{"id":2251341,"date":"2026-01-26T17:21:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2251341"},"modified":"2026-01-26T17:21:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:21:32","slug":"vince-young-steakhouse-closes-in-downtown-austin-after-15-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/vince-young-steakhouse-closes-in-downtown-austin-after-15-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Vince Young Steakhouse closes in Downtown Austin after 15 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-block-type=\"text\" data-dropcap=\"false\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/story\/lifestyle\/food\/2012\/09\/01\/vince-young-steakhouse-museum-longhorn-legends-new-place-downtown-there-team-but-theres-plenty-meat\/10221105007\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\">Vince Young Steakhouse<\/a>, a staple of downtown Austin\u2019s dining scene for 15 years, closed its doors Sunday, ending its run as a go-to spot for business dinners, entertaining out-of-town guests and milestone celebrations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block-type=\"text\" data-dropcap=\"false\">\n<p>Opened in 2010, the steakhouse had become known for its upscale yet approachable atmosphere and its prime location near the Austin Convention Center and the city\u2019s entertainment districts. Despite its association with the former University of Texas quarterback,\u00a0Vince Young had not been involved in the restaurant\u2019s operations for several years. The restaurant was owned and operated by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/story\/entertainment\/2017\/02\/13\/laura-mcingvale-brown-vince-young-steakhouse-and-more\/10183728007\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\">chef Phil Brown and his wife, Laura Brown<\/a>, the daughter of Houston furniture magnate Jim \u201cMattress Mac\u201d McIngvale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block-type=\"text\" data-dropcap=\"false\">\n<p>\u201cThis decision was not made lightly,\u201d Phil Brown said in a news release. \u201cWe are incredibly proud of what this restaurant has meant to Austin and deeply grateful to every guest and every employee who made the past 15 years possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block-type=\"text\" data-dropcap=\"false\">\n<p>The Browns cited rising labor, food and operating costs as well as the broader challenges facing independent, single-location restaurants in a rapidly evolving downtown Austin as factors in the closure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block-type=\"text\" data-dropcap=\"false\">\n<p>In a statement, Young reflected on the restaurant\u2019s role in the city. \u201cAustin has always been home to me, and this restaurant was created to reflect the city\u2019s heart\u2014welcoming, warm and full of character,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m incredibly proud that my name was part of a downtown Austin staple, run by some of my best friends, in a city that means so much to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.statesman.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vince Young Steakhouse, a staple of downtown Austin\u2019s dining scene for 15 years, closed its doors Sunday, ending its run as a go-to spot for business dinners, entertaining out-of-town guests and milestone celebrations. Opened in 2010, the steakhouse had become known for its upscale yet approachable atmosphere and its prime location near the Austin Convention [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2251342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[22801,353005,26055,353088,23170,22428],"class_list":["post-2251341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-austin","tag-austin-texas","tag-dining","tag-restaurant-news","tag-restaurants","tag-texas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Vince-Young-Steakhouse-closes-in-Downtown-Austin-after-15-years.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2251341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2251343,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251341\/revisions\/2251343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2251342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2251341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2251341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2251341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}