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Austin's Las Manitas Shuttered to Make Way for Marriott

September 3, 2008 at 5:19 PM | by | Comment (1)

Shut. Up. Las Manitas -- the Austin institution that served up Mexican food with a cult-like following among Southern foodies -- has been (unexpectedly to most, it seems) shuttered.

And why? To make way for -- drumroll please -- a Marriott complex.

In her Texas Monthly dining blog, Patricia Sharpe reports:

The shaky detente between the purchaser of the property (White Lodging Services Corp., parent company of Marriott hotels) and Las Manitas's proprietors, Cynthia and Lidia Perez, came unglued at the end of last week for reasons that are-I'm just going to say they're fuzzy, in order to avoid stepping in a bear trap.

Fortunately, the plan is for Las Manitas to eventually move down the block into another building -- but things look sad over there right now: there's a sign in the window that reads "CLOSED FOREVER." We hope not.

[Photo: Texas Monthly]

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So sad

Even more sad? Since the economic collapse, new building in Austin has ground to a halt. The lot where Las Manitas was sits empty, nowhere near breaking ground for the alleged Marriott.
Lyngay on April 20, 2009 at 4:49 PM #Permalink

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