The Best Places in Austin
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Rank 194. Bureau De Poste
Chic French
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- Texas Monthly Texas Monthly: #6 · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
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Rank 194. Casper Fermentables
Artisanal Korean
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #4 · The Best Bagels In Austin, Ranked
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Rank 194. Chinatown
Classic Chinese
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A daisy painted on the facade of what looks like a converted lobby is all the sign you get, so consider this your heads-up. Daisy Lounge is a speakeasy tucked into a Circle C Ranch strip mall, far from the usual Downtown clusters, with built-in bookshelves, armchairs, and a multi-floor floral interior that reads more cozy library than hidden bar. The cocktail menu runs classics alongside house originals. Book ahead.
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Rank 194. Desilicious Cafe
Indian Café
Desilicious is a casual South Indian cafe on Parmer Lane where the menu runs past 80 kinds of dosa, chapathi, and parotta, plus breakfast staples like idly and pongal. The room does not compete: metal pitchers of water wait on every table, the air conditioning is more of a suggestion, and the TV plays Indian pop videos through tinny speakers. Order the chai, then keep coming back until you've worked through the list.
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 15 Best Lunch Spots In Austin
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Rank 194. Dirty Martin's Place
American
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The line at this Rosedale brewpub sometimes spills into the parking lot, which tells you most of what you need to know. It's been around forever, pours a serious range of craft beer, and keeps the food exactly where it belongs: fish and chips, hot dogs, chili cheese fries. Grab a spot at the big bar or drag yourself out to the patio, where the furniture looks assembled from good intentions and spare parts.
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Rank 194. DuMont's Down Low
Speakeasy
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Rank 194. El Patio
Mexican
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Rank 194. 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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Rank 194. Firehouse Lounge
Speakeasy
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Fresa's is a casual Mexican spot on North Lamar, easy to find thanks to a giant rotating neon chicken that does most of the marketing. The wood-grilled chicken anchors a menu of bowls and tacos for people who want to feel virtuous before noon. There's a drive-through for the days Austin heat turns the car into the only reasonable dining room. Order at the counter, keep it casual, and wear whatever survived the commute.
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 15 Best Lunch Spots In Austin
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Rank 194. Gati Cafe
Vegan Ice Cream Shop
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 15 Best Lunch Spots In Austin
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Rank 194. Home Slice Pizza
Pizzeria
Home Slice is a casual Austin pizzeria where the pies come the size of a hubcap and the debates run to which Mario Kart character you'd room with. Order it by the slice if you're solo, or split an Italian sub, wings, and a Greek salad that somehow feels like a plot twist. It's counter-service beer-and-negroni territory, and shorts are the dress code.
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 15 Best Lunch Spots In Austin
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Rank 194. Hopfields
Rustic French
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Rank 194. Hyde Park Bar & Grill
American
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Rank 194. Kinfolk Lounge & Library
Speakeasy
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Rank 194. Mattie's
Southern
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Rank 194. Milonga Room
Argentine Speakeasy
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Rank 194. Mort Subite Belgian Beer Bar
Belgian Beer Bar
Twenty-four Belgian taps gleam behind the bar, and the bottle list runs past forty deep. This is a Belgian beer bar in the truest sense, with Trappist ales, hefeweizens, and pilsners anchoring the list alongside a few Central Texas picks for local color. The exposed brick and silver hardware make the room feel appropriately serious. If you're celebrating something, the move is sabering a giant bottle of Deus and drinking it from champagne glasses, which is ridiculous and correct.
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #5 · The Best Bagels In Austin, Ranked
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Rank 194. Phoenicia Bakery & Deli
Mediterranean
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Rank 194. Powder Room
Speakeasy
They take your phone at the door, lock it away, and mean it. Hidden behind a casual sandwich cafe downtown, Powder Room is an art deco speakeasy where table service and reservations are both required, which sets the tone. Cocktails run from light and herbal to firmly stirred, and the menu is organized by mood rather than spirit. A good place to be present, as they say, whether you planned that or not.
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Rank 194. Quality Seafood Market
Seafood
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Rank 194. Red Headed Stepchild
Speakeasy
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #3 · The Best Bagels In Austin, Ranked
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #7 · The Best Bagels In Austin, Ranked
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #2 · The Best Bagels In Austin, Ranked
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Rank 194. Sam's Bar-B-Que
Barbecue
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Rank 194. Sandy's Hamburgers
American
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Rank 194. Scholz Garten
Beer Bar
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Rank 194. Sip Pho
Pho Shop
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 15 Best Lunch Spots In Austin
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Rank 194. Super Thai
Thai
Super Thai is a casual Thai spot on South Lamar, announced by big colorful letters that save everyone a lot of reading. The front half is a takeout operation where the phones never stop and people come and go every few seconds. Past the host stand, a cozy dining room and a long bar take walk-ins, and the weekday lunch menu keeps portions small enough that you can still return to work upright.
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 15 Best Lunch Spots In Austin
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Rank 194. Top Notch Hamburgers
Retro American
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Rank 194. Trona
Speakeasy
The entrance is a gated alley door with a buzzer, which already tells you something about the evening ahead. Trona is a speakeasy cocktail bar in Central East Austin that draws equally from Mexico and Japan, so mezcal and tequila share the back bar with Japanese whisky. The space runs narrow with a small patio, and reservations are the move. Bringing a date here feels a little smug, which is kind of the point.
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Vaquero Taquero is a tiny taco counter on East 31st where nothing on the menu costs more than five dollars, which makes it a rare lunch that won't require explaining your finances to anyone. The al pastor comes with pineapple, and the spiciest salsa is there for people who like a little drama. The room is small enough that you should bring one friend, maybe two if you're feeling reckless.
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 15 Best Lunch Spots In Austin
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Rank 194. Whip In
Texan Indian Wine Bar
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Rank 194. Wholy Bagel
New York-style Bakery
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #6 · The Best Bagels In Austin, Ranked
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Coffee Shops In Downtown Austin
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Coffee Shops In Downtown Austin
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Coffee Shops In Downtown Austin
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Rank 258. Maie Day
Steakhouse
Inside the South Congress Hotel, Maie Day is a steakhouse in the way a band covers a song, recognizable but slightly, pleasingly off. The chef behind Olamaie runs this one, and the menu leans on shareable plates, seafood-forward starters, and cuts that stray from the usual canon, a whiskey-brined pork chop, a chicken fried steak with peppery white gravy. The room is festive in the non-embarrassing sense, and the blooming onion is back, earnestly.
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- Texas Monthly Texas Monthly: #9 · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #4 · Austin’s Best New Restaurants
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Rank 259. Blue Apsara
Cambodian Thai
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #9 · Austin’s Best New Restaurants
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Rank 259. Cockti Juicy Fried Chicken
American
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #5 · Austin’s Best New Restaurants
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Rank 259. Kai Zabb
Thai
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #7 · Austin’s Best New Restaurants
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Rank 259. Mian & Bao
Noodle Shop
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #6 · Austin’s Best New Restaurants
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #8 · Austin’s Best New Restaurants
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Rank 265. Bar Toti
Mediterranean Cocktail Bar
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- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #9 · Best of Austin - Taylor Tobin's Top 10
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Rank 265. Bird Bird Biscuit
Southern
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- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #9 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
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Rank 265. Bird Bird Biscuit
Southern
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- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #9 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
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- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #10 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
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Rank 265. De Nada Cantina
Mexican
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- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #2 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
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- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #1 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
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- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #4 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
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Rank 265. Ling Wu
Chinese
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- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #3 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
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Rank 265. Ling Wu
Chinese
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- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #3 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
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- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #8 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
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- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #8 · Best of Austin - Taylor Tobin's Top 10
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Rank 265. Trippy Tacos
Mexican
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- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #7 · Best of Austin - Taylor Tobin's Top 10
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Rank 265. Trippy Tacos
Mexican
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- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #7 · Best of Austin - Taylor Tobin's Top 10
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Rank 265. Underdog
Korean Cocktail Bar
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- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #10 · Best of Austin - Taylor Tobin's Top 10
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- Bon Appétit Bon Appétit: America's Best New Restaurants