With an impressive menu of frozen drinks, a spacious patio, and a newly relocated slider truck Golden Castle out in the back, the casual bar is a popular place to hang out. The bar features indoor and outdoor areas.

The casual Japanese restaurant offers up a great and easy selection of yakitori and nigiri. The restaurant is open for indoor dine-in service.

Brew & Brew offers high-quality coffee and beer selections. The cafe and bar also offers sandwiches and items from popular local purveyors, like Swedish Hill pastries and bagels from Rosen’s Bagel Co. Takeout orders can be placed online or in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

The wine list at the fun and magnificent bar is perfectly curated, highlighting a strong selection of natural wines from around the world. The patio is all the better to enjoy glasses and bottles plus snacks. There are indoor and outdoor dining areas.

With all the bars on the east side, a filling breakfast spot is essential. Cisco’s is known for its Tex-Mex menu with migas and diner favorites like biscuits, served all day long. The restaurant is open for indoor dine-in services.

The honky-tonk is famous for its dancing two-stepping patrons and cheap drinks, which makes for great people-watching. The bar is open for indoor and outdoor services.

The Mexican restaurant is still one of the biggest hits of Austin, where its masa-obsessed menu features all sorts of inventive and fun tacos, tacos, quesadillas, tamals, etc. The restaurant is open for indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

The odds of bumping into a friend at the giant patio at the popular cocktail bar are very high on weekends. The cocktail bar has fancy drinks and punch, while the mezcaleria upstairs is a more intimate setting. There are indoor and outdoor areas, plus on-site truck Golden Tiger.

East Side’s latest is this delightful Caribbean restaurant from the team behind Emmer & Rye. The jerk chicken is juicy and spicy, the flan sweet and creamy, and the doughy-flaky roti is perfection. There are indoor and patio dine-in services.

The cozy wine bar on East Seventh is the place to go to explore all sorts of wines both familiar and unexpected. The new food menu means both a la carte dishes (including pork belly stew and cauliflower fondue), and a tasting menu. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Tamale House East is the embodiment of Austin Tex-Mex history from the famed Valera and Vasquez families, full of tacos, tamales, and good vibes. Takeout orders can be placed online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

One of the city’s best taco trucks dishes up simple and cheap tacos from its giant trailer with patio on East Cesar Chavez, from the basics like pastor and asada to offal ones like beef tripe and pork stomach. Takeout orders can be placed in person. There are outdoor dine-in tables.