Casual dinner around campus

[hrmaddie 48]

Looking for dinner rev pre-game.  Taking a friend and his son to Austin this weekend to show them around campus.  I haven’t been back to Austin in over five years. For lunch I was going to do Dirty Martins. We are going to the game so something before the game that won’t require a huge wait would be preferable and nothing fancy. 

[closetohumping 17,474]

I like Dirty's.  FYI, some people love El Patio, I think it's awful.  

[4th&Five 41,591]

Chili Parlor

[jimmyjazz 46,187]

It's probably not what you were thinking, but I love Clay Pit.  "Modern" Indian, nice but not fancy and they would surely be fine with gameday attire. 

I just checked, they have a bunch of reservations available for early dinner.  Definition of "no wait".  Easy walk to the stadium.  

Edited November 12, 2021 by jimmyjazz

[phdhorn 6,224]

West campus area:

- Alpetra (Mediterranean food truck with picnic tables outside), very good.

- Kerbey Lane

- Goodall's (bar/american food, not bad)

- Moody's (so-so)

Usually can't guarantee no lines but with our tiny-shitty-if-any bowl bound team playing Kansas, you might be the only ones in there wherever you go.

 

Edit: I don't think El Patio's bad at all. At the least I've had far worse.

Edited November 12, 2021 by phdhorn

[Brisketexan 105,383]

Goddamn shame the egg roll carts are long gone.

[closetohumping 17,474]

9 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Goddamn shame the egg roll carts are long gone.

They were sellign fenced VCRs underneath the food.

[Brisketexan 105,383]

5 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

They were sellign fenced VCRs underneath the food.

ALLEGEDLY

[jimmyjazz 46,187]

19 minutes ago, phdhorn said:

- Kerbey Lane

Tell my daughter "hi".  I'll let you figure out which one she is.

[MidTexHorn 822]

Salty Sow

Haymaker if you want bar food/poutine.

[ztejas 43,542]

El Mercado. Scholz's. The Tavern. Black's is passable cue. Thai Kitchen.

[Brisketexan 105,383]

4 minutes ago, MidTexHorn said:

Salty Sow

Haymaker if you want bar food/poutine.

 

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

El Mercado. Scholz's. The Tavern. Black's is passable cue. Thai Kitchen.

Good recs.

[South Austin 52,620]

Nothing wrong with Dirty's, but if you want burgers closer to the stadium there's Crown & Anchor.  It usually has a crowd for game day but something tells me there won't be a huge wait tomorrow.

[Deej 76,940]

Hopfield's?

[6th Street 6,508]

Wendy's and pour out a Frosty for Junior

 

[smuggs 9,353]

Take him to El Patio and see if he can make it to half time before deucing-up his pants. Post story in the shart thread.

But seriously go to El Patio.

And possibly shit your pants.

[Texas St. Armadillos 1,381]

Mr. Gatti's buffet? 

Oh, wait...womp womp.

[CooterBrown 18,031]

57 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Tell my daughter "hi".  I'll let you figure out which one she is.

Now everybody's gonna tell their waitress they're from the internet and her dad is covering the tab.

 

[idigTexas 2,290]

35 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

Now everybody's gonna tell their waitress they're from the internet and her dad is covering the tab.

 

Am I the only one who has already been doing that?

[TornACL 7,722]

1 hour ago, South Austin said:

Nothing wrong with Dirty's, but if you want burgers closer to the stadium there's Crown & Anchor.  It usually has a crowd for game day but something tells me there won't be a huge wait tomorrow.

I always preferred Crown & Anchor.

[South Austin 52,620]

6 minutes ago, TornACL said:

I always preferred Crown & Anchor.

I can't say that it's better than Dirty's.  I've been to Dirty's maybe a handful of times.  But I lived relatively close to Crown & Anchor in law school and went there a lot for those three years, and then a few times later in life before football games.  So I have more of an affinity for C&A than Dirty's. 

Edited November 12, 2021 by South Austin

[DDD Dad 14,351]

2 minutes ago, TornACL said:

I always preferred Crown & Anchor.

Crown & Anchor is great.

[HornOnTheBayou 8,947]

Crown and Anchor for lunch, Haymaker for dinner. You'll thank me later. Your liver and heart won't, but you will.

[South Austin 52,620]

14 minutes ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

Your liver and heart won't, but you will.

He already said he's going to watch the Longhorns play football.

[Paco 1,934]

Dirty's for lunch, Crown and Anchor for dinner. Duh.

With a quick stop at the Posse for a beer and queso with taco meat for a snack.