One of Austin’s most noted chefs will open a North Texas restaurant. Call it — Crazy
An Austin restaurant once named home of the “second greatest burger in Texas” is coming to Mineral Wells.
Second Bar + Kitchen, a contemporary grill and bar from James Beard Award-nominated Austin chef David Bull, will open this summer in the restored Crazy Water Hotel, owners announced Wednesday.
The Mineral Wells location for Second Bar + Kitchen’s newest restaurant is not a surprise. The city in Palo Pinto County expects regional tourism to grow with the reopening of the historic Baker Hotel.
The Baker is expected to reopen in 2025.
Both hotels have been under an Austin-based management group, La Corsha Hospitality, which also handles the historic Hotel Settles in Big Spring, along with an Austin hotel.
Second Bar + Kitchen has a transient history. The restaurant made headlines when it opened on Congress Avenue in downtown Austin, and its Congress Burger was ranked the No. 2 hamburger in Texas in 2016 by Texas Monthly.
That location and another at The Domain shopping center in north Austin have closed.
Currently, the only locations of Second Bar + Kitchen are at the East Austin Hotel, 1108 E. Sixth St., and the Austin airport.
The Crazy Water, 401 N. Oak Ave., in Mineral Wells, will become a new home for Second Bar + Kitchen’s black-truffle pommes frites, baked brie, duck confit and brunch dishes such as strawberry goat-cheese scones.
The brisket-blend Congress Burger is a Swiss-cheese burger described by Texas Monthly as “monumentally juicy.”
This story was originally published April 26, 2023 at 5:25 PM.
