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Best Coffee Hangout in the Burbs

Saradora's Coffeehouse and Emporium

On the square in Round Rock. Eclectic, homemade fudge, live music, Amy's ice cream, excellent coffee drinks.

More Food - Critics Picks

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Best $5 Steak

Thursday Steak Night at Rainbow Cattle Co.

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Best Bird and a Bottle

Lamberts American Kitchen

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Best BLT

Avenue B Grocery

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Best Cajun Gumbo

Shoal Creek Saloon

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Best Challa

Upper Crust Bakery

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Best Cheap Date

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Best Consistently Friendly Fast Food Service

Sonic on Riverside

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Best Desserts on a Summer Afternoon

TIE: Asti; Dolce Vita

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Best Dining on UT Campus

O's Campus Cafe

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Best Downhome Special

Thursday's Pork Chop Special at Gene's

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Best Expansion

Reale's Pizza & Cafe

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Best Freakin' Migas

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Best French Fries

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Best Frozen Velvet

Jim-Jim's Water-Ice

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Best Gourmet Pizza

Marye's Gourmet Pizza

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Best Ham Sandwiches

Hickory Honey Hams

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Best Innovative Use of Mahi Mahi

Changos Taqueria

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Best Little Tucked Away Cafe Down by the Tracks

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Best Lunch Room Revival

1886 Cafe & Bakery

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Best Lunch Specials and Strawberry Muffins

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Best Man to Meat Downtown

Derek Meatcounter

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Best Mediterianan Deli

Phoenicia Bakery & Deli

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Best Neighborhood Deli

Little Deli & Pizzeria

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Best New Mexican

Taqueria Los Altos

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Best Nuts

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Best Place to Get a Stiff Drink and Exotic Bar Food

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Best Place to Get Work Done in the Wee Hours (Out of the House)

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Best Place to Get Your Hemingway On

Unclear Winner:

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Best Place to Pretend You're in a Big City

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Best Place To Pretend You're In Berkeley

Mozart's Coffee Roasters

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Best Place to Stay Out Til Two A.M. and Meet Freaks Without Getting Drunk

Quack's 43rd Street Bakery

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Best Rainwater

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Best Remaining Vestige of Old Austin

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Best Russian Tea Room

Cleopatra Nights

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Best Salty Burger

Posse East Bar & Grill

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Best Seoul Food

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Best Soul Food

Hoover's Cooking

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Best Squeeze

Goodflow Honey & Juice Co.

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Best Takeout Pizza Deal (With Free Fries)

Texas Pizza, Pasta & More

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Best Taqueria That Used to Be a Dunkin' Donuts

Taqueria la Tapatia

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Best Taste of New Orleans

Gene's New Orleans Style Poboys & Deli

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Best Thing the Aggies Ever Gave Austin

Freebirds World Burrito

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Best Tortilleria

El Milagro Tortilleria

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Best Use of Sundried Tomatoes

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Best Way to Pretend You're Back In College For the Duration of a Meal

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Most Authentic Comfort Food

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Most Romantic Point of Light

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Most Unlikely Margarita

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Staying Alive Through the Progress

Ben's Long Branch Bar-B-Q

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Sultriest Spot to Spend A Hot Night

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Where to Go When You Lose Your Dot-Com Job and Need Some Comfort Food

Hoover's Cooking