Looking to sample the best comfort food around town?
Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the best affordable comfort food hot spots in Austin, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to fill the bill.
1. Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken
Topping the list is a location of the chain Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken. Located at 117 San Jacinto Blvd. downtown Austin, the chicken shop and Southern spot, which offers comfort food and more, is the most popular budget-friendly comfort food spot in Austin, boasting four stars out of 2,322 reviews on Yelp.
The site can tell you a thing or two more about Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken.
"Walk into a Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken, and yoll find walls adorned with vintage and neon signs, beloved classics humming in the jukebox, tables covered in blue and red checkerboard, and plates full of some of the very best fried chicken you've ever tasted," according to the history section of the business's Yelp profile.
2. Austin Daily Press
Next up is Upper Boggy Creek's Austin Daily Press, situated at 1900 E. Martin Luther King Blvd., B. With 4.5 stars out of 269 reviews on Yelp, the deli, which offers sandwiches, comfort food and more, has proven to be a local favorite for those looking for a budget-friendly option.
Austin Daily Press, which started out as a late night food trailer, joined forces with Executive Chef Reed Faitak to open a fast-casual spot specializing in Mexican-Latin fusion.
"With an insatiable hunger for big, bold, Texas sized flavor and all things sandwich the team partnered with Chef Reed in the summer of 2012 and took the leap to a brick-and-mortar operation," it states on the business' Yelp page. "With the advent of a tiny, yet proper kitchen, Chef Reed and his team found their culinary calling by way of the classic Mexican sandwich, the Torta."
3. Austin Rotisserie
Govalle's Austin Rotisserie, located at 702 Shady Lane, is another top choice, with Yelpers giving the budget-friendly French spot, which offers comfort food and sandwiches, five stars out of 65 reviews.
This eatery's specialties include the petit poulet taco filled with rotisserie chicken, chopped red cabbage, crema, panela cheese, guacamousse and chicharron dust as well as a popular chicken sandwich.
Yelper Greg W. shared, "This is possibly the best sandwich you can get in Austin. Delicious bread, juicy rotisserie chicken, crunchy arugula and goat cheese. I'm honestly shocked at how good it is. This is the quality you'd get in France with some Austin flair."
4. Arlo's
Arlo's, a food truck and vegan spot that offers comfort food, burgers and more in East Cesar Chavez, is another much-loved, low-priced go-to, with 4.5 stars out of 132 Yelp reviews. Head over to 1700 E. Sixth St. to see for yourself.
Yelper Janice B. wrote, "Arrived [in] town and headed straight to Arlo's for the seitan bac'n burger with a side of sweet potato fries. Either I was starving or this was the best burger and fries I've ever had! Maybe a little a both...Highly recommend. Don't forego the fries as they are wonderful!
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