Austin: Downtown

Greetings and salutations, as you’ve arrived in time for the fourth round of wondrous traveling. This day features my lovely friend and coworker, Nikki. We’re taking it bit a back and exploring downtown overall, instead of a small sector of the city.

My dearest friend lives in South Austin and wanted to spend a day closer to downtown. Fair warning: all we did was eat throughout the day.

We first started our day with brunch. It was called Elizabeth Street Cafe, off of South 1st street, which is a combination of french and Vietnamese food. It’s in a cute renovated house too, the aesthetic screams adorable. It wasn’t too expensive, dropped around $30 for my Banh Mi and Jasmine tea. We then got some bakery goods to satisfy our sweet tooth at a cute bakery around the corner at La Patisserie, an idyllic French bakery. Spent only $5 here for a pistachio croissant and iced coffee.

We then too a bit of break, visited the public Austin library and browsed all the floors including their roof garden before we went back home to chill and watch movies. But as said, this post is very foodie, because naturally dinner came around which required a brush up of our makeup before we headed off.

We went downtown, craving Italian and spent 20 minutes in traffic while struggling to find parking as well. Eventually we searched through all Google’s recommendations and settle with North Italia, a buzzy, modern Italian restaurant. It was fancy, I mean like FANCY, so being broke college students we split a 12 inch pizza and order their drink specials. I spent an additional $30 here as well. Following, we walked around, observing the city folk and cute doggies being walked, before we realized we wanted something sweet. Nikki knew exactly where to go, and so we headed back over near South Congress and devoured in Gourdough’s, a doughnut food truck. It was super cute while being outdoors, matched with fairy lights in hopes to distract the calorie intake that is about to go down. I spent around $8 here, which yes, is a bit pricey for a doughnut. But you don’t understand, these doughnuts are MASSIVE.

Overall, this post is definitely more about the food options you can find in Austin. Austin contains so many foodie options, it’s practically heaven. From bakeries, to food truck, to expensive -but worth it- restaurants, there’s many options to choose from. If seeking more recommendations rather than my own, check out the Ultimate eating guide.

Remember, stay cute and have a grand day!