Aster’s near campus serves a broad menu of Ethiopian dishes—there’s also a popular lunch buffet

Bikkle, by campus, serves Jamaican food like curry goat, oxtails, and escovitch fish.

The Crestview grocery store Dia’s Market has a deli serving breakfast and lunch sandwiches all day. Three days a week, they have rotisserie chicken and roast potatoes that often sell out.

JP’s is Austin’s first (and maybe only) pancake food truck, located near campus with pancake bowls. There’s also a second location in Oak Hill.

Slab has multiple locations in the Austin Area: oneon Research Boulevard, one at Westgate Lanes in South Austin, one in Sunset Valley, and another in Cedar Park. They mostly offer barbecue-based sandwiches as well as ribs by-the-pound and a number of sides.

The upscale American restaurant Emmer & Rye specializes in small plates.

The downtown restaurant Hestia delivers exciting live-fire cooking with a 20-foot hearth.

Kalimotxo is a Basque pintxo bar serving excellent cocktails.

Luv Fats Ice Cream sells vegan ice cream out of a small storefront on the corner of North Lamar and St. Johns. They also sell ice cream pints at local farmers markets, as well as at grocery stores and coffee shops like Dia’s Market and Royal Blue, and Barrett’s Coffee.

Anything’s Baked Potatoes, located near Rosewood and Comal, has a variety of baked potatoes, including a basic loaded one to one topped with chicken fried chicken.

Bird Bird Biscuit is a popular chicken-biscuit sandwich spot on Manor Road. You can skip the inevitable line by ordering online in advance. There’s a second location in Brentwood on Koenig Lane.

Canje is a contemporary Guyanese and Caribbean restaurant in East Austin led by executive chef Tavel Bristol-Joseph, who’s also the executive pastry chef and co-owner of Emmer & Rye, Hestia, TLV, and Henbit.

Habesha, near I-35 and 290, serves Ethiopian fare family-style, using injera instead of utensils.

African Market sells traditional Nigerian food and marketplace goods out of a small storefront near Lamar and Braker Lane.

Down South is a barbecue food truck located near Howard Lane and I-35. They specialize in traditional Texas barbecue, but also hold a weekly Soul Food Saturday with different specials like smoked oxtails and jerk chicken.

The Asian/Cajun seafood spot Kasian Boil has crawfish, snow crab, king crab, and mixed seafood boils.

Midtown Live is a sports bar and restaurant with a menu of southern staples like their fried catfish plate and rib baskets.

Selam is a market and restaurant, carrying primarily Ethiopian and East African spices and products. They also have a restaurant with traditional Ethiopian dishes like kitfo and tibbs.

The trailer Brown’s Bar-B-Que is located outside Corner Bar on South Lamar. They do the barbecue classics like brisket and pork ribs, and they also serve exceptional smoked chicken thighs.

Located at Meanwhile Brewing, Distant Relatives serves barbecue and food inspired by the African diaspora within the United States.

The longtime East Austin barbecue spot Sam’s opened in 1957 and serves standards like smoked brisket, ribs, and sausage, but there’s also mutton, which we don’t see too often.