Every Year I get invited to photograph La Dolce Vita, the Food and Wine Lifestyle Festival held at the Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria. Thanks so much, I had a blast! The people were fantastic (as usual), the food was amazing, and the wines are outstanding. Mostly Local (Texas wines) are featured, but every now and then I was able to taste something from my home state of California.
This isn’t the Usual Austin festival. It’s not like ACL or SXSW where tens of thousands of people gather for music or technology, no La Dolce Vita, translates from Italian to mean The Good Life, and indeed, this little soiree, is indeed all about the good life.
There are 50+ booths with food from local restaurants (scroll to the bottom of this post to see some participating restaurants), wines from all over Texas, live Music, and even Vespas and art. The Mansion at Laguna Gloria makes the perfect backdrop. Of course I got there a bit early, as I know the perfect time to take pictures of food is immediately before all the guests arrive. The different restaurants have all their booths set-up, and food ready, and are just waiting for the gates to open. So I take this anticipation time to run around with my little Leica, and snap some photos of everyone.
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Participating Restaurants at La Dolce Vita 2009
34th Street Cafe at Laguna Gloria
34th Street Catering of Austin
A Taste of Italy in Austin
Andiamo Ristorante
Annie’s Cafe & Bar
Austin Cake Ball
Bess Bistro
Cannoli Joe’s
Cool River Cafe
Cover 3
Creative Creations
Cuatros Bar and Grill
Cuba Libre
Delysia Chocolatier
Driskill Grill
East Side Show Room
Eddie V’s
Fork in the Road
Hey Cupcake!
Highball
Imperia
Jasper’s
J. Black’s Feel Good Lounge
Judge’s Hill Restaurant
L’s Cupcake Cafe
La Condesa
La Traviata
Lamberts Downtown Barbecue
Malaga Tapas and Bar
Maudie’s Tex Mex
Max’s Wine Dive
Moonshine Patio Bar & Grill
NoRTH Modern Italian Cuisine
Parkside
Perla’s Seafood and Oyster Bar
Piranha Killer Sushi
Primizie Osteria
Ranch 616
Renee’s Catering & Events
Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Restaurant
Sao Paulo’s Restaurante
Satay Restaurant
Steiner Ranch Steakhouse
Sterling Affairs Catering
Stories Fine Dining Establishment
Sullivan’s Steakhouse
SWB Restaurant
Sweet Leaf Tea
Tacodeli
Taj Palace Indian Restaurant
Texas Coffee Traders
The Carillon Restaurant
The Hub
The Melting Pot
The Roaring Fork
Trattoria Lisina
Truluck’s Seafood, Steak and Crab House
Whole Foods Market Culinary Center Catering
Word of Mouth Catering
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I love the cake balls from Austin Cake ball. Its the best cake ball I’ve tasted for years.
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