French technique, exotic ingredients, a judicious use of spice and heat, and strong Southeast Asian and Northern African influences on the three-course prix fixe menu distinguish this upscale option. Read more.
An early component of the East 11th Street renaissance, this is a restful, reliable spot for French-inspired snacks and light meals. The luscious, open-faced tartines are highly recommended. Read more.
ESK's home on the Drag features trailer favorites like Poor Qui’s pork belly buns and beet fries. Creative and unique, fresh and flavorful, and located in one of the best funky watering holes around.
This trailer, on the back patio at Liberty, is an Asian fusion treasure. The gourmet yet budget-friendly menu includes the Poor Qui’s Buns and Fried Brussels Sprout Salad. We bow to the beet fries.
This trailer, on site at the Grackle Bar, is an Asian fusion treasure. The gourmet yet budget-friendly menu includes a fried beef tongue sandwich and Broccoli Pops glazed with sweet chili miso.
We love this intimate neighborhood shop, where curious patrons can taste everything, ask a million questions, and have divine cheese selections cut to order by the expert and devoted staff. Read more.
The Thai-based menu offers the ideal platform for innovation at this South First hot boîte. The food is divine – and often quite spicy – and we especially love the simple but stunning peanut curry. Read more.
A trip to Uchiko is a treat for the senses, with creative flavor pairings in dishes like rosemary-smoked duck with candied citrus or pork-belly-and-egg sushi. Decor is almost too beautiful to look at. Read more.
Spread the love with these homemade, fresh-from-the-oven cookies and brownies. Order treats for yourself or a loved one and have them hand-delivered – your sweet tooth will be more than satisfied.
With hubcaps, colored lights, and a velvet Elvis, this is Austin-style Tex-Mex at its tacky, funky best. It's almost always busy, but the creamy queso and chips is worth the wait.
This coffee shop comes well supplied with addictive Cuvée and Tweed coffee beans as well as baristas that pour out the tastiest and most gorgeous rosettas in the city.
Locavore before it was cool, this quintessential Austin diner serves fresh and delicious grub and embraces all that is our quirky community. Great things can happen over a bowl of Kerbey Queso at 4am. Read more.
People get religious about the extra-hot Dona sauce, for good reason: It's just that delicious. Don't overlook the handmade mole, and the brisket Tacoloco may be the best four bucks you ever spent.
Tacodeli: Where mashed potatoes meet the breakfast taco and make happy nom-nom sounds in our belly. The salsa bar's a nice touch, but we only have eyes for the Dona sauce, that fiery minx.
The mission here is vegan comfort food made from scratch with gluten-free, raw, soy-free, and oil-free diets in mind. Try the Pesto Rawviolis or the Tempeh Reuben.
The chill vegan/vegetarian/cyclist-proud vibe isn't the only drawing card here. From a tofu scramble to the Renedict, a reimagined eggs Benedict, the breakfast menu is outstanding. Read more.
The original Torchy's Taco Trailer is both a destination and a landmark. Fabulous, enormous tacos filled with inventive and excellent "Texican" filling combinations, with shady outdoor seating. Read more.
With rotating flavors like maple bacon and mint ice cream sandwich, there's a new dairy dilemma every day. Hooch-lovin’ grownups will love pairings with the likes of Tito’s Vodka and Jester King.
You'd better circle the wagons early if you want to snag some of Franklin's world-famous brisket. It has a smoky and spicy bark, a deep smoke ring, and is exceedingly moist and tender. Perfection. Read more.
From the moment Home Slice opened its doors, it's been packed – and for good reason. Genuine New York-style pizza made in an independent neighborhood pizzeria, by folks who know how it's done. Read more.
Yes, the ramen is authentic and delicious, but it’s the spicy edamame tossed with citrus, fresh jalapeños, shichimi spice, and sea salt we're obsessed with. End your meal with the green tea mochi ice. Read more.
An exemplary burger lineup in the $5 to $9 range. The line – regularly out the door – moves fast, and we’d do murder just to get our hands on the Caramel & Sea Salt milkshake. Read more.
An exemplary burger lineup in the $5 to $9 range. This outpost can’t shake the strip-mall vibe, but location doesn’t make the matchstick fries any less delicious. The chili cheese sauce is addictive.
When executive chef and owner Tyson Cole first opened shop in 2003, Uchi instantly became both a sushi and a fine-dining game changer. Quality and craft still out of this world. Reservations a must.
This barbecue destination spot continues to serve up some of the best vittles around these parts in a beautiful woodland setting. Still BYOB.
Smoosh a traditional frito pie into a giant tortilla, grill it, wrap it, and serve with a little cup of Cholula hot sauce. Voilà, you’ve got the Vegan Yacht’s delicious Freeto Burrito.
This tiny spot offers excellent crab cakes, quail, and hanger steak alongside more typical diner fare. The Counter Benedict with pastrami and grilled pimento cheese sandwiches are standouts. Read more.
This neighborhood favorite at the fork in the road serves perfect meat-and-two-veg standards, like their pan-roasted chicken with green beans. The batter-dipped french fries are justifiably famous.
At Taco-Mex's (should be patented) taco window, you put a li'l money in, hot tacos come out, you cover them with salsa, and you stuff them in your mouth. That's all there is, that's all you need.
This is refined, amazingly complex, and authentic Persian food that tastes like it came from a favorite grandmother's table. Don't miss the spinach pie and lamb shanks.
Longhorn lunchers and neighborhood noshers alike know what fun it is to watch Craig and his son Edgar sling the best casseroles, lasagnas, to-die-for salads, entrées, and desserts for every diet.
Reasonably priced and informal but still very fine dining, indeed. Rising star Ned Elliott’s seasonal menu is spare but stunning, with each well-conceived plate coming together in delicious harmony. Read more.
You might not expect to find a real coffeehouse in a food trailer, but with Texas Coffee Traders organic fair trade brew, board games, and daily specials, we feel comfy and cuddly here.
Lick not only sources milk, cream, and eggs locally but also the fruits, vegetables, and herbs used to create their distinctive flavors, including Caramel Salt Lick and Roasted Beets & Fresh Mint.
This bright chartreuse truck with a spiky black Mohawk offers vegetarian and clean-eating diners an assortment of made-to-order guacs, as well as tamales, granitas, and other punk rock delights.
The Goodnight guarantees that you and your boo will feel right at home with drink specials, fancy pizzas, games, and a truffle oil Five Cheese Mac that will make your intended weak at the knees.
In addition to supplying South Austin with authentic corn tortillas, Taqueria Arandinas balances the concerns of both stomach and pocketbook when serving up their mouthwatering fajitas.
Korea House makes some magic happen: Take a look at their delightfully distracting appetizer menu and try the mesmerizing mandu gui or the hypnotizing haemul pajun.
Snap Kitchen serves up some fine butter-free, premade meals, and it’s damn good food. Try the Bison Quinoa Hash or the Chicken and Butternut Squash if you don’t believe us.
Amenable hours and plentiful seating make this food truck collective the perfect spot for between-class munchies in the undergrad haven of West Campus.
