A bungalow strip turned bar-row at the south end of downtown. Emmer & Rye holds the food corner; Container Bar, Banger's and Cuvée run the drinking side, with food trucks parked between yards.
Emmer & Rye in Austin is Kevin Fink's grain-driven Rainey Street room, a Bib Gourmand kitchen with a dim-sum-style cart and house-milled pastas.
Signature: House-milled pasta, Dim-sum cart small plates, Heritage-grain bread
Order: Whatever the pasta of the day is; the kitchen mills its own flour and the pasta moves with the harvest.
Tip: Sit at the counter to flag down the small-plates cart first; the choice cuts go fast.
Geraldine's on the fourth floor of the Hotel Van Zandt in Rainey Street Austin runs nightly live music on the terrace, cocktails and a Southern-leaning.
Tip: Live music nightly with no cover. Reservations via OpenTable for dinner; walk-ins easier on the terrace bar rail.