The Fearless Critic Austin Restaurant Guide 3rd Edition [Paperback]

Robin Goldstein (Author), Alexis Herschkowitsch (Editor), Erin McReynolds (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Fearless Critic: Austin Restaurant Guide | Publication Date: April 21, 2010

Brutally honest, cheeky, and fiercely independent, Fearless Critic, the definitive restaurant guide to Austin, Texas, is back in a brand-new third edition—bigger and better than ever, now with 500 reviews, completely revised and updated, and 75 brand-new places to eat since the last edition!

• A definitive reference: covers 500 places to eat across Austin, the suburbs, and Texas Hill Country, from power lunch spots to quirky wine bars, Round Rock Sushi to Lockhart BBQ

• Helps you dine better for less: dozens of little-known bargain finds, from taco trucks to Korean groceries, ribs to tibs

• Comprehensive and easy to use: 80 pages of detailed lists, plus special vegetarian and late-night dining guides

• Trustworthy: by a panel of undercover local critics who dine incognito, don’t accept freebies, and don’t pull punches

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Alexis Herschkowitsch has written and edited for the Fearless Critic Austin Restaurant Guide and The Wine Trials, as well as Fodor's guides to Mexico, El Salvador, and Thailand. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, and has a WSET advanced wine and spirits certificate.

Robin Goldstein is author of The Wine Trials and co-author of The Wine Trials 2010 and The Beer Trials. He is a contributor to the New York Times' Freakonomics blog, and has written for more than 30 Fodor's travel guides, from Italy to Argentina to Hong Kong. He has an A.B. in neuroscience and philosophy from Harvard University, a J.D. from the Yale Law School, a certificate in cooking from the French Culinary Institute in New York City, and a WSET advanced wine and spirits certificate.

Product Details

• Paperback: 602 pages
• Publisher: Fearless Critic Media; 3 edition (April 21, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1608160114
• ISBN-13: 978-1608160112
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,027,084 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Robin Goldstein is the author of The Wine Trials, the world's bestselling guide to inexpensive wines, and is founder and editor-in-chief of the Fearless Critic series. He has lectured on wine and behavioral economics around the world, and is also a contributor to the New York Times Freakonomics blog. He has authored six books of restaurant reviews and has written for more than 30 Fodor's travel guides, from Italy to Thailand, Argentina to Hong Kong. Robin is a graduate of Harvard University and the Yale Law School, and has a certificate in cooking from the French Culinary Institute in New York and a WSET advanced wine and spirits certificate.

You can visit his blog at http://blindtaste.com.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wow, June 29, 2006

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foodie (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fearless Critic Austin Restaurant Guide (Paperback)

this is something austin has needed for a long time. these writers don't just list restaurants -- they review them really seriously. some of the reviews are absolutely scathing ... and pretty funny. and in terms of food, they're spot on. why has everybody else been afraid to come out and say it: guero's isn't that good! also the review for mansion at judges hill is hilarious -- it's written as a long limerick.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars thank you for writing this book, January 11, 2007

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Austin Foodie (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fearless Critic Austin Restaurant Guide (Paperback)

Have lived in Austin almost 20 years - picked this book up to keep for out-of-town guests to use, ended up reading it like a novel and tabbing many, many pages of new places I want to eat. Better than a Zagat's-style guide, it's witty, intelligent, and dead-on accurate (so far). Have now given it as a gift to numerous people - here's a great gift idea: buy this book and insert a gift card to a highly-rated restaurant on the page where it's reviewed.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Limited range but accurate, January 6, 2009

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This review is from: Fearless Critic Austin Restaurant Guide (Paperback)

Neat little book. Very honest opinions and we have found that the authors views pretty much mirror our own. Not in all cases though, we have restaurants that we love that they rated poorly and vice-versa.

That said, it's a very useful book and has brought several restaurants to our attention that we didn't know about or didn't know enough about.

Obviously, you have to live in one of the cities that they publish but if you live in one of the target rich environments like Austin, it's a handy guide.

I'd also reccommend their other book, "The Wine Trials". These same authors did blind taste tests with 507 testers in a variety of cities, testing wines that ranged in price from under $10 to over $200. They then tabulated the results and published a list of cheap wines that beat the big boys. VERY INFORMATIVE. Fool your wine snob friends by decanting some of the top ranked cheap wines and telling them you paid a wad for them.