Bouldin Creek Cafe is a vegetarian restaurant in South First, Austin.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Guided tour · 2.5 hours
Fill your senses in the comfort of Hyde Park as we step away from crowds and into sweet bliss. Enjoy pizza made from local grains, flakes from a historic bakery, chees...
Guided tour · 3 hours
Six East Austin smokehouses in three hours, including a MICHELIN One Star pitmaster and three Bib Gourmands. Skip every line, ride in an air-conditioned van, and come hungry.
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Get ready to have a road trip experience to the Capital of Texas. We will enjoy the beautiful hill country stopping at wonderful places.
Address: 1900 S 1st St, Austin, TX 78704
Joann's Fine Foods in Austin is the Bunkhouse Group's Tex-Mex diner at the Austin Motel on South Congress, a palapa-bar patio of fajitas, queso and frozen.
OrderWood-grilled fajitas and a frozen margarita; the tortillas are pressed in-house each morning.
TipThe Austin Motel pool is members-only but the diner patio runs walk-in; arrive 5pm Saturday for shade.
Magnolia Cafe in Austin is the South Congress 24-hour diner, a counter institution running queso, migas and pancakes through the night, weekends round.
OrderMag mud queso and the Love migas; both run 24 hours, 7 days a week.
TipOpen 24 hours Thursday through Saturday; otherwise closes at midnight. SXSW makes Friday 1am a scrum.
Cisco's in Austin is Rudy Cisneros's East 6th Tex-Mex breakfast counter since 1948, the room that ran the city's politician breakfasts and helped make huevos.
OrderHuevos rancheros plate with refried beans and a side flour tortilla.
TipThe morning rush peaks at 8:30am; smoother before 7:30 or after 10. Cash and card both work fine.
Perla's in Austin is the McGuire Moorman South Congress seafood patio, a Gulf-leaning oyster bar with dozens of half-shell varieties and a wraparound porch.
OrderHalf-dozen Gulf oysters and the whole grilled snapper; the patio at sunset is the room's signature shot.
TipWeekend brunch from 10:30am; reservations a week ahead for the patio or walk in at 11am Monday for the quiet oyster hour.
Pueblo Viejo in Austin is Nestor and Margarita's East Riverside Mexican taqueria since 2010, a brick-and-mortar grown from a taco truck and a citywide.
OrderBean-and-cheese breakfast taco on a homemade flour tortilla.
TipThe Tillery Street trailer and the St. Elmo and Pickle Road locations run the same kitchen with shorter lines.
El Naranjo in Austin is Iliana de la Vega's James Beard-winning Oaxacan dining room on South Lamar, a family kitchen of regional moles, ceviches.
OrderThe mole negro de Oaxaca; de la Vega trained at the source in Oaxaca City.
TipDaughter Ana Torrealba runs the kitchen as chef de cuisine; the Sunday-supper menu is the most experimental.
