The North Austin restaurant Tomodachi on Parmer Lane has a small dining room and sushi bar, and they also run a very robust takeout operation.

Baguette house is a longstanding cafe in Austin’s Chinatown, best known for their banh mi.

Mikado Ryotei on Research Blvd in North Burnet is a sushi restaurant that hits in the center of the Venn diagram of affordable, fast, and quality.

The Chinese restaurant Julie’s Noodles in North Austin is best known for their handmade noodles and beef noodle soup and dumplings.

Machetes Doña Leova on North Lamar does all sorts of things, including breakfast tacos, gorditas, huaraches, quesadillas, burritos, and machetes.

Din Ho Chinese BBQ in North Austin serves excellent roast duck and barbecued pork.

The Korean restaurant Charm BBQ Chicken in Anderson Mill in North Austin serves barbecue, fried chicken, and classic dishes like bibimbap.

New Fortune is a popular banquet-sized Chinese restaurant in Austin’s Chinatown Center.

House of Three Gorges in North Austin has an extensive menu of classic Sichuan dishes.

Bodhi Viet is a food truck in North Austin serving classic Vietnamese dishes with 100% vegan ingredients.

Interstellar BBQ in northwest Austin, from the Noble Sandwich Co people, has quickly established itself as one of the best new options for barbecue.

A Japanese shabu shabu restaurant on Burnet from the Ramen Tatsu-ya team.

Nervous Charlie's in North Austin is one of the only places you can get a really solid bagel.

TopGolf in North Austin is a 3-story driving range where you could work on your short game just long enough to justify a drink at their bar.

Punch Bowl Social in The Domain is everything you dreamed about as a kid - there’s bowling, skeeball, pinball - along with a bar for the adults.

Ginny’s in North Austin is a great bar any night, but go on Sundays for Chicken Sh*t Bingo.