{"id":52491,"date":"2026-06-23T11:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/?p=52491"},"modified":"2026-06-23T12:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T17:10:09","slug":"austin-chronicle-names-riverbat-bites-one-of-austins-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/2026\/06\/23\/austin-chronicle-names-riverbat-bites-one-of-austins-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Chronicle Names Riverbat Bites One of Austin\u2019s Best"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Austin Chronicle just <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.austinchronicle.com\/best-of\/2026\/services-critics-picks\/best-passing-of-the-plate-14117782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">named Riverbat Bites a 2026 Best of Austin Critics Pick<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 earning the \u201cBest Passing of the Plate\u201d honor in the paper\u2019s annual roundup of the people and places that make Austin better.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you haven\u2019t visited a Riverbat Bites pantry, here\u2019s what this recognition is about:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Riverbat Bites offers free groceries \u2013 shelf-stable food, fresh produce, and hygiene products \u2013 to any currently enrolled ACC student.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There\u2019s no application, income check, or questions asked. Just food when you need it, available now at every ACC campus.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That campuswide reach is new, and it didn\u2019t happen by accident. Under the leadership of Food Access manager Vanessa Barrientos, pantries expanded locations across all of ACC in a matter of months, in partnership with Central Texas Food Bank, so that food access isn\u2019t a barrier for ACC students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur staff is incredibly honored and excited to receive this recognition. We are proud to support our students beyond the classroom and to help create equitable opportunities that contribute to their success, growth, and achievement,\u201d says Barrientos. \u201cWe believe that small acts of support can have a profound and lasting impact, and we are grateful for the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of Riverbat students for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The award and recent expansion are meaningful, but the purpose of Riverbat Bites remains simple: making sure you have what you need to keep learning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find your nearest pantry here at <a href=\"http:\/\/austincc.edu\/foodpantry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>austincc.edu\/foodpantry<\/strong><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Austin Chronicle just named Riverbat Bites a 2026 Best of Austin Critics Pick \u2013 earning the \u201cBest Passing of the Plate\u201d honor in the paper\u2019s annual roundup of the people and places that make Austin better.&nbsp; If you haven\u2019t visited a Riverbat Bites pantry, here\u2019s what this recognition is about:&nbsp; That campuswide reach is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":52502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1602,948,1603,1601,876,1293],"class_list":["post-52491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-for-you","tag-austin-chronicle","tag-basic-needs","tag-best-of-austin","tag-food-access","tag-food-pantry","tag-riverbat-bites","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52491"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52508,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52491\/revisions\/52508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}