30 Restaurants to Try in Downtown Austin

Eat some good food while you’re in town

"...1) La Condesa Featuring a range of Mexican cuisine, the menu offers traditional tortas and more complex flavor..."

March 16, 2018 Food Feature by Acacia Coronado

Please to the Table: From Russia, With Love

"...lines set against spartan, gray buildings, I expected the cuisine there to be unpalatably bland. I was wrong. Alighting..."

April 30, 1999 Food Feature

Luv Doc Recommends: Burlesque for Peace's Valentine's Day Extravaganza

Artseen Alliance, Saturday, February 14, 2009

"..."Ebola") or a can of Spaghetti-O's, it(alian) ain't happening. French cuisine? Seriously? If the French food you're looking for..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

Lenoir

Lenoir dazzles with a French spin on 'hot-weather cuisine'

"...Duplechan to describe the menu. He called it "seasonal cuisine of the French colonies, or hot-weather cuisine," which means..."

April 13, 2012 Food Review by Claudia Alarcón

Review: Bonhomie

Philip Speer brings friendly French to Austin

"...of the Nineties and later the focus on "woke" cuisine during most of the Obama years. Dining trends reflect..."

June 2, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Conversations With Two Former Austin Chefs in New York

"...of the U.S., and both were heavily influenced by French cuisine early in their lives. One went to cooking..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Food Feature by MM Pack

Paleo French Cuisine

The 10,000-year-old diet gets a French makeover

"...Paleo French Cuisineby Alain Braux Alain Braux International Publishing, 252 pp.,..."

June 14, 2013 Books Feature by Anna Toon

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood surveys some local restaurateur's recent offerings.

"...The buzz about Austin's newest French restaurant, Aquarelle (606 Rio Grande, 479-8117), was already strong..."

July 14, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Around the World in Tasty Ways

Ash Corea: Empress of the Empanada

"...knows a bit about integrating the flavors of distant cuisines. A lifetime of dabbling in the international restaurant scene..."

May 12, 1995 Food Feature by Patrick Earvolino

In Print

Colette Rossant's The World in My Kitchen

"...World in My Kitchen: The Adventures of a (Mostly) French Woman in America..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

What Does Business During the Day and Doesn't Suck?

Drakula's Romanian cuisine is all treats and no tricks

"...understood outside Romania, just as its culture, customs, and cuisine are little known to most outsiders...."

Oct. 21, 2005 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Eat It

So you're hungry at SXSW?

"...SouthBites Trailer Park604 Driskill St. Happy Lobster, Nomad Street Cuisine, Salt & Straw, Roti Rolls, Petite Rouge Cam­i­onette Cafe,..."

March 18, 2016 Food Feature by The Food Staff

Changing of the Guard

"It's good food, well prepared, reasonably priced, straight up, no frills. I like it," Food Editor Virginia B. Wood reveals about young chef Shawn Cirkiel's cuisine at Jean-Luc's Bistro.

"...summer that chef/restaurateur Jean-Luc Salles had sold his 6-year-old French bistro to a twentysomething chef not too long out..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood remembers Robert Paprota, who owned Chez Nous before his untimely recent death and updates readers on changes in the local restaurant scene.

"...and partners Pascal and Sybil Regimbeau founded the popular French restaurant Chez Nous (510 Neches, 473-2413) in a historic..."

June 9, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Menus-Plaisirs - Les Troisgros

Frederick Wiseman samples a perfect French restaurant from soup to nuts

"...one is to be recognized for a remarkable haute cuisine experience, but also to be assured that every year..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Five Austin Chefs Reveal Their Favorite Foods to Start the Day

Who says you can't have ice cream and french fries for breakfast?

"...group (Hai Hospitality). Turner is now the chef de cuisine at Juniper, Dumapit the chef de cuisine at soon-to-open..."

March 9, 2018 Food Feature by Dan Gentile

SXSW Downtown Dining Guide

So you’re hungry at SXSW?

"...512/474-2776 www.elnaranjo-restaurant.com An understated oasis of soulful Interior Mexican cuisine...."

March 10, 2017 Food Feature by The Food Staff

The Hundred-Foot Journey

This Helen Mirren film feasts on wisecracking one-liners, sunny aphorisms, pretty landscapes, and tasty-looking food.

"...the road, the imperious Madame Mallory (Mirren) prepares classical French dishes that have earned her restaurant a coveted Michelin..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Bonneville's a Beaut

Exceptional New American cuisine craftsmanship

"...My first introduction to the cuisine of Jennifer Costello and Chris Hurley, the chef team..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

The Latest Catch

Food writer Mick Vann on the hits -- and the misses -- of Roy's

"...himself internationally and in the States by creating fusion cuisine based on fresh Hawaiian ingredients prepared with French technique,..."

March 29, 2002 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Postmarks

A plethora of environmental concerns are argued in this week's letters to the editor.

"...for alternative chef's jobs rather than the grueling restaurant cuisine kitchen. With some exceptions, most of the women chefs..."

March 31, 2000 Column

King of the Hill

Regal Dining at Reasonable Rates

"...owners Cathe and David Dailey have maintained the outstanding cuisine, quality service, and unpretentious decor that makes dining there..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Food Feature by Patrick Earvolino

Restaurant Review: Austin’s Very Own Saltt

Gulf Coast cuisine served with a smile

"...oysters. Alongside those cornmeal- and tempura-battered delights, Bruce’s serves french fries, egg rolls, and fried rice...."

Dec. 20, 2024 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

First Look: Stella San Jac

Even more Southern hospitality

"...a slur, sneering at “international hotel cooking” in The French Menu Cookbook. Olney equated hotels with overly complicated, faceless..."

Aug. 19, 2015 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Vietnamese Homestyle Cooking at South Austin's Bisous

Just like Mom used to make

"..."I think about it all like French food: Vietnamese food is French, Southern food is dirty..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Food Feature by A. Richmond

Delicious

French historical cooking drama mixes class and cuisine

"...In Delicious, the new film from French writer/director Éric Besnard (perhaps most notable in the States..."

Jan. 14, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

A Night Out

Aquarelle

"...There has been a French presence in Austin since 1840, when Monsieur Dubois de..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Food Feature by MM Pack

Toasting Hogmany

The French Buffet

"...was both of these: a gala affair at a French country chateau, complete with cocktail buffet (albeit one like..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Food Feature

Texas Monthly's Taco Editor on the Past, Present, & Future of the American Taco

Q&A with José R. Ralat, the man with one of the most envied titles in town

"...the foremost expert on our lovely state’s most quintessential cuisine, he’s just come out with a new book, American..."

April 22, 2020 Food Post by Lina Fisher

All About That Banchan

Singing the praises of Austin's unsung Korean cuisine

"...Red Mango and Pinkberry, and Tous Les Jours, a French-Asian bakery – didn't plant their flags here until 2010...."

Jan. 30, 2015 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

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