Readers of Eater usually have the same question: Where should I eat right now? Amid the pandemic, the Austin restaurant scene remains as exciting as ever, as new places have continued to open. With all of this in mind, Eater is updating its monthly heatmap (now in its 134th iteration), highlighting a mix of exciting restaurants, trucks, and food services open right now.
This May update adds the all-you-can-eat hot pot restaurant Soupleaf, Veracruz All Natural’s new Mexican restaurant Veracruz Fonda, Suerte/Este’s new Spanish/French/Mexican-ish snacks and drinks spot Bar Toti, JewBoy Burgers’s downtown food hall spot, Mexico City restaurant La Popular’s first Austin location, Emmer & Rye’s Mediterranean restaurant Ezov, and all-you-can-eat Korean barbecue spot Gangnam Korean BBQ.
Know of something new and exciting that should be on our radar? Email the Eater Austin team at austin@eater.com. To see which places were previously on the heatmap, visit the archive. For a look at Austin’s outstanding dining destinations, check out the Eater 38 map.
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