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.