RIP Doug Cugini, who started Hole in the Wall with his parents. We profiled the joint last year, and we’ll leave you with a little story about reality — the sandwich that is: The Hole in the Wall claims, and there’s no reason to think otherwise, that it was the first restaurant in Austin to serve Buffalo wings. The Cuginis brought the recipe down with them. The sandwiches also had a dedicated lunch following among faculty and students. Journalism professor Mike Quinn would occasionally pose the extra credit question “What is reality?” The correct answer — a sandwich at Hole in the Wall, anchored by a chicken-fried steak slathered in queso.  

The reason why it was called The Reality is because the guy that requested it would come in after a night of drinking, and it brought him back to reality. Brooks Brannon, former manager.