Many Austin Restaurants Are Adding Takeout Options Due to Coronavirus Measures

In order to stay open while also curbing the spread of COVID-19, these restaurants now offer new to-go and curbside pickup options

Amid the novel coronavirus pandemic and concerns over ways to support Austin businesses while implementing social distancing in order to help lower the spread of the disease, Austin restaurants are adjusting their operations in order to serve customers who don’t want to dine out in crowds.

To that effect, many Austin restaurants are adding takeout options to their lineup:

• North Loop restaurant Foreign & Domestic added online pickup orders, which include dinner items (Parisian gnocchi, burgers, bavette), bottles of wine, and Sunday brunch dishes (pancakes, cardamom cinnamon rolls), as well as baked goods (pies, cookies, breads) though with a five-day waiting period. (306 East 53rd Street, North Loop)
• Holly restaurant Launderette is offering takeout orders for lunch, brunch, and dinner via phone calls. (2115 Holly Street, Holly)
• East Sixth Mexican restaurant Suerte is allowing guests to order its full menu as takeout via phone call or stopping by the business. (1800 East Sixth Street, East Austin)
• Mueller Italian restaurant L’Oca d’Oro added a to-go menu to its lineup, featuring pastas, entrees, meatballs, vegetables, and tiramisu via phone calls. (1900 Simond Avenue, Mueller)
• Cherrywood restaurant and butcher shop Dai Due implemented a takeout window off Manor Road, featuring its full menu. (2406 Manor Road, Cherrywood)
• Central East Austin taco restaurant Nixta Taqueria added curbside takeout (tacos, beer, wine) to its lineup via phone call. (2512 East 12th Street, Central East Austin)
• Hyde Park store Antonelli’s Cheese Shop is serving takeout orders via phone and its website, plus it’s offering curbside pickups. (4220 Duval Street, Hyde Park)
• East Seventh restaurant and butcher shop Salt & Time is now offering takeout dinner via phone and is working on an online ordering system. The restaurant already offered takeout during lunch hours. (1912 East 7th Street, East Austin)
• Both Jacoby’s and Grizzelda’s are offering to-go orders via phone calls while also nixing takeout service fees. (3235 East Cesar Chavez Street, Govalle; 105 Tillery Street, Govalle)
• Bento Picnic is offering contactless delivery — where the driver will leave orders at doors — now. (2600 East Cesar Chavez Street, East Austin)
• Bouldin Creek restaurant Thai Fresh added curbside pickups for online orders during this time. Guests place orders online and then text the restaurant once they’re in the parking lot for delivery. (909 West Mary Street, Bouldin Creek)
• Rainey Street New American restaurant Emmer & Rye added a to-go menu via phone ordering, which includes bread, the iconic cacio e pepe, and cakes. (51 Rainey Street, Downtown)
• Rainey Street sausage restaurant Banger’s is offering its full food menu via curbside pickup through phone ordering. The caveat: it isn’t available during Rainey Street closures on Thursday through Saturday from 9 p.m. to midnight. (79 Rainey Street, Downtown)
• North Austin brewery and restaurant Brewtorium is also offering both food and beer crowler curbside pickups via phone calls. (6015 Dillard Circle, Highland)
• Veracruz All Natural’s brick-and-mortars in Round Rock and North Burnet will only serve to-go items.
• MLK kolache and beer spot Batch is going to-go only starting on Monday, March 16.
• Carpenter Hotel restaurant Carpenters Hall added a takeout menu for lunch and dinner starting tomorrow, Monday, March 16. (400 Josephine Street, Zilker)
• Quarry restaurant Provision is offering almost its entire menu (minus the mussel pot) for curbside pickup via phone call starting tomorrow on Monday, March 16. (4200 West Braker Lane, Far North)
• South Lamar Mexican restaurant El Naranjo is serving its dinner and brunch menus, as well as selling wine bottles for pickup service via phone call. Every order that is over $50 will include two complimentary cheese empanadas. (2717 South Lamar Boulevard, South Austin)
• Both locations of casual cafe Cenote is offering free no-contact delivery within 5 miles of each restaurant from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and then from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. (1010 East Cesar Chavez Street, East Austin; 6214 Cameron Road, Windsor Park)
• North Loop Japanese restaurant Kome will begin to serve its rolls via takeout on Monday, March 16. Eventually, its other dishes (minus sashimi and nigiri) will be added too. The restaurant will also offer curbside pickups. (5301 Airport Boulevard, North Loop)
• Italian cafe Uncle Nicky’s is adding curbside pickup to its takeout service. (4222 Duval Street, Hyde Park)
• Chinese-American restaurant Old Thousand is offering free delivery within a five mile radius of the East 11th Street business starting tomorrow, Monday, March 16. (1000 East 11th Street, Central East Austin)
• Israeli food stand TLV is adding a curbside pickup option to its takeout ordering system. (111 Congress Avenue, Downtown)
• While both locations of frozen sweets shop Dolce Gelato offers gelato in to-go cups already, it will also offer curbside pickups. (1713 South First Street, Bouldin Creek; 1109 East Fifth Street, East Austin)
• New taco truck Bronco Taco added phone call pickups to its lineup. (3220 Manor Road, MLK)
• Miniature pie bakery Tiny Pies is adding curbside pickups for its little pies, which will be individually wrapped as well. (2032 South Lamar Boulevard, Zilker; 5035 Burnet Road, Brentwood)
• Downtown New American restaurant Swift’s Attic is offering to-go food for lunch, dinner, and brunch, which includes squid “fries,” Korean barbecue flank steak, and desserts. (315 Congress Avenue, Downtown)
• Popcorn fans can order pickup and curbside pickup popcorn from Austin Gourmet Popcorn via phone calls. (13343 Highway 183 North, Anderson Mill; 2127 Lohman’s Crossing Road, Lakeway; 1713 Farm-to-Market 685, Pflugerville)

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