Tigress | cocktails, beer | Easy, casual spot with smaller cocktail list, classics.

Weather Up | happy hour, cocktails | Beautifully crafted drinks, serious ice program.

Fantastic cocktail selection, expert preparation.

Midnight Cowboy | cocktails | Revamped ex-brothel w private rooms.

I appreciate their organic, fluffy scrambled eggs.

Taco Deli | breakfast tacos, fast food | Just a personal fave spot for breakfast tacos, an Austin specialty.

Fresh fish, delicate preparations, expertly executed.

Uchi/ Uchiko | modern Japanese, happy hour, saké | Multi award winning team and restaurant, for good reason.

Just-complex-enough farm to table dishes.

Olivia | brunch, finer modern American | Airy room and spacious patio.

Nice cocktail menu with specialty margaritas.

Takoba | patio, brunch, happy hour | Fun, casual Tex Mex dishes.

Small batch ice creams with unique flavours. Lick | ice cream | In same complex as Henri’s and Barley Swine.Great on its own, or go if waiting for table at Barley Swine. Henri’s | wine, charcuterie | Top notch cheeses and charcuterie with wine pairings.Barley Swine| farm to table, fine American | Be warned, go early! Incredibly inventive small plates using unconventional ingredients e.g.Salty balls and chicken fried steak personal faves. Gourdough’s | dessert, donuts, craft beer | Over the top, fully loaded sweet and savory donut preparations.Robust, bold flavours, influenced by SE Asian cuisines. Sway | modern Thai | Energetic, communal dining space.

Mexican street corn! Must order desserts. La Condesa | modern Tex Mex, happy hour, brunch | Playful, fresh Mexican and Tex Mex.Order Duck Fat sazerac and truffled custard mmm Haddingtons | American, happy hour, brunch | Indulgent comfort food, modernized.Neapolitan pizzas, antipasti, beer and wine. Backspace| pizza, lunch, happy hour | Cozy space, get there early.Oysters, fried okra, blonde paté all killer. Parkside | happy hour, cocktails, French inspired | Best happy hour in Austin.Must try mole of the week, sea bass, and tres leches. El Naranjo | Interior Mexican, happy hour, tequila, brunch | Exquisite Mexican in comfortable, airy setting.I just wanted to point out places that have especially swell brunches and happy hours. Austin DJ Miguel Angel recounted that time he got stabbed by a sword and dagger by former Moloko Bar partner Charlie Valentine to Vice.Note: If the description says brunch or happy hour, it assumes that dinner and/or lunch are also served. Two restaurants in Dripping Springs were burglarized this week, Crepe Crazy and Oak Creek Cafe. Foo's Kitchen, with five available varieties. While Satay's Foo Swasdee shuttered her restaurant last summer and is currently working on a replacement pop-up kitchen Sumptuary, she released a line of bottled Thai cooking sauces, Dr. Whole Foods now offers up a self-serve mochi bar, which includes both Austin locations in downtown and the Domain. Perla's server Donovan Calabaza recounted the time he waited on actor Keanu Reeves. Zagat highlighted some of Austin’s absolute best restaurant serves in town, including staffers from Dai Due, Uchiko, and others. Texan and musician Willie Nelson enjoys eggs for breakfast and chicken fried steak. Texas Monthly barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn hit up Brooklyn-based meaty pop-up Carnal while it set up shop at Parlor & Yard, where he found an excellent beef rib. Austin Monthly tackles breakfast this month, covering pastries, tacos, doughnuts, brunches, and more. There are other activities, including a reader, silent auction, and donation-based whiskey tasting. All proceeds of the $60 ticket, which comes with food and drink, will go towards the nonprofit. Weather Up is hosting a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood on Sunday, February 19th.

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