American Cafes in Downtown Austin, $40+

The Capital Grille

American Cafe • Downtown • $40+

This is a restaurant for the big ballers, the heavy hitters, the corporate accounts; basically, for anyone who wants to make like an old-school Rockefeller and eat some of the best food available anywhere.

117 W. Fourth, 512/322-2005

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Trace at the W Hotel

American Cafe • Downtown • $40+ •  First Plates 

You know any restaurant with its own on-staff forager will make innovative use of farm-to-table ingredients, and Trace doesn't disappoint. The menu changes with the seasons; our reviewer loved the risotto.

200 Lavaca, 512/542-3660

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