Stuffed Wings, Pickle Pizza, and the Best Austin Bites of 2025
Amid all of the best-of lists, none may be more important than this one. On today’s episode, executive producer Eva Ruth Moravec is joined by Nicolai McCrary of The Infatuation to round up all things Austin food. McCrary shares the best bite he ate this year — spoiler alert, he loves chicken wings — plus, the best new restaurants of 2025, and some tips for folks who still might want to snag a reservation for New Year’s Eve. Also, McCrary predicts we’ll see more pickles (is that even possible?), Georgian food, and masa in the Austin food scene next year, and we remember the restaurants we’ve lost.
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