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Essentials
⭐ 🚗 3 minutes ~ 🚶♀️7 minutes |
Walking distance from the house... And they close at 11 pm!!! Awesome for last minute ice cream cravings - And it has a pharmacy
1667 locals recommend
H-E-B
5808 Burnet Rd⭐ 🚗 3 minutes ~ 🚶♀️7 minutes |
Walking distance from the house... And they close at 11 pm!!! Awesome for last minute ice cream cravings - And it has a pharmacy
⭐ 🚗 1 minute ~ 🚶♀️4 minutes | Walking distance. Great selection of quality products. Breakfast tacos and Middle Eastern favorites (shawarma, falafel, etc...)
22 locals recommend
Native Grocery
705 Tillery St⭐ 🚗 1 minute ~ 🚶♀️4 minutes | Walking distance. Great selection of quality products. Breakfast tacos and Middle Eastern favorites (shawarma, falafel, etc...)
The Austin Shaker
1199 Airport Blvd🚗 2 minutes ~ 🚶♀️10 minutes | Closest liquor store
Trendy Restaurants
⭐ 🚗 3 minutes ~ 🚶♀️17 minutes | Steaks & snails plus wine & cocktails in a little bungalow with a light-strung patio.
522 locals recommend
Justine's
4710 E 5th St⭐ 🚗 3 minutes ~ 🚶♀️17 minutes | Steaks & snails plus wine & cocktails in a little bungalow with a light-strung patio.
⭐ 🚗 3 minutes ~ 🚶♀️14 minutes | Casual izakaya & bar serving meat-centric shareable plates with Japanese & Texan influences.
151 locals recommend
Kemuri Tatsu-Ya
2713 E 2nd St⭐ 🚗 3 minutes ~ 🚶♀️14 minutes | Casual izakaya & bar serving meat-centric shareable plates with Japanese & Texan influences.
🚗 5 minutes ~ 🚶♀️30 minutes | Gourmet New American fare served in a polished cafe space in a converted gas station/Laundromat.
397 locals recommend
Launderette
2115 Holly St🚗 5 minutes ~ 🚶♀️30 minutes | Gourmet New American fare served in a polished cafe space in a converted gas station/Laundromat.
🚗 6 minutes | Locally sourced ingredients - Farm-to-table fare from locally sourced ingredients served in a rustic space with a butcher shop.
263 locals recommend
Dai Due
2406 Manor Rd🚗 6 minutes | Locally sourced ingredients - Farm-to-table fare from locally sourced ingredients served in a rustic space with a butcher shop.
June's
1722 S Congress Ave🚗 13 minutes | Super hip bistro. Really cute
🚗 3 minutes ~ 🚶♀️15 minutes | Southern classics elevated by farm-fresh ingredients in a rustic space with a lush garden & a shop.
197 locals recommend
Jacoby's Restaurant & Mercantile
3235 E Cesar Chavez St🚗 3 minutes ~ 🚶♀️15 minutes | Southern classics elevated by farm-fresh ingredients in a rustic space with a lush garden & a shop.
🚗 13 minutes |Charming outpost offering French breakfast bites & creative Vietnamese plates for lunch & dinner
426 locals recommend
Elizabeth Street Cafe
1501 S 1st St🚗 13 minutes |Charming outpost offering French breakfast bites & creative Vietnamese plates for lunch & dinner
⭐ 🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️20 minutes | Israeli/Mediterranean restaurant with delicious food. Highly recommend
Ezov
⭐ 🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️20 minutes | Israeli/Mediterranean restaurant with delicious food. Highly recommend
Canje
Great fine dinning place that elevates Caribbean cuisine.
Suerte
1800 E 6th StVery good Mexican food
Mexican Restaurants Eastside
⭐ 🚗 5 minutes ~ 🚶♀️30 minutes |Authentic Mexican food - Great ceviche
198 locals recommend
Licha's Cantina
1306 E 6th St⭐ 🚗 5 minutes ~ 🚶♀️30 minutes |Authentic Mexican food - Great ceviche
⭐ 🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️20 minutes | We really enjoy this place. Great atmosphere - Mari loves their "barbacoa" tacos. Their refried beans are smoked and really like how different day taste too. Non alcohol drinks are really good and their house margarita is really strong.
39 locals recommend
De Nada Cantina
4715 East Cesar Chavez Street⭐ 🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️20 minutes | We really enjoy this place. Great atmosphere - Mari loves their "barbacoa" tacos. Their refried beans are smoked and really like how different day taste too. Non alcohol drinks are really good and their house margarita is really strong.
🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️ 28 minutes | Bright, straightforward counter-serve spot offering traditional Mexican food, plus beer & wine.
Really good and very popular
78 locals recommend
Nixta Taqueria
2512 E 12th St🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️ 28 minutes | Bright, straightforward counter-serve spot offering traditional Mexican food, plus beer & wine.
Really good and very popular
Ma'Coco
BBQ
La Barbecue
2401 E Cesar Chavez St🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️20 minutes
⭐ 🚗 5 minutes | Probably our favorite for BBQ. "Franklin's" is great but too long of a wait
215 locals recommend
Micklethwait Craft Meats
1309 Rosewood Ave⭐ 🚗 5 minutes | Probably our favorite for BBQ. "Franklin's" is great but too long of a wait
Franklin Barbecue
900 E 11th St🚗 7 minutes | Amazing but usually a really long wait
🚗 33 minutes | You will need a car to come here but it is a truly Texas experience.
480 locals recommend
Salt Lick BBQ
18300 Farm to Market Rd 1826🚗 33 minutes | You will need a car to come here but it is a truly Texas experience.
Casual Food+Drinks
⭐ 🚗 2 minutes ~ 🚶♀️10 minutes | Retro all-day cafe, patio & grocery selling beer & wine, serving breakfast, lunch & dinner. Interesting concept “random stuff”/convenient store, combine with a bar and eclectic food menu. The staff can sometimes border line “too cool for school” but otherwise a great place for drinks and great value food.
100 locals recommend
Kinda Tropical
3501 E 7th St⭐ 🚗 2 minutes ~ 🚶♀️10 minutes | Retro all-day cafe, patio & grocery selling beer & wine, serving breakfast, lunch & dinner. Interesting concept “random stuff”/convenient store, combine with a bar and eclectic food menu. The staff can sometimes border line “too cool for school” but otherwise a great place for drinks and great value food.
⭐ 🚗 2 minutes ~ 🚶♀️9 minutes | Great vegan and good cocktails, very casual but close to the house
Sunny's Backyard
3526 East 7th Street⭐ 🚗 2 minutes ~ 🚶♀️9 minutes | Great vegan and good cocktails, very casual but close to the house
⭐ 🚗 5 minutes ~ 🚶♀️26 minutes | Casual counter-service Temaki (hand roll) bar, sushi class space
11 locals recommend
Uroko
1023 Springdale Road⭐ 🚗 5 minutes ~ 🚶♀️26 minutes | Casual counter-service Temaki (hand roll) bar, sushi class space
🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️20 minutes | Microbrewery beer hall & pub grub menu in a spacious converted machine works with an outdoor area.
** check their calendar for live music**
138 locals recommend
Central Machine Works
4824 E Cesar Chavez St🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️20 minutes | Microbrewery beer hall & pub grub menu in a spacious converted machine works with an outdoor area.
** check their calendar for live music**
🚗 6 minutes | Considered the best burger in town
** East 5th location is the closest to us**
780 locals recommend
Hopdoddy Burger Bar
1400 S Congress Ave🚗 6 minutes | Considered the best burger in town
** East 5th location is the closest to us**
⭐ 🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️22 minutes | Really really good Detroit style pizza
372 locals recommend
Via 313 Pizza
10106 W 6th St⭐ 🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️22 minutes | Really really good Detroit style pizza
🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️26 minutes | Hip hangout with both a bakery/cafe & a creekside beer garden serving simple snacks & cheeses.
358 locals recommend
Easy Tiger
1501 E 7th St🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️26 minutes | Hip hangout with both a bakery/cafe & a creekside beer garden serving simple snacks & cheeses.
🚗 3 minutes ~ 🚶♀️13 minutes | Mexican street food, ice cream and fruit cups doled out in a narrow, no frills space
***"Mango Hill" is one of their most popular items***
12 locals recommend
Hay Elotes
2214 E 7th St🚗 3 minutes ~ 🚶♀️13 minutes | Mexican street food, ice cream and fruit cups doled out in a narrow, no frills space
***"Mango Hill" is one of their most popular items***
🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️11 minutes | Walking distance - popular Colombian restaurant
55 locals recommend
Casa Colombia
2409 E 7th St🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️11 minutes | Walking distance - popular Colombian restaurant
🚗 2 minutes ~ 🚶♀️11 minutes | Awesome food trailer! Converted shipping container offering Vietnamese bahn mi & other street snacks
60 locals recommend
Saigon Le Vendeur
2601 E 7th St🚗 2 minutes ~ 🚶♀️11 minutes | Awesome food trailer! Converted shipping container offering Vietnamese bahn mi & other street snacks
⭐ 🚗 6 minutes | This food truck outside the Vortex theater dishes up old-school Italian standards & housemade pasta.
DELICIOUS PLACE, I always crave Patrizi's lol
182 locals recommend
Patrizi's
2307 Manor Rd⭐ 🚗 6 minutes | This food truck outside the Vortex theater dishes up old-school Italian standards & housemade pasta.
DELICIOUS PLACE, I always crave Patrizi's lol
🚗 5 minutes ~ 🚶♀️24 minutes | Relaxed Indian restaurant serving traditional curries plus fusion tacos & curried margaritas.
35 locals recommend
Nasha
1614 E 7th St🚗 5 minutes ~ 🚶♀️24 minutes | Relaxed Indian restaurant serving traditional curries plus fusion tacos & curried margaritas.
⭐ 🚗 5 minutes ~ 🚶♀️28 minutes | Wine Bar and restaurant. Fairly new but it has great reviews.
30 locals recommend
Birdie's
2944 East 12th Street⭐ 🚗 5 minutes ~ 🚶♀️28 minutes | Wine Bar and restaurant. Fairly new but it has great reviews.
Sweet Chive
2515 E Cesar Chavez StChinese restaurant, casual, easy to get in and friendly staff
Vermicelli, Spring Roll, Eggroll & more. Very good Banh Mi. Used to be a food truck but now it's a casual small restaurant. Easily accessible walking from our place.
60 locals recommend
Saigon Le Vendeur
2601 E 7th StVermicelli, Spring Roll, Eggroll & more. Very good Banh Mi. Used to be a food truck but now it's a casual small restaurant. Easily accessible walking from our place.
Breakfast
⭐ 🚶♀️5 minutes | Walking distance - Amarillo's Evocation coffee & local pastry brands served from quaint, retro camper with patio seats.
Pueblo viejo is the food truck at fitch coffee, serving tacos and other delicious food
83 locals recommend
Flitch Coffee
641 Tillery St⭐ 🚶♀️5 minutes | Walking distance - Amarillo's Evocation coffee & local pastry brands served from quaint, retro camper with patio seats.
Pueblo viejo is the food truck at fitch coffee, serving tacos and other delicious food
⭐ 🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️26 minutes | Pastries and bread here are the best in town!
358 locals recommend
Easy Tiger
1501 E 7th St⭐ 🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️26 minutes | Pastries and bread here are the best in town!
🚗 1 minute ~ 🚶♀️7 minutes | | A local working class hole in the wall but don't judge its cover, there breakfast tacos are cheap and good, they are greasy but great
40 locals recommend
Marcelino's
901 Tillery St🚗 1 minute ~ 🚶♀️7 minutes | | A local working class hole in the wall but don't judge its cover, there breakfast tacos are cheap and good, they are greasy but great
🚗 5 minutes ~ 🚶♀️22 minutes | Breakfast tacos & traditional dishes in a basic setting with outdoor patio. Have been on the Eastside since 1980
281 locals recommend
Juan in a Million
2300 E Cesar Chavez St🚗 5 minutes ~ 🚶♀️22 minutes | Breakfast tacos & traditional dishes in a basic setting with outdoor patio. Have been on the Eastside since 1980
🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️18 minutes | Health-minded Austin chain serving juices, smoothies & hot drinks, plus noodle bowls & salads.
519 locals recommend
JuiceLand
1625 Barton Springs Rd🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️18 minutes | Health-minded Austin chain serving juices, smoothies & hot drinks, plus noodle bowls & salads.
🚗 3 minutes ~ 🚶♀️12 minutes | Cafe serving coffee & espresso drinks plus Japanese toast & other bites in snug, hip digs.
112 locals recommend
Sa-Tén
916 Springdale Rd🚗 3 minutes ~ 🚶♀️12 minutes | Cafe serving coffee & espresso drinks plus Japanese toast & other bites in snug, hip digs.
⭐ 🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️20 minutes | Shrimp & grits plus jambalaya & gumbos served in a slick, retro-modern diner with a bar & patio.
140 locals recommend
Sawyer & Co
4827 E Cesar Chavez St⭐ 🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️20 minutes | Shrimp & grits plus jambalaya & gumbos served in a slick, retro-modern diner with a bar & patio.
🚗 6 minutes | Vibrant, retro chain serving a seasonal menu of creative breakfast & lunch fare, plus cocktails.
214 locals recommend
Snooze an AM Eatery
1700 S Lamar Blvd🚗 6 minutes | Vibrant, retro chain serving a seasonal menu of creative breakfast & lunch fare, plus cocktails.
Cafe serving natural, organic & generally locally sourced fare with breakfast served all day.
211 locals recommend
Counter Cafe
1914 E 6th StCafe serving natural, organic & generally locally sourced fare with breakfast served all day.
Vegan
🚗 5 minutes ~ 🚶♀️28 minutes | Juice bar, bakery & eatery rolled into one, with vegetarian Mexican eats served in a modest setting.
145 locals recommend
Mr. Natural
1901 E Cesar Chavez St🚗 5 minutes ~ 🚶♀️28 minutes | Juice bar, bakery & eatery rolled into one, with vegetarian Mexican eats served in a modest setting.
🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️23 minutes | Local bakery preparing all-vegan treats including cupcakes, brownies & special-occasion cakes.
37 locals recommend
Capital City Bakery
2211 E Cesar Chavez St🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️23 minutes | Local bakery preparing all-vegan treats including cupcakes, brownies & special-occasion cakes.
🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️21 minutes | A variety of creative, plant-based tacos served from a funky food truck with outdoor picnic tables.
34 locals recommend
The Vegan Nom
2324 E Cesar Chavez St🚗 4 minutes ~ 🚶♀️21 minutes | A variety of creative, plant-based tacos served from a funky food truck with outdoor picnic tables.
Sunny's Backyard
3526 East 7th Street🚗 2 minutes ~ 🚶♀️9 minutes | We come here often for drinks and great vegan food!
🚗 14 minutes | Eco-friendly, bohemian cafe offering hearty meatless meals, coffees & a rotating monthly art show.
565 locals recommend
Bouldin Creek Cafe
1900 S 1st St🚗 14 minutes | Eco-friendly, bohemian cafe offering hearty meatless meals, coffees & a rotating monthly art show.
🚗 13 minutes | Elevated pizza, plus vegan & gluten-free options, dispensed from a window with outdoor seating.
6 locals recommend
Li'l Nonna's
2908 Fruth Street🚗 13 minutes | Elevated pizza, plus vegan & gluten-free options, dispensed from a window with outdoor seating.
🚗 14 minutes | Punk rock, female-led bakery serving vegan sweet & savory goods that are also soy & gluten-free.
8 locals recommend
Zucchini Kill
701 E 53rd St🚗 14 minutes | Punk rock, female-led bakery serving vegan sweet & savory goods that are also soy & gluten-free.
🚗 15 minutes | Vegan gastropub with 40 craft taps serving hearty plant-based dishes in farmhouse-inspired digs.
47 locals recommend
The Beer Plant
3110 Windsor Rd🚗 15 minutes | Vegan gastropub with 40 craft taps serving hearty plant-based dishes in farmhouse-inspired digs.