Category Archives: Living in Austin

I came to Austin, TX in the Fall of ’89 to go to UT. And since then have called this home. Having lived here ~20 years, and counting, I have not lived anywhere else longer.

Walton’s Fancy & Staple

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  • Location – Downtown (on 6th St bet’n Nueces & Rio Grande), across from Katz’s Deli
  • Cuisine – Deli, Bakery
  • Cost – $+
  • Hours – M-F 7am – 8pm, Sat 8am – 8pm, Sun 9am – 5pm
  • Rate – 7+

It’s a great place for some coffee and a pastry. It’s fine for lunch, but there are sooooo many other options in the area that I have not been able to try lunch there – yet.

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Maggiano’s Little Italy

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  • Location – North
  • Cuisine – Italian
  • Cost – $$
  • Hours – 7am – 11pm (everyday)
  • Rate – 7

 

Fried Calamari Shrimp & Crab Pasta Salmon

Went to Maggiano’s for the first time on Mother’s Day ’10. We saw the place open up a few weeks ago and had meant to come by sometime soon. But this was not a planned visit. We were at the Domain for some Frozen Yogurt @ Yogurt Planet around 5:30 and then decided to find out if they’d be able to take us in (considering that it was Mother’s Day and there were a small line, I expected that most people had reservations). There was about a 2 hour wait – luckily we didn’t want to start before 7:30 anyway ;~)

Putting our name down we went out again and walked around a bit. Came back just before 7:20 and they were able to sit us down.

It’s a realy nice place – with a very New York feel to it.

– manzoor

Mandola’s Italian Market

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  • Location – Triangle
  • Cuisine – Italian, Bakery / Cafe / Coffee
  • Cost – $  ~ $+
  • Rate – 8+

Latte & Fahrenheit 451

One of my most favorite places in Austin for coffee and snacks. They have very good Pizza and other traditional Italian dishes, but I rarely am there for lunch or dinner – so, I rarely get a chance to try them. But most of their pastries are just soooooo goooood. And yes, I think I actually have tried most of them.

– manzoor

Casa Colombia

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  • Cuisine – South America, Colombian
  • Location – East Austin (E 7th & Concho St)
Patacones Rellenos
Churrasco Pescado en Cilantro y Mayonesa

Casa Colombia had been on my “wish list” for the longest time. I even went there once a few weeks ago – only to find out that they were closed :o(

Well, this time we were not as unfortunate. We were returning from the Airport and it did take me a little while to find it (I have very rarely come from the Airport thru Downtown and they also had construction going on), but find it we did and was quite pleasantly surprised to find ample parking space.- manzoor