Tuesday, February 12, 2019

New East Austin Restaurant Front Page Will Serve Sandwiches - Eater Austin

Written by Soes on 8:41 AM in 2019-02-12 15:00:00Z, Restaurant with No comments

A new East Austin restaurant with a focus on New York-style sandwiches is coming. The Front Page Restaurant and Bar will open within the Springdale General complex at 1023 Springdale Road sometime during South by Southwest in mid-March in Govalle.

Front Page’s neighborhood-friendly, counter-service menu highlights New York-style sandwiches, made with bread that’s baked in-house. Along with presumably other dishes, there will be cocktails, 16 beer taps, and a lengthy wine list.

Front Page’s owners and operators are Shafer Hall and Andrew Porter, who are both from Texas. Co-owner Ben Fordham is also the restaurant’s food manager. Hall and Porter both worked at New York City Irish bar The Four-Faced Liar. Shafer was also a founding partner of Houston bar Mongoose Versus Cobra. Fordham ran several Mexican restaurants in England, including Benito’s Hat.

The Front Page space, which is meant to look warm with wood details, is being designed by Springdale General neighbors Blue Sky Design.

Springdale General will also become home to Kome’s upcoming new hand roll restaurant Uroko, French-inspired bakery Julie Myrtille, and a new Caffe Medici coffee shop, complete with a roasting facility.