If you commit a food crime in Austin, you’ll feel a wave of immense shame. Don’t let the food police tack up that yellow tape; learn from other’s mistakes. These are eight food faux-pas no Austinite should ever commit.
- Putting sauce on barbecue from Kreuz Market
Kreuz Market/Facebook While some barbecue joints boast of smoky, spicy sauces, Kreuz Market in Lockhart knows that the best barbecue requires no embellishment. If you ask for sauce at this iconic restaurant, you’ll quickly be laughed out of the building.
- Ordering a breakfast burrito
jeffreyw/Flickr Breakfast burritos are hard to come by in the capitol city. Here, breakfast tacos reign supreme.
- Calling queso “cheese dip”
Kerbey Lane Cafe/Facebook Cheese dip is for high school football games; queso is for champions.
- Showing up at Franklin Barbecue after 11 am
Robin Horn/Flickr Just because you wait in line doesn’t mean you’ll get any brisket. If you’re really serious about eating this world famous barbecue, plan ahead. Some folks show up as early as 6:00 in the morning.
- Neglecting to make your Torchy’s trailer park taco “trashy”
Torchy’s Tacos/Facebook This fried chicken taco (known as the trailer park) is pretty good on its own, but taco aficionados know that the “trashy” trailer park is the real deal. Get this dish smothered with the famous Torchy’s queso. You’ll never go back to the regular version.
- Reaching for that vinegar-based hot sauce instead of Austin’s addicting Yellowbird.
Yellowbird Sauce/Facebook No preservatives, no extra nonsense: Yellowbird hot sauce is the real deal. They have everything from the classic jalapeno sauce to blue agave sriracha. You’ll take the flavor to the next level with Yellowbird.
- Drinking Perrier instead of Topo Chico
Topo Chico USA/Facebook Real Austinites know the answer is always Topo Chico.
- Ordering pizza from one of those national chains
Toss Pizzeria and Pub/Facebook There’s no reason to settle for the mundane when you can get Toss Pizza, Home Slice, and Austin’s Pizza delivered right to your door.
What do you think is the biggest food mistake you could make in Austin?
Kreuz Market/Facebook
While some barbecue joints boast of smoky, spicy sauces, Kreuz Market in Lockhart knows that the best barbecue requires no embellishment. If you ask for sauce at this iconic restaurant, you’ll quickly be laughed out of the building.
jeffreyw/Flickr
Breakfast burritos are hard to come by in the capitol city. Here, breakfast tacos reign supreme.
Kerbey Lane Cafe/Facebook
Cheese dip is for high school football games; queso is for champions.
Robin Horn/Flickr
Just because you wait in line doesn’t mean you’ll get any brisket. If you’re really serious about eating this world famous barbecue, plan ahead. Some folks show up as early as 6:00 in the morning.
Torchy’s Tacos/Facebook
This fried chicken taco (known as the trailer park) is pretty good on its own, but taco aficionados know that the “trashy” trailer park is the real deal. Get this dish smothered with the famous Torchy’s queso. You’ll never go back to the regular version.
Yellowbird Sauce/Facebook
No preservatives, no extra nonsense: Yellowbird hot sauce is the real deal. They have everything from the classic jalapeno sauce to blue agave sriracha. You’ll take the flavor to the next level with Yellowbird.
Topo Chico USA/Facebook
Real Austinites know the answer is always Topo Chico.
Toss Pizzeria and Pub/Facebook
There’s no reason to settle for the mundane when you can get Toss Pizza, Home Slice, and Austin’s Pizza delivered right to your door.
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