I should have really included these sister restaurants on my list of Austin favorites. I visit each quite a bit and they never disappoint. They are locally owned, conveniently located (for me, anyway), and offer a large array of vegetarian entrees and sides.
Let's start with Galaxy.
Galaxy Cafe serves a variety of casual dining fare, including sandwiches, wraps, and salads. Everything I have eaten there is remarkably tasty, especially the hot veggie wrap and the fresh mozzarella sandwich, to which I always add avocado. Each dish is served with your choice of side, and I am particularly fond of their pesto pasta salad and macaroni and cheese, which, with its creamy melted American cheese and gooey strands of cheddar, is truly the best mac and cheese I have had.
In a town of plentiful Tex Mex, Zocalo Cafe's fresh, light Mexican food stands out as a unique and appealing alternative. Zocalo offers a a number of vegetarian options at such low prices that it makes their queso mixta and tres leches cake difficult to pass up. The last time I went, I ordered the tostada salad, a bed of green leaf lettuce resting above a tostada and refried black beans, topped with avocado, queso fresco, and cilantro. The chipotle lime dressing infuses the salad with a delightful hint of lime. I also particularly enjoy the vegetarian torta, a sandwich filled with black beans, avocado, and queso fresco. Zocalo is housed in the former location of both West Lynn Cafe and Cosmic Cafe, two doomed former favorites of mine that never seemed to have any other customers. Zocalo, however, does not seem destined to the same fate.
Galaxy Cafe
1000 West Lynn
Austin, Texas
9911 Brodie Lane
Austin, Texas
Zocalo Cafe
1110 West Lynn
Austin, Texas
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