Café Blue Austin Restaurants
Aquatic blue lighting gives you the feeling of being in a tropical paradise, but in an Austin-casual atmosphere. Our award-winning menu is a celebration of coastal cuisine from around the world, with grilled fresh fish, Cajun creations, oysters, salads, steaks, and fresh seafood flown in daily.
At our Austin Café Blue restaurants, you'll find Chef Ben’s famous clam chowder, straight from his roots in Boston. And Chef’s Parker House rolls – likely the best bread you are to ever break. Our oyster bar serves the freshest oysters flown in almost daily, plus cold shrimp and crab. We also offer plenty of salads, grilled seafood, and steaks cooked to perfection, with the benefits of lump crab added to the top! Finish off a meal at Café Blue with Fresh Squeezed Key Lime Pie, made from scratch.
Chef Ben
Upon graduation from the New England Culinary Institute, Chef Ben Nathan traveled extensively through Europe to further his culinary education. From there, he took a position in San Francisco at the Cypress Club, gaining hands-on experience in wood-fired cooking and California cuisine. When the opportunity arose to join master French Chef Jean Michael Bergougnous at L’Absinthe Brasserie in Manhattan, Ben returned to the East Coast for nine years.
After L’Absinthe, Ben returned to his native Boston where he worked at nationally acclaimed restaurants Chez Henri and Grill 23. In 2002, he helped open The Fireplace, a New England grill serving contemporary New England seafood and comfort food. The restaurant soon earned critical acclaim including a Boston Magazine “Best of Boston” award in 2003.
In 2005, Ben embarked upon a new adventure by moving to Austin where he joined the teaching staff at the Texas Culinary Academy, one of a handful of Le Cordon Bleu teaching institutions in the United States. While there, he became recognized as an exemplary Le Cordon Bleu chef. Ben moved on to be the opening Executive Chef of The Belmont restaurant, and most recently was the executive chef of Austin’s beloved Chez Zee American bistro & bakery. We’re proud to have Chef Ben as the Executive Chef at Cafe Blue.
