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BYOB at These 13 Austin Restaurants

Bring your own beer, wine, and booze

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A great meal is complemented by great booze, but alcohol in any form can get expensive. Luckily, a number of Austin restaurants invite diners to bring their own so they don’t have to break the bank.

Here are Austin’s best BYOB restaurants and food trailers, that leave the choice of beverage pairings and price tags in the diners’ hands. This includes the pregaming of Franklin Barbecue, taco pairings at Tacodeli, low corkage fees at Phara's Mediterranean Cuisine, DIY mimosas at Omelettry, pasta truck Regal Ravioli, and others. This update adds Nepalese-Indian restaurant Saffron to the map.

For more booze, check out Eater’s cocktail heatmap, essential bars guide, spots with the best wine lists, great beer bars, and more.

Everything below is listed in geographical order from north to south. Did Eater miss a major BYOB restaurant and/or food trailer? Shoot it over through the tipline or drop it within the comments below.

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Saffron

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The spicy fare at the Nepalese and Indian restaurant works well for BYO beer and wine.

Saffron
Saffron
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Little Deli & Pizzeria

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The North Austin deli and pizzeria serves up the best of the Northeast with loaded deli sandwiches and New Jersey style pies, and diners can bring their own beers and ciders, perhaps something from the East Coast as well.

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Little Deli
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Phara's Mediterranean Cuisine

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The North Loop restaurant serves traditional Mediterranean food alongside belly dancing, live music, and hookah, and provides bottle openers and glassware for BYOB with a minimal $3 corkage fee.

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Phara’s
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La Cocina de Consuelo

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The traditional Mexican restaurant, known for its enchiladas, allows BYO-beer, wine, or alcohol.

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La Cocina de Consuelo
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The Omelettry

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Make brunch easy any day of the week by pairing one of the Omelettry’s sizable omelettes with your drink of choice, including a make-your-own mimosa, .

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The campus café serves fresh, made-from-scratch sandwiches, salads and tacos alongside coffee and desserts, and allows BYOB for a small corkage fee.

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FoodHeads
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Franklin Barbecue

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The barbecue joint recently re-opened its doors, meaning lines may be even longer than usual. Bring your own six-pack to ride out the wait, or pair a local Texas brew with what is arguably the best barbecue in the country.

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Franklin Barbecue
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Micklethwait Craft Meats

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The more accessible alternative to neighbor Franklin Barbecue, Micklethwait Craft Meats also allows BYOB, with a far shorter line but just as stellar smoked meats.

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Micklethwait Craft Meats
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Tacodeli

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The already affordable Austin taco joint gets even more wallet-friendly when you factor in the BYO policy that allows you to enjoy the extensive taco selection with the beverage of your choice.

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Regal Ravioli

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The South Austin trailer serves up some no-frills Italian at its best, and the hand-stuffed creations are best enjoyed with your own choice of wine or beer.

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Regal Ravioli
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The Flying Carpet Moroccan Souk Food

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The Moroccan restaurant, featuring wraps, plates and tajines, is BYOB, and doesn’t charge a corkage fee.

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Tuk Tuk Thai Cafe

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The small Manchaca cafe is know for its spicy offerings that pair perfectly with your own choice of beer or wine.

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Tuk Tuk Thai Cafe
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Salt Lick BBQ

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While the Round Rock location has a full bar, the Driftwood location of the rapidly expanding barbecue franchise is still BYOB, and is now located adjacent to the Salt Lick Cellars, where you can pick up a bottle of wine to accompany the smoked meats.

Saffron

The spicy fare at the Nepalese and Indian restaurant works well for BYO beer and wine.

Saffron
Saffron
Craig B./Yelp

Little Deli & Pizzeria

The North Austin deli and pizzeria serves up the best of the Northeast with loaded deli sandwiches and New Jersey style pies, and diners can bring their own beers and ciders, perhaps something from the East Coast as well.

Little Deli
Little Deli
Little Deli/Facebook

Phara's Mediterranean Cuisine

The North Loop restaurant serves traditional Mediterranean food alongside belly dancing, live music, and hookah, and provides bottle openers and glassware for BYOB with a minimal $3 corkage fee.

Phara’s
Phara’s
Phara’s/Facebook

La Cocina de Consuelo

The traditional Mexican restaurant, known for its enchiladas, allows BYO-beer, wine, or alcohol.

La Cocina de Consuelo
La Cocina de Consuelo
John M./Yelp

The Omelettry

Make brunch easy any day of the week by pairing one of the Omelettry’s sizable omelettes with your drink of choice, including a make-your-own mimosa, .

Omelettry
Omelettry
Omelettry/Official

FoodHeads

The campus café serves fresh, made-from-scratch sandwiches, salads and tacos alongside coffee and desserts, and allows BYOB for a small corkage fee.

FoodHeads
FoodHeads
FoodHeads/Facebook

Franklin Barbecue

The barbecue joint recently re-opened its doors, meaning lines may be even longer than usual. Bring your own six-pack to ride out the wait, or pair a local Texas brew with what is arguably the best barbecue in the country.

Franklin Barbecue
Franklin Barbecue
jpellgen/Flickr

Micklethwait Craft Meats

The more accessible alternative to neighbor Franklin Barbecue, Micklethwait Craft Meats also allows BYOB, with a far shorter line but just as stellar smoked meats.

Micklethwait Craft Meats
Micklethwait Craft Meats
Micklethwait Craft Meats/Facebook

Tacodeli

The already affordable Austin taco joint gets even more wallet-friendly when you factor in the BYO policy that allows you to enjoy the extensive taco selection with the beverage of your choice.

Tacodeli tacos in a red basket
Tacodeli tacos
Tacodeli/Facebook

Regal Ravioli

The South Austin trailer serves up some no-frills Italian at its best, and the hand-stuffed creations are best enjoyed with your own choice of wine or beer.

Regal Ravioli
Regal Ravioli
Regal Ravioli/Facebook

The Flying Carpet Moroccan Souk Food

The Moroccan restaurant, featuring wraps, plates and tajines, is BYOB, and doesn’t charge a corkage fee.

The Flying Carpet
The Flying Carpet
The Flying Carpet/Facebook

Tuk Tuk Thai Cafe

The small Manchaca cafe is know for its spicy offerings that pair perfectly with your own choice of beer or wine.

Tuk Tuk Thai Cafe
Tuk Tuk Thai Cafe
Joe C./Yelp

Salt Lick BBQ

While the Round Rock location has a full bar, the Driftwood location of the rapidly expanding barbecue franchise is still BYOB, and is now located adjacent to the Salt Lick Cellars, where you can pick up a bottle of wine to accompany the smoked meats.

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