Sometimes there’s just nothing you can say.
Austin restaurant owners Michael and Yoli Amr were found dead Wednesday morning.
The Statesman touches a little on the history of the Amr restaruants. We (and by “we” in this case I mean the regular Saturday Dining Conspiracy group, as well as pretty much everyone else I know) were big fans of the original Gumbo’s on Bratton Lane, and followed them to the Gumbo’s in Round Rock, Yoli’s Jambalaya, and then Mama Roux, which we thought was a swell eatery. Actually, they were all fine places to eat.
I can’t wrap my mind around this. It looks like they may have had financial problems; I’m sure the economy and the Gulf oil spill hurt them some. But this? It doesn’t make sense. I know things like this aren’t supposed to, and I know we don’t know everything that was going on. But…
Commentary from Rob Balon. Commentary from Statesman restaurant reviewer Mike Sutter.
Edited to add: Lawrence, who was an even bigger fan of the Amr restaurants than I was, adds his commentary here.