Yesterday I went with a friend to Vivo for lunch. It’s a great place for me to dine with former co-workers from my old job, as it’s about halfway between there and my current company. Plus, they have an outstanding salsa that has more black pepper than most restaurant salsas and is packed with flavor. But be careful: During the week it’s best to try to get there before noon or you’ll have to wait for a table.
We had a lovely lunch of puffy tacos and enchiladas. My only complaint is that they smothered cheese over just about everything but the rice on my plate. Now I’m a big fan of cheese, but there was practically more cheese than beans. That’s just a little much for lunch.
As I was leaving I noticed the following written on a dumpster outside in huge white letters:
“GO WEST YUPPIES. STOP GENTRIFYING THE EAST SIDE.”
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I will go supplement the graffiti thusly:
“HIPSTERS/SLACKERS: QUIT MAKING THE EAST SIDE SO ATTRACTIVE TO YUPPIES! BRING BACK THE CRACK!!”
This is a scene straight out of the graphic novel I’m finishing up this week about the gentrification of East Austin. The slacker anti-hero goes around East Austin spray painting similar thoughts in a futile effort to keep East Austin real. I was actually going to use vivo as a location in the book, but I don’t like the food or prices enough to include it.
I live down the street from Vivo, just south of Manor. The Crack hasn’t gone anywhere.