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Mackenzie Smith Kelley

12 Austin Stores for Holiday Shopping and Eating

Multitask at the city’s best cafes, restaurants, and markets with shops

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Tiny Grocer’s retail shelves
| Mackenzie Smith Kelley

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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Garden Seventeen

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Plants make for life-long presents and the Highland garden store and nursery includes an on-site coffee truck. 604 Coffee serves up a variety of espresso drinks as well as apple ciders and baked goods from Russell’s Bakery and gluten-free/vegan spot Zucchini Kill. Orders can be placed online or in person.

Epicerie

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The charming cafe and grocery serves up Louisiana-French dishes while also stocking great retail products such as soaps, jams, candles, Rancho Gordon beans, tea towels, and bottles of wine. Orders can be placed online or in person; the restaurant is open for indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

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Epicerie.
Epicerie

Dai Due

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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; the restaurant is open for indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

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Dai Due.
Dai Due

Swedish Hill

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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; the restaurant is open for indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

BookPeople Cafe

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Caffeine up while shopping for books at the local downtown Austin bookstore armed with baked goods and sandwiches from BookPeople’s cafe. Orders can be placed online or in person.

Walton's Fancy and Staple

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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; the restaurant is open for indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Plants in a restaurant.
Plants at Walton’s.
Walton’s

Vintage Bookstore and Wine Bar

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The bookstore offers, well, a wonderful sprawling selection of books alongside great wines and grazing boxes. Food and drink orders can be placed in person.

Salt & Time

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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; the restaurant is open for 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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Salt & Time.
Salt & Time

Jacoby's Restaurant & Mercantile

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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. Orders can be placed in person; the restaurant is open for indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

A store shelf with goods.
Jacoby’s Mercantile.
Jacoby’s

Maaribu

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The new 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.

Kendra Scott

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The notable jewelry designer opened up a flagship shop on South Congress, which is rounded out by a full-on cafe. Sips & Sweets serves up coffee, wine, frosé, and pastries from local women businesses like Tiny Pies, La Patisserie, and Cookie Rich. Orders are placed in person.

A bakery counter with a pile of macarons.
Macarons at Kendra Scott’s shop.
Kendra Scott

Tiny Grocer

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The shelves of the boutique market on South Congress 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. Food can be ordered in person or online.

Garden Seventeen

Plants make for life-long presents and the Highland garden store and nursery includes an on-site coffee truck. 604 Coffee serves up a variety of espresso drinks as well as apple ciders and baked goods from Russell’s Bakery and gluten-free/vegan spot Zucchini Kill. Orders can be placed online or in person.

Epicerie

The charming cafe and grocery serves up Louisiana-French dishes while also stocking great retail products such as soaps, jams, candles, Rancho Gordon beans, tea towels, and bottles of wine. Orders can be placed online or in person; the restaurant is open for indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

A retail store shelf.
Epicerie.
Epicerie

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; the restaurant is open for indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

A retail shelf.
Dai Due.
Dai Due

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; the restaurant is open for 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 from BookPeople’s cafe. Orders can be placed online or in person.

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; the restaurant is open for indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Plants in a restaurant.
Plants at Walton’s.
Walton’s

Vintage Bookstore and Wine Bar

The bookstore offers, well, a wonderful sprawling selection of books alongside great wines and grazing boxes. Food and drink orders can be placed in person.

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; the restaurant is open for 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.

A restaurant market.
Salt & Time.
Salt & Time

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. Orders can be placed in person; the restaurant is open for indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

A store shelf with goods.
Jacoby’s Mercantile.
Jacoby’s

Maaribu

The new 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.

Kendra Scott

The notable jewelry designer opened up a flagship shop on South Congress, which is rounded out by a full-on cafe. Sips & Sweets serves up coffee, wine, frosé, and pastries from local women businesses like Tiny Pies, La Patisserie, and Cookie Rich. Orders are placed in person.

A bakery counter with a pile of macarons.
Macarons at Kendra Scott’s shop.
Kendra Scott

Tiny Grocer

The shelves of the boutique market on South Congress 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. Food can be ordered in person or online.

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