4 editor picks in Austin.
4 new american places in Austin we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Austin | New American across every city.
New American cooking in Austin is grain-driven and built around live fire, led by a pair of acclaimed downtown and Rainey Street kitchens. Hestia is Kevin Fink's Michelin-starred live-fire room downtown, anchored by a 20-foot custom hearth, while his Emmer & Rye on Rainey Street runs a Bib Gourmand kitchen with house-milled pastas and a dim-sum-style cart. Dai Due on Manor Road brings the wild-game and butchery side of the form.
Hestia in Austin is Kevin Fink's Michelin-starred live-fire room downtown, built around a 20-foot custom hearth that anchors the open kitchen.
OrderThe whole-roasted duck for two, ordered at booking; the rest of the menu flexes around it.
TipThe chef's counter on the hearth side is two booking-clicks deeper than the dining room and worth chasing.
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.
OrderWhatever the pasta of the day is; the kitchen mills its own flour and the pasta moves with the harvest.
TipSit at the counter to flag down the small-plates cart first; the choice cuts go fast.
Emmer & Rye in Austin is Kevin Fink's grain-focused Rainey Street dining room, a Bib Gourmand tasting kitchen with a roaming dim-sum-style cart of small.
OrderWhatever pasta is on the daily card; the kitchen mills its own flour each morning.
TipThe counter seats see the cart first; book one if you want choice cuts of the small plates.
Dai Due is jesse griffiths's wild-game and butchery school plus restaurant on manor road is a bib gourmand kitchen most visitors miss for the bigger names.
TipSit at the supper-club nights for the most experimental menu; the New School of Traditional Cookery runs hunting and butchery classes too.
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