1.3334002006: 1.6438002005: 1.7500002004: 1.7900002003: 1.8300002002: 1.722000
That is the big drop, probably because of the large influx of people into the area that can enable [...]
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