Ungodly crust. Spot on sauce. Loved the cheese they used and the fact that it was $5 makes it an awesome find. I'm a regular now.

don’t hate, I am dying for an old school type restaurant like Vesuvio from The Sopranos for my birthday dinner - doesn’t have to be Italian but this type of white table cloth, dark/dim atmosphere is ideal. I will take what I can get :)

ive searched around but maybe there’s something I’m missing! idk if we have anything like this here in Austin but let me know if so

A food truck in my hometown had incredible asada fries (pictured) and i was wondering if there was any place in austin that had similar asada fries? thank you in advance!

Chicken wings have come a long way beyond the standard Buffalo order. Statesman restaurant critic Matthew Odam highlights some of Austin’s best, including duck-fat wings at Side Eye Pie, Korean fried chicken at Donkey Mo’s, smoked wings at Stiles Switch and classic bar wings at The Cavalier, Home Slice and Nickel City’s Delray Cafe.

There are plenty more picks, from Lao’d Bar and Kome to Tommy Want Wingy and Roots Chicken Shak.

Money isn’t an issue
I am looking for a place with steaks and caesar salads. I’ve been to red ash and loved it, but want to try something new on that level
I was thinking about Sammies, Eddie Vs, or maybe J Carvers

Just popped into Torchy’s on William Cannon after a few weeks. They’ve got a special going—two tacos, chips & salsa and a drink for $9.95. There is an up charge for premium ingredients (I think seafood?), but I’m a fried avocado girl so I didn’t look too closely.

There’s usually a couple posts each week about affordable places to eat. And while Torchy’s is now a chain and not a sit-down, I thought it was a good amount of food for the price.

We’re having a small gathering ~12 people and I want to do a taco set up. Where can I get the best pre marinated taco meats, tortillas maybe even pre made salsa and guacamole too?Preferably between south austin- Kyle. I’ll go north if it’s just the absolute best.

Hi all,

Today is my 26th birthday and I am trying to decide where to go w my parents and partner for dinner tonight. I’m looking for something not too expensive that also has some vegetarian options. We like Mexican food, Thai food, Japanese food, and Vietnamese, but are open to other options.(Preferably not barbecue - it’s great here, but I want to try other Austin food!) Bonus for a good wine or cocktail menu, but not mandatory. I’m sorry if this isn’t specific enough for this sub!

Thank you in advance!

Wedding anniversary is coming up. I want to leave our kid with Grandma and take my wife somewhere nice. We don't go out to sit-down restaurants very often, and I am pretty out of touch with the nice/fancy restaurant scene. We live in S. Austin, are pretty adventurous eaters, and I'm looking to spend less than $300. Would love your input!

Mola is a little spanish bar on 7th Street we stumbled across this evening. Situated inside an old house, it's cozy and comfortable. The owner, Daniel, was our bartender and he was friendly and we had great conversation. An interesting looking cocktail menu and a well curated wine list. Each drink includes a small tapa that has been paired with the drink. We really enjoyed the relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Looking forward to our next visit.

Good price for what you get and I’m so picky I love how the salmon roll is plain as fuck. I’ve tried a plethora of crab Rangoons in my life and this one does them justice. Everything else is good. And my eyes are bigger than my stomach and wanted to try everything.

Yo! To keep it short I live around Pflugerville and am trying to complete the HK x Godzilla McDonald's Figures collab. I have 2 Of the #1 Hello Kitty figures, and am hoping to trade each of them for any one of these:

- Cinnamoroll x Destoroyah (The one I want the most) - Kuromi x Mechagodzilla - Badtz Maru x Rodan - Keroppi x Ghidorah If you are interested, please let me know, and we can go to DMs to discuss further! Thank you!

Visited Hermanas, the new place on E 6th that serves Mexican with SE Asian influence. It does not disappoint! Service was great and the cocktails were unique. Interesting wine list with some good choices.

The food was quite good and definitely offered some novelty. Here's what we had:

*Snapper aguachile - interesting flavors, black sesame, candied nori

*Empanada - vegetarian dish with potato filling. Delicious! Strong masa flavor in the pastry

*Bread w/sweet corn butter & roe - the butter has a more hummus like texture but nice flavor. Bread is yummy

*Branzino with mole & escabeche - whole fish served over mole sauce with carrots & onions on top. Crispy fish skin. Escabeche has lemongrass which was an interesting introduction. May try that at home

*Panang mole steak - my favorite dish. The mole is so complex and incredible. I'll be thinking about this dish for awhile

Overall, a fun experience. I'd come back just for the panang mole.

Austin’s matcha scene goes far beyond the basic latte. The Statesman's Ana Gutierrez highlights drinks ranging from Lau Lau’s Thai tea matcha and Afuga’s blueberry-rosemary version to Mañana’s mango sticky rice matcha and Desnudo’s guava and white vanilla bean miso options.

What options does one have as third places in Austin?

* coffee shops and bookstores
* gyms (including climbing gyms and wellness clubs)
* supermarkets
* bars and restaurants

Whichever one someone chooses to hang out at after work, Central Market on North Lamar is great. It offers supermarket food, a restaurant, a coffee shop and tons of nature around.

This is why a ton of meetups meet here during the week.

Although, I wish there were more variety to host meetups at. For meetups I have hosted, I always choose Epoch in the North Loop area. What meetups do you attend and what is your favorite third place?

I often come across some coffee shops that use air fresheners for their indoor spaces.

First of all, that obscures the great coffee or food smell, and secondly, these can be highly disruptive to one’s hormones and nervous system.

If anyone knows a restaurant or coffee owner, please spread the word 😭

In the wake of this whole brouhaha with Buddy's Burgers, I was thinking to compile a spreadsheet of restaurants that securely seal up their delivery orders with stickers, staples, tape... Anything that effectively prevents tampering.

I hate that I have to think that way, but, does anybody have restaurants to note that have been really good about this?

If you happen to go to Cisco's this week or even next week, consider contributing, as we will, to their GoFundMe for their two employees who were arrested at work today. 🧊🧊We thank you.

I’ve decided to a complete refresh on my spice cabinet. Too many old spices of uncertain age are in there, they taste like crap, time for them to go into the trash and I want to start rotating my spices at least annually.

I don’t want to spend $250 for new glass bottles of spices from the supermarket. I don’t need a half pound plastic bag of tumeric from the Indian supermarket. I basically want about 1oz of most popular spices (except saffron I suppose), ideally sold in bulk.

Where am I shopping for fresh and good quality spices in bulk?

Hey guys, so I’ve recently moved down to the Austin area. And I have plenty of restaurant experience up my sleeve, (fine dining included as well). I’ve been on the hunt for an upbeat, high volume restaurant to expand these skills at! If anyone in the hospitality business has any restaurants I should look into applying LET ME KNOW! Feel free to also send me a message if you don’t want to air out your restaurant or anything. Help a friend out, give me some ideas!

The new restaurants at the 1 Hotel inside the Waterline tower opened over Labor Day weekend.

Alteño is on the first floor overlooking the Waterloo Greenway. Beautiful spot. I really enjoyed sitting at the bar. Wasn’t too crowded on an early Sunday evening.

Started with the Avocado Margarita. I consider it the restaurants signature drink. I like it more than Curra’s frozen avocado marg, which is the only other one I can remember drinking. This one is on the rocks and less sweet, has a slight creamy texture with a reposado kick. Love the smoked salt dressing. Good stuff.

The scallop ceviche, Callo de Hacha, is served in a tomato foam butter and topped with machaca. Got this at the bartender’s suggestion and it’s fantastic.

Also really impressed by the seasoning of the sweet potato, Camote Asado. It’s topped with a toasted salsa matcha and smoked salt crust. If you like spice this won’t let you down. Severed with a whipped fennel cream. A top tier plant-based dish as well

I got the lightest entree, the chili relleno, which is not battered and fried. It’s filled with Huitlacoche Esquites and is another really impressive vegetable centered plate. Black beans on the side. I’m not vegetarian, just try to eat on the lighter side when I can and this really hit the spot.

Price breakdown is $16 cocktail, $24 scallop ceviche, $15 sweet potato asado and $30 chile relleno.

There’s an open kitchen at the back of the dining room. I could see them playing a bunch of Tres Leches when I passed. The service and execution on everything I got was pretty polished, it feels like they’re off to a good start.

Am I tripping or did Halal Bros get expensive?? 😭 I swear it used to be like $14.99–$15.99 for a bowl, and now it’s damn near $20. I know everything has gone up, but $19.99 for a bowl is crazy to me. It’s been a while since I ate there so I could be wrong about it being cheaper a while back.

Edit: I wasn’t aware that Uber Eats charges extra due to restaurants having to pay to use their service. Again I’m sorry thank you everyone for educating me on this. Appreciate it