Friday Likes 13

Two thirds of today’s Likes have an Austin connection, which I point out only because I need to fill at least two lines of text in my Friday Likes intros. The other third has to do with Chicago. So there.Banger’s Recently opened in Austin, TX, Banger’s is a Sausage House and Beer Garden, featuring over 40 varieties of the former and 100 on tap of the latter. In other words: heaven in what more closely resembles 100-degree hell (at least through Summer, then it’s heaven in heaven). The identity, designed by Neighborhood Studio, has two great things going for it: (1) it captures the rugged chic look that complements the restaurant itself incredibly accurately (see Facebook photos) and (2) it is the best icon, in all of the history of Sausage Houses and Beer Gardens, t