Bigger-than-they-look scoops add points to the scoreboard for this paradigm of local, independent franchises.
The foie gras doesn't come with barbecue sauce, but at least they have Californian wine.
Ask for a fork if you're not feeling primal at this Ethiopian restaurant with a learned location.
A triple threat of cheese, meat, and wine fuels community-building oratories.
The wooden mallet thingie is for making tortillas, not shutting up the little kid keeping you from your New Yorker.
- Cru
- Downtown
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ASIAN, FRENCH, PIZZA, SOUTHWEST
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$$$
A wine-bar chain, yes, but a superbly situated one with a staff trained to abet you in harmonizing eats and vino.
Puff, puff, give ... yourself a dope-inspired pizza and tie-dyed tee.
- Eastside Café
- East Austin
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HEALTH FOOD, NEW AMERICAN, SEAFOOD, SOUPS/SANDWICHES
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$$
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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$$
Bamboo window shades protect the pretty-people happy-hour set while dates share paella for two.
Where the morning after can become the night before all over again thanks to Nutella and bananas.
The James Beard House is partial to the Interior Mexican comida comprising this divine brunch.
Well-mannered preps are as prevalent as the peafowl roaming the grounds.
Cupcakes that sell like hotcakes provide boosts to South Congress shoppers and the post-coital.
Meats for hoagies the likes of the Tony Danza are imported from Philly and Italy.
The butcher-paper serving trays are for drool pools sprung from Mother Dorothy's soulful southern-comfort recipes.
The only rattlesnakes found in this limestone farmhouse are on a plate.
This two-location iteration of real neighborhood dining has fries dipped in buttermilk you can't do without.
Service is paramount, especially for the wasted senior VP whose wife just left him.
- Jo's
- South Austin
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COFFEEHOUSE, SOUPS/SANDWICHES
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$
South Congress passerby and dogs in costumes needing to relieve themselves justify hot coffee in the outdoor heat.
- Kenichi
- Downtown
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ASIAN, JAPANESE/SUSHI, SEAFOOD
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$$$
Was the largest sake selection in the state responsible for Ryan and Reese's divorce?
Total serenity is very nearly attained with potato noodles, bubble tea, and gorgeous garden views.
The newer, cleaner, and, dare say, refined keeper of the Kreuz eat-with-your-hands barbecue flame.
- Leaf
- Downtown
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HEALTH FOOD
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$
Professionals work Lance Armstrong wannabes through the assembly line so as to minimize errant bacon bits.
Immaculate cleanliness, smart design, and Wine Spectator-designated mole don't come cheap even for the downtown lunch crowd.
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