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Your A-List: Best Restaurant that Delivers
Austin has a spate of restaurants from which to choose when you’re looking to dine out. But let’s face it, sometimes you don’t want to be around people, and sometimes you probably really don’t need to be around people. That’s when it’s time to pick up the phone and order some delivery. When hungry Austinites dial out for food, according to the readers, one place stands out from the flock. With a whopping 50 percent of the vote, Pluckers is the winner of the Your A-List poll for Best Restaurant that Delivers.
Started more than a dozen years ago by a couple of plucky (sorry, I had to) former UT students, Pluckers has since spread its wings (yep) and taken flight across the greater Austin area and beyond, now boasting stores in Dallas and Baton Rouge, in addition to the five locations in and around Austin.
With an advertising line like, “If you don’t like our wings, we’ll give you the bird,” it is obvious that the restaurant that got its start near the heart of the 40 Acres is pretty damn proud of its wings (and copywriters’ wit). But the crispy, crunchy wings and their savory sauces are just the tip of the icebird (sorry, ran out of puns). Pluckers also boasts fried pickles (which are scarily popular) as well as better-than-your-average-bar grub such as buffalo shrimp, magic mushrooms (not those kind), homemade potato chips smothered in bleu cheese and waffle fries covered in … wait for it … cheese! It may not be health food, but it’s pretty damn good for a tasty treat to sop up some of that beer you might be sipping/slugging at home while you’re watching the game, or “Project Runway,” or whatever it is you’re too busy doing to go out and eat at a restaurant.
Pluckers [site]
Multiple locations
Others receiving votes
- East Side Pies, 11 percent
- Rockin’ Tomato, 9 percent
- Hil-Bert’s, 8 percent
- Hao-Hao, 6 percent
- Southside Flying Pies, 5 percent
- Rounders, 5 percent
- Pao’s, 3 percent
- Bamboo Garden, 2 percent
- Super China, 2 percent
Write-in votes: Cafe 1626, Craig O’s, First Wok, Hog Island Deli, Rockets, The Soup Peddler, Texican Café South
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