The 15 Best Food Trucks in Austin
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The best food trucks in Austin, according to the experts: Michelin Guide, Texas Monthly, and The Infatuation have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. KG BBQ comes out on top.
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Cuantos Tacos and La Santa Barbacha hold the next two places. Eater shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Michelin Guide next.
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Rank 1. KG BBQ
Middle Eastern Barbecue
A Michelin Bib Gourmand BBQ truck parked next to Oddwood Brewing, where the line forms early and the menu swings between Texas smoke and Cairo spice. The chef traded a finance career for a pit, and the result is brisket country seasoned with sumac, cinnamon, and pomegranate. Texas Monthly named it among the state's best BBQ joints, and the crowd agrees, loudly, with their mouths full.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Texas Monthly Texas Monthly: The 50 Best BBQ Joints in Texas
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #6 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Austin
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Texas Monthly The 50 Best BBQ Joints in Texas
- The Infatuation #6 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Austin
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Rank 2. Cuantos Tacos
Mexico City-style
The suadero taco here, finished with nothing but onion and cilantro, is what draws a line to this East Austin food truck. The meat cooks in a traditional chorizera pan, and the bright yellow masa tortillas come out paper-thin and full of flavor. Mexico City-style is the whole brief, kept tight. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, and a New York Times pick. Order at the window, find a spot in the shared picnic area, and don't skip the grilled onions.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- The New York Times The New York Times: The 25 Best Restaurants in Austin Right Now
- Eater Eater: The 38 Essential Restaurants in Austin
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Austin Right Now
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Austin
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Rank 2. La Santa Barbacha
Mexican
The name is a riff on barbacoa, which tells you exactly where to focus at this East Austin taco trailer. Picnic tables sit under shade and fans, and the barbacoa itself is slow and serious, folded into tacos with pinto beans and chicharrón or wrapped in a beet-red tortilla with gooey cheese. A Michelin Bib Gourmand and a James Beard semifinalist nod confirm what the line already suggests. A second location has since opened on 6th Street.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Eater Eater: Best Food Trucks in Austin
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Texas · Daniela Landaverde and Rosa Landaverde
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Eater Best Food Trucks in Austin
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Texas · Daniela Landaverde and Rosa Landaverde
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- The New York Times 2025 · Ketan Hitam · The 14 Best Restaurant Desserts We Ate Across the U.S. in 2025
- Eater Best Food Trucks in Austin
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Rank 5. Abo Youssef
Middle Eastern
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Rank 5. Beirut
Middle Eastern
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Rank 5. Bodhi Viet Veggie Cuisine
Vegan Vietnamese Food Truck
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Rank 5. Feral Pizza
Pizzeria
Parked near a gas station in North Loop, Feral is a food truck doing two distinct styles of pizza: thin, crispy sourdough rounds and pan pies with the sauce on top, both finished with garlic oil. The pan pizza is the more interesting argument. Order ahead if you're impatient, because the devoted regulars who've adopted this place keep the line moving at its own pace.
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