[Press Release:]

Executive Chef Tyson Cole’s new concept features an Asian smokehouse menu with a full bar and tree-shaded patio

(Austin, TX) – Hai Hospitality announced the name of their sixth restaurant, a new concept, Loro, from James Beard Award Winning Chef Tyson Cole. Team, design and menu announcements will be revealed in the next few weeks.

Loro is an Asian smokehouse and bar in South Austin centered around grilled and smoked meats, inventive sides created by Chef Tyson Cole and the Hai Hospitality team. The concept is casual with a full bar serving wine, beer and cocktails.

“Loro gives our group a chance to try expand on fare that we hint at on our specials at Uchi,” says Chef Cole. “The space will be airy and inviting, the indoors and outdoors will feel very connected, guests order at the bar and the vibe will be comfortable and casual.”

Located in South Austin (78704) under the shade of hundred-year old oak trees and just south of the corner of South Lamar Blvd and Oltorf Street at 2115 South Lamar Bvld, Loro will present an exciting new dining option for residents and visitors to Austin in fall 2017.

Hai Hospitality is a restaurant group based in Austin, Texas. Restaurants include Uchi Austin, Uchi Dallas, Uchi Houston, Uchiko and Top Knot. Hai was created in 2015 to broaden the definition of the restaurant group, and to give each of the restaurants the space to create and cultivate their own identities. Hai Hospitality supports each restaurant in a variety of capacities so that each shop has the freedom to grow while still being part of the bigger family—a family that has a common set of core values, a shared vision for food, service, and design, and a collective pool of knowledge and expertise that the restaurant can bring regardless where calling home.