| You don't have to look hard to find incredible | | | | early if you're eating in the evening. Try to macaroni |
| restaurants in Austin, Texas. Whether you're looking | | | | and cheese which will make you regret every |
| for a fine dining experience or want something | | | | pre-packaged blue box you ever made. |
| authentic Tex Mex, Austin has it for you. If you think | | | | 4. Eddie V's Prime Seafood |
| Austin dining is all about staying local, think again. | | | | This popular seafood restaurant has two locations, |
| Some of the top restaurants boast world class | | | | one of Fifth Street and one on 44th near the |
| cuisine and nationally recognized chefs. If you want | | | | Arboretum. The Florida stone-crab claws, oysters on |
| an incredible restaurant experience, give one of these | | | | the half-shell and crab-cakes are the main attractions, |
| top 10 restaurants a try. | | | | but the seafood menu is vast. It's been a Reader's |
| 1. Uchi | | | | favorite since it one Favorite New Restaurant in 2001. |
| This contemporary Japanese cuisine restaurant | | | | 5. parkside |
| topped the Austin Chronicle's Reader's choice poll in | | | | In the Reader's favorite list for the last two years, |
| 2009 and has been part of the top 10 for several | | | | parkside is a bistro and bar that you need a big |
| years. By combining local ingredients and imported | | | | appetite for. The appetizers are great for carnivores |
| seafood, the kitchen prepares unique and exciting | | | | and veggie lovers alike. There are savory selections |
| flavor combinations based on traditional Japanese | | | | as well as incredible raw appetizer treats. The raw |
| food menu items. | | | | oysters and cocktails both got a Best of Austin |
| 2. FINO | | | | award in 2008. |
| FINO offers a unique blend of Mediterranean food | | | | 6. ASTI |
| that brings in influences from Italy, Morocco and | | | | Debuting in 2001, ASTI is one of the most awarded |
| Athens. Their appetizers can't be missed (they were | | | | restaurants on this list. In 2004 it swept the Critic's |
| voted into the top 10 twice in the last two years by | | | | awards in the Austin Chronicle's Restaurant Poll. The |
| Austin Chronicle readers). The gorgeous | | | | theme at ASTI is Italian but expect higher quality and |
| décor in the restaurant is backdrop to their | | | | more variety than you'd find at your run of the mill |
| great tapas and paella. | | | | chain Italian place. Mixing Italian food with California |
| 3. Moonshine Patio Bar & Grill | | | | cuisine has worked out great for ASTI and their fans. |
| Moonshine is the most affordable option on this list | | | | 7. Manuel's |
| yet, with prices around $25 to $30 per person. It has | | | | Manuel's has two locations to bring its excellent |
| been a Reader's favorite since its debut in 2005 and | | | | Mexican food to Austin residents and visitors. It's |
| won the Critic's Best Porcine Lollipop in 2009. | | | | friendly and casual restaurant, with a patio and |
| Moonshine Patio Bar & Grill features a general | | | | live-music for Sunday brunch. Be sure to try to chile |
| American menu with a Texas kick. The bar offers | | | | relleno and the seviche. |
| unique cocktails and great beer, so be sure to arrive | | | | |