Nicolai McCrary
Senior Staff Writer, Austin
Nicolai is a staff writer for The Infatuation Austin. After spending a few years photographing food for various publications, he decided it was finally time to start eating it. Nicolai moved to Austin in 2008 to attend the University of Texas and get a biology degree that he has yet to find a use for. Since then, he’s worked FOH and BOH, operated his own pop-up restaurant, and quickly earned a name for himself on both sides of the Austin food scene. These days, you can usually find him aimlessly roaming the city on foot, convincing people to watch Paddington 2, and getting into passionate debates about what constitutes a sandwich.
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The Most Fun Dinner Spots In Austin Right Now
A night out at one of these places‚ whether it’s for a catch-up with a friend or an impressive date night, feels overwhelmingly of the moment.
Yammy's Filipino Letchon
Yammy's Letchon is a food truck in Round Rock specializing in lechon and other Filipino dishes.
Barton Springs Saloon
Barton Springs Saloon is a dive bar built in an old gas station near Zilker Park.
KG BBQ
KG BBQ at Oddwood Brewing on Manor Road combines Texas barbecue with Egyptian and Middle Eastern flavors.
Fabrik
Fabrik is a vegan tasting menu restaurant at the bottom of an apartment complex in East Austin.
Jeffrey's
Jeffrey's is a fancy steakhouse with dry-aged steaks, martinis, and soufflés, and it's exactly where you want to be when you’re celebrating.
Red Ash Italia
Red Ash is a modern Italian restaurant in downtown Austin serving dry-aged steaks, pastas, and seafood from a wood-fired oven.
Ramen Del Barrio
Ramen Del Barrio isn't the first spot in Austin to test out Japanese-Mexican fusion, but it might be the best.
Paprika ATX
The Mexican food truck Paprika ATX in the Highland neighborhood serves great tacos and tortas.
Suerte
Suerte is an upscale Mexican spot on East Sixth with a buzzy dining room and excellent tortillas.
Pho Phong Lu'u
Pho Phong Lu'u offers some of the best pho in town out of a small strip-mall eatery in North Austin.
Kemuri Tatsu-Ya
Kemuri Tatsu-ya is a Japanese-meets-Texas izakaya/barbecue restaurant in East Austin.
The Best Dive Bars In Austin, Ranked By Age
Pull up a stool and bring some cash—welcome to dirtbag paradise.
Austin's Black-Owned Restaurants Directory
More than 70 of Austin's Black restaurants, bars, and food trucks, organized by location.
Handsome Dan’s
Handsome Dan’s is an East Austin bar inspired by bait-and-tackle shops of rural Texas.
The Casual Weeknight Dinner Guide
Here’s our list of the best casual spots for a weeknight dinner in Austin.
