Emmer & Rye is a new american fine-dining restaurant in Austin.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Learn to make fresh pasta from scratch in this hands-on Austin cooking class. Master classic Italian techniques and enjoy a gourmet meal you create yourself.
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: 51 Rainey St, Suite 110, Austin, TX 78701
Comedor in Austin is Philip Speer's modern Mexican fine-dining room on Colorado Street downtown, a Michelin-recommended kitchen with an Olson Kundig.
OrderThe bone-marrow tacos with hoja santa-pecan gremolata and smoked butter.
Book3 weeks ahead
TipBook at the bar for a more spontaneous walk-in option; the same kitchen runs both rooms.
Garrison in Austin is the Fairmont's Michelin-recommended steakhouse on Red River, a wood-and-fire room built on Texas beef and a Wine Spectator-recognised.
OrderThe wood-fired ribeye and the Garrison Dirty Martini, ordered tableside.
Book1 week ahead
TipThe Wine Spectator Award of Excellence cellar runs 600 bottles deep; ask for the sommelier route.
Barley Swine in Austin is Bryce Gilmore's farm-driven Burnet Road tasting room since 2010, a Texas-only sourcing kitchen with a Southwestern palette.
OrderThe chef's tasting flow; the menu changes daily around the morning's farm delivery.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipOdd Duck on Lamar is Gilmore's sibling and the more casual option from the same playbook.
Hestia in Austin is Kevin Fink's Michelin-starred live-fire dining room downtown, built around a 20-foot custom hearth and a tasting menu of wood-grilled.
OrderThe whole roasted duck for two and the hearth-cooked vegetable course.
Book3 weeks ahead
TipSit at the hearth counter if you can land it at booking; the view of the live-fire kitchen is the point.
Olamaie in Austin is Michael Fojtasek's Michelin-starred Southern dining room in a converted house near downtown, with a four-course prix fixe of modern.
OrderThe off-menu buttermilk biscuits with whipped honey butter, asked for at the start of the meal.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipThe four-course tasting accommodates a full vegetarian path on request; ask at booking.
Uchi in Austin is Tyson Cole's James Beard-winning sushi room on South Lamar, the kitchen that codified modern Japanese in Texas, with omakase counter.
OrderThe omakase route at the sushi bar; the bar tasting flows in real time.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipSake Social and the early seating run a discounted bar menu daily from 5 to 6:30pm.
