Retro Dining
Moonshine Patio Bar & Grill (above). Dating from the mid-1850s, the building inhabited by this bar is a well preserved homage to Austin’s early days. Within its exposed limestone walls, you can enjoy comfort food, happy hours and a lavish Sunday brunch buffet.
Launderette. This modern American restaurant is a in a former launderette, with a stylish, streamlined design that provides a fine backdrop to the inventive cooking. The menu is broad and features crab toast, wood-grilled octopus, Brussels sprouts with apple-bacon marmalade and wonderful brick chicken.
Güero’s Taco Bar. Set in an 1800s feed-and-seed store that closed its doors in the 1990s, Guero’s is an Austin classic and always draws a crowd. Come for homemade corn tortillas (the tacos al pastor are excellent), chicken tortilla soup, Mexican beer and refreshing margaritas. Live music and dancing is a fixture in its oak-shaded garden from Wednesday to Sunday.
