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ANTONELLI’S CHEESE SHOP
Hyde Park
Cheeses Shop
Find | Food Markets & Stores - Austin, TX
Amazing people, really knowledgable staff, they have the best cheese selection in Austin.
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DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET
400 West Guadalupe Street, Austin, TX 78701
T: 512.797.1195
Saturdays: 9am - 1pm
Downtown
Farmers Market
SALT AND TIME
Barton Creek Farmers Market
www.bartoncreekfarmersmarket.org
S. Loop 1 and Hwy 360, Austin, TX 78746
Saturdays: 9am - 1pm
HOPE Farmer’s Market
414 Waller Street, Austin, TX 78702
Sundays: 11am - 3pm
Downtown
Small Batch Cured Meats & Pickles
Salt and Time at the Downtown Farmers Market. I love the "experiments."
COUNTRY SIDE FARMS
Austin Downtown Farmers Market
400 West Guadalupe Street, Austin, TX 78701
Saturdays: 9am - 1pm
Farm
(call ahead for an appointment)
Sebastien and Esther Bonneu
376 Jones Road, Cedar Creek, TX 78612
T: 512.363.2310
Hyde Park
Duck & Poultry
Country Side Farms at the Downtown Farmers Market... aka Sebastian. Best duck and other fowl in Austin.
HANA WORLD MARKET
1700 Parmer Lane, Suite 100, Austin, TX 78727
T: 512.832.6606
Lamplight Village
Asian Grocery
Great Korean and Japanese product selection. Nice variety of house made kimchee. One stop shop for shabu shabu night. The owner also supplies some of the best restaurants in town. I hear he's working on expanding their seafood selection.
MT SUPERMARKET
North Lamar
Asian Grocery
Amazing selection of Asian goods and produce. Live catfish and every part of a chicken and pig you can hope for.
ROYAL BLUE GROCERIES
Second Street District/ Warehouse District / Downtown
247 West 3rd Street, Austin, TX 78701
T: 512.499.3993
Downtown / Warehouse District
360 Nueces Street
T: 512.476.5700
Downtown
609 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78701
T: 512.469.5888
Multiple Locations
Grocery Store
Gruet, grilled cheese and a can of tomato soup. Not to mention they carry Jeni's ice cream, my favorite.
DECKHANDS OYSTER BAR
Round Rock
Seafood
Eat | Restaurants - Austin, TX
You can't have enough green Thai sauce! Put it all over everything. Best papaya salad in town (Laos style).
FRANKLIN BBQ
East Austin
Barbecue
Nuff said.
HOPDODDY BURGER BAR
South Austin
Burgers
I'm kinda hooked on their burgers.
LE SOLEIL
North Austin
Vietnamese
Bring some friends along and get the whole curry dusted catfish, it ranges from 2-5 pounds, depending on how many friends you bring with you. Ask for the stinky fish sauce, yummy anchovies.
LITTLE DELI AND PIZZA
Crestview
Pizza
My favorite pizza in town. Crestview's best kept secret. Sorry for spreading the word.
Eat | Sweets - Austin, TX
COOL HAUS
Twitter: @coolhaus
Downtown
Ice Cream Truck
I love ice cream sandwiches!
CONGRESS AUSTIN
Warehouse District
American
Drink | Bars - Austin, TX
For bubbles.
Second Street District
Mexican
For tequila and mezcal.
LIBERTY BAR
1618 1/2 East 6th Street, Austin, TX 78702
T: 512.600.4791
East Austin
Bar
My favorite haunt on the Eastside of Austin.
Drink | Juice - Austin, TX
JUICELAND
Barton Springs
1625 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TX 78704
T: 512.480.9501
DeepEddy
2307 Lake Austin Boulevard, Austin, TX 78703
T: 512.628.0782
Multiple Locations
Juice Bar
I go there everyday I can when I'm in Austin. I can't get enough juice.
Drink | Coffee - Austin, TX
HOUNDSTOOTH COFFEE
Allandale / Brentwood
Coffee / Tea
I love my macchiatos.
Photographs courtesy of Paul Qui & Uchiko
Chef Paul Qui | Recommendations
May 8, 2012
Uchiko & East Side King - Austin, TX
Chef Paul Qui has experienced a banner year. The executive chef of the highly-regarded Austin restaurant Uchiko and owner of East Side King, his trio of food trailers, won $125,000 by beating out his tough “cheftestant” competitors on Bravo’s Top Chef: Texas TV show.
This past Monday, chef Qui won the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef: Southwest, a year after his mentor and boss, chef Tyson Cole won the same honor.
We asked chef Qui to disclose his favorite Austin F.E.D. (finds, eats and drinking) spots.