AUSTIN, Texas — When attending any music festival, it's important to stay hydrated, keep your phone charged and make sure you eat something. Thankfully, the Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL) makes the last step pretty easy.
Attendees can find most food in the "ACL Eats" area, located between The Big Tent – formerly the Barton Springs Beer Hall –and the Tito's Handmade Vodka Stage, not too far from the fest's iconic flags. Meanwhile, "ACL Sweets" is located near the T-Mobile and Bonus Tracks stages, not too far from the festival's Barton Springs East entrance. And finally, the "La Pancanga Eatery" is right beside that same entrance.
As in previous years, dozens of local restaurants will serve limited menu offerings during the festival. The following spots will be located in the ACL Eats area:
- Austin's Pizza
- BBG's
- Blenders & Bowls
- Burro Cheese Kitchen
- CM Smokehouse
- Cavalier Party Dogs & Tots
- Chi'lantro
- Cuantos Tacos
- East Side King
- Flyrite Chicken
- Four Brother Venezuelan Kitchen
- Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken
- Happy Chicks
- Hawk's Hot Chicken
- Homie Fries
- Juiceland
- Kababeque
- Koko's Bavarian
- La Tawuicardia
- Lambas Indian Kitchen
- Lonesome Dove
- Mama Fried
- Micklethwait Barbecue
- Nacho Dady & Tenders
- Nervous Charlies
- Pelons
- Redfin
- Salt & Time
- Shawarma Point
- Show Me Pizza
- Skull & Cakebones
- Southside Flying Pizza
- Steamies Dumplings
- T-Loc's Sonora Hot Dogs
- Taco Branco
- The Might Cone
- The Original Black's Barbecue
- The Wurst Place
- Tiny Pies
- Wholly Cow Burgers
These spots will be located in the ACL Sweets area:
- Amy's Ice Creams
- Bananarchy
- CVT Soft Serve
- Candy Cloud World
- Dulce Amor Mio
- Gelato Paradiso
- Goodpop
- Holla Mode Thai-Style Ice Cream
- JP's Pancake Company
- Sno-Beach Sno-Cones
- Tiff's Treats
- Tiny Pies
And these spots will be located in the La Pachanga Eatery area:
- Con Todo
- Cuantas Hamburguesas
- Discada
- La Santa Barbacha
- Norte ATX
- Paprika ATX
- Vaquero Taquero
- Veracruz All Natural
If you're over 21 and looking for something to sip on, there are also a number of bar booths scattered across Zilker Park during the festival, as well as booze hubs like the The Big Tent and The Wine Grove.
