Food & Drink
Food & Drink across Austin, TX.
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Donkey Mo's Korean Fried Chicken
Austin
Donkey Mo's serves Korean-style fried chicken on Airport Boulevard, in the stretch of northeast Austin known for its concentration of Asian restaurants and markets. Expect the double-fried, lighter-crackle approach typical of Korean fried chicken, usually offered plain or tossed in sauces like soy-garlic and a sweet-spicy gochujang glaze.
Maudie's Too
Austin
Maudie's Too is the South Lamar outpost of a longtime Austin Tex-Mex family, serving enchiladas, breakfast tacos, and queso in a casual, come-as-you-are setting that draws a steady neighborhood crowd. Come hungry in the morning—they open at 8 AM on weekdays, when migas and breakfast plates share the menu with the usual Tex-Mex standbys.
Chi'Lantro
Austin
Chi'Lantro is the Austin original that turned a Korean-Mexican food truck into a small local chain, best known for kimchi fries piled with caramelized kimchi, cheese, and your choice of meat. The South Lamar location keeps things casual and fast-paced, so expect to order at the counter and watch your bowl or burrito come together assembly-line style.
Donn's Barbeque & Catering
Austin
Donn's Barbeque is a longtime fixture along the I-35 frontage road in southeast Austin, serving Central Texas–style barbecue alongside burgers and a full breakfast for the early crowd. The 5:30 AM opening makes it a practical stop for road-trippers and early workers, with catering available for larger gatherings.
Midnight Cravingz
Austin
Tucked along Barton Springs Road, Midnight Cravingz is a dessert shop built around late-night hours, opening Wednesday evenings and staying on past midnight when most of the neighborhood has called it a night. Come hungry for something sweet and check the schedule before you go, since the shop keeps a narrow window and isn't open early in the week.
Hestia
Austin
Hestia is a downtown Austin fine-dining steakhouse where the kitchen leans into open-fire and wood-fired cooking, with a tasting-menu sensibility that puts as much care into vegetables and seafood as into the cuts of beef. Reservations are worth planning around, since it keeps a tight schedule—dinner only, and closed early in the week.
Kitty Cohen's
Austin
Kitty Cohen's is an East Austin bar and lounge with a tropical, poolside-inspired patio that leans into pink hues and palm-fringed seating, drawing a crowd for cocktails once it opens in the mid-afternoon. The drink list centers on bright, rum-forward and frozen cocktails, so plan around the later start, since the doors don't open until 3 PM.
Baldinucci Pizza Romana
West Lake Hills
Tucked into a West Lake Hills shopping center off Bee Caves Road, Baldinucci Pizza Romana focuses on the Roman style of pizza — thinner and crispier in the crust than its Neapolitan cousin, built to hold up by the slice. Lunch-through-dinner hours and a delivery-and-takeout setup make it an easy weekday stop rather than a lingering sit-down affair.
Summer Moon Coffee
Austin
Summer Moon Coffee is an Austin-grown café known for its signature "Moon Milk," a sweet, slightly spiced cream that's stirred into espresso and drip coffee, all built around wood-fired roasting. The Anderson Lane location keeps early hours and tends to draw a steady mix of remote workers and morning regulars, so expect a relaxed pace and a distinctive caramel-tinged sweetness even in the plain cups.
Taco More - Austin
Austin
This East Riverside Drive spot serves Mexican standards from breakfast through late evening, opening at 8 a.m. for early tacos and staying on until 11 p.m. It's a straightforward, order-and-go kind of place in southeast Austin—handy whether you're starting the day or winding it down.
Jacoby's Restaurant & Mercantile
Austin
Run by a ranching family that raises its own cattle in central Texas, Jacoby's pairs a steak-and-comfort-food menu with an adjoining mercantile stocked with home goods and pantry items. The real draw is the setting: a deck and lawn sloping down toward the river on Austin's east side, which makes it as much a place to linger as to eat.
Yellow Jacket Social Club
Austin
Yellow Jacket Social Club sits in a converted house on East 5th in the East Austin neighborhood, with a shaded patio and palm trees that lend it a casual, vaguely tropical feel. It leans into a Gulf Coast and island-inflected menu alongside a full bar, and the kitchen and taps run late into the night.
Phil's Ice House
Austin
Phil's Ice House is a laid-back Austin burger spot where the kitchen turns out griddled burgers and baskets of fries, and there's usually an Amy's Ice Creams counter sharing the building for dessert afterward. The South Lamar location leans family-friendly, with an outdoor patio and a playscape that makes it an easy stop with kids in tow.
Bender
Austin
Bender is a neighborhood bar and grill on West Ben White in South Austin, keeping late hours with a kitchen and full bar that don't get going until mid-afternoon. It's the kind of low-key spot that draws a local crowd looking for a drink and a bite well into the early morning.
Opa
Austin
Opa on South Lamar wears two hats: an easygoing coffee stop in the morning that drifts into a Greek-leaning wine and cocktail bar as the day goes on. Most people gravitate to the shaded outdoor patio, which is the heart of the place and a comfortable spot to settle in for a while.
Texas Coffee Traders Cafe
Austin
Texas Coffee Traders has been roasting beans in East Austin for decades, and the cafe attached to the roastery is where you can taste the results alongside pastries and a no-frills, locals-heavy atmosphere. Expect a weekday-morning rhythm here—it opens early and closes by late afternoon, so it's better suited to a coffee run than an evening lingering spot.
Walton's Fancy & Staple
Austin
Walton's Fancy & Staple is a downtown corner spot that wears a lot of hats—part bakery and deli counter, part florist, part gift shop—where you can grab a breakfast taco or a sandwich and walk out with a bouquet. It keeps daytime hours, so plan on a morning or lunch visit rather than dinner.
El Borrego De Oro
Austin
El Borrego de Oro is a South Congress spot known for its Mexican breakfasts and tacos, opening early at 6:30 AM and drawing a steady crowd of regulars on weekday mornings. Come hungry for the lamb dishes the name nods to ("borrego" means lamb), and note the kitchen keeps short hours, closing mid-afternoon most days except Wednesday, when it stays open into the evening.
Dear Diary Coffee
Austin
Dear Diary Coffee is a plant-based café on Chicon Street in East Austin, where the menu is entirely vegan—coffee drinks alongside a small selection of food and grab-and-go items. Keep in mind it keeps morning hours, opening at 7 and wrapping up by mid-afternoon, and the early-week schedule is limited, so it's worth checking the day before you go.
Garage
Austin
Tucked into the ground floor of a downtown parking garage, Garage leans into its unlikely setting with low light, a long bar, and craft cocktails that reward lingering. Come evening-only, it pairs those drinks with pizza, and the later weekend hours make it an easy stop after dinner elsewhere downtown.
Old Thousand
Austin
Old Thousand turns out modern Chinese cooking on Austin's East Side, the kind of place where Sichuan heat and Texas ingredients share a menu without much fuss. Come hungry for noodles and shareable plates, and note that it's dinner-only, opening at 5 PM.
Capt. Benny's
Austin
Capt. Benny's is an Austin seafood spot with roots in the Houston-area original known for its no-frills, oyster-bar approach to Gulf Coast cooking — think raw oysters, boiled shrimp, and po'boys served without ceremony. Set along the I-35 frontage road, it leans more neighborhood seafood joint than destination dining, so come for the casual plates rather than the atmosphere.
épicerie
Austin
épicerie is a French-leaning bistro and bakery in Austin's Rosedale neighborhood that doubles as a small market — the name is French for "grocery," and the first thing you'll notice is the shelves of wine, cheese, and pantry goods you can take home alongside the dine-in menu. Expect a French-American mix of plates and fresh-baked bread, with a neighborhood feel rather than a formal one.
Taqueria Chapala
Austin
A longtime fixture on East Cesar Chavez, Taqueria Chapala serves straightforward Mexican plates in a part of town where the neighborhood's Mexican-American roots still shape the menu. It opens early enough for breakfast tacos and stays open late, so it works as easily for a morning coffee-and-taco run as for a sit-down dinner.