Austin’s legendary Soup Peddler on a vegetarian restaurant where the creative set meet, a Tex-Mex grand hall and his favourite grocery stores
EATING OUT
Bouldin Creek Café
1900 South First, Austin, TX 78704; +1 512 416 1601, www.bouldincreek.com
“This is a place that’s very close to my heart. It’s a very eclectic vegetarian restaurant and a nexus of south Austin’s striving creators. It’s where I used to go to connect to my local neighbourhood and is a very special place for me.” – David
Borego De Oro
3900 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704; +1 512-383-0031
Taqueria Arandas
2448 S 1st St, Austin, TX 78704; +1-512-707-0887, www.taqueriasarandas.com
Taqueria Orandinas
700 W William Cannon Dr, Austin, TX 78745; +1 512-693-020, www.arandinas.com
“These are three very good little Mexican places in Austin. I really like cheap Mexican food because I can’t pull it off at home and it tastes so good.”
Matt’s el Rancho
2613 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704; +1 512-462-9333, www.mattselrancho.com
“Each city in Texas has it’s own Tex-Mex ‘grand hall’ with a big Mexican party room. This place is amazing; it’s just such a machine. There’s probably about 100 employees pumping out massive volumes of great food.”
Bombay Grill
West Woods Shopping Center, 3201 Bee Caves Rd #148, Austin, TX 78746; +1 512-329-0234, www.bombaygrilltexas.com
“I go to quite a few Indian places in Austin; this is definitely one of the better ones.”
David at Bouldin Creek Cafe
BUYING IN
“We’re a regular grocery store family. I’m not really an organic person, but I am a ‘fresh’ person. Organic in Texas generally means it came from California – it’s been on a truck for quite a while. The supply chain here isn’t quite good enough to make organic work. Greens-wise, we pretty much just eat our own from the garden.” – David
H-E-B
2400 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX (and locations around Austin); www.heb.com
A popular Texan supermarket chain with more than 350 outlets around the state.
Central Market
4477 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78745 and 4001 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78756; www.centralmarket.com
An upmarket grocery store chain owned by H-E-B with nine outlets around Texas, two of which are in Austin.