The farm is literally a step from the table at this longtime favorite. Choose a spot in the garden room near the new henhouse, which provides eggs for the "yard egg" French toast.
This college town has its fill of pizza joints, but none quite like this eco-oasis. Pair a thin-crust sausage and mushroom pie with something from (512) Brewing Company, named for the city's area code
In one of the largest barter transactions in recorded history, the builders of the capitol were paid with over three-million acres of public land in the Texas Panhandle.
Amid a collection of mobile vendors is this truck from Hudson's on the Bend, famous for local game. Don't pass up the grass-fed venison with mango-jalapeño slaw.
The 30+ booths at this ingeniously curated antiques spot range from a carnival-inspired stand dedicated to vintage gaming paraphernalia to a cabin-like nook laden with uncommon Western collectibles. Read more.
This choose-your-own-adventure sushi spot let's you first choose a seaweed or soy wrap, then up to three vegetables, followed by their choice of cooked or raw vitals and specialty sauces. Read more.
Order the Jameson/iced tea "Little Dipper", your Carl Sagan-esque opportunity to ask the bartender to Big-size it. Read more.
Stats: >20 taps, serving $2 Pearl Light to Belgian man's Chimay, a menu of specialty sake bombs, pre-video games like skeeball and shuffleboard, & stand-ups like Donkey Kong & Mortal Combat. Nuff Said Read more.
This one-room, pine-finished caffeine HQ slings seasonally harvested, single-source beans from some of the nation’s most respected suppliers. Yes, they have microbrews & wine too, you lush. Read more.
This spot's got tongue-bending Japanese cuisine w/ signature makimono rolls like the "Jiiro" (smoked loch duart salmon, avocado, preserved lemon) & has one of the most impressive sake lists in town. Read more.
This silver Airstream trailer slings breakfast tacos on homemade flour tortillas, slathered in a spicy hot-sauce originally developed as a Christmas gift to GSD&M clients. Read more.
Compensates for its stark dining room with some of Austin's best service. Order the heirloom tomato salad, Texas Hill Country quail (roasted to perfection) and the grass-fed rib eye (a local favorite)
Owners Jam Sanitchat and Bruce Barnes source ingredients from the area and use their own crops to turn out favorites like free-range Berkshire ham with garlic and pepper sauce.
Since 2003, Uchi has received raves for avant-garde creations such as foie gras sushi with pomegranate. Bon Appétit named it one of our Top 10 Sushi Spots in the Country.
Tacos aren’t the only street food in town, thanks to Nessa Higgins and Andrea Day Boykin, who flip and fold both savory and sweet crepes inside their Avion trailer.
Austin: Highball Bowling is a kitsched-out 1950s bowling alley and karaoke palace. The Disco-themed karaoke room even comes with leg warmers, polyester shirts and chest hair. Fever! - IFC Staff
One of our Top 10 Best New Restaurants in America. Chef James Holmes gathers his culinary inspiration from (and in) his backyard vegetable garden. The lamb fries are a must-have.
Can ya stomach a Dirty Sanchez (scrambled eggs, guacamole, fried poblano chili, escabeche carrots, cheese, poblano ranch sauce)? Check in while driving through and prove it. Read more.
Mi Medre's your casa for cocktails like a tamarind margarita with chamoy, the Paraiso (rum, OJ, fresh orange & mango, carrot juice, fresh mint), and the tequila/grapefruit soda/sangrita Vampirito. Read more.
