EAT THROUGH AUSTIN, the final list:
(Watch as this goes from me feasting with glee, to trying to take a break from food (and failing), to needing to shove every morsel I’ve missed into my face before time ran out.)
Night Pre-One
Opal Devine’s
- Live Oak Black Bark Beer
- Cracked pepper fries
- Southwestern Eggrolls
Day One
Trudy’s
- Migas w/ Flour Tortillas
- Chips/Salsa
- Kona Coffee
Shoal Creek Saloon
- Crawfish
- Shiner
Doubletree Inn
- Cake
- Scotch
Verde Camp
- Peach
- HEB Central Market BBQ Chips
Day Two
Guero’s
- Breakfast Tacos (Potato, Egg & Cheese | Spinach & Egg | Bacon, Egg & Cheese)
- Chips and Salsa
- Peach
- Coffee, coffee, coffee
- Chips/Salsa
- Bloody Mary
Verde Camp
- Salad we made from food bought at HEB.
- Wine
- Cheese & Crackers
- Red Velvet cupcake from Hey Cupcake!
Day Three
Chuy’s
- Chips & Salsa
- Chips & Salsa
- Chips & Salsa
- Elvis Green Chile Chicken
- Queso Compuesto
- Herradura Margarita
- Chips & Salsa
Verde Camp
- Shiner
Amy’s Ice Cream
- Mexican Vanilla w/ Ginger Snaps & Strawberries
Verde Camp
- Blackberries
Day Four
(also known as “Pamie Pretends She’s Still Twenty-Five”)
Trudy’s
- Mexican Breakfast
- Kona Coffee
Verde Camp
- Shiner
- Prosecco
UT Club
- wine + professors
Casino el Camino
- Casino Burger w/ Bacon
- Fries
- Spicy Chicken Wings
- scotch
Ego’s
- Shiner
Common Interest
- Some kind of crazy Jell-o shot that comes in an enormous joke syringe. When I said I don’t do Jell-o shots, my friends said, “Well, it’s just… I thought you were eating through Austin, doing the local food thing. … Pussy.” And so I did the Jell-O shot, and then I did not feel good and then I sang through it and I was fine.
Whataburger
- Whataburger w/ Cheese
- French Fries
- Sprite
Day Five
Verde Camp
- Tara’s leftover chicken quesadilla tacos from Chuy’s (and a couple of bites from my Elvis plate)
- Strawberries
Freddie’s Place
- SALAD.
- Pacifico
Thundercloud Subs
- Roast Beef Sandwich
- Salt & Pepper potato chips from HEB Central Market
Amy’s Ice Cream
- Mexican Vanilla w/ oatmeal cookies and bananas
Day Six
Eva B’s Bakery
- Elgin Sausage Kolaches (2)
- The worst coffee ever
Sonic
- Diet Cherry Limeade
- small Tater Tots (shame-scarfed at the red light leaving the parking lot before Dave knew)
Ichiban
- sushi
- beer
- sake
Day Seven
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
- Lone Star Beer
- Salt Lick pulled pork sandwich
- beans
- slaw
- coma
We did it. We totally did it. I stuffed an entire city into my body and had such a fantastic time. Good friends, good food, good memories, all of it. Sad that it took five years to get there, but so happy I was lucky enough to get to spend a week.
…and I guess I’ll have some time to go back now that hiatus has turned to unemployment.
Yesterday brought another uniquely Hollywood experience. Around here, good news comes first from your agent. Bad news comes from your ex-husband and Variety. In that order. (Forever known as my Carrie Fisher Epiphany.)
Goodbye, Samantha Who?. I will miss you lots and lots.
So when I’m feeling blue, now I have this O+ podcast to cheer me up.
THREE TYPES OF COOKIES — The tourists at night are big and full DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS! On the eve of Tara’s departure in the middle of the Eat Through Austin tour, Dave, Pam, and Tara relive some of their favourite meals and moments of the trip thus far. Are you more interested in cookies? LBJ? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered in either case.
It’s our little Austin souvenir (to go with the hundreds of Austin souvenirs purchased), and I am so grateful for minute 25, which will never fail to make me laugh.