East Austin

La Perla is a tiny dive bar with great micheladas on East Sixth Street.

Dai Due is a modern Texas restaurant and butcher shop in Cherrywood.

Bufalina is an Eastside institution for good pizza, good wine, and a good time.

Fabrik is a vegan tasting menu restaurant at the bottom of an apartment complex in East Austin.

Canje is a fun contemporary Guyanese and Caribbean restaurant in East Austin.

Nixta Taqueria serves some of the best tacos in the city out of a low-key space in East Austin.

Suerte is an upscale Mexican spot on East Sixth with a buzzy dining room and excellent tortillas.

Kemuri Tatsu-ya is a Japanese-meets-Texas izakaya/barbecue restaurant in East Austin.

NADC makes a solid smashburger at high-end prices.

Electric Gravy is an Indian fusion restaurant on the East Side.

Mother's Ruin is a cocktail bar in East Austin serving food until 1:30am nightly.

Uptown Sports Club is an all-day New Orleans-style cafe on East 6th Street.

Rockstar Bagel is a walk-up window in East Austin making New York-style bagels.

This East Side bakery specializes in croissants (sample filling: chocolate fudge churro), bagels, cookies, and (obviously) coffee.

You can get great New York-style pizzas by the slice or by the pie at Allday Pizza in East Austin.

Short Stop is a drive-thru and walk-up burger operation with locations all across Austin.

Small's Pizza is a takeout pizza operation at Springdale General.

The Flower Shop is a '70s-themed bar and restaurant on East 7th Street.

Papercut is a cocktail bar and art gallery in East Austin.

Radio Rosewood is an East Austin coffee shop and bar from the team behind Radio Coffee.

Granny's Tacos is a brick-and-mortar space that adds beer, wine, and a dining room to the popular East Austin breakfast taco food truck.

Our favorite spots to eat on Austin’s East Side.

Micklethwait is serving up excellent smoked meats and creative sides out of a renovated old house in East Austin.

Loudmouth is a cozy Italian restaurant from the team behind Paperboy.

Juniper is a fancy-ish modern Italian restaurant in East Austin making some of the best pastas in town.