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19 Top Toasts to Try in Austin

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by Elizabeth Leader Smith Updated Sep 5, 2018, 12:17pm CDT

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Artisanal toast. Tartine. Open-faced sandwich. Hipster bruschetta. Whatever you call it, it’s really just a grilled or toasted slice of bread loaded with well-thought out accompaniments. And it’s showing up on menus across town from tea houses to bistros to bars.

Traditionally, Italy’s bruschetta features garnishes like tomatoes, cheese, cured meats, beans, or vegetables. Scandinavia’s version, the smørrebrød, uses hard-boiled eggs, liver pates, pickled herring, horseradish cream, or fresh shrimp. And in France, the time-honored tartine is made sweet and savory. Back home in Austin, those global influences are apparent with the best toasts and tartines in the city, from its French roots at Blue Dahlia Bistro to Japanese-inspired toast at Sa-Ten.

Despite the endless mix-and-match combinations, sometimes simple is best — enter: the ubiquitous avocado toast. Yes, it’s everywhere, which begs the question, "How can it be different?" But it can. And for the most part, there’s Seventh Flag Coffee’s on challah bread with feta, red pepper flakes, and pink Himalayan salt, or the version at Café No Sé with crème fraîche, upland cress, and aleppo carrots.

Toast: A perfect sandwich? Possibly. A delicious and harmonious way to showcase a satisfyingly hearty bread, peak-season produce, and fridge favorites? Definitely.

This update adds Picnik, Sour Duck Market, Skull & Cakebones, and others.

If a favorite toast spot is missing from the list, let Eater know on the tipline or within the comments below.

With updates by Nadia Chaudhury.

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Tea Haus

The cozy West Anderson Lane spot’s signature not-too-sweet strawberry brick toast is drizzled with condensed milk and topped with fresh strawberries.

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2525 W Anderson Ln #285, Austin, TX 78757

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The strawberry brick toast at Tea Haus

Civil Goat Coffee Co.

The coffee shop near Bee Cave layers up seasonal toasts, like the recent peach one. For more variety, opt for the toast trio. Plus, you know, the mascot goat Butters is often on the premises.

704 Cuernavaca Dr N, Austin, TX 78733

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Civil Goat’s toasts

The Peached Tortilla

Eric Silverstein based Peached’s Mom’s Toast, on, well, the snack his mother used to make him: slices of bread slathered with chopped shrimp, ground pork, and gochujang chili sauce.

5520 Burnet Rd #100, Austin, TX 78756

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The Mom’s Toast at Peached Tortilla

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Epicerie

The French-Louisiana cafe and grocery has an Instagram-ready cured salmon toast.

2307 Hancock Dr, Austin, TX 78756

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Epicerie’s cured salmon toast

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Picnik

The paleo-friendly restaurant’s avocado toast comes on top of a slice of sourdough bread, plus hemp seeds, chile flakes, microgreens, plus optional poached eggs and/or bacon. The South Lamar trailer also features egg salad toasts.

4801 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78756

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Josephine House

It’s toast with a side of Southern charm at this stylish Clarksville cottage. The breakfast menu features an avocado toast on sourdough topped with a fried egg, lime zest, and hot sauce to bump up the heat. And on the lunch menu, there’s the broiler brie tartine with ham and optional egg.

1601 Waterston Ave, Austin, TX 78703

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Josephine House’s avocado toast

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Sour Duck Market

Of course Bryce Gilmore’s all-day restaurant features a toast, which is topped with crab, avocado, watermelon rinds, pea shoots, and, for a spicy kick, jalapenos.

1814 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Austin, TX 78702

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A dish from Sour Duck Market — Toast from Sour Duck Market

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Nate's Baked Goods & Coffee

The Clarksville-adjacent bakery’s toasts, made with its Di Lux Super Buns, can be layered with honey butter, smoked pimento, or avocado with apple slices and pumpkin seeds.

5283, 401 Orchard St suite b, Austin, TX 78703

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Nate’s Baked Goods & Coffee

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Irene's

With sweet and savory toasts vying for your attention at Irene’s waving headlining toppings like Nutella and bacon, you might be inclined to overlook the avocado toast — but don’t. This is one of the standouts in town. Ask for the egg.

506 West Ave, Austin, TX 78701

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A sweet toast at Irene’s

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Blue Dahlia Bistro

Perhaps not surprisingly, this French-inspired bistro offers up ten tartines, from tuna and egg salads to ham and gruyère, and another with brie, walnuts and apricot jam, among others.

1115 E 11th St, Austin, TX 78702

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A tartine from Blue Dahlia

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Paperboy

Both locations of the breakfast-focused food truck have been receiving accolades for its toasts for good reason. The sweet offering comes with mascarpone and cinnamon sugar crumble.

1203 E 11th St, Austin, TX

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A post shared by Paperboy (@paperboyaustin) on Apr 9, 2018 at 5:31pm PDT

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Forthright

This downtown cafe keeps its avocado toast simple with a sprinkle of pepitas over smashed avocado on thick-cut toast. Then there’s the mushroom offering with creme fraiche and chives. Both come with the optional poached egg and can be made with gluten-free bread, and

98 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, TX 78701

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Forthright’s avocado toast

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Sa-Tén Coffee and Eats

Several Japanese-inspired toasts anchor the food menu at both locations of the cafe. Among the list, you can opt for a little heat with a sriracha mayo smoked salmon toast, or keep it sweet and simple with a honey butter option.

916 Springdale Rd, Austin, TX 78702

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The smoked salmon toast at Sa-Ten

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Juice Society

The juice shop’s brick-and-mortar packs its avocado toasts with superfoods and greens, with gluten-free options too.

1100 S Lamar Blvd Ste #1116, Austin, TX 78704

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Juice Society’s avocado toast

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Seventh Flag Coffee

Satisfy that sweet tooth with the coffee shop’s cinnamon toast on freshly baked challah bread (homemade apple-cinnamon butter for the win) or a ricotta and jam toast. The cafe’s riff on avocado toast incorporates freshly-made challah bread as well, with European salted butter, a whole avocado, feta cheese crumbles, red pepper flakes, pink Himalayan salt, rainbow peppercorn, black sesame seeds, and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.

1506 S 1st St, Austin, TX 78704

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Seventh Flag’s avocado toast

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Patika

The South Lamer coffee shop’s daytime-only avocado toast is leveled up with a poached egg, sprinkled with sprouts, and slathered with jalapeno salsa.

2159 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704

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Patika’s avocado toast

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Cafe No Sé

The South Congress Hotel's photogenic cafe is dishing up a gravlax tartine topped with dill, cucumber, a hard boiled egg, pickled onion, and capers. Its take on avocado toast includes a soft boiled egg, crème fraîche, upland cress, and aleppo carrots.

1603 South Congress, Austin, TX 78704

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Cafe No Se’s avocado toast

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Full English Cafe

Sure it might not be picture-perfect, but this family-run British cafe’s Heinz baked beans on toast is the real deal. And it only costs $3.

2000 Southern Oaks Dr, Austin, TX 78745

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A post shared by Full English (@fullenglishatx) on Jul 1, 2018 at 8:14am PDT

Skull & Cakebones

For vegan toasts, head to Skull & Cakebones, where various toppings range from avocado to chickpeas to peanut butter and banana, with gluten-free bread options too.

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3991 US-290 a, Dripping Springs, TX 78620

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Skull & Cakebones’ falafel toast

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Tea Haus

2525 W Anderson Ln #285, Austin, TX 78757

The cozy West Anderson Lane spot’s signature not-too-sweet strawberry brick toast is drizzled with condensed milk and topped with fresh strawberries.

Open in Google Maps

2525 W Anderson Ln #285, Austin, TX 78757

Visit Website

The strawberry brick toast at Tea Haus

Civil Goat Coffee Co.

704 Cuernavaca Dr N, Austin, TX 78733

The coffee shop near Bee Cave layers up seasonal toasts, like the recent peach one. For more variety, opt for the toast trio. Plus, you know, the mascot goat Butters is often on the premises.

704 Cuernavaca Dr N, Austin, TX 78733

Visit Website

Civil Goat’s toasts

The Peached Tortilla

5520 Burnet Rd #100, Austin, TX 78756

Eric Silverstein based Peached’s Mom’s Toast, on, well, the snack his mother used to make him: slices of bread slathered with chopped shrimp, ground pork, and gochujang chili sauce.

5520 Burnet Rd #100, Austin, TX 78756

Visit Website

The Mom’s Toast at Peached Tortilla

Epicerie

2307 Hancock Dr, Austin, TX 78756

The French-Louisiana cafe and grocery has an Instagram-ready cured salmon toast.

2307 Hancock Dr, Austin, TX 78756

Visit Website

Epicerie’s cured salmon toast

Picnik

4801 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78756

The paleo-friendly restaurant’s avocado toast comes on top of a slice of sourdough bread, plus hemp seeds, chile flakes, microgreens, plus optional poached eggs and/or bacon. The South Lamar trailer also features egg salad toasts.

4801 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78756

Visit Website

A post shared by Picnik Austin (@picnikaustin) on Sep 5, 2018 at 9:10am PDT

Josephine House

1601 Waterston Ave, Austin, TX 78703

It’s toast with a side of Southern charm at this stylish Clarksville cottage. The breakfast menu features an avocado toast on sourdough topped with a fried egg, lime zest, and hot sauce to bump up the heat. And on the lunch menu, there’s the broiler brie tartine with ham and optional egg.

1601 Waterston Ave, Austin, TX 78703

Visit Website

Josephine House’s avocado toast

Sour Duck Market

1814 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Austin, TX 78702

Of course Bryce Gilmore’s all-day restaurant features a toast, which is topped with crab, avocado, watermelon rinds, pea shoots, and, for a spicy kick, jalapenos.

1814 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Austin, TX 78702

Visit Website

A dish from Sour Duck Market — Toast from Sour Duck Market

Nate's Baked Goods & Coffee

5283, 401 Orchard St suite b, Austin, TX 78703

The Clarksville-adjacent bakery’s toasts, made with its Di Lux Super Buns, can be layered with honey butter, smoked pimento, or avocado with apple slices and pumpkin seeds.

5283, 401 Orchard St suite b, Austin, TX 78703

Visit Website

Nate’s Baked Goods & Coffee

Irene's

506 West Ave, Austin, TX 78701

With sweet and savory toasts vying for your attention at Irene’s waving headlining toppings like Nutella and bacon, you might be inclined to overlook the avocado toast — but don’t. This is one of the standouts in town. Ask for the egg.

506 West Ave, Austin, TX 78701

Visit Website

A sweet toast at Irene’s

Blue Dahlia Bistro

1115 E 11th St, Austin, TX 78702

Perhaps not surprisingly, this French-inspired bistro offers up ten tartines, from tuna and egg salads to ham and gruyère, and another with brie, walnuts and apricot jam, among others.

1115 E 11th St, Austin, TX 78702

Visit Website

A tartine from Blue Dahlia

Paperboy

1203 E 11th St, Austin, TX

Both locations of the breakfast-focused food truck have been receiving accolades for its toasts for good reason. The sweet offering comes with mascarpone and cinnamon sugar crumble.

1203 E 11th St, Austin, TX

Visit Website

A post shared by Paperboy (@paperboyaustin) on Apr 9, 2018 at 5:31pm PDT

Forthright

98 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, TX 78701

This downtown cafe keeps its avocado toast simple with a sprinkle of pepitas over smashed avocado on thick-cut toast. Then there’s the mushroom offering with creme fraiche and chives. Both come with the optional poached egg and can be made with gluten-free bread, and

98 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, TX 78701

Visit Website

Forthright’s avocado toast

Sa-Tén Coffee and Eats

916 Springdale Rd, Austin, TX 78702

Several Japanese-inspired toasts anchor the food menu at both locations of the cafe. Among the list, you can opt for a little heat with a sriracha mayo smoked salmon toast, or keep it sweet and simple with a honey butter option.

916 Springdale Rd, Austin, TX 78702

Visit Website

The smoked salmon toast at Sa-Ten

Juice Society

1100 S Lamar Blvd Ste #1116, Austin, TX 78704

The juice shop’s brick-and-mortar packs its avocado toasts with superfoods and greens, with gluten-free options too.

1100 S Lamar Blvd Ste #1116, Austin, TX 78704

Visit Website

Juice Society’s avocado toast

Seventh Flag Coffee

1506 S 1st St, Austin, TX 78704

Satisfy that sweet tooth with the coffee shop’s cinnamon toast on freshly baked challah bread (homemade apple-cinnamon butter for the win) or a ricotta and jam toast. The cafe’s riff on avocado toast incorporates freshly-made challah bread as well, with European salted butter, a whole avocado, feta cheese crumbles, red pepper flakes, pink Himalayan salt, rainbow peppercorn, black sesame seeds, and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.

1506 S 1st St, Austin, TX 78704

Visit Website

Seventh Flag’s avocado toast

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Patika

2159 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704

The South Lamer coffee shop’s daytime-only avocado toast is leveled up with a poached egg, sprinkled with sprouts, and slathered with jalapeno salsa.

2159 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704

Visit Website

Patika’s avocado toast

Cafe No Sé

1603 South Congress, Austin, TX 78704

The South Congress Hotel's photogenic cafe is dishing up a gravlax tartine topped with dill, cucumber, a hard boiled egg, pickled onion, and capers. Its take on avocado toast includes a soft boiled egg, crème fraîche, upland cress, and aleppo carrots.

1603 South Congress, Austin, TX 78704

Visit Website

Cafe No Se’s avocado toast

Full English Cafe

2000 Southern Oaks Dr, Austin, TX 78745

Sure it might not be picture-perfect, but this family-run British cafe’s Heinz baked beans on toast is the real deal. And it only costs $3.

2000 Southern Oaks Dr, Austin, TX 78745

Visit Website

A post shared by Full English (@fullenglishatx) on Jul 1, 2018 at 8:14am PDT

Skull & Cakebones

3991 US-290 a, Dripping Springs, TX 78620

For vegan toasts, head to Skull & Cakebones, where various toppings range from avocado to chickpeas to peanut butter and banana, with gluten-free bread options too.

Open in Google Maps

3991 US-290 a, Dripping Springs, TX 78620

Visit Website

Skull & Cakebones’ falafel toast

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