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Photographs and text materials documenting The Cavalier's business operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Cavalier is a neighborhood pub serving homemade southern-inspired food in East Austin.

Born-digital media documenting the business operations of Tso Chinese Delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic in Austin, Texas. "When COVID-19 lockdowns began to domino across the globe last year, the co-founders of local restaurant Tso Chinese Delivery — Min Choe, Jenna Choe, Eunice Tsang, and Angell Tsang — immediately looked for some way to help fellow Austinites. Many locals were suddenly out of jobs as non-essential businesses were forced to temporarily close to mitigating the spread of the virus. The three decided that the easiest way that their to-go and delivery-only restaurants could help was by offering free meals to un- or underemployed people. “We wanted to feed a few folks,” says Min Choe, an Austin native, and a long-time entrepreneur whose restaurants are located in Cherrywood and the Arboretum. With that simple directive, the couples launched charitable branch Tso Giving in March 2020, and began their path to supplying Austinites hardest hit with more than $220,000 worth of meals — equivalent to 22,000 portions. As part of the then-newly-formed Tso Giving in March 2020, the co-founders envisioned helping out the Austin service industry. They developed a donation infrastructure to offset the costs of food and production while paying their staff for their work through a combination of Venmo, GoFundMe, and Tso’s official website. From there, the Austin community pitched in: donations from individuals and from other local companies to contribute to the fund. Initially, Tso Giving’s goal was small: They wanted to hand out just a few hundred meals. The restaurant put out a call for email and phone call submissions from people who felt they needed meals from the restaurant. Co-founder Eunice Tsang sorted through those requests to determine who would receive what, which were then delivered by the staff. Once the number of requests became too large to manage, Tso set up a curbside pickup tent at its Arbor location instead, so that those people could just come and pick up food at designated times. Those springtime drive-thrus were initially run by the Choes and Tsangs. But, pretty soon much of the Tso staff were volunteering their time between shifts to the cause." - From the article 'Tso Chinese Delivery’s takeout operation grew a small token of kindness into an operation that fed thousands' by Nina Hernandez, Austin Eater, 2021

In May of 2020 Tso Chinese Delivery started a campaign called 50K for Teachers, which allowed 1,000 Austin-area teachers to apply for a $50 food credit. This is a promotional image posted on the company's Instagram account

View of the sign for the Magic Time Machine restaurant. The restaurant and other buildings are partially visible behind the parking lot. Downtown buildings are in the distance. A few cars are parked in the lot. The Magic Time Machine, a time travel theme restaurant currently featuring Jack Sparrow impersonators and a car salad bar. The restaurant opened in a big way in Austin in the 70's at 600 E. Riverside, complete with a disco and a "Roman Orgy" feast on the menu.

Exterior photo of Les Amis Café at 24th Street and Nueces in March 1971. On May 7, 1970, Les Amis Cafe opened at 24th street and Nueces - one block from the University of Texas. The café, started by Michael Beaudette and Ralph McElroy, began as an asphalt parking lot with some chairs and tables "to watch the girls go by." Newman Stribling began work as the building janitor and quickly became manager of Les Amis Café in 1970. Of the thousands of customers that frequented the restaurant, it's rumored that Dennis Hopper visited the café, and that Art Garfunkel and Jack Nicholson ran off with two of the waitresses for a night. During the Vietnam war, rioters took refuge at the café and tear gas drifted onto the patio, leaving Newman with numerous walked checks. Customers included local musicians like Rocky Erickson, and during the 1980's, members of the bands The Big Boys, the Butthole Surfers and Bad Mother Goose were often hanging out at Les Amis. Les AmisLes Amis witnessed the birth of the movie, Slacker, and three scenes were shot at the tables of Les Amis. Richard Linklater, director of Slacker, and Lee Daniel, cinematographer of Slacker, completed the film while living next to door to Les Amis. Organizations such as The Austin Film Society had meetings at the cafe in its early days. During the 1990's, a booming economy and steep rent increases caused Newman to struggle to keep the café financially stable. Les Amis Café closed in July of 1997. In 1998, Starbucks opened on the grounds of what once was Les Amis Cafe.

Line of people wearing masks and standing socially distant at a restaurant during the COVID-19 pandemic.

[Man looking outside the window of Tacodeli with a view of the empty streets of downtown Austin]

"A typical day- we had a fundraiser on this Thursday and raised over $100 for the Annual MLK Celebration."

"Some of the staff, our family, even our dogs-some of us had been working everyday, some still quarantined."

Dr. James M. Coleman with his wife Wilma and daughter. Dr. James M. Coleman was a Travis County physician who, in 1953, began researching the history of medical science in Travis County for his book titled, "Aesculapius on the Colorado". He died in 1960.

Black and white portrait of Charlie Lung standing in Joe Lung Café with two kitchen workers at 507 San Jacinto wearing cooking attire. [ AF-BIOGRAPHY. Joe Lung and FAMILY]

Two women, a man and two children looking at a cattle in a fenced area in front of Joe Lung Café.

View of Alberto Gonzalo Garcia and Eva Garcia seated around a table at a 50th wedding anniversary party at the Driskill Hotel.

Exterior view of restaurant with sign advertising menu and hours.

Exterior view of restaurant showing entrance under sign that reads, "Excellent Coffee."

"Looking S. on Fruth about 29th St. Martin's (Dirty's) Kum Back Hamburger stand in center distance." The road is a dirt road and some trucks are visible parked outside the building on the right.

Exterior view of the Night Hawk restaurant, closely showing outdoor seating area under awning with several patrons. In the upper left, a sign reads "Specialty" in neon. Below it, text in partial view on marquee sign reads, "Stuff" and "Toma."

View of the Night Hawk restaurant on Guadalupe Street near UT. It was rebuilt in the 1950s with a state-of-the-art kitchen, banquet rooms, and a distinctive angular roof. This location was in operation until 1980.

A number of customers are seated around the counter at the Night Hawk diner. There are two waiters at the counter with bow ties and paper hats and you can see the cooks on the other side of a silver drink dispenser.

Group portrait of the Nighthawk restaurant staff. They wear uniforms and stand in front of the restaurant. The woman in the middle, behind the two women at center, is Violet Franklin Sanders.

The exterior of Chuck Wagon Barbecue located at 1002 E. 11th Street in Austin Texas. Above the entrance "Ora and David" is painted.