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Another day, another taco. Every day in September, I’ll have a taco somewhere in Austin. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, after midnight. Check Forklore’s daily taco tracker. DAY 1: PAPALOTE (2803 S. Lamar Blvd. 804-2474.) The taco: Tortas de coliflor ($3.25). Blessed are they who fry cauliflower, ...

• Open: The Surfing Hookah, a retail smoke shop and hookah lounge with dozens of shisha flavors, plus stations for Xbox and PlayStation games. Open noon to midnight daily, with BYOB allowed on weekends. 5501 N. Lamar Blvd, Suite A-101. 866-686-7873, www.thesurfinghookah.com. • Open: Papalote, a ...

Image courtesy Terry MartinezEditor's note: Dish Of The Week is a new feature highlighting some of Austin's best dishes - from sushi to okra to curry. If you have a suggestion for future entries in the series, drop us a line at food (at) austinist.com. What: Verde Chile Fries Where: Casino El C ...

The Omelettry is not fancy. It’s not modern. It doesn’t even accept credit cards, though there’s an ATM machine inside in case you forget cash. It’s pure Austin, comfortable, laid-back, just little off–beat, the reason people like me left the uptight world of elsewhere Texas and relocated ...

Pete’s Tantalizing Tacos: $3.50 (add $1 after 4 p.m.) Hear the steady tattoo of a spatula on a flat-top grill coming from the kitchen? They’re making your breakfast tacos, folding in eggs, sausage, potatoes, cheese, serrano chiles and onions. At this price, you get two overflowing tacos in w ...

The Shed BBQIt’s 1:15 in the morning. You’re at The Mohawk and you’re partying. You’re hip, Texan, and a carnivore. What’s the one thing on your mind? What do you need more than a sober car ride home? A slightly sticky smell wafts down from the upstairs terrace that can only be one ...

Sure, the spectacular $34 cheeseburger gets a lot of attention in my review of Jeffrey’s. (Read the review here) Here are four more dishes from that review: TOP LEFT: People who’ve been coming to Jeffrey’s for decades will appreciate the crispy oysters, now in two varieties. In the foregr ...

Everyone loves the Bachelor Bars (an article I wrote in 2007!): Molotov, The Marq, Chuggin’ Monkey, Dizzy Rooster, and Thirsty Nickel. In the old Mother Egan’s spot next door to Molotov, the brothers bachelor (Brad, Chad, & Wes Womack) and partner Jason Carrier have reinvented the pub with ...

Over on East Cesar Chavez Street, Josh Frank is building an eccentric mosaic of food, art and now cinema with his East Austin Trailer Park and Eatery and Starving Art gallery. This week, Frank is opening a miniature drive-in movie theater in the back of the space at 2326 E Cesar Chavez St., whi ...

Just when wandering the streets of downtown Austin start to feel familiar to you something new and different springs up to make going out interesting all over again. Well, get ready for the enticing pull of  a grand opening celebration with your name on it, at a bar you’ll be frequenting for ye ...

Brad Sorenson didn’t win this season’s “Next Food Network Star,” but he got pretty close to the finals, winning millions of fans along the way. His home restaurant, Asti Trattoria, is hosting a meet and greet for fans from 5 to 10 p.m. on Monday, August 30. Brad will be making similar dish ...

Austin is full of great things to eat and drink for less than $5. Read all of our “15 Under 5” here. WHEATSVILLE CO-OP Eggless tofu salad, Rockstar bagel and small coffee: $4.78 You don’t have to be a member to feel righteous here, or even to shop here. Colleague Matthew Odam let me in ...

I think I died and went to Taco Heaven. I have been in Austin for over 5 years and always heard about this mythical Torchy’s Tacos, but it was not until I started the blog that I forced myself to actually try one. I always thought tacos were all pretty much the same. Why do people go almost craz ...

OK, that was the obvious pun, right? But brunch at Tacos n Tequila, in the Gables Pressler on 5th Street, is THAT GOOD. This is my plate at TnT.That’s ceviche, salad, fruit salad, mushrooms and yellow squash, polenta, migas, guacamole, and teeny-tiny homemade flour tortillas (heaven). These are ...

Austin is full of great things to eat and drink for less than $5. Read all of our “15 Under 5” here. BITE MI Char-grilled pork banh mi sandwich and a canned drink: $4.70 Where you going for lunch? Bite Mi. Ha ha! But seriously, this is a lot of Vietnamese sandwich for $3.70, anchored by s ...

(Update: The location of Shades Cafe has been corrected.) • Open: The fifth location of Kerbey Lane Cafe, at 4301 William Cannon Drive. www.kerbeylanecafe.com. • Open: Wahoo’s Fish Taco, a second Austin location of the California chain, at 1722 S. Congress Ave. 358-6600, www.wahoos.com. • ...

Austin is full of great things to eat and drink for less than $5. Read all of our “15 Under 5” here. SANDY’S HAMBURGERS Cheeseburger, fries and a fountain drink: $4.09 on Thursdays and Saturdays The sign says $3.69 for the burger combo, but you’re worth 40 more cents for cheese. This ...

So many food trucks, so little time. Producers from the Cooking Channel breezed through Austin earlier this summer to shoot a special called “Food Truck Revolution” that will premiere on Sunday night at 9 p.m. The show explores how Austin’s quirky nature contributes to the thriving food tr ...

Austin is full of great things to eat and drink for less than $5. Read all of our “15 Under 5” here. CASEY’S NEW ORLEANS SNOWBALLS Small regular snowball, small cream snowball: $4.50 Casey’s is only around during the hot months. Lucky you. That means one of you can still get a vivid r ...

Some people live for it - others opt to stay at home. Mark your calendar for Tax Free Weekend. It's August 20-22, 2010 and it's going to be huge in the state of Texas....Read Full Post