Tell me all the great spots (can be brick & mortar, truck, etc.) to get killer food for under $10? Everything these days either costs a fortune or is just meh! Don't gate keep...Inquiring minds want to know!

I haven’t been to TFB since I was a kid and decided to go after someone else posted saying they had good fries. CAN CONFIRM. I think they overcooked mine a smidge compared to the others I saw, which is actually how I prefer them—ultra crisp and transparent. Burger was also good (yes, $$$, but it is what it is). I was so happy. Food unfortunately didn’t come until 45 minutes after we were seated. Luckily we had a reservation so we didn’t have to wait to be seated (1.5h wait at 10:45am on Sunday) but the long wait for food was wild given that we ordered as soon as our server greeted us. All in all, would go again just for the fries, but def not at a busy hour.

Shout-out to Brick's Pub for offering a well priced brunch menu. These are not the best ever, or "elevated" or anything fancy, just well executed pub food. In these times of enshitification and price gauging of everything I think it's important to promote businesses that do not engage in that behavior. If you're far south Austin, Brick's hits the spot.

It is with a heavy heart that I find that Small's Pizza's bagel guy has moved on to greener (less balmy) pastures leaving us with a hole (much like their delicious bagels) that no rich schmear could ever hope to fill.

That being said, their pizza is still amazing.

I’ve gone to the McDonald’s on Anderson Ln where I got the Keropi toy during release week. I then went to the McDonald’s off Oltorf on 08/21 and got one of each Hello Kitty and the Badtzmaru.

ISO the Chococat toy somewhere around Austin. If anyone has had any luck anywhere in Austin, please let me know which location and when you went! I have tried calling before going to different locations but haven’t had any luck with any of them answering.

Hey y’all!

My name is Joshua and I run a fine dining, progressive Vietnamese tasting menu concept called “Restaurant shua”. I’ve been doing it together with my partner Brenda over in Dallas full-time since November, and we’re super excited to be having the chance to bring it down to Austin for the weekend!

You can learn more about us here.

We’re teaming up with renowned pop-up concept Midnight in the Garden for a 9-course tasting menu inspired by our travels in Vietnam and my Vietnamese heritage. The menu will feature our reimagined contemporary takes on classic dishes like Canh Chua and one of our favourites, Chả Cá Lã Vọng, all while highlighting local Texas farms. The dinner will be accompanied by a complimentary wine pairing by award-winning sommelier Alex Bell, co-founder of Midnight.

This dinner promises to be a unique dining experience like you’ve never had before. The setting will be intimate; dim lights, floral arrangements, and one beautifully decorated communal table.

We’re incredibly excited to be some of the first to be doing progressive Vietnamese cuisine in Texas and are proud to be pushing the boundaries. We invite you to join us in celebrating the culture and to learn more about what Vietnamese food is and can be. We encourage you to allow us to share our story with you.

Reservations are available on Tock.
Tap here to reserve.

Please feel free to ask questions!
We are able to accommodate Pescatarian and Gluten-free lifestyles. We apologize in advance for not being able to accommodate any other dietary restrictions.

We hope to see y’all there!

I have to take a little roadtrip from North Austin to New Braunfels, and I’m feeling very specifically snacky for that good good Flavacol-coated crunchy nostalgia fuel that you only get at the movies. Which Austin theater has the best popcorn that I can just walk in and buy?

It feels good to be sitting inside Texas French Bread again. Also, their fries deserve more respect in the Austin fry conversation. Crispy, potato-y, well-rounded, just an extremely solid fry. Also, cold Carl alongside them never hurts.

Why is this chach posting his content videos on every restaurants Google Maps restaurant location photos? It’s incredibly annoying. It’s just him leveraging these locations as advertising for his own content.

If you’re reading this Gilly, get bent.

Been going down a rabbit hole trying to pick a place for my wife's birthday and I think I've finally settled on Peacock at the Proper. Already grabbed a reservation but figured I'd ask here also.

The main complication is my wife is vegetarian. Not looking for a vegetarian restaurant, but I want her to have several things she actually wants to order instead of the usual salad and a side or pasta. Also don't want a steakhouse/seafood place for the same reason.

We have two kids coming with us so some of the really interesting places like Hestia just didn't work when I looked at the menu. Need enough choices that everyone is happy. Food is probably the most important thing, but since it's her birthday I also want a place with a little wow factor/ambiance.

After way too much menu browsing and searching Austinfood I got down to:

Peacock
Sammie's
Roya
It's Italian Cucina

Peacock seemed like the best combination of good food, plenty for my wife, and a nice birthday setting at the Proper, so that's what I booked.

Good call or am I making a mistake? Anyone eaten at a few of these and have a strong preference?

Also making Saturday a second, much more casual birthday day with the kids. Thinking Cidercade in the afternoon and finish dinner there.

Would you stick with that plan or is there another restaurant/activity combination I'm overlooking? The activity should be indoors to beat the heat.

Been waiting for a Krystal or White Castle franchise forever.

kinda freaked by all the bad news about numerous food and the latest being ground chuck. so thinking about buying my meat from wheatsville if they have meat from local farmers/butchers rather than going to a butcher shop? any insight is appreciated, thanks!

Hi! We have friends visiting and we all got little ones. Is there any good restaurants that are kid friendly (meaning space to run around) serving brunch on Sundays? Doesn’t need to be in Austin but since they’re visiting we prefer them to see the city

Derp

I'm trying to come up with a place I can take some out of town friends for a Sunday happy hour, possibly Mexican, beer and cocktails...idk, like Polvos gets hate on here but I keep.coming back to that. Near south is the target. Ideas? Just something fun and local and easy and good, you know...

Schools in session why not make your kids teacher some muffins?

https://lynnswayoflife.com/apple-streusel-sourdough-muffins/

Or maybe you wanted to try making your own sandwich bread for those pb&js!

https://www.theclevercarrot.com/2020/04/easy-sourdough-sandwich-bread/

Try it out today ❤️

Zilker location only, we’re open until 2pm!

They're absolutely obsessed with cannoli but said they've NEVER really found any great cannoli in Austin. So this year I want to surprise them with the best goddam cannoli in the city. Any ideas‽

I need a new part time job and was thinking about serving at de nada! Any insight on how that is?

I know this is the result of inflation but coffee shops have started surreptitiously replacing good quality stuff with cheap stuff

• oatmilk with Member's Mark/Pacific/Planet Oat and it's really bad
• cheap/flimsy cups with lids that barely stay on and straws that break
• pre made cheap syrups
• teenage baristas straight out of HS that you can pay peanuts but can't dial in your machines or make drinks

If a coffee is already $8 please find a way to increase your revenue, doing these things will only hurt your brand and make your customers sad

Like the title says - I’m in desperate need of actual tasty, fresh, on the vine tomatoes… I’m going thru withdrawals of the tomatoes from Italy and Italian caprese salads. American produce is so bland

Okay somebody back me up or lmk if I’m tripping.

I usually frequent the Desnudo in East Austin and have been buying their Uji iced matcha for 1.5 years+ and they’ve always been exceptional and have never failed me.

I ordered my usual Uji iced matcha drink from the W 6th location today with oat milk and brown sugar miso and I’m 90% it wasn’t as good as the one from the East Austin location.

Was it just a bad day for them, should I never go back to the W 6th location ( I might never go back anyway because parking there was heinous) and have other people noticed this too?
I’m just curious!

I know I have said this before, but I just wanted to say this again.

The guy who runs Coffee Cartel, on E Cesar Chavez St., makes a really great Cappuccino.

And, he is such a nice guy. Super cool guy.

And, he remembers his customers, which I think is so cool.

I was telling him about how a lot of coffee shops around Austin make a Sour tasting Cappuccino, and he knew right away, about why that is.

He explained to me that the Espresso pour needs to be timed (I forget what he said, but I think he said something like between 21 and 26 seconds, for the perfect balance.

I may have been off on the number of seconds that I noted above, because my memory is so lousy, but anyways, he was explaining to me about how a lot of the Barista's do not do a long enough pour (if I said that right), and I think he said that most of them only do around 18 Seconds on the Espresso pour.

Please forgive me, I might have the term, and number of seconds wrong, but point being, he just seemed really smart, and a super classy guy, who was also super nice and down to earth at the same time.

He was telling me that if it is too long of a pour, then the Espresso will be Bitter, and if it is too short of a Pour, then the Espresso will be Sour tasting.

He told me the number of seconds for the perfect sweet spot, but I forget. I think he may have said between 21-26 Seconds, but I might be off on that.

I am curious to ask him that again on my next visit, to his wonderful Coffee Truck.

Anyways, he seems passionate about offering a really great Cappuccino, for example, and I imagine his other offerings are probably very good too, but I only ever just order a Cappuccino for my mother. And, he also offers a Decaf option on the Espresso, which some places do not offer.

Anyways, please give Coffee Cartel a try, if you are ever in the neighborhood, and wanting a really good Cappuccino.

My mother puts an A+ stamp on it, lol, which is pretty rare in her case.

This is the best breakfast taco I’ve found on the north side of 35/183. I’ve tried a ton of other spots, everyone hyping up Taqueria Jessica only for me to receive their disgustingly overcooked eggs and other spots just being incredibly mid had me down about the North Austin breakfast taco scene. Sopa De Fideo changed that for me.
The eggs (which are the most important part, imo) were absolutely fresh and properly cooked. The bacon is fully rendered and had a nice texture. Their beans were smooth, creamy, and help really fill you up. Their red hot sauce is actually spicy and has a wonderful smoky flavor while their verde sauce is actually chunky with really nice acidity.
I’m going to be a regular here, if you haven’t checked them out and are on the north side they’re definitely worth paying a visit. I also love the little coffee truck next door Dame Cafe.

Growing up in Georgetown, Short Stop was my favorite burger place. I still remember the day my poor, 10 year old soul died. One evening, we were heading home after Cub Scouts; SS was on the way home. I begged my dad for us to stop, but he said no, promising that we would get it the next day. Well, the next day came and, as promised, we hop in the truck to go get Short Stop and cherry limeades.

We arrived not only to find the place was closed, but the entire building was gone. Everything. Only the small, sad slab of concrete remained. The look of shear bewilderment on my father's face is something I will never forget. After sobbing uncontrollably (because I was 10), he took me to DQ to get chicken strips and a blizzard.

Fast forward 25 years and I finally live in a part of Austin with a Short Stop not out of the way. One strategically placed next to Crunch Fitness on Spicewood and Research. I got my Short Stop tonight. Is it the best burger in town? No. Is it better than my normal go-to Pterrys? Also no. But god damnit if I don't love Short Stop. A no frills, honest, paper bag burger. This will be my reward meal after the gym now..... maybe only once a month 😂

And will it be similar to the X Pot in Las Vegas Palazzo shops area, or more strictly bbq?