Dai Due Taqueria - an offshoot of the East Austin butcher shop/restaurant - makes al pastor and breakfast tacos in the downtown food hall Fareground.

Fancy barbecue is a polarizing concept, but Lamberts pulls it off very well.

Le Politique in Downtown Austin is a place to see, be seen, and eat some great French food.

Via 313 is Detroit-style pizza done right.

There isn’t a lot of quality Italian food in Austin, and Italic is some of the best.

A traditional spot serving some of the best steaks in Austin.

A great, easy option for everything from hangover meal to weeknight dinner.

If every stereotypical oil magnate had a restaurant, they would all look like this. Come here to get deals done and eat lots of MEEEEEATS.

Patika Luncheonette is tucked away on the ground floor of the 100 Congress building downtown, serving very good coffee and lunch.

Attached to Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop in the Warehouse District, Juan Pelota Cafe is a biking community hub and coffee shop with a good Happy Hour.

This Merit Coffee location in the Seaholm district is a great place to meet up with people or get some work done downtown.

The downtown location of Caffe Medici in the Austonian is very modern-looking, and the coffee is excellent.

The coffee shop Houndstooth in downtown in the base of the Frost Bank Tower serves some of the best coffee in town.

The downtown location of Epoch Coffee is a modern experience – all glass, concrete, and blonde wood.

Alta's Cafe is an under-the-radar cafe downtown that’s right on the trails near the Convention Center in the Waller Creek Boathouse.

In the middle of the lobby of the Line Hotel downtown is a walk-up counter location of Alfred, a mini-chain of trendy coffee shops out of LA.