Pick your favorite places for eats and drinks and see who comes out on top

Best of Austin: Restaurants Ballot

<h2>Best of Austin: Restaurants&nbsp;</h2>
<h3>Pick your favorite places for eats and drinks and see who comes out on top</h3>
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We're excited to introduce a new extension of our Best of Austin brand &ndash; Best of Austin: Restaurants. Replacing our First Plates Awards &ndash; and reviving the spirit of our popular reader-powered Restaurant Poll &ndash; these awards celebrate the city's best restaurants and favorite dishes, as chosen by Austin Chronicle readers. Voting has now closed. Winners will be announced in our September 23 issue.&nbsp;
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Best of Austin: Restaurants

Conan's

Cooper's

(Must have opened between July 2021 and July 2022 to be eligible.)&nbsp;

Birdie’s

Canje

Llama Kid

Maie Day

Toshokan

New Restaurant 

Eldorado Cafe

Loro

Odd Duck

Suerte

Established Restaurant  

Tavel Bristol-Joseph (Canje)

Fermín Núñez (Suerte)

Ambrely Ouimette (Sushi|Bar Austin)

Edgar Rico (Nixta Taqueria)

Amanda Turner (Olamaie)

Chef 

Drew Lott (Ovenbird ATX)

Olivia Marek (The Peached Tortilla)

Zach McGrath (Better Half Coffee & Cocktails)

Alexa Mejia (Barley Swine)

Javier Nuñez (Odd Duck)

Sous Chef

Krystal Craig (Intero)

Jessica Forkner Tomberlin (Crema Bakery)

Julie Myrtille (Julie Myrtille Bakery)

Ariana Quant (Uchi)

Susana Querejazu (Lutie’s)

Pastry Chef 

(R.I.P. in 2021-22)&nbsp;

Chez Nous

Contigo Austin

La Mexicana Bakery

Sweet Ritual

Texas French Bread

Winebelly

Most Missed/Dearly Departed 

Crema

Flyrite

Sawyer

Comedor

Hestia

Jeffrey’s of Austin

Sushi|Bar Austin

Toshokan 

Fine Dining

Bouldin Creek Cafe

Humpty’s Wall of Breakfast

Kerbey Lane Cafe

Paperboy

Waterloo Ice House

Breakfast

Casino El Camino

Frazier’s Long & Low

The Little Darlin’

Rockin’ Rolls

Late-Night Dining

El Tacorrido

Flyrite Chicken

P. Terry’s Burger Stand

Sandy’s

Top Notch Hamburgers

Drive-Through

Cuantos Tacos

Huckleberry Food Truck

Patrizi’s

Spicy Boys Fried Chicken

Valentina’s Tex-Mex BBQ

Veracruz All Natural

Food Truck

Crema Bakery & Cafe

Quack’s Bakery

Swedish Hill

Upper Crust Bakery

Zucchini Kill Bakery

Bakery

Chuy’s 

Hat Creek Burger Co.

Mandola’s Italian Kitchen

Sawyer & Co.

Kids’ Menu

Mandola's

Intero

MezzeMe

Mongers

Cypress

Better Half Coffee & Cocktails

Emmer & Rye

Foreign & Domestic

New American

Franklin Barbecue

la Barbecue

Micklethwait Craft Meats

Stiles Switch BBQ & Brew

Terry Black’s Barbecue

Barbecue

Café Blue

Clark’s Oyster Bar

Garbo’s Fresh Maine Lobster

Mongers Market + Kitchen

Quality Seafood Market

Seafood

Country Boyz Fixins

Fixe Southern House

Hoover’s Cooking

Olamaie

Southern/Soul

Chuy’s

Matt’s El Rancho

Maudie’s

Polvos

Tex-Mex

El Alma

El Naranjo

Fonda San Miguel

Interior Mexican

Buenos Aires Café

Casa Colombia

Ceviche7

Estância Brazilian Steakhouse

South American

Bikkle Jamaican Restaurant

Chago’s Caribbean Cuisine

Habana Restaurant

Tony’s Jamaican Food

Caribbean

Austin Rôtisserie

Épicerie

Hopfields

Justine’s Brasserie

Péché

French

Juliet Italian Kitchen

Red Ash Italia

Italian

Arpeggio Grill

Cafe Malta

Dimassi’s Mediterranean Buffet

Phoenicia Bakery & Deli

Mediterranean

Halal Bros

Peace Bakery & Deli

Usta Kababgy

Middle Eastern/Arab

Aster’s Ethiopian Restaurant

Distant Relatives

Ethiopian and Eritrean Food Trailer

Habesha Ethiopian Restaurant & Bar

Taste of Ethiopia

African

Asiana Indian Cuisine

Clay Pit

Nasha

Saffron

Tarka Indian Kitchen

Indian

Madam Mam’s

Sap’s Ver Fine Thai Cuisine

Sway

Thai Fresh

Titaya’s Thai Cuisine

Thai

888 Pan Asian Restaurant

Bun Belly

Elizabeth Street Café

Le Bleu

Pho Please

Vietnamese

China Family

Lin Asian Bar + Dim Sum

Old Thousand

Tso Chinese Delivery

Wu Chow

Chinese

Komé

Otoko

Ramen Tatsu-ya

Uchi

Uchiko

Japanese

Charm Korean BBQ

Chi’Lantro BBQ

Korea House

Oseyo

Seoulju

Korean

Arlo’s 

The Beer Plant

Citizen Eatery

Counter Culture

Vegan/Vegetarian

Best Bento Box: Bento Picnic

Best Cajun: Cypress Grill

Best Cajun: Evangeline Cafe

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