WELCOME TO Y’ALL DINNER.
In honor of Future Front’s anniversary, we host an intimate supper club fundraiser with award-winning Austin-local chef Deepa Shridhar.
With three seatings at our community studio in East Austin, the annual multi-course dinner boasts a South Indian-Texan menu, alongside custom craft martinis featuring Tito’s Handmade Vodka.
Hosted by chef Deepa Shridhar and Future Front’s Founding Director Jane Hervey, all proceeds support Future Front’s public programming.
ABOUT THE LOCATION
Located at 1900 E 12th St, Future Front operates a creative community studio, open for workshops, pop-ups and art shows on weeknights and weekends.
Our 1940s building is nestled within East Austin’s African-American Cultural Heritage District, and we hope to live up to the legacy of our block.
From soil to cement, our building has a long history that precedes us (from its first owner Vera Barton to the We Rise mural). We acknowledge and honor our neighborhood’s German immigration origins in the 1800s), legacy of Black entrepreneurs following the 1928 City Plan in the 1950s, as well as the diverse Indigenous peoples and all elders—past, present and future—who have shaped and continue to shape this land on which we gather, too.
FUTURE FRONT
1900 E 12th Street Austin, Texas
JULY 16, 17 + 18, 2026
futurefronttexas.org
ABOUT Y’ALL DINNER’S OFFICIAL CHEF, DEEPA SHRIDHAR
Deepa Shridhar (she/her) is a chef, writer, podcaster and TV & Digital personality residing in Austin. Shridhar has started her professional cooking career working at some of the best restaurants in Texas, including her own award winning food trailer, Puli-Ra, and supper club, specializing in South Indian Texan cuisine, her own brand of Third Culture Cuisine.
She is the founder of Thali Omakase; a private monthly dinner experience with a completely custom menu, complimentary beverage program and playlist. Currently, Shridhar collaborates on supper clubs and pop ups with like minded businesses across the country that include award winning restaurants and food businesses alike. She’s a contributing writer for Serious Eats and has been featured in many national publications along with multiple appearances on the Food Network including Chopped, as a runner up. She also writes Sicc Palette, a podcast, newsletter and video series that focuses on food storytelling, fine dining, third culture cuisine and South-Indian-Texan recipes.