French Restaurants near South Congress and South First in Austin

Elizabeth Street Cafe

Bakery, Coffeehouse, French, Vietnamese • South Congress and South First • $25-$40 •  First Plates 

Making Vietnamese cuisine with grass-fed meats, eggs from pastured chickens, locally grown organic produce, and seafood fresh from the Gulf makes us happy, but not as happy as the dreamy drip coffee served iced or hot.

1501 S. First, 512/291-2881

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La Pâtisserie

Bakery, Coffeehouse, Desserts, French • South Congress and South First

This petite Parisian bakery and coffee shop specializes in French pastries: croissants, pain au chocolat, almond and pear brioche, rose and citron madeleines, chouquettes, financiers, palmiers, chocolate and coffee éclairs, mille-feuille, tarte tatins, and gâteaux, as well as more than two dozen flavors of macaron.

602 W. Annie, 512/912-0033

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Lenoir

French • South Congress and South First • $40+ •  First Plates 

This glittering space serves “hot weather food,” chef Todd Duplechan’s take on seasonality. The customizable prix fixe offers choices from dishes in four categories: field, sea, land, and dream (dessert, of course).

1807 S. First, 512/215-9778

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