The ultimate guide to Austin's food scene provides the inside scoop on the best places to find, enjoy, and celebrate local culinary offerings. Written for residents and visitors alike to find producers and purveyors of tasty local specialties, as well as a rich array of other, indispensable food-related information including: food festivals and culinary events; specialty food shops; farmers’ markets and farm stands; trendy restaurants and time-tested iconic landmarks; and recipes using local ingredients and traditions.
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Savor the Flavors of Austin
Food Lovers’ Guide to Austin brings you the inside scoop on the best places to find, enjoy, and celebrate food. From family-owned taquerias and Tex-Mex restaurants to vegan and locally sourced options, as well as top-notch restaurants replete with impressive wine and cocktail lists, a bounty of mouthwatering delights awaits you in this engagingly written guide.
With delectable regional recipes from the renowned kitchens of Austin’s iconic eateries, diners, and elegant dining rooms, Food Lovers’ Guide to Austin is the ultimate resource for food lovers to use and savor.
Inside You'll Find:
Food festivals and culinary events • Farmers’ markets, food trucks & food carts • Specialty food stores, markets, and producers • One-of-a-kind restaurants and landmark eateries • Recipes using local ingredients and traditions • The region’s best wineries and brewpubs • Cooking classes and a cocktail course
About the Author
Crystal Esquivel has written and photographed for her blog, poco-cocoa.com, for years, has been featured in the Austin-American Statesman, and has written for the Eat/Drink section of the A.V. Club Austin.
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By lizcrewzn
Format:Paperback
I live in Austin, I eat out a LOT and I love good food and fantastic cocktails. So those are my qualifications for reviewing this book. I read about the book on the author's blog (that I've followed for about a year) and other blogs including Austin360.com and rebeccamendations.com. I won a copy from rebeccamendations.com (full disclosure) and I picked this up to read about two hours ago and since then I haven't put it down except to go to the restaurants' websites (as listed in the book) to find more information. Here are some things I love:
- Crystal has done her homework! There are a TON of reviews in here and I can tell by her specific menu item reviews, mentions of "best times to go", special features of the restaurants, etc... she knows these restaurants. And I really like that the restaurants, locations and types of spots are so varied.
- The format of the book is accessible as is the size.
- Food Trailer info! As a wannabe of this area, I'm very excited to have a guide to some local faves. I see these trailers all over town but I've been too nervous to stop by (because I'm lame)... but now I have a couple I am going to visit soon!
- Restaurants are listed by area of town (including maps).
- Sample listings of menu items and cocktails... if she hadn't listed the cornbread stuffed trout at Moonshine Bar & Grill, I probably would have stopped reading!
- Recipes I wouldn't find anywhere else (you had me at "THE corn" from La Condesa... also known as THE corn from my favorite restaurant in NYC, "La Esquina")
- Website listings for Austin foodie news in the beginning of the book! I am always looking for new sites and blogs, I can't wait to check these out.
- I like that there are "shout outs" to local institutions who have been around for forever... way before Austin was a foodie destination! They deserve it!
- I felt like I was reminded of so many of my favorites (and I agreed with the reviews!) and introduced to many places I've never tried.
The only thing I might change is that I would have liked to see the maps listed by number instead of alphabetically so I could tell what the restaurant was at an intersection instead of having to hunt down the number... but that's so minor!
To Crystal... were ALL these restaurants started in Austin?! I looked in the intro, but couldn't tell. I feel like some are chains but may have been started here... i.e. Eddie V's, Perry's Steakhouse? I think Perry's might have been started in Houston? Maybe if they are chains and weren't started here (but we STILL love them), there could be some indicator? I know that ALMOST all (if not ALL) of these restaurants are local... and that's what makes this book so awesome! So if they aren't all local, I would love to know the difference so I can do some extra bragging about my local places.
Overall, a useful and comprehensive guide to our local hotspots. Annnnd.... now I'm hungry.
- Crystal has done her homework! There are a TON of reviews in here and I can tell by her specific menu item reviews, mentions of "best times to go", special features of the restaurants, etc... she knows these restaurants. And I really like that the restaurants, locations and types of spots are so varied.
- The format of the book is accessible as is the size.
- Food Trailer info! As a wannabe of this area, I'm very excited to have a guide to some local faves. I see these trailers all over town but I've been too nervous to stop by (because I'm lame)... but now I have a couple I am going to visit soon!
- Restaurants are listed by area of town (including maps).
- Sample listings of menu items and cocktails... if she hadn't listed the cornbread stuffed trout at Moonshine Bar & Grill, I probably would have stopped reading!
- Recipes I wouldn't find anywhere else (you had me at "THE corn" from La Condesa... also known as THE corn from my favorite restaurant in NYC, "La Esquina")
- Website listings for Austin foodie news in the beginning of the book! I am always looking for new sites and blogs, I can't wait to check these out.
- I like that there are "shout outs" to local institutions who have been around for forever... way before Austin was a foodie destination! They deserve it!
- I felt like I was reminded of so many of my favorites (and I agreed with the reviews!) and introduced to many places I've never tried.
The only thing I might change is that I would have liked to see the maps listed by number instead of alphabetically so I could tell what the restaurant was at an intersection instead of having to hunt down the number... but that's so minor!
To Crystal... were ALL these restaurants started in Austin?! I looked in the intro, but couldn't tell. I feel like some are chains but may have been started here... i.e. Eddie V's, Perry's Steakhouse? I think Perry's might have been started in Houston? Maybe if they are chains and weren't started here (but we STILL love them), there could be some indicator? I know that ALMOST all (if not ALL) of these restaurants are local... and that's what makes this book so awesome! So if they aren't all local, I would love to know the difference so I can do some extra bragging about my local places.
Overall, a useful and comprehensive guide to our local hotspots. Annnnd.... now I'm hungry.
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