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Check out Thrillist's Best of the Best: Austin Edition Foodspotting guide for the hottest eats while you're in town.
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This iconic hippie haven is serving up all-day omelets like the JSO - made up of spinach, onion, cheddar and chipotle-pecan pesto - which is delicious, but still healthy enough that you can consider it a camel-light. Get more delicious deets here: http://thrl.st/hjmbeJ
Seated on three acres of Tech Ridge, this comfort-food retreat is bringing you a beautiful setting to get fat in with their Hill Country Meatloaf: Angus chuck, venison, roasted tomato and mozz. Get more delicious deets here: http://thrl.st/hDapOE
This red banjo'd trailer is whipping up twisted southern comfort like the Dirty McFilthy burger topped with shredded cheese, an onion ring, TX chili, and jalapenos -- also the nickname given to the Grey's Anatomy doctor who tried to make Ellen Pom-pee-o. Get more delicious deets here: http://thrl.st/e0VFuc
This sweet-toothed silver-tin trailer specializes in bite-sized fried mini doughnuts, available in grab-and-go bags in flavors like the EIGM: Coriander, black mustard seed, and cayenne -- finally, a way to get the magic pepper's health benefits for those who donut want to Master Cleanse. Get more delicious deets here: http://thrl.st/gPriXj
Sushi Box is operated out of a bright-red converted shipping container by one of the guys behind Tabbed Out and a raw-fish mercenary who cut his teeth under Wolfgang Puck. The Box rolls out a serious STR w/ cucumber, daikon sprout, scallion & chili aioli. Get more delicious deets here: http://thrl.st/fsysmR
FEC is hocking gourmet tune-ups of across-the-pond morning chow out of a living room-esque space and bringing you British breakfast alternatives like the massive ADFLG: Bacon, sausage, fried egg, tomato, and mushrooms from local grower Kitchen Pride, known for its countrypolitan smash and Kiss a Bagel Good Mornin'. Get more delicious deets here: http://thrl.st/dqwSvt
Launched by #10 and chef'd by a family friend educated at the Texas Culinary Academy, VYS is bringing you a dish requested by Invincible himself: Grilled salmon w/ sauteed sorrel, potato celery root hash & grapefruit beurre blanc. Get more delicious deets here: http://thrl.st/bfjJdw
MUK has created a slew of finer-dining options, like a twist on the classic Chicken and Waffles: Brined, marinated, matzah-crusted and fried-to-order chicken with a fresh-pressed belgian style waffle, maple syrup and whipped butter -- sure to be ordered by those who partaketh of the bitter herb. Get more delicious deets here: http://thrl.st/bLka8C
This addition to the queso-built empire is offering eye-catching hill country views and plenty of feasting with the Marfa Stack: layered red chile-cheese enchiladas topped w/ two fried eggs. Get more delicious deets here: http://thrl.st/fmiXe5
From a culinary student whose stint in the Navy gave him a well-traveled perspective on the wide world of hot dog vendors, this Hebrew National trailer boasts their Armadillo Dog prowess w/ bacon, cream cheese, jalapeno & red chili sauce -- named for a creature who, like you with unhealthy food, sees his demise and jumps right into it. Get more delicious deets here: http://thrl.st/8XHGbU
From an in-home family cooking business, to being Austin's first non-trailer Honduran spot, Antojitos is bringing you new flavor with Tajadas con pollo frito: Fried chicken with mayo, vinegar, mustard sauce over a mound of chopped lettuce and fried plantains; be-fatted produce so tasty, it'll make you wonder why they didn't also fry the lettuce. Get more delicious deets here: http://thrl.st/cnBOa3
From the Tacorrido folks, Takoba dishes out upgraded versions of the same family-recipe interior-Mexico grub like the "SST": smoked salmon, with shaved red onion, roasted garlic/caper cream cheese, and two poached eggs (if the cops ask, just say they were a gift from a friend). Get more delicious deets here: http://thrl.st/blvhfz.
Townhouse is helmed by a guy tabbed as Austin's "most inspired bartender" by a prominent national mag. The liberty-taking drinks start with the "C or C," which is made with vanilla-infused tequila, pasilla bar syrup, lime juice, cointreau and house-seasoned salt. Get more delicious deets here: http://thrl.st/cgl3Q6
Perhaps the catalyst for the Austin food-trailer boom, Torchy's brings tortilla'd love to NW Austin, via their first ever drive-thru, like The Double Wide: chicken fried steak/bacon/green chile queso bombshell that, according to Taco Bell nutritionologists, can actually help you lose weight, provided that results are atypical, and that, for you, they're fantastic. Get more delicious deets here: http://thrl.st/dh5Hqy
