The best food in Austin Texas this month includes fried chicken food trucks, ½ lb brisket smash burgers, chef-driven sandwich pop-ups, and a legit contender for the best fish and chips I’ve ever had.
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The Vitals: the spot: Cockti Fried Chicken 2701 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Austin, TX 78702 the eats: Fried Chicken Sandwich, Bone in fried chicken, Chicken Nuggets the bucks: $9.50 the full nelson: Not your Grandma's Fried Chicken
Cockti Fried Chicken is a favorite of chefs — and for good reason.
An all dark-meat menu, genre-bending flavors, and food truck pricing make this one of the best food spots in Austin right now.
This is fried chicken for food people.
Szechuan peppercorn, guajillo chile — bold flavors that hit. And yes, it looks great on camera… but it sounds even better. The oohs and ahhs are real.
Bonus: the sandwich is big enough to share.
The Vitals:
the spot: Woodneck Kitchen Pop Up
the eats: Carnitas Breakfast sandwich
the bucks: $13
the full nelson: Cheffy comfort food from a gang of culinary upstarts
There’s probably a story behind the name “Woodneck Kitchen.” Doesn’t matter.
The real story is the crew behind it — think a pack of Casey Affleck characters from Good Will Hunting… but they can actually cook.
The carnitas breakfast sandwich is the move.
A housemade Kaiser roll holds crispy, juicy carnitas and a fried egg together like it’s meant to be. Add in killer salsas and you’ve got one of the best bites in Austin this month.
Cardiologist recommended? Maybe not.
Worth taking a statin for? Absolutely.
The Vitals:
the spot: Si Baby-Q
the eats: Brisket Smashed Burger
the bucks: $13
the full nelson: One damn heavy and rich burger
Austin has no shortage of BBQ — so standing out matters.
Si Baby-Q does it with creativity (South Asian flatbreads, smoked kimchi)… but also with straight-up value.
This is a double smash burger with two quarter-pound brisket patties seared on a tallow-soaked plancha.
It’s heavy. It’s rich. It drips.
And for $13? That’s real value — which is exactly what earns a spot on the best food in Austin list.
The Vitals:
the spot: Murray's Tavern 2316 Webberville Rd, Austin, TX 78702
the eats: Fish n Chips
the bucks: $24
the full nelson: Best fish n chips in town, maybe the state
Austin isn’t known for fish and chips.
Which makes this even more impressive.
Murray’s Tavern delivers one of the best versions I’ve had — anywhere.
Tartar sauce gets swapped for remoulade (a smart move), the portion is generous (8 oz — easily shareable), and the batter is light, almost tempura-like.
This is a certified banger.
These four spots are heavy hitters for the best food in Austin Texas this month.
I couldn’t make it to a fifth…
But that just means May is already loading.
