Austin, TX

Posts from Austin, Texas on The Joy of Food blog.

The Salt Lick - brisket, ribs, beans, potato salad, and slaw

The Salt Lick

Austin, TX (The Joy of Food) — The Salt Lick is quite literally in the middle of nowhere. If after miles and miles of heading down a pitch-black road through Texas Hill Country you, like me, begin to wonder if your $40 Uber ride is taking you out into the […]

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Veracruz All Natural - migas originales

Veracruz All Natural

Austin, TX (The Joy of Food) — As is the case with many popular dining destinations in Austin, at Veracruz All Natural your meal will come off the back of a truck. And here, it’s not just any truck, but a converted school bus with a fully functioning kitchen inside. […]

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Juan in a Million - quesadilla

Juan in a Million

Austin, TX (The Joy of Food) — Austin loves the food puns. Coat & Thai, Thai, How Are You?, Bananarchy, Pho King, and of course, Juan in a Million. This is dining by Mother Goose. Juan in a Million is a hole-in-the-wall purveyor of traditional Tex-Mex cuisine, easily rating as […]

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Amy's Ice Creams - strawberry ice cream with strawberries

Amy’s Ice Creams

Austin, TX (The Joy of Food) — To visit Amy’s Ice Creams is to buy ice cream from Cirque du Soleil, a place famous for their high-flying ice cream acrobatics, where team members (‘ice cream heroes’) are trained (yes, paid) to do things like hurl balls of ice cream into […]

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Franklin Barbecue - brisket, pork, and all the fixings

Franklin Barbecue

Austin, TX (The Joy of Food) — For many, Franklin is barbecue mecca, the promised land where you’ll find a magical pot of brisket, pork ribs, and other delicious delights at the end of a double rainbow. For a long time, Franklin has been considered the best, since 2009 really […]

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