Southern/Down-Home Restaurants in Downtown Austin

Fixe

Southern/Down-Home • Downtown • $10-$25 •  First Plates 

Southern food’s humble building blocks – buttermilk, black-eyed peas, grits, and salt pork – are refreshed through a combination of molecular gastronomy and just plain ingenuity.

500 W. Fifth, 512/888-9133

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Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken

Southern/Down-Home • Downtown • $10-$25

As the first Texas outlet of a famous Memphis fried-chicken chain, this newcomer comes in strong. The simple menu includes chicken by the plate or individual piece. Plates come with a choice of two or three pieces: white, dark, or the "half chicken" option – one piece of each. Plates come with baked beans and slaw, but substitutions are allowed for 50 cents extra. Start with a couple of cans of Austin Beer Works brew and a plate of the best fried green tomatoes ever.

117 San Jacinto Blvd., 512/474-4877

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Happy Chicks

American Cafe, Southern/Down-Home • Downtown

214 East 6th Street, 512/469-0002

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Lonesome Dove Austin

Southern/Down-Home • Downtown

419 Colorado, 512/271-2474

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Revue

American Cafe, Bakery/Coffeehouse, Deli/Sandwich Shop, Southern/Down-Home • Downtown

101 Red River, 512/524-4813

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Texas Chili Parlor

Southern/Down-Home • Downtown • Under $10

Since 1976, the kitchen's been serving good burgers, sandwiches, Tex-Mex, and, of course, chili in many varieties to satisfy all tastes, even vegetarian. Tarantino devotees will note TCP as a Death Proof filming location.

1409 Lavaca, 512/472-2828

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