North of Austin
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Up I-35 through the northern suburbs to Georgetown, where the commute stops. Cedar Park and Round Rock are twenty minutes. Walburg is a German dance hall in a field, and Florence holds a Mexican kitchen at the county's edge.
The towns
Restaurants11
Sushi Yume?
Solid · Sushi · Round Rock · $$
walk-in
The rice is seasoned properly and the fish is cut generously, in a strip mall between a dental office and an axe-throwing park.
Bay Leaf
Solid · Round Rock
walk-in
Kuldip Singh has run Indian restaurants from Washington to Kansas. He cooks Punjabi food with his son now, in Round Rock.
Ros Niyom Thai
Solid · Round Rock
walk-in
AJ Thongprayoon spent three years flying back from San Francisco to eat Thai food across Texas. Then he picked Round Rock.
Ramen512?
Listed · Ramen · Cedar Park · $$
walk-in
Noodles, broths, tare and toppings are all made in the shop, and the shoyu bowl is built on chicken and dashi.
The Good Lot?
Listed · Beer garden and food trucks · Cedar Park · $$
walk-in
A Cedar Park beer garden pouring beer, wine and zero-proof at a counter. The food comes off trucks the venue never names.
Markets1
Texas Farmers' Market at Bell?
Listed · Producers and prepared food · Cedar Park · $$
walk-inthe room’s own account
Producer-only, manager-inspected, and the growers have to farm within 150 miles of the stall.
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