2011 Austin Chronicle Poll -Tie for Best Mixologist
2010 Best of Austin Poll Best bar Staff
As an ordained clergyman from One of Those Churches in the Back of a Magazine, Rob Pate can pour you a drink or pronounce you man and wife. Take your pick.
Motivated by an adjective in my review of his restaurant in February 2009, the owner of Péché became a minister. That adjective was ‘evangelical,’ and I used it to describe his powers of persuasion behind the bar. The rest of the story wasn’t quite as inspirational. Read more…
Péché first opened as a new home for absinthe, the much-maligned spirit that had been banned in the U.S. since 1912 and was reapproved in 2007. The emphasis was a large selection of absinthe from around the world and craft cocktails in pre-Prohibition style. The space was reimagined as a comfortable yet elegant retro-European space, with couches and coffee tables interspersed in the dining room to create cozy hangouts that break up the long, narrow space. The food seemed to be a second thought, but fortunately, things have changed in that regard. Read more…
