Austin restaurants

The Salt Lick in Driftwood?

Fonda San Miguel

Home Slice

Moonshine



Drive south to Lockhart if you want BBQ. Kreuz or Smitty's.

Cherrywood Coffee House...get the burger

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stayin in town? willing to drive? just taking a cab?

Hula Hut- Polynesian Tex-Mex. Sounds weird, but it really works.
Threadgills is good. Iron Cactus used to have a jalapeno margarita that was good, too.

The only time to visit the Nut Hut is during the summer, and that's to stare at the talent, not to eat the food

Threadgills' food is always too bland

Cactus is pretty good, but the best specialty 'rita in town is Curra's Avocado Margarita

If you're downtown or close to it, Iron Works for BBQ.

If you're in Austin, I recommend TexMex over Pizza. Try Maudie's/Polvo's/Trudy's/Curra's/Vivo

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regardless, Franklin BBQ is still the best BBQ in 4 counties, and it's under the interstate, in the middle of town

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What 4 counties?, and Franklin is good but not great. It's the best Austin proper has to offer. But the brisket's only redeeming quality is the fattiness. Scrape off the fat and you have a piece of meat with no smoky flavor.

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Drive south to Lockhart if you want BBQ. Kreuz or Smitty's.

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Offshoreangler is correct.

As for low key pizza.... Home Slice is not. But right down the street on South Congress is Southside Pizza, it's lower key than HomeSlice, and near on par. I enjoy it when Home Slice is too crowded....which is almost always.

Now idk where in Austin you are at, but a great pizza joint that does NewJersey/Brooklyn style pizza is Saccones Pizza. Also try Al Forno's, it just opened up and is pretty good. Both are in North Austin.

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Threadgills' food is always too bland

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Almost their entire menu is pre frozen or made at a commissary. All the veggies are made days in advanced, vacuum sealed and cooled till ready to use. Eddie Wilson has really made that place suck lately...dang old hippie.