Open Table came out with their 10 Best Restaurants in Austin list. Here are the ten:
- Truluck’s Seafood, Steak and Crab House (Downtown)
- Eddie V’s (5th Street)
- Garbo’s
- La Volpe
- Uchi
- Jeffrey’s
- Uchiko
- Eddie V’s (Arboretum)
- Cafe Josie
- Lonesome Dove Western Bistro Austin
Quick thoughts: Obviously this list leans heavily on the type of fine dining venue Open Table serves, so you’re not going to see cheap hole-in-the-walls and such. Jeffery’s, Uchi and Uchiko are long-time residents of this type of list. Truluck’s deserves it’s reputation. I wasn’t impressed with my one trip to the Arboretum Eddie V’s, but that was many years ago, and perhaps they’ve improved (or, alternately, found a way to stuff the ballot box). Cafe Josie was a long-time favorite but several years back they changed the menu enough that we weren’t as wild about it anymore. I hear consistently good things about Garbo’s, but I’m not as big a lobster fan as some people. Lonesome Dove has been on our to-try list for a while. La Volpe I’m unfamiliar with, and would be quite interested in making a visit next time we’re in the mood for high-end Italian.
Anything you think is conspicuously missing from this list?