of them behind the counter. All in all worth another visit. A different breed than typical Chicago style with heavy sauce and such. Better than the random bbq joint I would go to in Houston/Austin (Luther’s, Millers), but...

Hilarious. Thanks for the contribution. I hate the idea that food “critics” call ahead to restaurants so they can eat free. Sounds like a certain Austin food “critic,” doesn’t it?

I don’t think I’ve ever had okra properly prepared. I know it is loved (especially by the Texas fish out of waater, Scargod.) so next time I visit my daughter in Austin, gonna do a sampling. Okra tacos?

it does in the rest of the south. Fried catfish does. We all have an opinion and where our favorite places are. But, no matter the place, Mississippi catfish is always better than anywhere else. I’ve spent the past 4 years...

Not true (that burritos are native to California). I’ve had them in DC, in St. Louis, in Austin, in Chicago, and in small towns across the midwest. Even the “gourmet” burritos (ones with “exotic”...

Your rundown pretty much equates with my current experience, however, in the late 60s I used to go to a good place in Austin and get “burritos” consisting of regular sized flour tortillas rolled around beef with some...

Zeb: On the way driving here from Los Angeles, we stopped at a steakhouse in Amarillo and had to purchase a social club membership in order to obtain a beer with our chicken fried steak and porterhouse! Having lived in Austin,...

someone asks where is the best..., where is a good..., etc. If a person is looking for really good Tex Mex I honestly believe there is one place that is better than any other: Rio Grande Cafe. I also know that several others such...

" food of our soouthern neighbor. BTW, Fonda San Miguel, the bastion of true “interior” Mexican cuisine in Austin has been dishing it up for over 20 years.

I might add his customers were tommy hilifiger, tom cruise, stone cold steve austin, allan huston, montell williams just to name the least & were pretty much regulars so before you criticize there pizza because your accustomed to...

Yikes. A bar/restaurant based on the “rich culture” of Dallas. Hoping for the best, but still, an Austin place would have peaked my interest a lot more.

It’ll work at any Safeway in the US or Canada, too, as well as any of the other brands they own (Genuardi’s in Philly area, Carrs in Alaska, Dominick’s in Chicagoland, Randalls in Houston and Austin, Tom Thumb...

and Connecticut produce to our Connecticut stores. * Our flagship store in Austin supports local growers and encourages in-store product demonstrations and samplings. Our local Texas growers, like the Goodwins from Buda, Carol...

for steak - austin's at the thunder valley casino for authentic chinese – hoi cin at folsom blvd, & hong kong wok at freeport for italian – biba’s for burger – in & out, johnny rocket only at the downtown...

in the midwest board than there are for today in the new orleans board. or the texas board. in fact there seem to be consistently more daily MSP threads and posts than in a lot of other boards. why does austin texas get its own...