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James Beard Award winner and Food & Wine Best New Chef Edgar Rico knocks it out of the park at this gloriously colorful taqueria-plus, with housemade tortillas (using heritage corn from Oaxaca) for his duck confit tacos, roasted carrot tostadas, and other unexpected but spectacularly successful riffs on ...

Seasonal Texas cuisine wasn’t much of anything until Bryce Gilmore came along. For those longing for the days of Gilmore’s Odd Duck “farm-to-trailer” cuisine — and for those who never got to try it — head to South Lamar Boulevard to hit the jackpot.

There’s magic in chef Ling’s dim sum: Her inventive creations (think a jumbo seafood soup dumpling and a basil and chicken variety) could rival dim sum parlors on either coast.

If great cocktails and records sound like your ideal paring, step this way to Austin's first kissa — a Japanese-style listening bar downstairs at the Hotel Magdalena, where libations both classic and contemporary are served and vinyl jazz plays on a state-of-the-art Klipsch hi-fi system.

It’s easy to forget you’re in modern-day Austin when you’re out on the porch with a 1965 milk punch in hand, and Mattie’s famed peacocks wander the historic grounds.

Bring someone special to this verdant paradise of a place at the beautifully restored Commodore Perry Estate resort, where the husband-and-wife team of chef Bradley Nicholson and pastry chef Susana Querejazu (veterans of Vespaio and Barley Swine) create a menu as seductive and memorable as the ro...

A visit here is almost a guarantee of satisfaction, between the understated elegance and consistently high-quality American fare. Burgers and steaks share the playing field — with excellent versions of both — but guests who opt for a more vegetable-forward meal certainly won’t leave disappointed. Come for...

Eldorado chef and co-founder Joel Fried has worked everywhere from Mezzaluna in Vail, Colo., to Angeluna in Fort Worth to Austin’s own Vespaio. The theme at this exuberantly colorful northwest Austin storefront is Mexican and other Latin-styled comfort food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Whatever you orde...

This fiesta-bright upscale classic has long defined “interior Mexican” (as opposed to Tex-Mex) cuisine in Austin since it opened in 1975. These days, Fonda San Miguel is better than ever — complete with an innovative menu section offering 100% plant-based, gluten-free tacos, enchiladas, and more.