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Where to Eat in Austin: Easy Tiger

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Bread, pastries, and beer next to a creek. What could be better? While I unfortunately only had time and stomach space to eat a pastry from Easy Tiger, I liked what I ate.  So much so that I forgot to take a picture of it before taking a bite out of it.

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It’s called a Tiger Claw and it’s like a bear claw, but better. It’s not as sticky sweet, and it’s filled with a spicy, sweet, and savory mix of crushed pecans and some sort of warming spice. If you’re like me in that you don’t like pastries to be too sweet, it is the perfect thing. And yes, it has a nice kick.

Easy Tiger
709 East 6th St.
Austin, TX 78701

Where to Eat in Austin: Jester King Brewery & Stanley’s Farmhouse Pizza

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When a friend asked if I could pick up a few bottles of beer for him if I happen to be at Jester King Brewery, I was initially doubtful. I hadn’t planned on visiting the brewery and didn’t even know it existed, but after a few quick searches, it became a place I knew I had to visit while I was in Austin.

Jester King Brewery is a 25 minute drive from the city center, through beautiful, rolling, Texas hill country.  One may think it’s another one of those trendy breweries boasting of farmhouse beers, but this brewery is actually in a farmhouse. They have a variety of beers, some more suited to my taste than others, but all of them are available to drink in small sample sizes.

The Lana without cheese @stanleysfarmhousepizza

Right next to Jester, in another farmhouse-like structure is Stanley’s Farmhouse Pizza.  Their brick oven pizza is of the thinner-crust variety and pretty damn good.  They have non-Jester beers on tap if you’re looking for something different.

The Penelope @stanleysfarmhousepizza

While the beer and the pizza are both great, what makes them even better is the idyllic setting.  There are picnic tables and benches scattered throughout the property whether you want to sit under a roof, or under a canopy of trees, or under the sun.  The wide open space and scattered cornhole games is perfect for a lazy afternoon eating pizza and drinking beer.  It’s even kid and dog friendly.

Could not ask for a better way to spend the afternoon!

So after my friend introduced me to this place, I thought it only fitting that I bring back a couple of bottles for him. And of course I couldn’t help bringing a few bottles home for myself.

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Jester King Brewery
13187 Fitzhugh Rd
Austin, TX 78736
(512) 537-5100

Stanley’s Farmhouse Pizza
Ceres Park Ranch
13187 Fitzhugh Rd
Austin, TX 78736

Where to Eat in Austin: Baton Creole

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The food trailer utopia of Austin can be overwhelming to navigate because of all the different options.  Fortunately, we were limited on two criteria: it had to be delicious, and it had to have vegan food.  I forgot how, I stumbled upon it, but once I read that Baton Creole had vegan beignets, I knew that we had to visit.

Beignets that happen to be #vegan @batoncreole

The beignets aren’t marketed as being vegan — they just happen to be so. Straight out of the fryer and dusted with ample powdered sugar is the best way to enjoy them.  There’s not much to say about the beignets other than it’s as delicious as fried dough ever is.

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What was a pleasant surprise was the savory food offered by this trailer.  The trailer had me at vegan jambalaya, but then I noticed it was also deep fried.  What the heck? What came out was both delicious and unique.  The jambalaya was battered, stuck on a stick, and deep fried to a crispy shell perfection with a soft, hot, sticky interior.  The rice and spicy tofu filling worked really well in this deep-fried form.  Another plus was that it looked appetizing.

The people working in this trailer are super nice and friendly and just a pleasure to talk to, which really made our meal stand out.

Baton Creole (food trailer)
907 E 6th St, (actually in the trailer park on 6th & Wallter st)
Austin, TX 78702