The Magnolia Cafe 2008 calendars are available

The Magnolia Cafes have enjoyed a long history of eclectic marketing efforts. Every year we run a short edition of the Magnolia Cafes annual wall calendar, printed in Mexico. You'll see eight of the designs in the picture above.

The price is only $1.00 each, and the selection of images will surely allow you to find one that matches your decor or holiday gift list.

Available while supplies last, at either Magnolia location:

Magnolia Cafe (original)
2304 Lake Austin Blvd. Google Map

Magnolia Cafe South
1920 S. Congress Ave. Google Map

To order by phone, please call: 512-447-7636
(If you miss us, you can leave a message and we'll call you back.)

Magnolia joins 'Eat Local Week' 12/8-12/15

As part of Austin’s Eat Local Week, both Magnolia Cafes will be serving Chipotle Barbecue Bison Burgers from Saturday, Dec 8 through Friday, Dec 15, 2007. The Texas grass-fed buffalo are raised running free at the Thunder Heart Bison ranches in South Texas. For more info go to thunderheartbison.com

The cafes will donate a part of their proceeds for this week to Urban Roots, which uses sustainable agriculture to help kids learn life and job skills. Urban Roots is part of YouthLaunch, which provides empowering service experiences for young people. For more info go to youthlaunch.org.

Happy Thanksgiving, circa 1981

In the early days of the Omeletry West (before it became the Magnolia Cafe) Thanksgiving was a giant affair for all of the employees. The tables were pushed together in the dining room to make one common table, and Kent was in charge of cooking the turkeys.

Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving, with all the trimmings!

Magnolia South closed for new carpet, 10/30/07

Please forgive us for closing briefly on Tues. Oct. 30th, from 6 am - 5 pm. We'll be installing new carpet, a new sound system, and performing other routine maintenance. Opening again for dinner at 5 pm.

The Magnolia West location did the same updating just two weeks ago. It looks and feels great, with new carpet in both dining rooms and new flooring throughout our kitchens.

Your patience is appreciated. Being open 24/8 puts a lot of wear-and-tear on the physical premises. We do in fact need to close once in a while for improvements. Thanks for your continued patronage.

Celebrating Halloween with Amy's pumpkin ice cream.

Amy's ice cream has been part of Austin's quality of life for almost as long as the Magnolia Cafes.

We are excited to offer you Amy's pumpkin ice cream for Halloween. We can't give you a forest of yellow and red leaves, but what better way to mark the changing season than with a taste of pumpkin on a beautiful sunny day. That's autumn, Texas style.

BEST OF AUSTIN AWARDS, 10/14/07

We are delighted to learn that our customers have voted to make us #1 in the BEST OF AUSTIN AWARDS 2007: Best 24-Hour/Late restaurant in the local Austin Chronicle newspaper.

We appreciate your support. It means a lot to us. Thanks to our many loyal customers who participated in the balloting this year!

Not 24/8? Magnolia on Lake Austin Blvd. announces brief schedule change 10/15-17.

Being open 24/8 has its demands. In reality, we actually need to close once in a while for both predictable and grand improvements to the premises.

Magnolia Cafe (2304 Lake Austin Blvd.) will be closing briefly on: Mon. Oct. 15th at 3 am.

Reopening for delicious food and good service on: Wed. Oct. 17th at 10 pm.

Please consider driving over the Magnolia Cafe South for the 2+ days that we will be closed for maintenance. We hope to accommodate you there.