Comments on: 2 Lunches Midtown Needs from Austin, TX

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:29:41 +0000

Great call on Juan in a Million (but it’s not exactly Tex Mex).
I love their Huevos Rancheros there.

But there’s definitely better BBQ than Sam’s.

And Hill Country is a disgrace to TX BBQ, not to mention overpriced. Good attempt, but no where close to the quality/taste you get in TX.

By: Krizia

Krizia — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:30:45 +0000

Were you in Austin for the same reason that the Amateur Gourmet was? Seems like everyone was in Juan in a Million recently :P (and by “everyone” I mean “Midtown Lunch and Amateur Gourmet & Co.)

By: Zach@MidtownLunch

Zach@MidtownLunch — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:21:55 +0000

@morgan – i know you’re not kidding… it seemed like that kind of neighborhood. i guess that’s another drawback. :-)

By: morgan

morgan — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:18:33 +0000

I had a great meal at Sam’s until my friends and I found ourselves smack in the middle of a knife fight between drug addicts. I’m not kidding.

By: Jason Lam

Jason Lam — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:03:00 +0000

@Zach – I mean is she hot? ;)

By: Zach@MidtownLunch

Zach@MidtownLunch — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:43:22 +0000

@Jason – i don’t know how to answer that question. :-)

By: Jason Lam

Jason Lam — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:24:11 +0000

That BBQ plate looks dang good.

Hey Zach, I just listened to that SXSW foodbloggin panel thing you were on. That was interesting. Question: So you quit your midtown day-job to blog, cool. So now you travel to midtown everyday to blog? I guess that means you’re still working in midtown. Maybe that wasn’t a question. Anyway, what’s up with that South Beach diet blogger on that panel?

By: kathryn

kathryn — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:52:35 +0000

I really liked the puffy tacos at Angie’s when I tried them, but a friend pointed out that the cheese was shredded American cheese, which might turn some people off.

Salt Lick is alright but really fun, and accomodates large groups well. A friend holds a yearly SXSW dinner there for a huge amount of people. For true BBQ fandom, Cathy did the “right” thing by going out to Lockhart, TX.

By: naum

naum — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:33:52 +0000

did u by any chance get to try a kolache while you were down in Texas?

By: Zach@MidtownLunch

Zach@MidtownLunch — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:31:39 +0000

@Spot – I don’t know about Trudy’s but Salt Lick is too far away, and there were a lot of people who told me they didn’t think that Salt Lick is that great.

In the end, I admitted that the meat at Sam’s is not the greatest you’ll ever have, but there is no way that anybody could be disappointed going to that place. And that’s why I was really excited about it…