Heard a bit of the interview with the author on the radio on my way to work. Also learned that he is going to be at the TX Book Festival this weekend.
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La Tapatia
- Location – North
- Rate – 8*
There might be some confusion as to exactly which place / location I mean because there literally are a few places that have the same name and some of them are related and some are not. I have no idea how to distinguish. But when I say La Tapatia I mean the one on 183 & Anderson Mill Rd.
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Taquerias Arandinas
Tillie’s
- Location – Dripping Springs
- Rate – 8+
Have only been here once and absolutely had the best experience.
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Austin Restaurants
OK, so not all of these are located within Austin, but the greater Austin that we live in today.
- Asia Cafe – Lunch, Dinner
- Brentwood Social House – Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee
- Cafe Java – Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee
- Camino Real Mexican –
- Chen’s Noodle – Lunch, Dinner
- CoCo Cafe – Lunch, Dinner
- Din Ho – Lunch, Dinner
- Fat Dragon – Lunch, Dinner
- Iron Works – Lunch, Dinner, BBQ
- Julie’s Noodles –
- La Tapatia – Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Little Ola’s Biscuits –
- Mandola’s Italian Kitchen – Lunch, Dinner, Dessert, Coffee
- Maria’s Taco – believe this is closed ๐ฆ
- Phแป Hoang – Lunch, Dinner
- Russell’s Bakery & Coffee – Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee
- Salt Lick – Lunch, Dinner, BBQ
- San Francisco Bakery & Cafe – Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee
- Ski Shores Cafe –
- Soto – Lunch, Dinner, Japanese / Sushi
- Tacodeli – Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Taquerias Arandinas – Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Open Late
- Tillie’s – Brunch, Lunch, Dinner
- Velvet Taco –
- Walton’s Fancy & Staple – Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Dessert, Coffee
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Little Ola’s Biscuits
Bennu Coffee
Coffee Places
I do like coffee. Interestingly, I used to not drink coffee, or tea, when I was growing up. I started when I was working at Tivoli. I noticed many of my co-workers gathering in the kitchen area for coffee and just chatting. I really got intrigued and just got into it.
But as much as I wanted to get into it, it being coffee, it just didn’t taste right. Many told me that it was an acquired taste. Which I found baffling – why would I want to try anything that requires me to “acquire a taste” for. There are so many yummy things that I never had to “acquire” the taste for. They were just delicious.
Anyway, I gave in – and put all the cream and sugar that the beverage would take to make it drinkable.
Over the years my taste for coffee has changed. I now take my coffee black and without sugar / sweetener. For a while I was really into Latte and Mocha Latte, both of which I find very good, but don’t care for either too often. If I am looking for a specialty coffee, I look for a cordato.
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Iguana Grill
I’ve only been here a couple of times and don’t really recall the food experience. But the few times I was there, I wondered why I didn’t go there more often. Specially when the other option was so crowded + over hyped.
Anyway, I have known for a while now that the place had most likely closed. But had only the other day found out that the closure happened back in October 2016. At least that’s when the austin360 article was posted.
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