📍 Downtown, Austin

Live-fire downtown room from the Emmer & Rye team, built around an open hearth that every dish on the menu passes through on its way out. Hearth-roasted carrots are the unexpec...

French-Japanese omakase from twin chefs Gohei and Haru Kishi at the Austin Proper Hotel, with 25 seats built around a chef's counter. An 11-course tasting spotlights A5 wagyu and t...

Hai Hospitality's izakaya on W 2nd brings the same precision that made Uchi a city institution, dialed into a bar format. Small plates, serious Japanese whisky, late-night energy —...

John Carver's downtown Italian on Colorado built around a wood grill and a meat program serious enough to anchor a steakhouse — the 50-day dry-aged ribeye is the order most tables ...

Phillip Frankland Lee and Margarita Kallas-Lee's 17-course nigiri omakase behind an unmarked door at 603 Brazos. Ten seats around a single counter; nightly seatings at 5:00, 7:15 a...

1.5 million Mexican free-tail bats emerge from under the Congress Avenue Bridge at sunset from March through November — the largest urban bat colony in North America. Watch from th...

Kristen Kish runs the dining room at The LINE on Cesar Chavez, and the view across Lady Bird Lake is part of the deal — handmade pastas and wood-grilled proteins played as Italian-...

French restaurant downtown built on classical technique — no fusion detours, no Southwest twists. The kitchen commits to the fundamentals: proper sauces, precise proteins, and a wi...

Contemporary Mexican downtown built around wood-fired cooking and imported ingredients. Comedor treats Mexican cuisine as fine dining without stripping out its soul. The room is sl...

Candlelit downtown cocktail bar where the menu takes you through centuries of American cocktail history. Classic technique, jewel-toned interiors, and bartenders who know their cra...