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About Triumph Cafe

In addition to selling excellent coffee — both whole bean and by the cup — this place also has a crazy variety of food, serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner. For breakfast they have dishes like migas and huevos rancheros; for lunch and dinner it’s Thai food: spring rolls, stir fries, and more goodness. You might even run into Kinky Friedman.

About Dhaba Joy

Home to vegan speed dating — Dhaba Joy is located inside Toy Joy. They feature an all vegan menu along with their coffee and espresso: sandwiches, mac and cheese, smoothies, and fresh juices.

About Kyoto

Want good, cheap sushi? Check out Kyoto’s happy hour, when most of the restaurant’s drinks, appetizers, maki sushi (rolls), and nigiri sushi (fish blobs) are discounted –- and delicious. Try the Longhorn, a mix of imitation crab, avocado, and cucumber in a tempura-fried roll topped with a spicy sauce. Trust me, you won’t regret it. Just be sure to arrive early because there’s always a line. Yep, it’s that good.

If you’re not able to make it for happy hour, stop by for lunch or dinner. Dim lighting and floor seating make this a hot date spot.

Happy hour is Monday through Saturday from 6p–6:45p. During the later part of the week, a line forms outside the closed door. Arrive at least 30min early, to find parking and wait in line to ensure you get a table. Oh, and don’t ever try show up with an incomplete party — the woman who runs the place HATES that. And don’t try to trick her either, because she will find out and then she will really get ANGRY.

Lamberts is a fancy barbecue joint that also hosts quite a bit of live music.

Tasty upscale Tex-Mex set in an ultramodern atmosphere.

The restaurant feels expensive, but the prices aren’t outrageous.

About Romeo’s Italian Grill and Bar

Coming soon…

Katz’s is open 24 hours, the service is good, and every table gets bowls of chips and pickles when they sit down.

Specializing in fried appetizers, fried entrees, and fried desserts.

That Other Paper visits TGI Friday’s

Ventana is an ideal destination for those who love inexpensive gourmet food and the thrill of an awkward experience.

Z’Tejas is an Austin original dating back to 1989, and few restaurants will win over your palette and your debit card as easily.

The menu is pricey, but you get some great Italian food in a classy setting.

Sushi and music, complete with swank booze.

The best time to go to this downtown Indian restaurant is when they’re offering the lunch buffet.

Any restaurant named after a 19th-century Italian opera just has to be good.

Located downtown somewhere between Carmelo’s and Esther’s Follies, Chez Nous is a small little French café with the most polite waiters in town.

Super-cheap gourmet food at Texas Culinary Academy’s student-run restaurant

Fancy restaurant without the outrageous prices and snooty atmosphere — just good food and excellent service.