It seems a lot of /ck/ is in Austin. Share your favorite restaurants/food trucks.
>BBQ
Franklins
La BBQ
>Japanese
Ramen Tatsuya
Don - food truck, recently opened (~11/2015), and always a line of asians waiting.
>Coffee
Summermoon
>Breakfast
Kerby Lane
>>7413886
anyone going to be out for sxsw?
where to go to avoid awful people during the fest?
>>7413926
out of Austin
Austin a shit and i know cuz i life here
>>7413886
Austin is fucking gay.
>>7414000
yes, i'll take one, please.
>>7413886
My favorites are mostly asian restaurants and are mostly north Austin
>asia cafe
>sichuan garden (round rock)
>sushi junai 2 (AYCE sushi)
The new north location is much better than the one on lavaca
>uchiko/uchi
>Ho Ho Chinese BBQ (pic related)
>Estancia Churrascuria (better than Fogo)
>Hoody's subs (round rock)
White hipsters are the worst
>yeah dude I love Asian culture, I love ramen and pho even though Japan and Vietnam are as different from each other as Poland and Spain
Just fuck off
>>7414000
>tfw only from the snowy north and not even grilling season.
I want summer to come so I can grill at least.
And the BBQ wagons will be out, and now I want some good BBQ.
>>7414000
>eating burnt meat.
>>7414079
You can't like both ramen and pho?
>>7413886
I hate this goddamn city.
Currently at gourmands enjoying some decent soup.
San Antonio > Austin
>>7414122
San an's got some awesome Mexican food, but that's about it.
>>7414117
Go back to the coastal urbanite containment site whence you came, and take the rest of the c.u.c.s. with you please.
>>7414111
>being this retarded
The Chilis on 45th and Lamar is pretty good.
Cheddar's on 183 and Anderson Mill is good. Pluckers is good too
For a hipster town, it sure is hard to find weed...
>>7413886
Trudy's and Jack Allen's Kitchen are my favorites for brunch
I'm going to Tatsu-ya south for dinner tonight faggots
See ya there
>>7414451
I got that nug
I went to Roaring Fork last week and had the burger on their happy hour menu and it might have been the best burger I've ever had. Can't speak for any of their food though
Okay guys here are some good spots you may not have visited in South Austin
Evangeline Cafe on Brodie, best Cajun in town hands down
Valentina's Tex-Mex BBQ, BBQ and Tacos, very very good brisket and smoked chicken and hands down best breakfast taco in the area
Potato, Egg and Cheese taco with Brisket for $3.50 and they're loaded up fucking full.
Independence Fine Foods on Manchaca - Some coffee, great deli selection and a good a la carte breakfast menu
Stouthaus Coffeepub in Sunset Valley (Next to where St. Philip used to be) - Coffee and beer. reasonable prices and awesome staff but no real food until Cane Rosso opens in April. Very good rotating tap list and the coffee is good and well priced (Not Houndstooth but better than Summermoon or Radio)
I'm a devout South Austinite and with the new Pinthouse and Tatsu-Ya on South Lamar I only go north of the river maybe once every 2 months.
>>7414058
>>7414058
Holy shit that bbq looks good
I forgot to add to my list a really good Vietnamese place called Lulu B's on South Congress, like a block north of ben white.
Best Bahn Mi I've had in Austin. Don't be scared by the decor, they used to be a trailer and their brick-and-mortar is kinda shitty looking but it's killer food and a decent price for the location.
Is it worth it to move to Austin?
I keep hearing good things about it and am thinking about moving somewhere really soon (need to get the fuck out of the midwest).
Is the rent cheap and is there a good job market?
Also to keep it food related I've never been to Austin but been through Texas and can confirm they have the best BBQ.
>>7414807
No.
Stay out.
They've got enough hipsters already.
>>7414807
To actually answer your questions
No, rent is fucking out of control and the job market is drying quickly. It's better to jump on one of the other cool cities that are due to "come up" I.e. Nashville, Little Rock, Baton Rouge.
>>7414451
Austinite here.
Weed is everywhere. You must be like 12.
>>7414807
It's not a terrible place to live, but the cost of living around here has been steadily rising over he last 15-20 years because of the shitloads of people flocking here from California and wherever else.
Only reason I'm still here is so I can sit on my house and let it keep going up in value because of all the growth so hopefully I can sell it off for a significant profit over what I paid for it.
>>7414852
Majorly jealous, I grew up here but I'm too young to have bought a house so I'm getting pushed out and have nothing to show for it, I'm stuck in rental properties until I can leave this shithole
>>7414870
I managed to luck out when I bought my house honestly. I got an inheritance when my grandmother died, bunch of stocks, bonds and mutual funds from my grandparents' portfolio that got split up among family members when she died.
I ended up cashing most of it out and paying for the house in full right before the market tanked in 2008. The stocks lost a fuckload of value but the house has done nothing but appreciate over the last 8 years.
I'm actually considering moving out and renting a room from a friend of mine at his house so I can rent this place and get some extra income from it for a while before I decide to sell it.
>>7414807
Rent is awful and the job market sucks, but the weather here is fucking miraculous.
>mfw my basil survived the winter
>mfw hardly ever eat out but posting in a restaurant thread
>>7414901
Lol yeah I ride a motorcycle and this winter has been fucking awesome I've ridden every day since September.
>tfw pint night at Stouthaus
St Arnold's art car IPA and bitchin glasses.
>>7413887
There's a kebab place that was by Ramen Tatsuya down the road. Holy fuck that place was good. You guys should go there.
>>7414967
Also Nasha makes amazing goat masala tacos. God damn, I need to go to Austin again.
>>7414000
Nice trips
>>7414967
Girl you talking about Vert's Kebabs? Yeah they're the fucking bomb
>>7415125
Verts is pretty solid.
Katz's deli used to be good but they went bankrupt.
>>7414122
>>7414269
We're trying at least; it's not easy to get to the Austin's level of douche food.
>>7413886
Any vegetarian/vegan recommendations? My hoe is coming to visit in a few months and I need some ideas for places to take her.
>>7415627
Nasha's. Not completely vegetarian/vegan, but great dishes.
>>7413886
Riverside /ck/ here Franklins is fucking overrated theres no food worth waiting in line from 5am in(eat up the hipster hype.
Al Pastor taco truck on riverside, pluckers wings, sushi niichi, 888, Asia cafe, hoovers.
>>7415627
I've heard amazing things about the Vegan Yacht. Haven't tried it yet.
Mother's is okay, and Mr. Natural is pretty good if you get mexican stuff.
Kerby Lane has vegan food and I got pancakes there one time, super yummy!
Whole Foods is the ultimate though. Just Whole Foods it and she will die of happiness. The one on 6th St is God tier.
>>7415627
Oh and Mai Thai has delicious vegan Thai dishes. Tarka has vegan Indian food and it's pretty ok.
Holy shit I almost forgot about Aster's Ethiopian! Go there! It's pretty cheap, tons of options--I think there's like 12 dishes you can get, literally all veggie dishes on the menu are vegan and they even have a sampler platter! The Fasolia Wott is heavenly.
>>7415648
>Aster's Ethiopian
Oh, fuck, how did I forget Aster's. That place is so good. Tej is NOT OPTIONAL
>>7415648
>u wott m8
>>7415768
>dat injera tho
Its nice here
>>7414901
Today is a perfect day outside. Loving this weather. Oh and Star of India buffet is one of my favorites
>>7416579
Dude the weather has been incredible this "winter". Honestly, days like today is what keeps me around here.
>>7415627
Mayoz is fucking bomb, best falafel and decent prices
>>7414286
This guy gets it
Wanderlust coffee is some of the best I've had btw
I was in Austin for ACL, and it was great. You guys have cozy as fuck restaurants and bars.
>>7417069
well shit, a whole 13 hours too
Any love for Torchy's here?
>>7414845
>Nashville
>up and coming city
nigga nashville has had a scene long before austin.
>>7413926
Leave for the duration or stay in a part of north austin that's not near all the hotels on w parmer by the 35. God help you if you use public transportation.
>>7414505
Evangeline fucking sucks, their alligator dish was bland watery shit over soggy rice. Their beer menu is half decent at best.
>>7414058
>family comes to visit
>go to uchiko
>family complains about the small sizes, constantly
>my dad is a tall, ripped man. He's intimidating if you don't know he's a gently sweetie who helps everyone with everything
>they randomly give us a free bowl of Brussel sprouts
Embarrassing, but the sprouts were fuckin' bomb
>>7417597
Fucking this. I always avoid downtown like the plague whenever SXSW or ACL is going on.
Actually, I avoid it like the plague even when they're not going on. Honestly, I hardly ever go south of parmer and mopac these days and I rarely even go that far south anymore.
>>7413926
>where to go to avoid awful people during the fest?
basically the whole thing happens in about 3-4 square miles downtown. anywhere south of the river or north of campus will be the same as ever.
>>7417603
I don't know what kind of experience you've had. I've been there about a dozen times and every time has been great.
The fried frog legs were good, the alligator bites are amazing, the alligator sauce piquant (what I'm assuming you're talking about) is actually quite good and my favorite thing I've gotten so far.
Maybe you went on some fucked up day?
>>7414807
basically you missed the boat for it, and the job market was always overrated (hey you can make $250 a week at a call center or waiting tables, fucking paradise amirite?).
>>7414505
I live in South Austin and always looking for a good place to eat. It kind of sucks all the good asian markets are up north, but we have some slammin' restaurants south of the river.
>>7415768
Yeah and the place looks like a health code violation waiting to happen. Went there once with a body and he got a wicked case of food poisoning. The only dish he had that I didn't was something with eggplant (I think? Now I'm not 100% sure it was eggplant.)
>>7417156
decent tacos, but overpriced.
El Tacorrido on First and Oltorf are similarly expensive, but better tasting imo
>>7417982
>body
Meant buddy
I knew a kid named Austin.
He always smelled like urine.
I assume the city is the same.
>>7415768
>>7417982
>Ethopian food
There's a decent place near Round Rock, Taste of Ethiopia. i dont remember what i had, but it was all pretty good.
I never figured ethopia would have their own kind of food. i thought they were all starving and eating dirt or something.
>>7418113
I've been there a few times, it's pretty decent. They usually have a pretty good variety for their lunch buffet.
>>7418113
Is that meal served in an upturned sombrero?
>>7418188
No, it's some sort of woven basket kind of thing.
>>7418042
Nah, that would be Houston.
>>7413887
Is Franklins really worth the wait or should I just stop by Rudy's and call it day?
>>7418964
Go to La Barbecue. Free beer.
Burger Tex, Dirty Martin's
>>7418964
No Franklins is not worth it, no you shouldn't stop at Rudy's, they suck. Go to one of the myriad of good bbq joints like la barbecue or Valentina's there are a fuckload of them
>>7413886
The Clay Pit makes an excellent chicken korma dish.
>>7418964
If you're going to spend that kind of time pursuing BBQ might as well make the trip out to Lockhart and get the good stuff.
Added bonus, less pretentious hipsters and fat tourists.
>>7413974
This except I just got through visiting.
Really, not great food at all. So many overhyped, mediocre locations. Also, the roads are shit and they cause bad traffic.
>>7419869
This. And you don't even have to spend as much time getting to Lockhart as you do waiting in line at Franklin's. It's only like a 45 minute drive or so and you get much better BBQ.
>>7414807
DONT
>>7413886
best thread i've seen in ages
>>7414286
Le plebbit jokes
Went to Trios recently. New york strip steak wasnt worth the $40 price in my opinion. Dessert was really good. Ended up being $200 for 2 people.
>>7414807
Job market is good if you have a computers or tech related degree.
>>7413886
No Salt Lick posted in this thread? Shame.
>>7420366
You mean the one at the airport? That's the only one technically in Austin. The other two are in Round Rock and Driftwood respectively. I'm not driving up to WilCo. Memes or not, I hear the cops are legitimately brown shirts.
>>7413886
Who here Austin, MN?
>>7418964
Yes, it's worth it.
>>7419869
>>7419883
Nothing against Lockhart, but Franklin's is worth the hype. The reason there's a wait is because he doesn't sacrifice quality for quantity. The wait isn't the torture most who complain about it think it is. They give you chairs and serve beer in line. I've smoked many briskets and a few for competition, and the quality that Franklin's gets is very difficult to do as consistently as he does it. He's also a very nice guy, not the hipster that his detractors claim. The guy grew up in Bryan.
Here's a link on how he trims briskets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaMgt1Altys
For those who don't want to sit through it all, basically he only serves his customers what judges are served in competition. A lot of the "lesser" parts of the brisket are trimmed off for sausage or beans.
Again I'm not taking away from places like Lockhart, it's easily 2nd best and worth a trip either way for the bbq history, but if you want your money's worth then Franklin's is just as good a stop.
>>7420366
Salt Lick has been supplanted by the numerous better bbq joints in the area. It's the most expensive and isn't worth the money.
>>7420821
You're entitled to your own opinion about Franklin's, but I certainly do not share that opinion.
I've been there four times and waited at least an hour, up to two hours each time I've been. And yes, while sitting around in line and drinking beer can be considered part of the overall experience, I'd just as soon go to a BBQ place with equally good food and no wait where I can drink a bunch of beer with my meal anyway instead of out on the street with all the other douchebags who seem to think standing in line is the best thing ever. Franklin's food is good, but I just don't think it's worth the wait.
>tfw moved to houston from austin for work
>tfw this city is literally hell
>>7420940
Agreed.
Houston is fucking awful.
>>7413886
Anyone else read "Autism"?
I should stop spending so much time on here.
>>7414086
>grilling
>bbq
>>7421016
Went through the thread. At least I'm not alone..
>>7421016
I see it every time I scroll past the thread. It's like the boil from an ingrown ass hair that I already plucked out but it has to heal and the lump bothers me the more I think about it and I just have to wait until it goes away.
>>7421072
Well now I can't get that out of my head as well.
>can't stop thinking about it
>fumble around with that fucker for days until it gets infected as fuck
Every time. Seriously often before I fall asleep I start searching my body and especially my ass for ingrown hairs and blackheads, scratching and pushing everywhere while my mind drifts off. It's some weird subconscious habit.
I often do it for like 10-15 minutes before realizing I've been doing it again.
>>7421102
Oh and I do the same with my belly when watching TV.
>>7418964
>Is Franklins really worth the wait
FUCK no!
The only people that thing Franklins is the shit are ignorant hipster imports.
They're better than Rudy's, but they sure as fuck aren't "I'll wait here for hours with every other hipster" good.
>>7420821
I don't agree, dude.
