Credit: Photo by David Brendan Hall

This “Best of Austin” and “First Plates” veteran continues to be our own private party. No matter how many times we traipse to Justine’s, every visit is a brand-new experience – thanks to nightly blackboard specials like flounder with spring onions, or bison- and bacon-stuffed cabbage. Mainstays like the steak frites and superlative pork chops will never cease to please. It’s like a long-lasting relationship: familiar and intimate, but simultaneously exciting. We’re still in love.

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