After a year living in the Lonestar State and Capitol of Texas, I’ve compiled a list of my favorite ONE HUNDRED bites, dishes, and desserts. While outsiders think we are just full of queso and fatty brisket, you’ll find some great seafood, dim sum, Thai, remarkable food trucks, pizza, Chinese, ice cream, and tamales. Let me know if you have something to add!
- ABGB Margherita Slice
- Amy’s Ice Cream Mexican Vanilla with M&M’s
- ATX Cocina Jumbo Lump Crab Tostada
- Blue Dahlia Bistro Egg White Frittata with tomato, spinach, feta (served all day)
- Be More Pacific’s Longganisa Tots
- Bouldin Creek Cafe Sweet Potato Tamales
- 40 North– ANY of the pizzas
- Casa de Luz Guacamole Tacos
- Cenote’s Cenote Scramble with tomato, onion, arugula, pesto and capers
- Clark’s Cioppino
- Chez Nous Escargot with Button Mushrooms
- Cow Tipping Brownie Stacker
- Dee Dee Thai Mango Sticky Rice
- Dolce Neve Chocolate Gelato
- East Side Cafe Baked Brie
- East Side King Fried Brussels Sprouts
- Eberly Crab & Cornbread
- Emmer & Rye Short Rib Carnitas and Roti
- El Alma Ceviche and Fried Chips
- El Borrego de Oro Chicken Tortilla Soup
- El Primo Bean, Egg and Cheese Taco
- Elizabeth Street Cafe Snapper Bun
- Epicerie Funfetti Cookie
- Flower Child’s Mother Earth Bowl
- Forthright Carrot Soup
- Franklin BBQ Brisket
- Freedmen’s Chocolate Mousse
- Fresa’s Jerez Salad with Marinated Chickpeas, Spicy Carrots, Pepitas
- Gemelli’s Olive Oil Gelato
- Granny’s Tacos Chilaquiles Taco
- Grizzelda’s Whole Fish
- Gus’s Fried Chicken
- The Hightower Corned Beef Short Rib Tacos on Sourdough Tortillas
- Holy Roller Everything English Muffin with Egg Whites
- Homeslice Turkey Sandwich
- Italic Roasted Chicken
- Jacoby’s Red Velvet Cake Ice Cream
- Jim Jim’s Cookies & Cream Ice Cream
- Jeffrey’s Tortellini
- Josephine House Huevos Rancheros
- JW Marriott Burger Bar Chocolate and Vanilla Soft Serve Swirl
- June’s All Day Matzo Ball Caldo
- Justine’s Steak Tartare
- Kemuri Tatsu-Ya Fish Collar
- Kellie’s Baking Co. Stuffed Reese’s Cookie
- Kerbey Lane Migas
- Hillside Farmacy Kale Caesar Salad
- LA BBQ Brisket
- Lamberts Frito Pie
- Launderette Birthday Cake Ice Cream Sandwich
- Le Politique Galette Norvégienne
- Lichas Choriqueso
- Lick Vegan Chocolate Ice Cream
- Lenoir – Menu Changes Monthly
- Magnolia Cafe Chocolate Chip Pancakes
- Matt’s El Rancho Bob Armstrong Dip
- Maudie’s Tamale Breakfast Taco
- Mattie’s at Green Pastures Biscuits
- Michelthwait Pork Ribs
- Musachino Escarole
- Monger’s Smoked Fish Dip
- New Fortune Steamed Peking Duck Buns
- Nuha’s Sinful Desserts S’mores Cookie
- Old Thousand Kung Pao Cauliflower
- Olamaie Day Boat Golden Tilefish
- Odd Duck’s Fish Head
- Cafe Pacha Banana Pancakes
- Perla’s Red Fish on the Halfshell with Red Chimichurrri
- Phoenecia Bakery Tabbouleh
- Picnik Blondie
- Pieous Vegetarian Pizza
- Poke House Poke Bowl with Crab
- Poke Poke Tuna with Brown Rice
- Polvo’s Green Enchiladas
- Pool Burger Cheeseburger
- Quality Seafood Gumbo
- Red Ash’s Hot & Crispy Country Italian Garlic Bread
- Russell’s Bakery Coconut Cake
- Saint Cecilia Cheese Platter
- Second Bar + Kitchen Roasted Rainbow Trout with Black Eyed Peas
- Skull & Cakebones Edible Cookie Dough
- Snooze Breakfast Burrito with Green and Red Sauce
- Soto South Lamar Chu Toro Sashimi
- Sprinkles Vanilla Cupcake Top with Peanut Butter Ice Cream
- Stiles Switch BBQ Banana Pudding
- Sway Nashi Pear Chicken
- Takoba Nopales Tacos
- Tamale House Chicken Tamale
- Terry Black’s BBQ Giant Beef Rib (location on Barton Springs)
- Thai Kun Khao Man Gai (Steamed Chicken)
- Thai Fresh Pad Prik King with Shrimp and Brown Rice
- Tiff’s Treats Chocolate Chip Brownies
- Tiny Boxwood Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Tiny Pies Berry Pie
- Tomodachi Miller Roll
- Uchi Machi Cure – Smoked Yellowtail, Yuca Crisp, Marcona Almond, Asian Pear
- Uchiko Wagyu Tartare Sushi
- Valentina’s Tex Mex BBQ Chicken Taco
- Via 313 The Original Pepperoni
- Vera Cruz La Reyna Breakfast Taco
- Wu Chow Honey Walnut Shrimp
