And I don’t mean the cheapest, but some of the best bang-for-your-buck in terms of portion servings, quality, or taste. Could be as inexpensive as a $1 taco or cost as much as a $50 steak, I just wanna see y’all’s value eats are! I’ll drop some of mine below:
- First Chinese BBQ
- Spicy Boys Fried Chicken
- Wingzup
- Kismet Cafe
After former President Barack Obama placed his taco order, the cashier already knew what Texas state Rep. James Talarico wanted.
One of the most exciting (and flavorful) aspects of Austin's growth over the last 20 years has been the explosion of offerings from all areas of Asia. The traditionally well-represented cuisines of China and Vietnam have been joined by an exciting collection of Cambodian, Filipino and Indian restaurants, with eateries providing everything from counter service to tasting menus, spread across the city.
https://www.statesman.com/project/best-asian-restaurants-austin/?utm_source=reddit
Been trying a lot of new pizza places lately, and curious what everyone’s favorites are
From what I’ve had:
1a. All day
1b. Small’s
1c. Pedroso’s
(Any of these and I’m happy)
2. Sammataro
3. Desano
4. Home slice
5. Little deli
6. Pinthouse brewery
7. Jets
8. Cidercade
9. East side Pies
I’ve been pleasantly surprised with the pizza here so far
Sharing for the Simu fans and dumpling lovers out there!
Simu Liu is there 11:30-12:15, so heads up on the short window.
Hello!
I am heading to the music festival Bonnaroo in a few weeks, and every year there is a community run craft beer exchange. This year, Austin feels like home, and I want to represent it well.
Where and what beers would you recommend I bring to showcase what Austin has on offer?
I've already got:
12 - Hi-Sign Violet
12 - Lazarus Black Pearl
6 - Central Machine Works German Pils (they were out of a lot of the rest)
Was a Chuy’s regular through the 90’s up until the pandemic, but went to one at Duval/183 3-4 years ago and left so disappointed I haven’t been back since. Everything was dry and bland (except the creamy jalapeño of course). But I heard it’s gotten better. Thoughts? Is it worth giving it another shot?
I'll start: Chilantro. Remember that hype?!?
Today I paid $20.95 for a bowl of bibimbap with the sorriest-ass beef they could rustle up to sling on top. It was all gristle. Steamed. Really.
The rest of the bowl was satisfying in the way that K-slop tastes good. But $20?
This is the second time I have eaten at Chilantro. The first was a vaguely good memory of fries maybe 10 years ago. This time was a mistake.
This is a place that needs to just fizzle out. At this point, they are just cheating people.
I know Asian food is kinda general but I'm craving that flavor profile. My stomach has been acting up the past few weeks and I can barely eat just simple rice and bread some days.
So preferably a takeout place that is really clean, soothing, and doesn't use a ton of oil or even none. I know pho kinda fits the profile but from some places it still makes me sick afterwards so looking for other options in Austin area.
Please I'm trying to find new favorites, I keep getting tuna melts where they are basically just a tuna salad sandwich: It's like they barely touched a grill, the bread isn't buttery, the cheese isn't melted.
I'm looking for a few great tuna melts I can put on my favorites list and check for on DoorDash. Anyone have a favorite around town?
I would like to keep it at <$100 pp for this dinner with the ability to bring my own wine for a corking fee. Around 20 people. I have some ideas in mind but wondering about what everyone else has to say!
Like the title says I want this to be nice. Not overhyped like Guest House or as casual like Matt's.
It's my 30th birthday so i'm looking for it to be special with the food and the ambiance. No italian or sushi. Bonus points if we can avoid downtown.
Hello,
My wife and I are currently in Austin visiting. We’re staying just off E 51st Street a couple mile outside of downtown. Can someone please recommend a great Mexican restaurant outside of downtown within 5 miles or less from us? We’re staying at the Residence Inn University location I believe. Thank you!
Was incidentally in the background of an unrelated but positive news piece tonight. Never been before, is it any good?
To piggyback on the best item from CM thread, why aren’t there more Central Markets? Two in Austin just isn’t enough. I’d give a pinky toe for one in Cedar Park!
If you were to choose, what would be your last meal… only choosing from the ATX area?
For my people who don’t know what I’m referring to, the YouTube Channel Mythical Kitchen hosts a show where celebrities choose foods that would make up their “death row” meal. It doesn’t exactly have to be the fanciest, just things they would want one more time.
Mine would be:
- Korean Chicken Wings from Bar Peached
- Golden Crunchy Roll from Kura
- Half Egusi and half regular stew with Fufu from African Market/Nigerian Kitchen
- Torchy’s Queso (no cilantro☺️)
- Ribeye with Kings Butter from III Forks
- A Chocolate Chip cookie from Tiny’s Milk and Cookies
- Knockout from Matt’s El Rancho (miss me with that Matt’s slander… it’s nostalgic for some of us)
I CHALLENGE you to make a better lineup😏😏
I was first introduced to Nashville chicken at Hattie Bs in Nashville. Fell in love. My son loves Tumble 22 and it’s pretty good. Haven’t been to Hattie Bs here. So how do you think they compare?
Have had this place bookmarked for a while and finally made it out yesterday. Slam dunk, new favorite burger in town. I’ll put this in the “street” category. I see all food establishments like “street” or “pretense”. Pretense being the type that adds 3 adjectives to every ingredient for no other purpose than to overcharge influencer wannabe’s. Any place or proprietor who can narrow their view to do one thing, and do it perfectly are my people. I see an inverse relationship between number of items on a menu and quality or craftsmanship. A$10 burger hits squarely in that “street” category along with “street” tacos and such. This team are the unconditional MASTERS of Maillard. If you are unsure what that is, I’m afraid you haven’t had a great burger yet. The lace on that burger, I’m thinking about a day later.
TLDR: flavorless dishes, lost staff, confusing seating, sold out croissants at 10:30am, and odd experience overall.
Man, I’m not even sure where to begin. My partner and I saw that this location was opening a couple of weeks ago and we were extremely excited since we both love pastries, particularly croissants. Today we decided to have breakfast there with intent to order a croissant.
When you walk in, it’s unclear whether it’s an order-at-the-register and seat yourself situation or you wait to be seated since there isn’t a host to greet you and menus were just laid on an island also used for seating. After looking around confused for a second, I made eye contact with a server and asked if we could get a table for two. We were seated quickly and welcomed by a kind server. There isn’t a pastry menu, so you would need to get up and go browse the pastries, or hope the server can describe them to you. And wouldn’t you know it, they sold out of croissants at 10:30am with, I assume, no more being prepared. An entire family later left after being seated because they were adamant on trying the croissants.
I ordered the classic breakfast and my partner ordered the breakfast bowl. My classic breakfast came with maybe 8 baby potato halves which was laughable, and the toast was served plain. I guess you’re meant to eat it with the beans? The plate wasn’t anything special, and the portion was small for $16. They also didn’t have salt & pepper at the tables and the server had to ask the kitchen for sides of both. Lastly, we waited our entire meal for a water refill, so not too thrilled about that.
The pastry we did end up eating was a pear danish which was actually very good.
Overall, the service and breakfast plates were a bit lackluster, and it seems there were a few simple details that weren’t thought through prior to opening. I’d go back to try more of the pastries, but there are countless places with better breakfast.