What do chicken, seafood and barbecue all have in common?
One thing. McGuire Moorman Hospitality group.

After the success of Lambert's Downtown Barbecue and Perla's, Larry McGuire and Tommy Moorman seem to do no wrong in the restaurant industry. Now, their latest venture, Elizabeth Street Cafe, a french-vietnamiese fusion, is receiving great reviews as well.

Larry McGuire started all three of these restaurants and watched them grow and flourish all before his 30th birthday. However, his entrepreneurial spirit isn't stoping here. Now he, along with a few partners, are delving into the drive-through restaurant market with Fresa's Chicken opening later this year.



However, with this group's track record, it won't be your typical greasy, fast food drive-through. The same quality preparation and ingredients will go into making these to-go meals. Like the group's three previous restaurants, almost all ingredients are from local sources. Even the chickens are sourced from Peeler Farms in Floresville, Texas, where they're pasture-raised and fed non-GMO feed, resulting in a top-quality bird.

To me, it's about time Austin gets a drive-through style restaurant with a sit-down-quality taste. Sure, there are a ton of burger restaurants such as P. Terry's and Hat Creek Burger Co. that use local ingredients, but unless you want burgers every time you want a quick meal, these choices aren't very helpful.

Fresa's Chicken Al Carbon will offer half or whole slow-roasted chicken breasts and sides such as mexican street corn, grilled vegetables, spicy potato salad and various side salads. Now, busy Austinites can pick up a whole, healthy meal on the way home for their families.

So if the past is any indication of the future, I'd say these entrepreneurs have a good chance for another restaurant success story.