If you're still hungry after an orange Dreamsickle Smoothie, try one of the dozen or so sandwich options. You really can't beat a fresh lunch option for less than $10.
Carrying on the slacker side of Austin tradition, Quack's is a great place to luxuriate over coffee and a pastry. The baked goods are enormous.
This is where all your favorite restaurants get their seafood, so you know it's the freshest. Daily specials could include lobster, shrimp pizza, king crab, or even Crack Pie. This place gets packed.
Frog legs? We’ll just start with the Don Combo: a platter of half fried oysters and half calamari.
Go during the day for a full serving of your daily veggies in the Bloody Mary, which is really a salad in a glass. It’s a mild-mannered, daytime coffee shop that evolves into a comfortable bar after dark, offering fabulous drinks in a room filled with furniture worthy of any good thrift store score.
Cool off with these East Coast treats of Italian ices and frozen custard, in ever-changing fresh flavors.
Pick up some tasty sandwiches on fresh bagels here.
If you detect Americana in the name of this place, you'll see it on the menu, too. Pull up to the shiny, red counter, order a cold sake, and check out a playful and fresh menu that ranges from a Cholesta Roll that has chicken-fried steak to the Guaca-Rolly (spiced tuna, tempura shrimp, lime guacamole, and spicy aioli).
Nothing beats a hot slice when you're making the nightly rounds on Sixth.
This pizzeria offers a variety of pies Downtown. Whether you're a vegetarian or a carnivore, this place knows how to pile on the toppings.
With a quarter-century in Austin dishing out tamales and fajitas, Rosie's also boasts homemade pralines.
Quality smoked meats are available by the pound, along with all the white bread, pickles, onions, and peppers you need.
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