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Xdisclaimer: No attempt was made to authenticate the sender's name. Lines: 39 Art, As of a year and a half ago, when I left, my recomendations would be: Mezzaluna, downtown: fashionable Italian, probably as close to a see and be seen restaturant as Austin has. Las Manitas, Congress Ave: breakfast and lunch only, but superb Mexican. Fonda San Miguel, north of campus: pricey Yucatan style Mexican. They have a great Sunday brunch, but again its expensive for Austin Castle Hill Cafe: used to be an excellent, small, romantic place and then they moved to a larger room and the quality slid a little. Don't know what the story is these days. and finally, my barbecue picks (remember taste in barbecue is more contentious than politics or religion): 1. Salt Lick, if you want to drive 2. County Line 3. Iron Works Hope this helps. Ed ----------------------------------- Edward Barth Post-Doctoral Fellow in Materials Science Division of Applied Science Harvard University e-mail: [email removed] The opinions expressed are my own.
Art S. wrote: > > >I will be in Austin, Tx, next month and am looking for suggestions on good >restaurants. Any price range or type. Where do those that live in or >travel to Austin consider not-to-be-missed restaurants? I will be there a >week so am looking for at least a half dozon suggestions. Thanks. > >[email removed] > If you want good hamburgers, try Hut's (on 6th street), Mad Dog & Bean's (on 24th street) or Austin's favorite: Tastee Kreem (at 45th and Airport). Definitely stop by Cisco's (on East 6th) for breakfast. If you want to try some Tex-Mex, stop by Chuy's (Barton Springs), and the Hula Hut's Shiner Bock fajitas are awesome. For some good BBQ, try the County Line but be warned they are a little pricey. [email removed]
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Anu B. wrote:
> If you want to try some Tex-Mex, stop by Chuy's
Aw, c'mon. Don't you mean, "if you want to try a pretty good margarita and see the after work crowd try to pick each other up over mediocre food, stop by Chuy's"?
Not a flame, just an overly dramatic disagreement. I do however, second the recomendation on Hut's and Cisco's.
Ed
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Edward Barth
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Materials Science
Division of Applied Science
Harvard University
e-mail: [email removed]
The opinions expressed are my own.KAREN W. wrote: > I am very far from an expert , but I visited Austin quite a number of years > ago and ate at a place called teh Spaghetti Factory. It was in a renovated > mill and was really kind of a fun place and I remember the pasta being good. > Not a fabcy place by any means. the spaghetti warehouse/factory is part of the nationwide chain. what is up in austin can be obtained via the web: http://www.quadralay.com/- www/Austin/Austin.html. restaurant, pub, movies, and music listings are available. i like martin bros and magnolia cafe, especially the habenero sauce. for atmosphere head out to the oasis at lake travis. for something a bit more upscale try 612. the bats are still hanging out under the congress st bridge so you should probably see the evening launch spectacle. cheers, james, [email removed]
Try Evita's Mexican Restaurant, 218 E 6th Street. Stewart
J.A. P. wrote: >atmosphere head out to the oasis at lake travis. for something a bit more >upscale try 612. I would second the 612 West recommendation. I live in Austin, and the previous reply about Castle Hill should be amended; the restaurant has gotten a handle on the service the last time I went there (about three months ago), and is back to their usual excellent standards as far as I could tell. Other places off the top of my head to check out: Basil's, one of the best Italian restaurants in town, with a price tag to match; Sfuzzi's wine tasting night (call ahead and see if they will be hosting one the week you are in Austin) is a multiple course extravaganza dinner with many different wines to accompany the experience, expensive; Hudson's on The Bend specializes in wild game cooked in a faintly reminiscent old Continental style, expensive; Thundercloud Subs for many locals' old standby eatery, where you can also see fine upstanding examples of slackery ;-) and enjoy good filling subs cheap; Mojo's on The Drag (Guadalupe Street), a coffeehouse popular with the girls of doom/art school/people in black set; Insomnia's is another such coffeehouse if you want to mingle with the students; Texpresso's, Anderson's, and a coffee shop on West Sixth across the street from Wiggy's that sells the most incredible Jamaican Blue Mountain are coffeehouses for the older crowds; East Side Cafe is an intimate cafe atmosphere restaurant residing in an old converted house, cooking up good light fare presented attractively, moderate; Kerbey Lane Cafe on Kerbey Lane or South Congress are the 24-hour spots of choice for many locals (Magnolia, mentioned in another reply, is another); La Reyna Bakery will sell you bagfuls of mouth-watering Mexican pastries fresh-baked in the morning for a handful of change; Upper Crust Bakery and their sister gourmet food store next door are always packed in the mornings by commuters picking up baked goods for lunch or that evening (the several Texas-French Bread locations are also popular, though my personal favorite is Upper Crust); Sweetish Hill Bakery on West Sixth is a neighborhood bakery that is a little trendier than Upper Crust (though losing no points to quality or service); West End Cafe is a moderate to expensive vegetarian restaurant; Jeffrey's is an expensive restaurant where many of the well-heeled set dine; you can get an honest to goodness, authentic, hand made, old fashioned soda fountain at Nau's Pharmacy; good basic Chinese can be had at Pao's Mandarin House, while expensive-for-the-quality (although I am comparing to stuff I've had in Hong Kong and San Francisco, mind you) dim sum is at Tien Hong; the Four Seasons Hotel and Fonda San Miguel lay out some of the town's most lavish Sunday brunch buffets your wallet can stand (expect about $30-40 per head if you also like mimosas); a good baseline for fajitas is in the Marriot's restaurant, but don't limit yourself to there since other places serve excellent fajitas; Serrano's is good Tex-Mex, not as hyper-trendy as Chuy's (good fajitas). I better stop now, I'm getting hungry typing this in. Request: anyone know the menus from "Eat Drink Man Woman"? Tony