Ask for a fork if you're not feeling primal at this Ethiopian restaurant with a learned location.
Loud crowds under the mighty oaks channel customer-service skills for which they tip generously.
The piano man keeps it classy for blue-hairs and Audi drivers who frequent this cheery, family-owned restaurant.
- Clay Pit
- University
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INDIAN, VEGETARIAN/VEGAN
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Outwit university students by ordering your fix of tikka masala from the bar's surehanded drink-slingers.
Look past the crumbs and non-complimentary chips and salsa to the tantalizing breakfast tacos that make sleeping in a chore.
Puff, puff, give ... yourself a dope-inspired pizza and tie-dyed tee.
- Eastside Café
- East Austin
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HEALTH FOOD, NEW AMERICAN, SEAFOOD, SOUPS/SANDWICHES
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This veteran of Eastside’s “restaurant row” will have you and Mom swooning over its organic, New American fare.
A kaleidoscope of margaritas, Mexican cooking with a gourmet edge, and roasted-jalapeno salsa that sets the record straight.
- Fino
- University
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AMERICAN (NOUVEAU), MEDITERRANEAN, SEAFOOD, SOUPS/SANDWICHES
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Bamboo window shades protect the pretty-people happy-hour set while dates share paella for two.
All walks of life intermingle over queso flameado and tacos al pastor at South Congress epicenter.
The butcher-paper serving trays are for drool pools sprung from Mother Dorothy's soulful southern-comfort recipes.
- Hula Hut
- West Austin
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HAWAIIAN, MEXICAN, SEAFOOD
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$$
Oh-so-popular waterside spot where Lance Armstrong brings his dates for platters of "Mexonesian" grub.
This two-location iteration of real neighborhood dining has fries dipped in buttermilk you can't do without.
The newer, cleaner, and, dare say, refined keeper of the Kreuz eat-with-your-hands barbecue flame.
Work off the "fancy" barbecue and deviled eggs tapping along to the live music upstairs.
Immaculate cleanliness, smart design, and Wine Spectator-designated mole don't come cheap even for the downtown lunch crowd.
Neo-comfort food in one of Austin's oldest buildings is something hometown tennis hero Andy Roddick swears by.
- Primizie
- East Austin
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ITALIAN, SOUPS/SANDWICHES
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Mints tame fire-breathing dragons at this stark, polished osteria run by husband-and-wife catering vets.
Even without an aquarium, the wonders from the deep would not be relevant were it not for the daily specials.
New York expats never need go home because this kneader of Neapolitans is among the city's pizza triumvirate.
A restaurant fit for the Jetsons, with wine options aplenty and jalapeno-, corn-, and queso-infused food.
It's been hailed "Best Rock Club" in America, but music's not even what it's primarily known for.
Fights over leftover orange chicken from this reliable, local Chinese food chain have you asking, "How can this be Texas?"
The town’s only risotteria has a risotto-free menu for its acclaimed, bottomless-bellini brunch.
- The Oasis
- Lake Area
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MEXICAN, SEAFOOD, SOUPS/SANDWICHES
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A perennial out-of-towner destination with a rebuilt network of decks for viewing the jaw-dropping sunsets.
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