{"id":433665,"date":"2026-09-12T07:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T07:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/433665\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T07:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T07:44:12","slug":"boutique-steakhouse-big-slick-now-open-on-east-6th-street-central-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/433665\/","title":{"rendered":"Boutique steakhouse Big Slick now open on East 6th Street | Central Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 22-seat boutique steakhouse and bar named Big Slick opened in late August, bringing a chef-driven, fire-cooked menu from husband-and-wife Michelin-starred chefs Phillip Frankland Lee and Margarita Kallas-Lee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The duo aims to make Big Slick Texas&#8217; first two-Michelin-star restaurant, according to a press release from the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Meet the chefs<\/p>\n<p>The husband-and-wife team is behind several other Austin restaurants, including Pasta Bar and Sushi by Scratch Restaurants, both also Michelin-starred, per the release.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Big Slick is built around the things we love about classic dining\u2014great ingredients, live fire, tableside service and a sense of occasion\u2014but with the freedom and personality of an \u00e0 la carte restaurant,&#8221; Frankland Lee said in the release.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789199052_509_.jpeg\"  \/>Chefs Phillip Frankland Lee and Margarita Kallas-Lee opened Big Slick, a 22-seat boutique steakhouse, on East 6th Street late August. (Courtesy Jasmin Porter)<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s on the menu<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant&#8217;s live-fire cooking centers on a wood-burning hearth visible from the dining room, with beef sourced exclusively from Lobel&#8217;s of New York. Big Slick is the only restaurant in the country to receive Lobel&#8217;s beef, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>Signature dishes include gulf prawns meuni\u00e8re, tartare of dry-aged filet mignon, duck breast, rack of lamb and changing wild-game preparations.<\/p>\n<p>Chef Margarita Kallas-Lee, a multi-Michelin-starred pastry chef, oversees an in-house sourdough bread program and the dessert menu.<\/p>\n<p>A cheese course features selections exclusively from Texas producers, served tableside.<\/p>\n<p>The experience<\/p>\n<p>Guests enter a candlelit bar accented by a deer-antler chandelier and commissioned artwork before being led behind red velvet curtains into the main dining room, per the release.<\/p>\n<p>The meal opens with fresh popcorn cooked in beef tallow and duck fat\u2013roasted garlic, and diners are presented with handcrafted Montana Knife Company steak knives before the main course arrives.<\/p>\n<p>The bar operates independently from the dining room and offers oysters, canap\u00e9s, cocktails and &#8220;bar dinners&#8221; on its own.<\/p>\n<p>The eatery held its grand opening Aug. 29, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcjPJK0kdgO\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Instagram announcement<\/a>. Reservations are open now. Walk-ins are accepted at the bar on a first-come, first-served basis. The restaurant is closed Mondays and Tuesdays.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 22-seat boutique steakhouse and bar named Big Slick opened in late August, bringing a chef-driven, fire-cooked menu&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,150643,150641,71379,150644,23106,150642,23101,150645],"class_list":["post-433665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-austin-steakhouse","tag-big-slick","tag-east-6th-street","tag-lobels-of-new-york","tag-margarita-kallas-lee","tag-michelin-starred-chefs","tag-phillip-frankland-lee","tag-scratch-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}