YouTube chef & owner, Ben & Lynn's (Austin) · 7 picks
Joshua Weissman is a YouTube chef and cookbook author (An Unapologetic Cookbook, Texture Over Taste) who started out as a line cook at Uchiko and Odd Duck in Austin, and in September 2026 opened his first restaurant, Ben & Lynn's, a fried-chicken counter on East Cesar Chavez. None of those three kitchens is on this list: these are seven places in the city he sends other people to, from an iced gesha coffee on the east side to a taco stand on the same street as his own restaurant.
Canje. I've seen a little bit of Jamaican influence, maybe some African influence. It's really good.
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There's not a whole salad on it. It's just what a burger should have always been.
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order: burger
Have you had the iced gesha? It's the best iced coffee I've ever had in my life.
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order: iced gesha coffee
Emmer and Rye, cocktails are remarkably good, but also the food.
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order: cocktails
I'm going to finalise my answer as DeSano.
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You're going to get fatty meat, onion and cilantro and a spicy salsa. What more do you need?
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order: tacos
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Published 2026-09-25