![]() It's the dramatic dish that beer lovers deserve: hot molten cheese to absorb Lazarus' impressive 15-choice beer menu, which includes a dextrous amount of common and oft-rotating unconventional styles for a smaller brewhouse. But the star of the band is the queso fundido con chorizo with house-made tortilla chips. The food menu remains primarily Northern Mexican, similar to Lazarus 1: street tacos al carbon, tortas, chip-bag tacos. Lazarus, Lazarus 2 is counter service and the line will snake on any of the beautiful Saturdays in Austin, yet service isn't terribly slow or imprecise. "Lazarus is really unique, so we're always going to give our own flavor or spin to any space we inhabit, but we also love to honor what came before us, so there are usually some nods to the former business."Ī stained glass image of Madonna and child oversees the goings on at Lazarus on Airport "I loved old mezzanine and spiral staircase, so we worked hard to incorporate some of those architectural elements while creating a space that also worked for our needs," Cryder explains. Upstairs is a memento to I Luv Video's analog section, where one could feel the old floorboards boom with laughter from ColdTowne below. In other words, it's a diverse setting, which is always appreciated in gentrifying Austin. Whether it's the lived-in vestige of old-Austin relics its randomized beer garden table layout or the mix of cool dads and power moms, 24-year-old influencers in hats, and a whole patio of excellent facial hair, Lazarus 2 gives off Mission District-zeitgeist vibes. – Christian Cryder, owner and founder of Lazarus Brewing ![]() “We love local businesses, and if one local business can’t make it, we’d always prefer to see them pass the baton to another local business rather than a big corporate entity.” We love local businesses, and if one local business can't make it, we'd always prefer to see them pass the baton to another local business rather than a big corporate entity." Notes Cryder, "Both I Video and ColdTowne were super iconic establishments, but COVID made it hard for a lot of places to survive. The neighborhood Facebook group "North Loopers" observed the months-long construction nervously as the legendary I Luv Video and ColdTowne Theatre were slowly dismantled and the iconic frescoes painted over with Lazarus' notable aqua blue. Not only for the businesses, but for the locals. Elmo (Walnut Bend), Circle Brewing (Elgin), and Austin Beerworks (Springdale). We've always felt good about the quality of our beer and the uniqueness of our experience, so we never really looked around and asked, 'Where will we find the courage to expand?' maybe I should have!"Īnd while the upstart Lazarus is having its moment, the brewery also serves as a stress test for fellow future developers like St. "I just love revitalizing old buildings and creating neighborhood gathering places, so was probably more of a question of when rather than if. ![]() "We had been working on Laz 2 since a few years after Laz 1 opened," reflects Christian Cryder, owner and founder of Lazarus Brewing. ![]() Lazarus Brewing Co., the elite but young East Sixth beermakers whose quietly confident aw-shucks Brock Purdy act has them expanding from a Gen Z neighborhood to a Gen X district, is somewhat surprisingly the first of many future-planned second breweries in town. Not here in Austin, though, where beer tourism continues to surge, new breweries pock the Hill Country and feeder roads, and the most popular breweries in town look toward homes away from home. That's why, in the year 2023, as the American craft beer hype deflates and crashes to earth like a spy balloon at 40,000 feet, Austin is actually expanding its beermaking repertoire coming out of post-pandemic fatigue while other cities are rapidly abridging their small beer industry. It's one of the city's enduring features: turning each local into a craft beer extremist, then getting them to flip people like Barry into flavor zealots while out on holiday. Even my hard-pounding, Bud-steady, stepfather-in-law Barry warms to a handcrafted pint whenever he visits Austin from back home in the hardcore American Rust Belt. It's 2023, which means everybody in America has gotten frisky with at least one craft beer in their lifetime. Bread of Life (center) and Prodigal Pils make great accompaniments for Lazarus' queso fundido (photos by John Anderson)
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