Really decent food + nice folks + 24 hrs = four Yelp stars. Some days are better than others, but the good far outweigh the bad. I'm a big fan of all the breakfast stuff they have, and you ( Yeah!… […]
So, so good. Especially at 2 am, when everyone bands together after a good night out to celebrate their drunkeness with gingerbread chocolate chip pancakes and love migas. I always think I'll branch… […]
I had to pick ONE restaurant to stop at as we drove through Austin, and Magnolia Cafe was it. I was a little worried since their specialty is breakfast and we were were for dinner, but when we drove… […]
Good food whenever you want. I have to say that as a person who knows Cajun food; they know how to make it blackened, creole, or the Acadian way. I have not found another Austin restaurant that… […]
I've been coming here on-and-off for 15 years. They have good food at a decent price. I love the breakfast tacos, the burgers are tasty and as you can read in other reviews they have an abundance of… […]
We get to Austin about every 6 weeks or so.....we always go to Magnolia Cafe for breakfast, but this past trip went for lunch on Friday and breakfast on Saturday. YUMMO! They do everything right and… […]
Recent days have blessed the Magnolia Cafe with visits from a few celebrities: Kate Walsh, Ellen Page, Bill Murray. Although we respect their privacy and hang back from autographs, the internal silent scream of fan-dom strikes. This is the result of very early training: Elvis, the Beatles. Even if they were just on TV – we screamed.
While some of us, paralyzed with adoration, simply grip our fork and spoon tighter, others send a Tweet to friends and the world wide web. If you don’t already know this web-based celebrity, let us introduce Twitter. www.Twitter.com is micro-blogging. It’s a wonderful way for people to have conversations – with quick little sentences exchanged and parried – on the web.
So we invite you: When you see a celebrity at the Magnolia, just send a Tweet on Twitter with the words “magnolia cafe” in them. We’ll be pulling our Twitter news into the sidebar of this blog to share with the world. It really is better than screaming.
>>> 11/1/08 NOTE: we’ve revised our process for getting our customers’ news onto our blog. You tag on Twitter with “magnolia cafe” or review us on Yelp. We get to read your responses and then we will post the best ones on our site. (Otherwise erroneous data can get out there.) Customer feedback is always appreciated. AND – If you see a celebrity – please let us know. We’ll try to get your news up as quickly as possible daily.
This is just a quick blog post to say thanks to ‘Born Again Bird Watcher’ for so eloquently describing his pleasure at discovering the Magnolia Cafe.
He writes:
One of the down-sides of travelling as much as I do is the inability to always eat in a way that is at the same time both healthful and emotionally satisfying. Most all cities and towns across America have at least one restaurant that can provide these twin requisites, (read the full post)
Thanks John! Please come back and say ‘hi’ when you travel through Austin again.
The editors at Conde Nast Traveler answer questions and share travel secrets, tips, and dispatches from the road, and apparently Julia Bainbridge (one of their writers) has a soft spot for Austin.
I think that Julia has nicely captured some of our current mystique, and she reminds me of some things that I ought to go enjoy before the summer is through.
She mentioned our Magnolia Cafe in the category of “good coffee.” I have to agree with her, after drinking a few cups of what they call American-style coffee in Europe this summer, it’s nice to be home.
Rich from Plano recently visited Austin, and he has a couple of good tips for visitors. Who knew that you could stay at the Barton Creek Resort at an incredible price through Expedia? As for dining,
We hit Magnolia Cafe, Chuy’s Tex-Mex, County Line BBQ, and tried a new place Gumbo’s. Along the way, there might have been a Shiner or two.You can read his blog post here.
But this was his “pièce de résistance” – Hey Cupcake.
We’d like to tell you more about Austin’s trailer culture. The city is enjoying an unusual phenomenon these days: micro-restaurants serving absolutely delicious food out of mobile trailers. Hey Cupcake is located on S. Congress Ave, about 2 blocks north of Magnolia Cafe South. They’ve become a big attraction for both residents and tourists in our SoCo neighborhood.
So, if you’ve visiting Austin, you should definitely come visit us at the Magnolia Cafe. But you should also try to fit in a meal or dessert with one of our friends in the trailers. They’re an Austin experience.
It’s here! It’s time for the motorcycles to engulf downtown Austin and the Travis County Expo Center. We’ve got a video from YouTube to help you get excited:
The official rally takes place over three days, June 14-16, at the Expo Center.
FREE PARADE & CONCERT on June 13th: Congress Ave (from 2nd to 11th and 1 block on each side) will be closed for the parade from 4pm Friday to 2am Sat. The parade will happen at about 7:30pm and the concert should end around Midnight.
Magnolia Cafes, at two locations near downtown, will be welcoming visitors and locals with excellent home-cooked food 24 hours.
This beautiful picture of our sign was posted by a fan on Flickr. The owner of the picture has suggested this music as well. What an interesting combination! Please feel free to play this podcast to enjoy the sounds of Texas (?)
We’re please to make it into her Top Five Restaurant list. She writes: “What makes food so great is the rest of the experience.”
5. Magnolia Cafe, Austin, Texas I had dropped out of high school and was waiting to find out whether I got into college or not the summer my sister came home from her freshman year at UCLA. A little after midnight, Sarah and I wanted to find a cup of coffee, so we went cruising around South Austin. That’s when we found Magnolia, the digs I can’t go without patronizing every time I visit Austin. I bring everyone there, and all the food is delicious. Every town deserves a 24-hour greasy spoon. Every person deserves their own Magnolia Cafe.
Wow, thanks!
