Here’s where your appetite is sated with the tastiest meals and drinks Austin has to offer – in any of these fine establishments, open for your patronage and serving up the goods even better and brighter as 2017 draws to its holiday-studded close.

Seats fill up fast, so make your reservations as early as possible or run the risk of getting stuck at the drive-through.

Photo: Eminently brunchable bacon and eggs, a la that snazzy Second Bar + Kitchen right Downtown.

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