Now that it’s almost the holiday season, it’s time to start thinking about gifts. Multitask Austin’s best cafes, markets, and restaurants with shops, all of which bring together the best of both worlds: food for you and gifts for them. Find presents and dine at Louisiana-French cafe and grocery Epicerie, browse through books at BookPeople while sipping on coffee, and others.
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12 Austin Stores for Holiday Shopping and Eating
Multitask at the city’s best cafes, restaurants, and markets with shops

Epicerie
The charming cafe and grocery serves up Louisiana-French dishes while also stocking great retail products such as soaps, jams, candles, Rtowels, and bottles of wine. Orders can be placed online or in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.
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First Light Books
The new Hyde Park bookstore includes a cafe serving up coffee; wines; snacks like cheeses and meats; and sandwiches. Takeout orders can be placed in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.
Dai Due
The butcher shop and restaurant sells its amazing house-made condiments, like jalapeno hot sauces, seasonings, and mustards, alongside local coffee and honey, cookbooks (including owner and chef Jesse Griffiths’s own tomes), and soaps. Orders can be placed online or in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.
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Swedish Hill
The Clarksville restaurant and bakery features a little market section full of bottles of wine, packaged dried pasta, various jarred and canned foods, utensils, and more. Food orders can be placed in person or online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.
BookPeople Cafe
Caffeine up while shopping for books at the local downtown Austin bookstore armed with baked goods and sandwiches the cafe. Orders can be placed online or in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.
Walton's Fancy and Staple
Grab a plate of hearty food and a cup of coffee while browsing succulents, flowers, and candles at the downtown deli. Orders can be placed online or in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.
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Vintage Bookstore and Wine Bar
The Central East Austin bookstore offers, well, a wonderful sprawling selection of books alongside great wines and grazing boxes. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.
Salt & Time
Austin's other great butcher shop and restaurant in East Austin offers everything from its own charcuterie to Confituras jam to rice to tinned fish. Orders can be placed online or in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. There’s also its two-doors-down wine shop that sells retail items, cookbooks, and, naturally, bottles of wine.
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Jacoby's Restaurant & Mercantile
After or before or even during your brunch or dinner at Jacoby’s, pop into the next-door Mercantile where you can find goods like home decor, jewelry, candles, and even glass and plateware from the restaurant itself. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.
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Maaribu
The home goods store includes a cafe at the South First location and a bakery truck at the Guadalupe location, both slinging gluten-free baked goods like cookies, scones, cupcakes, and other desserts. Takeout orders can be placed online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.
Kendra Scott
The notable jewelry designer’s flagship shop on South Congress, is rounded out by a full-on cafe. Sips & Sweets serves up coffee, wine, frosés, and pastries from local women businesses like Tiny Pies, La Patisserie, and Cookie Rich. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.
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Tiny Grocer
The shelves of the boutique market on South Congress and the new Hyde Park location are full of every possible food-related gift around, from pantry items, cocktail syrups and bitters, to housewares, plus the deli slings sandwiches, breakfast items, and salads, along with coffee and vegan soft serve. Takeout orders can be placed in person or online; there are outdoor dine-in areas.
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