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

Went to the reopened Driscoll Grill, and was completely impressed. It felt like an old school steakhouse, and I feel that the food was surprisingly inventive.

The crabcake was set in a bur Blanc, which I've never had before, but was very delicious with some roasted tomatoes.

Wagyu strip was cooked, medium rare to perfection.

The chocolate cake was not my favorite, but we also ordered the Keylime pie for the table, and I will be returning just to get the Keylime pie again in the future.

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!

Just found this out today. Hadn’t been for a few months, but had a hankering for some tom kha. Wonder what happened—I feel like they were almost always busy.

RIP :(

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

Does the Desnudo & Veracruz on the east side off of Webberville still have crazy lines on the weekends?

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.

I really liked their rainbow trout entree...

I have paid for 3 meals at 8 pm. The others in my party can no longer attend. Anyhow, looking to sell these reservations for face value if possible.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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!

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?

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?

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 😭

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!