Restaurant Guide

Southern/Down-Home Restaurants in Austin

44 results Southern/Down-Home

Austin's Very Own Saltt

Seafood, Southern/Down-Home • Midtown

Got a hankering for fried fish and eggs? While this isn't just a brunch joint, you can still sip on a mimosa while you chow down on catfish strips and grits at noon.

2525 W. Anderson #130

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Bird Bird Biscuit

Deli/Sandwich Shop, Southern/Down-Home • Midtown

Perfectly engineered biscuit sandwiches with classic fillings, like the Bird Bird Bacon, a tried-and-true combo of bacon, fried egg, and cheddar cheese dressed up with chipotle mayo.

1401 Koenig, 512/551-9820

“Last of the True Texas Dancehalls and damn sure proud of it!” Thus declares Broken Spoke owner and dance floor greeter James M. White, who opened up the honky-tonk in 1964. Home to both the upper rungs of country music history (Bob Wills, Ernest Tubb, George Strait, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson) and its local equivalent (Don Walser, Dale Watson, Kelly Willis, the Derailers), there’s no denying the structure stubbornly resisting the sky-high overdevelopment surrounding it on South Lamar. Serving chicken-fried steak, cold beer, and hardcore country almost every night, the Spoke’s swing and two-step lessons happen Wednesday through Saturday, 8:30-9:30pm.

3201 S. Lamar, 512/442-6189

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Butler Pitch & Putt

Southern/Down-Home • South Lamar and Barton Springs

This South Austin institution, which changed management (contentiously) in 2019 and underwent a million-dollar renovation, features a 9-hole, par-3 course with real grass greens. Olamaie's Michael Fojtasek supplies the clubhouse eats, including his Little Ola's biscuit sandwiches.

201 Lee Barton, 512/477-4430

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The Cavalier

Southern/Down-Home • Lower East • $10-$25

This friendly neighborhood dive bar serves boozy drinks and Southern eats.

2400 Webberville, 512/696-4318

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Cheddar's Casual Cafe

Southern/Down-Home, Tex-Mex • South

4301 W William Cannon Dr, 512/899-9727

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Cherry Creek Catfish Restaurant

Southern/Down-Home • South • $10-$25

is a comfortable family restaurant with something on the menu to please everyone. Try the fried green tomatoes.

5712 Menchaca Rd., 512/440-8810

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Colleen's Kitchen

Southern/Down-Home • East

Refined Southern fare featuring fried chicken, biscuit sliders, and traditional sides served family-style.

1911 Aldrich #100, 512/580-2413

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Country Boyz Fixins

Soul, Southern/Down-Home • East

Southern comfort dishes include shrimp po'boys, whole catfish, and peach cobbler.

4140 E. 12th, 512/928-5555

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Dang Hot 89

Southern/Down-Home • North

North Austin food truck serves Nashville-style fried chicken.

10001 Metric Blvd (at Celis Brewery)

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Distant Relatives

Barbecue, Southern/Down-Home • South

3901 Promontory Point Dr., 512/717-2504

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Feral

Southern/Down-Home • South

2002 Southern Oaks Drive, Suite A, 512/983-3023

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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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Fore

Southern/Down-Home • West Austin and Lakeway

This Lakeway spot is serving up contemporary comfort food seven days a week. The spacious open-air patio fills up fast, so get there early on a pretty day.

900 RR 620 S., Ste. B108, Lakewaay, 512/263-3673

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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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