Rex 1516
Jet Wine Bar Is Opening a Wine Garden on South Street
Jet Wine Bar and its sibling restaurants are expanding with a new wine garden, a Cafe Ynez spinoff, and a new home for Rex 1516 in […]
Rex 1516 Is Launching Its First-Ever Chef’s Tasting Menu
Rex 1516’s elevated Southern fare is about to get regional. Executive chef Justin Swain and chef de cuisine Jon Raffa are kicking off a new […]
Eat This Now: Secret Hot Chicken
Secret menus are cool. I mean, not for the people who don’t know about them. It sucks to be those people. But you? You’re a […]
This Weekend, Celebrate Rex’s 5th Birthday, Southern Style
Rex 1516 is celebrating five years on South Street with a weekend-long Southern Extravaganza featuring live jazz, new menu items, and a live broadcast of […]
Jet Wine Bar, Rex 1516, and Cafe Ynez Celebrate Guest Appreciation Week
As a thank you to their customers, Jet Wine Bar, Rex 1516, and Cafe Ynez are all having a “guest appreciation week” that will go from […]
About Last Night: They Do It On Top Chef All The Time…
We’ve been doing Open Stove nights at COOK for a long time now. We call it episode 41, but really there have been more like […]
Where To Eat And Drink on This Big Weekend
There’s a lot to look forward to this weekend. For some reason, it just seems like everybody decided to schedule their street festival / spring […]
This Weekend: Crawfish Boil And Live Jazz At Rex 1516
Crawfish boils are fun for everyone (except the crawfish, I guess). Head over to Rex 1516 anytime between Thursday April 23 and Saturday April 25 […]
Regis Jansen Back At Rex 1516 To Do A Burger Special
Rex 1516 is rolling out its Citywide Special of the week, and this time it’s got some history. Opening chef Regis Jansen (who’s back in […]
Because Who Doesn’t Love A Good Sandwich?
If you happen to be in the neighborhood tonight, Justin Swain of Rex 1516 is testing out his new pit beef sandwiches. That’s tri-tip steak […]
Rex 1516 Goes Cult-y With Their Burger Of The Week
Chef Justin Swain took over burger-designing duties again this week. He slapped down some Swiss cheese, lettuce, truffle aioli and truffle fries on a burger, […]
Rex 1516 Debuts Citywide Burger Special Of The Week
Behold, the “Have Yourself A Merry Little Brisket” burger, created by Pat Szoke (ex of Alla Spina and The Industry)–a reuben burger with brisket, 1000 […]
About Last Night: Southern Boys Gone North
So we went and did it again. Because if it was fun the first time, then it just has to be fun the thirty-first time, […]
Tonight’s Sandwich, Beer and Shot Combos
A few days ago we gave you the city’s best food, beer and shot combos. And here’s a friendly reminder that some of them are […]
One Sandwich, One Shot and One Beer
We’ve noticed a trend around town. Restaurants are offering their own version of the happy meal, a sandwich (or in one case, a taco), a shot […]