Fonda San Miguel - interior Mexican, beautiful place, great food, best in Austin, imo

Matt's El Rancho - long time Austin old school Mexican restaurant, great food, love their margarita's with freshly squeezed limes.

El Patio - another long time family owned restaurant, small place but good food.

Texican Cafe - nice place good food, one of the only places I found that serves cabrito

Flores - good food but interior is nothing fancy

Papasitos - some may think it is touristy but I've always had very good meals and service there, fresh tortillas, table side guacamole

Amaya's - good food, good salsa, good reasonably priced breakfast as well as lunch & dinner, but can get crowded and not much atmosphere

I miss Antonio's - best tortilla soup I ever had, no other place comes close, they gave you home made creamy mints, different flavors, it was a perfect way to end a meal. God I miss that place.