First Plates Top 10s

Dai Due
Dai Due (Photo by John Anderson)

Brandon Watson

1) Dai Due (East)

2) laV (Lower East)

3) Lenoir (South Congress & South First)

4) TIE: Uchi (South Lamar & Barton Springs)/ Uchiko (Midtown)

5) Barley Swine (South Lamar & Barton Springs)

6) qui (Lower East)

7) Foreign & Domestic (Midtown)

8) Congress (Downtown)

9) Kin & Comfort (North & Northwest)

10) wink (Old West)


Virginia B. Wood

1) Dai Due (East)

2) Lenoir (South Congress & South First)

3) Odd Duck (South Lamar & Barton Springs)

4) laV (Lower East)

5) Congress (Downtown)

6) Franklin Barbecue (East)

7) Foreign & Domestic (Midtown)

8) El Naranjo (Downtown)

9) qui (Lower East)

10) Jeffrey's (Old West)

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