Where to Eat to Avoid SXSW 2020 – Entertainment & Life – Waxahachie Daily Light

The south by southwest hordes are expected to descend to downtown and East Austin, inevitably spilling over into other centrally located neighborhoods. Traffic will be even more difficult than usual, and visiting restaurants in the heart of the city will be a headache for those who are not already in the area on foot.

But you can still have good meals at restaurants all over Austin and in the suburbs, far enough away that you don't even know there is a festival. Here is a list of 30 solid choices to eat during the 10-day period when parts of the city just seem too difficult to visit.

Apis. 23526 Texas 71, Spicewood. 512-436-8918, apisrestaurant.com. Chef Taylor Hall's Hill Country restaurant offers fixed-price menus including delicious snacks and great dishes like pasta, sea trout and dry-aged beef.

Asian market. 8650 Spicewood Springs Road, # 115. 512-383-5009, asiamarketeatery.com. The market that helped introduce the Austinites to Sichuan cuisine with its coffee over ten years ago again serves some of the best Chinese food in the city, including dumplings, buns and noodle dishes.

Asiana. 801 E. William Cannon Drive, n 205. 512-445-3435, asianaindiancuisine.com. The lunch buffet at this indescribable Indian restaurant features staples like the burnt orange glow of chicken tikka masala, but you should venture into the widest range of dishes across the country.

Asti Trattoria. 408 E. 43rd St. 512-451-1218, astiaustin.com. Accessible and comforting Italian in the middle of Hyde Park, Asti is one of the city's quintessential neighborhood restaurants.

Barley pork. 6555 Burnet Road, # 400. 512-394-8150, barleyswine.com. James Beard's seven-time runner-up restaurant, Bryce Gilmore, hums one of the best hospitality in town and the cuisine is as creative as possible when it comes to modern Texas cuisine.

Bartlett. 2408 W. Anderson Lane. 512-451-7333, bartlettsaustin.com. They just don't do restaurants like this anymore, from friendly, professional service to regularly updated new American dishes like a sweet yellowfin tuna burger with soy honey frosting, lump crab cakes and glazed roast chicken with apricot.

Black Star cooperative. 7020 Easy Wind Drive. 512-452-2337, blackstar.coop. The well-thought-out pub price in this cooperative brewery includes one of the best burgers in town, a massive galette made of Texas beef with beer mustard (of course), and the fish and chips is a version clean, crisp and flaky from the classic.

Korean barbecue charm. 1200 W. Howard Lane. 512-505-8513, charmkoreanbbq.com. If you told me you liked Korean barbecue more than central Texas barbecue, I wouldn't fight you. Less smoke, more umami and sweetness of the bulgogi marinade, and the banchan of marinated and fermented vegetables make a nice counterweight to grilled meat.

Contigo. 2027 Anchor Lane. 512-614-2260, contigotexas.com. The restaurant on the edge of the Mueller development is an extension of the family ranch of owner Ben Edgerton of the same name in the Texas Hill Country. Expect a game organized on the Texas cooler with dishes like cold cuts, a thick hamburger, and peel-and-eat shrimp swimming in a Cajun-inspired butter.

Evangeline Caf. 8106 Brodie Lane. 512-282-2586, evangelinecafe.com. Cajun fried comfort and a delicious dose of live music away from the maddening crowds of SXSW.

Fat Dragon. 8650 Spicewood Springs Road, # 109. 512-258-7587, fatdragonatx.com. The dumplings, ranging from Shanghai soup dumplings to chocolate dessert dumplings, receive a lot of deserved love here, but Sichuan specialties are among the restaurant's strongest offerings.

Fonda San Miguel. 2330 W., boulevard North Loop 512-459-4121, fondasanmiguel.com. The devotees always flock to this inner Mexican pillar for dishes such as the vibrant cochinita pibil and the piata of a homemade relleno that spreads with chicken, olives, capers and nuts.

Foreign and domestic. 306 E. 53rd St. 512-459-1010, fndaustin.com. Chefs and partners Sarah Heard and Nathan Lemley have revitalized this pillar of the northern loop over the past two and a half years and have refined its characteristics, putting their passion into comfort food. It & # 39; s the Texas countryside and the French bistro.

Garbo. 14735 Bratton Lane. 512-350-9814, garboslobsteratx.com. The lobster rolls, their crimson shanks and the claw meat spouting from their grilled sachets, serve as the centerpiece at the restaurant, which also offers East Coast dishes like well-developed clam chowder and a solid burger.

Himalaya Kosheli. 8650 Spicewood Springs Road, No. 148. 512-582-0157. Cumin, clove and cardamom vapors lure you to the approach of the buffet lunch at the Himalayan-Indian spartan restaurant located in a shopping mall off the coast of the United States 183. The buffet offers many expected Indian dishes , but diners should definitely explore the full menu, which includes complex sauces like a bay leaf and a clove of goat vindaloo hung with peppers and a touch of vinegar.

InterStellar barbecue. 12233 FM 620 N, Suite 105. 512-382-6248, facebook.com/interstellarbbq. The skills and attention to detail of chefs John Bates and Brandon Martinez help them thrive with the wavy breast, equal ribs to be pulled and given, and creative sausages like Texano, packed with an explosion of cumin and oregano charred and softened by pieces of Oaxaca Cheese.

Jack Allen's kitchen. Several locations. jackallenskitchen.com. Jack Gilmore has created a farm-to-table hybrid truck stop and brings this quality food to diners outside of the city center – dishes like crispy salmon crunchy outside and delicate in the middle, topped with 39; roasted tomato, crab and local tomato sauce; and big pocket computers like a fried chicken sandwich topped with hickory sauce, cheddar, bacon and jalapeo mayonnaise.

Kome. 5301 Airport Blvd., No 100512-712-5700, kome-austin.com. The viche Kome – salmon and mango garnished with madai and sashimi and shiny yuzu powder – shows the evolution of sushi from the original trailers of owners Tak and Kayo Asazu. Make sure to explore non-sushi items like Kara-ag chicken (fried chicken thigh meat) and the grilled flaky and salted yellowfin tuna necklace.

The Oca d'Oro. 1900 Simond Ave. 737-212–1876, locadoroaustin.com. Chef Fiore Tedesco offers thoughtful and ingredient-based Italian cuisine that impresses with its execution, restraint and clean flavors. The care of the kitchen to maximize the ingredients even extends to a homemade amaro program.

Blue. 9070 Research Blvd., n ° 303. 512-770-1100, lebleuatx.com. The traditional bnh m chicken, lamb and pork are the signatures here, but chef Tebi Nguyen, who got his start with the Saigon food truck The Vendor, has the place and the time to spread in his coffee as he explores the vivid flavors of the pan-fried yellow pan with green mango and caramelized garlic fish sauce and the fragrant complexity of mussels in a nut broth coconut with lemongrass.

Little Thailand. 4315 Caldwell Lane. 512-551-9930, littlethailandtx.com. Chef Kanjanet Thomas – niece of late owner Leland R. "Dick" Simcoe and his wife, Surin – and husband, Thanet, have restarted Little Thailand, a charming, unique and unexpected piece of fabric from the local dining room Austin located underwater Garfield Tower in East Texas 130. The restaurant serves the best Thai food in central Texas.

Pieous. 166 Hargraves Drive. 512-394-7041, facebook.com/pieous. Husband and wife team Josh and Paige Kaner have created a restaurant also popular with families and food addicts. And they did it on the outskirts of the city, and with the unlikely combination of puffed and steaming Neapolitan pizza and scented folds of smoked beef pastrami.

Pollo Las Abuelas. 11444 Menchaca Road. 737-228-7449, pollolasabuelas.com. Head to this trailer in the far south of Austin for some of the best fried chicken sandwiches in town.

Quality seafood market. 5621 Airport Blvd. 512-452-3820, qualityseafoodmarket.com. The enlarged dining room gives the fish market and restaurant a more airy and brighter atmosphere, but it's still a cranky place on the table, cold beer and Gulf oysters.

Saffron. 3616 Far West Blvd. 512-241-1732; 3201 Bee Caves Road, # 148. 512-329-0234, saffronaustin.com. Co-owner Thiniso Tashi was raised in northeast India by a Tibetan father and a Nepalese mother, and the menu at his restaurant straddles Tibet and Nepal, with one foot in India and one in China. Get the goat stew and the achari chicken.

Stiles Switch BBQ & Brew. 6610 N. Lamar Blvd. 512-380-9199, stilesswitchbbq.com. One of the best quality barbecue / line ratios you will also come across during the SXSW week and most other weeks.

Tan My. 1601 Ohlen Road. 512-832-9585. The pho of this family-run Vietnamese restaurant has depth and character, and a marinade of soy sauce, garlic and a touch of fish sauce elevates grilled pork into a transcendent candy.

Taste of Ethiopia. 1100 Grand Ave. Promenade, Pflugerville. 512-251-4053, tastofethiopiaaustin.com. Woinee Mariam imbues her food with a maternal affection that warms guests as much as the ubiquitous Ethiopian Berber spice, national dish of doro wot and tibs beef compote.

Thai Kun. 11601 Rock Rose Ave. 512-719-3332, thaikun.com. I love the juxtaposition: a tamed open-air shopping center, a monument to consumerism (the estate), houses a traditional Thai restaurant serving seriously spicy cuisine. This is unexpected, a little puzzled and pretty awesome.

Titaya. 5501 N. Lamar Blvd. 512-458-1792, titayasthaicuisine.com. The fibrous component of bamboo and zucchini strips fills a green curry warmed with serrano peppers and sweetened with coconut milk in one of the many very good curries from Titaya & # 39; s, one of the Austin's most popular Thai restaurants.