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Where to eat in Austin

Full disclosure: It's been a long time since I lived in Texas and when I did, it wasn't in Austin. However, over my 23 years in that state, the city became my kinda-Mecca. (Sacred, yes. Holy, no.)

All of which is not a bad way to describe the perspective of the tens of thousands who converge on SXSW every year. If you're among them, you deserve to eat well. Or to put it another way: You're a fool if you don't. The best breakfasts in any city/state/country. Fantastic Tex-Mex. And, of course, the barbecue.

With that in mind, I've assembled a top-10-plus-five list: Ten places I know, love and can vouch for; five that I don't know but hope to based on recommendations from Those Who Know. Some, but not all of these places are within or walking distance from Austin's downtown. For the closest-to-definitive list of SXSW-accessible restaurants, go to SXSW Baby!, the terrific and utterly unofficial SXSW blog. There you'll find a fairly exhaustive rundown, complete with Google Map.

Our lists share some names, but I've given myself the luxury of including spots that demand a rental car. (A small price for gingerbread pancakes at Kerby Lane.)

Enough preamble. Here's the food, sorted by name and SXSW proximity.

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