McDonald s?!?!?I think you can do a little better than that.Austin is a terrific town for restaurants as you ll learn the longer you live here. You can find a lot of great food here, but these are your young-adult formative years, so I would suggest you try to find places that you ll remember with fondness in your old age. That means good food, but also fun/interesting/funky/etc places to actually consume your meal.For barbecue, (especially the baby back pork ribs), check out Artz Rib House on S. Lamar. Terrific food and live music in a very quaint setting.For Tex-mex, El Arroyo on 5th Street is an Austin landmark like Chuy s, but unlike Chuy s, the food is actually good (i.e. not smothered in Velveeta). If you re feeling a little adventurous and are willing to take a quick road trip to Round Rock, check out Garcia s Mexican Restaurant. It s cheap, operates out of small, old house, and serves the best chicken enchiladas with ranchero sauce you will ever eat.The very best Chinese meal I ever had ironically food poisoned me so I won t recommend that place on principle (and they ve since gone out of business anyway).For more ideas, check out: http://www.real-austin-texas.com/austin-��The important thing is to keep eating . . .
Hut s (Burger joint on 6th. College flags all over the walls. Get the onion rings!)Mings cafe (further down toward jack in the box on the drag. AWESOME cheap chicken fried rice)Tex mex .. still looking. Dokdoya (GREAT sushi restraunt down n. llamar ~3miles. 8$ lunch special 2 sushi rolls + awesome house salad + awesome miso soup.)
We love Rosie s Tacos on Lamar near downtown..............There are sooooo many great places in Austin to eat.............the fun of it is exploring them.......Have fun with your friends on the weekends. Cheers.
For bbq,I would reccomend either pok e joes or Rudys. Some places have lots of fancy blah blah, but the food isn t as good as the price says it is.
J2 in the Jester dormitory is extremely good. It is 8 dollars unless you have a student ID, which I m assuming you do...enjoy!
McDonalds!